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).

Senate President Rosenberg & Bach

3.19- Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Peter Blanchette.

Campus Justice?

3/16: Harvey Silvergate on campus sexual assaults. Natalia Munoz and her guests talks politics.

Irish Quiz!

3/15: Pipeline Awareness Network Director Katy Eiseman on Kinder Morgan’s FERC approved ‘Connecticut Expansion’ project. UMass professor Max Page with Your State U. Laura Patrick and Pam Victor of the Ha-Ha’s Improv Group with the Comedy Quiz Show with Mike Ryan and Bill O’Reardon.

DNA & The DNA of The GOP and the DNC

Downtown Northampton Association Co-Chairs David Musante and Marlene Marrocco. Josh Silver, Director of Represent.Us on presidential politics.

Poet Laureates & Endgame Project

3/10: Bill with Poet Laureates Richard Michelson, Martin Espada; Rev. Peter Ives with guest Rabbi; Sheryl Stoodley and Kermit Dunkelberg of the Serious Play! Theatre Ensemble on their upcoming area performances.

Recent Headlines

19 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.