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).

Prison Justice & Food Justice

8.12 Buz Eisenberg guests hosts with Bernadette Rabuy from Prison Policy Initiatve plus another edition of Vaya Con Munoz about food justice issues in Springfield.

David Jones Rocks!

8.11.15 Not that David Jones and not that kinda rocks, but the Amherst College professor does study geology and the Earth’s first mass extinction (fun)! Plus Katy Eiseman with the latest on the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline,

El Salvador’s Las 17

8.10 The Bill Newman Jeff Napolitano Show looks at an undereported story about 17 imprisoned El Salvadoran Women. Plus commemorating the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Japan and their new nuclear disaster.

Presidents Day on the Newman Show!

8.6.15  State Senate President Stan Rosenberg and Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni. Then we forecast with 22 News StormTeam…

Remembering Nagasaki, & Vaya con Munoz

8.5.15  Susan Southard, author of “Nagasaki – Life After Nuclear War”; Jeff Napolitano, Exec. Director of the American Friends Service…

Pirates and Improv

8/4: Ahoy mateys, it’s Treasure Island according to  Long John Silver, Billy Bones, Black Dog, Blind Pew, & Jim Hawkins,…

Space, Jazz, and Breastfeeding

8.3.15 Cheryl Latuner, author of “Baby At My Breast: Reflections of a Nursing Mother”; Hampshire College professor/astronomer Salman Hameed on…

Will Pot Be Legal in MA in 2017?

7.29 We take one toke over the line with Terry Franklin, board member of Bay State Repeal. And a new edition of ‘Vaya Con Munoz’ with Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

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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.

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Tom Holland appears to confirm he and Zendaya are married

Tom Holland has apparently confirmed that he and his longtime love Zendaya have already tied the knot. The actor may have ended months of speculation triggered by Zendaya's stylist Law Roach's claim in March that the couple had already held a wedding.