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.

Recent Headlines

21 hours ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

5 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

6 days ago in National

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.