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).

Taking A Stan On The Pipleine

9/10: Massachusetts State Senate President Stan Rosenberg; then a local and national treasure, best selling children’s book author and illustrator Mo Willems.

Men With Hats

9/9: Judge Michael Ryan on Cooley-Dickinson—yes, the man the hospital is named for and why you haven’t hear about him and what you should do about that! Wear a hat—seriously. Then “Cool Films with Larry Hott,” the Emmy Award-winning film maker.

Pipelines and Chalk Talk

9/8: Katiy Eiseman, Ex. Dir., MassPLAN, PipeLine Awareness Network, updates us on that frackin’ pipeline; Claudia Lefko,
Founder of the Iraqi Children’s Art Exhange and archguitarist Peter Blanchette on “Baghdad to Bach;” Northampton Center for the Arts Exec Dir. Penny Burke on chalking Northampton.

Autism Explored

9.1 Steve Silberman on “Neuro Tribes”, the history and presence of autism.  Plus astronomer and professor Salman Hameed on the…

Represent Us!

8.31 Political Gold with Josh Silver. Black in the Valley with Rev- Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov.

Missives From Mumia

9/2: Noelle Hanrahan, founder and producer of Prison Radio; Dr. Dana Suskind, author of “Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain;” and Vaya con Munoz !

What did the Redcoats think of the Revolution?

8/28: Pulitzer-award finalist, Nick Bunker, author of “An Empire on the Edge,” the Brits view of the American Revolution. Then, political activist Paki Wieland.

Paul Mark & Handsome

8.27.15 2nd Berkshire Representative, Paul Mark, joins guest host Buz Eisenberg. As well as our regular The Reverend & The Rabbi segment with Peter Ives and Justin David.

Recent Headlines

5 hours ago in National

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration.

5 hours ago in National

UPS plane crashes and explodes at a Kentucky airport, leaving at least 9 dead and others missing

First responders are searching for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said.

1 day ago in National

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor as Mamdani faces Cuomo in a generational battle

New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.

1 day ago in National, Trending

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

2 days ago in National, Trending

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the government to keep the nation's largest food aid program running.