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).

The Bill Newman Show 10.20.14

On Black in the Valley — Erika Wilson-Perkins; Deborah Keisch & Erin Mahon-Moore on high stakes testing in Hamp schools;…

The Bill Newman Show 10.17.14

GTMO detainee lawyer, Buz Eisenberg;  also  Eric Kaplan, creative force of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, on his new…

The Bill Newman Show 10.16.14

Cool films with Emmy-award winning filmmaker Larry Hott; Shelter Sunday with Rebecca Muller (W. Mass. Network to End Homelessness) &…

The Bill Newman Show 10.15.14

City Councilor  Ryan O’Donnell on vibrant sidewalks; UMass Professor Jim Boyce on saving the earth while saving money; Jim Nash…

The Bill Newman Show 10.14.14

Katie Eisman & Rose Wessel on the fracking pipeline; Helen Haddad, author of The Taking; Before They Flooded the Quabbin;…

The Bill Newman Show 10.13.14

Erin McKeown rocks the house; Mac Everett & Deborah Slavitt on reuse for the arts; Julia Mines makes us happy;…

The Bill Newman Show 10.10.14

The Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Archive website is a portal that allows visitors to view high-resolution digital images of the more…

The Bill Newman Show 10.9.14

NCIS with attorney Harry Miles; the Paradise City Arts Festival with founder Linda Post; & the rev. & the Rebbe.

The Bill Newman Show 10.8.14

Obama Inauguration poet Richard Blanco; UMass prof. Stephen Clingman on his South Africa roots; artist Gregory Stone on his upcoming…

The Bill Newman Show 10.7.14

Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings; Professor & astronomer Salman Hameed on India going to Mars;…

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President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

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A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

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The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

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Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

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Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.