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).
Will O’Grady Make The Grade?
8/2: J.D. Parker-O’Grady, candidate for another J.D. and also for the state senate –he’s the Democrat running against Republican Don Humason for the 2nd Hampden-Hampshire District seat (which includes Easthampton, Holyoke, & Southampton); Tim Van Egmond, folksinger, story teller, & dulcimer maestro, previews his upcoming performances at the River Valley Market and the Greenfield Library, and best selling author Carolyn Parkhurst, whose child is on the spectrum, discusses “Harmony” – her just-published novel about raising a child with autism and the lengths to which the family goes to help.
Amherst’s Great Debate
8/1: Deerfield Academy Dean of Students Kevin Kelly, author of “Both Sides of the Line: My Coach the Boston Mob Enforcer; My Mentor, the Murderer….;” then, our special guest on Black in the Valley with Professor Carlie Tartakov and Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks is Amherst NAACP President Kathleen Anderson
Olver Now That It’s Over: DNC DAY IV
7/29: Historic Hillary! We Fishwrap the convention, the platforms and the campaign with Congressman John Olver and the LGBTJP JM Sorrell; then we turn to herpes (programming just worked out that way) with Dr. Sheila Loanzon, author of “Yes, I Have Herpes: A Gynecologist’s Perspective In and Out of the Stirrups;” and then, “Inside/Out: what to Do Inside and Out in the Valley This Weekend” with Tinky Weisblat on “Love Walked In” in Charlemont, The Arts Report starring Easthampton City Arts Coordinator Julie Rosier; and in Northampton The Summer Concert Series –we preview the concert by the Ray Mason Band and the performance by the A2Z Yo-Yo Team.
DNC Day III
6/28: Live from the Democratic Convention: Holyoke Mayor and delegate Alex Morse; then, previewing Saturday’s electric car confab in Northampton: Leah Parks, author of All-Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future, Greg Garrison, President of Northeast Solar and Dan Sieger, Assistant Secretary at the Massachusetts Office for Energy and Environmental Affairs; then this weekend only– the Freedom Project –we speak with Ko Festival Artistic Director Sabrina Hamilton, Aaron Jungles, the Everett Company Artistic Director and performer, and Christopher Johnson, Spoken Word Artist; joining the troupe on the show—the Rev. Peter Ives.
ON DNC DAY II
7/27: Live from the Democratic Convention—Bernie delegate, State Rep. (for much of Franklin County) Paul Mark; Emmy Award-wining filmmaker Larry Hott on war photographers; Jennifer Normanly and Martha Lyon on preserving and restoring the almost four centuries old Bridge Street Cemetery; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz—on Hillary and Bernie Bros
McGovern Live From The Convention
7/26: Live from the Democratic National Convention—Congressman Jim McGovern; candidate for Ellen Story’s State- Rep seat Sarah LaCour; “Jar the Floor” with New Century Theatre’s Sam Rush and one of stars of the play — opening this week, Maggie Miller.
The OTHER email scandal.
7/25: Another day, another e-mail scandal: as the Democratic National Convention opens, we speak with Professor Ellen Fitzpatrick, author of “The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency” and Josh Silver, CEO of Represent. US –getting big money out of politics.
Also, Rachel Weber from Jewish Voice for Peace on today’s action for justice in Northampton; and Rodney Dietert, author of “The Human Super Organism: How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Health Life.”
Singing for Malala
7/22: Save Otis State Forest from Kinder Morgan! Lift the gas moratorium In the Valley! Katy Eisman, CEO of MassPLAN (PipeLine Awareness Network) and PLAN for the Northeast, tells us about those ongoing legal and political fights; Amandla Chorus—songs of peace and freedom –a preview of their upcoming historic performance — we speak with, and hear some music sung by, Eveline MacDougall –the founder and director, Gillis MacDougall, Sujata Rege-Konowitz and Vaishali Rege-Konowtiz; then, author Kathleen O’Rourke of Shelburne Falls on “What I’ve Seen: Animal Nature & Ranger Tales – her book reading and signing tomorrow at the World Eye;” Kelsey Flynn and kids, Tom McCabe, and Linda Tardif preview “The Great Race” in a great interview; Inside/Out with the SAC (Substitute Art Correspondent) Silas Kopf, marquetry maestro.
We Have A Governor’s Councilor?
7/21: Jeff Morneau, candidate for Governor’s Counselor with civil rights and criminal defense attorney David Hoose; from the Ko Festival: Sabrina Hamilton
Artistic Director, Shoshana Bass, puppeteer extraordinaire, and Jerry Stropnecki, Director of “When I Put On Your Glove;” then, Reverends Peter Ives and William (Bill) Wright on evangelicals supporting Donald Trump and how local churches are responding; Steve Sanderson from the Northampton Arts Council on the Summer Concert Series — kickoff tomorrow evening in downtown Northampton.
The Story On Equal Rights For Pregnant Women
7/20: Rep. Ellen Story( D. Amherst) and Northampton-based MotherWoman’s Program Director Liz Friedman on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act before the state legislature this week; then, how has being a tortoise changed you?—really, we ask the tortoise, who arrived just in time—not easy for a tortoise to get to the studio—a preview of “The Great Race of the Tortoise and the Hare” (coming to Easthampton and Turners Falls) with the tortoise (Linda Tardif) and Paint Box Theatre’s Artistic Director Tom McCabe; then, NCIS—Northampton Criminal Investigative Service—with attorney Harry Miles on faulty field drug tests sending many innocent people to jail; and Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz on the Control Board and Zika in Puerto Rico and the controversy surrounding the Human Rights Commission in Northampton (Natalia is the Chair).
