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).

An Attorney Will Be Appointed For You?

6/6: Greenfield Community College President Bob Pura on who graduated this weekend and what’s next; foundational justice with GCC’s Womens Resource Center Coordinator, Rosemarie Freeland and Community Legal Aid (CLA) Supervising attorney Jen Dieringer; Black in the Valley with Professor Carlie Tartakov and Arise for Social Justice’s Ellen Graves and Kristie Hosey; and Political Gold with Josh Silver on trumping Trump

Go Wildflower Wild!

6/3: Ted Elliman, author of “Wildflowers of New England” — coming to the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley; Mount Holyoke College professor and founder of the Sci-Tech Café , Kathy Aidala, on the café’s upcoming program on Artificial Intelligence (and your cell phone); LBGT JP JM Sorrell on lack of legal protections for members of LGBT community; Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone and diorama artist Judith Abraham on her show at Anchor House of Artists in Northampton.

A Quarter Century of The Nields

6.2.16 The Reverend Peter Ives guest hosts and talks with Nerissa Nields from The Nields about the last 25 years of their career. Plus, the outgoing Dean of Religious Life at Smith, Jennifer Walters.

A Look At Life in The 413

6/1/16: Fishwrap: life in the 202? then, Life in the 413; Modern Lovers; then, the Firebird 5K.

Will Palestinians Ever Have Their Own State?

5/31: Professor Mohammed Sawalha, founder of the Palestinian House of Friendship, on his annual visit from the West Bank to Northampton; Barry Bouthilette previews the upcoming Walking Rendezvous in Look Park — just for the health (and the fun) of it.

Will The Commonwealth Have A “Bathroom Bill” Problem?

5/27: Attorney and professor Erin Buzuvis on sexual assault by football players at colleges and universities; LGBT activist JM Sorrell on transgender rights in Massachusetts and conversion therapy; Let there be lights—or not—in Northampton with Smith College professor James Lowenthal; poet Daniela Gioseffi in Ashfield.

The Legacy of Sojourner Truth

5/25: Sojourner Truth’s truth lives on in a special edition of “Black in the Valley” with Terry O’Toole, Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Prof. Carlie Tartakov; then, Springfield City councilor Adam Gomez (on Puerto Rican-focused resolutions) and Arrivals Project architect Joseph Krupczinski join Natalia Munoz.

NED is Dead.

5/24: Katy Eisman, CEO of PLAN NE,The PipeLine Awareness Network for the Northeast, on the death of Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline. Then we preview “The Quick-Change Room” at Ashfield Town Hall with Chris Rohmann, Sue Davis, and Barbara Friend.

2 Scars. 1000 Miles. No Shirt.

5/23: A topless 1,000 mile trek to fight breast cancer — Paulette Leaphart tells Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks why; Thad Carhart, author of “Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France;” then, Political Gold with Josh Silver.

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A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public this week

Fresh

Whenever historian Geoffrey Ward visits the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to do research, he finds himself caught up in the spirit of FDR himself, the sense of landed contentment and cheerful disarray that helped define his public image.

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Rain along the Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Blanche set for July confirmation hearings for attorney general as Republicans weigh support

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in mid-July, even as some Republicans remain undecided about whether to support him for the post.

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McDonald’s is serving fried apple pie again for America’s 250th birthday

McDonald's is frying up some apple pies to honor America's 250th birthday. The company said Tuesday it's bringing back fried apple pies for the first time in more than three decades. They'll be available at most U.S. restaurants for a limited time starting June 23.

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France striker Kylian Mbappé scores his 13th World Cup goal, breaking a tie with Pelé

Kylian Mbappé scored his 13th World Cup goal on Tuesday, one more than Pelé, to move the France forward into a tie for the fourth most in tournament history.