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).

Umass and Iran

Massachusetts Teacher Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni and UMass prof. Max Page; then Dr. Henry Rosenberg on childhood inoculations.

The Mayor Of Northampton

Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on money, snow, booze, business, BIDs, & schools. The eponymous Deanna F. Cook author of a totally cool new cookbook for kids. More at DeannaFCook.com

Is Historic Northampton history?

Historic Northampton’s Executive Director Nancy Rexford; Divest, Smith!! with student leader Anna George; a special edition of Black in the Valley.

The Poetry Of Vietnam

The extraordinary poet Fred Marchant; The PBS Fan Fare and Valentine’s Day Breakfast with Heidi Stemple, Angela DiTerlizzi, & WGBY’s Marie Waechter; Green Burials with Carol Coan, Leigh Youngblood, Rev. Peter Ives, & Rabbi Justin David.

Should Vaccines Be Mandatory?

One of foremost medical ethicists in America, Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella; photographer Ellen Augarten –her new show at Historic Northampton, Steve Sanderson on tomorrow’s amazing show at the Academy of Music, & arts correspondent Silas Kopf.

Two Grammy Winners, One Show

Iconic guitarist Leo Kottke; Grammy award nominee, UMass prof., Eric Berlin; Steve Levine, author of “The Powerhouse”– the story of inventing the battery that could save the world.

The Sandwich Generation & Books For Your Kids

Iconic guitarist Leo Kottke; Grammy award nominee, UMass prof., Eric Berlin; Steve Levine, author of “The Powerhouse”– the story of inventing the battery that could save the world.

The Next Mayor of Greenfield?

Patty Morey Walker, candidate for Mayor of Greenfield; A union for public defenders? with attorney Cory Mescon and SEIU 888 organizer Karen “Rudy” Renauld.

How To Be A Husband & On The Legacy of Vietnam

UMass prof. Christian Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity;” Tim Dowling, Guardian columnist and author of (the really funny) “How to Be a Husband; Sam Rush and Cate Damon, the stars of New Century Theatre’s newest production.

The Lumberyard Housing Project

Jeff Napolitano guests hosts and talks about the affordable housing project proposed for Pleasant Street, Northampton

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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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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.