Podcasts: Bill Newman
Bill Newman
The Bill Newman Show. Weekdays at 9AM. Join Bill & Monte Belmonte as they talk with news-makers, elected officials, authors, artists, poets, and ‘fish wrap’ about the day’s headlines.
Recent guests include authors Senator Elizabeth Warren (Persist); Larry Tye (Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy); Daniel James Brown (Facing the Mountain); Chuck Collins (The Wealth Hoarders and Born on Third Base).
Playful History
8/16: Actors Court Dorsey & Melissa Redwin preview Enchanted Circle’s “A Fiery and Still Voice: William Cullen Bryant at Home” being performed at the Bryant Homestead in Cummington – with Trustees’ GM Tom Por; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on a weird star in our galaxy getting even weirder; The Royal Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has Pam Victor, Laura Patrick, Quizmaster Rich Vaden, and ringer Joan Holliday.
Josh Silver’s Gold
8/15: Josh Silver, in for Bill Newman, interviews Northampton Community Arts Trust President, Richard Wagner & Board Member Bob Cilman; Roger Salloom stops by with a song ahead of his free concert at Look Park on Thursday; author and Politico journalist Ken Vogel on big money in politics; plus regular segment Black in the Valley featuring Hampshire County Sheriff’s candidate Kavern Lewis.
Governor’s Council Candidates with Natalia Muñoz
8/12: Natalia Muñoz, in for Bill Newman, speaks with Governor’s Council candidates Mary Hurley and Jeff Morneau. She is also joined by LGBTQ JP JM Sorrell and Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.
Good Ad-Vice
8/11: Robert Evans of “Cracked” and author of “A (Brief) History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization;” Professor Karlos K. Hill, author of “Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory;” “Your State U.” with Professor Max Page; and Julie Rosier, Coordinator, Easthampton Arts Council.
The Slave’s Cause
8/10: Professor Manisha Sinha, author of “The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition;” Cool Films with Larry Hott” on “Eat That Question”—about Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention; Vaya con Munoz—with Natalia Munoz, who returned from Puerto Rico last night.
Is Don with The Donald?
8/9: Republican State Senator and Minority Whip Don Humason ( Second Hampden-Hampshire District) on Trump, guns, and bathrooms; Dr. Robynne Chutkan, author of “The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out;” & Susanna White from Mill 180 Park in Easthampton, the first hydroponic urban park, on this weekend’s confab and workshops with musicians and spoken word artists for teenagers—Find Your Power.
Enter Helen
8/8: Brooke Hauser, author of “Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman;” “Outside the Box” with poets and spoken word artists Chris Gonzalez and Ashley Amon –with Arts Trust Prez, Richard Wagner –previewing Wednesday’s performance; Josh Silver CEO of Represent.US, on recent Donald doings, polling, and fund raising.
O’Donnell At-Large
8/5: City Councilor at Large–Elect Ryan O’Donnell and City Councilor Large Bill Dwight on yesterday’s election results, voter participation, & economic development in Northampton; candidate for the at-large seat Marlene Morin on the race and her future in politics; the LGBTJP JM Sorrell on discrimiantion outside the valley and inside, too; W. Mass. AFSC Director Jeff Napolitano; Chester Theatre’s Nina Wishengrad ; & Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.
First Generation
8/4: Massachusetts Teachers Association President (and former Northampton teacher) Barbara Madeloni and UMass. Professor Max Page on the NAACP’s call for a moratorium on charter schools, the money that charter schools extract from public schools, and the upcoming referendum question; then we preview this summer’s final production at the KO Festival of Performance, “TENDERNESS” — by the Performance Project’s First Generation Ensemble: actors Haja Sidme & Terrel Jones & KO’s Artistic Director, Sabrina Hamilton, are with us in the studio. Then Paul DePompo, co- author of “The Other Woman’s Affair: Gambling You Heart and reclaiming Your Life When Your Partner Is Married.” !!
Newman Wants The GOP to Give Trump The Hook
8/3: Captain Cook is in the House. First, a lot of Fishwrap; then Vaya con Monte x 2.
