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).

A Sad Story For Pregnant Women in Massachusetts

5/20 Bill Newman Show: Rep. Ellen Story joins the Hadley non-profit MotherWoman as they push for the state legislature to pass protections for pregnant workers. Plus, NCIS, Northampton Criminal Investigative Service with attorney Harry Miles and what to do in the Valley this weekend.

Benedict Arnold: Hero?

5/19: Nathaniel Philbrick, author of “Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution.” Plus, a special edition of “The Reverend and the Rabbi.”

Bike Week!

5/18: Live from the Court House Lawn: the Bike Breakfast with celebs including Mayor David Narkewicz & Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.

Boy With A Knife

5/17: Jean Trounstine, author of “Boy with a Knife: A story of Murder, Remorse and a Prisoner’s Fight for Justice.” Then, a very funny edition of the Comedy Club.

At Large?

5/16: Ryan O’Donnell, Northampton City Councilor and candidate for councilor-at-large; “Seasons to Taste” with Jonathan Bardzik.

Life Story

5/13: Gerald Moore, LIFE magazine editor and author of LIFE Story; Heidi Nortonsmith, Executive Director, Northampton Survival Center; artist David Brewster joins Arts Correspondent Betsy Stone.

KABOOM!

5/12: Award-winning novelist and GCC professor emeritus Brian Adams on his new novel “Kaboom!”; then, the Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener.

The Women From The Women’s Fund

5/11: From the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts: CEO Elizabeth Barajas Roman, Program Officer Ellen Moorehouse and LIPPI graduate Natasha Clark; Your State U with Max Page – when, unfortunately, free community college doesn’t mean free at all; and Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz and Catherine Ratte’, Chief Planner of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, on when allegedly welcome doesn’t mean welcome at all.

Mo Willems says “Thank You”

5/10: Ed Snowden’s lawyer & National ACLU Director of the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project Ben Wizner; then Mo Willems and Rich Michelson on the end of an era (and the beginning of another).

Fictional Fracking & Figments of Family

5/9: Award-winning authors Jennifer Haigh and Marisa Labozzetta (both with new books; both with upcoming readings) and Political Gold with Josh Silver—Trump this if you can!

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.

3 days ago in National

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.

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NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.

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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.

4 days ago in National

Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.