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 10.6.14

Hampshire County United Way Exec. Director Jim Ayers; then, Roger Wallace, for whom the Exellence in Teaching Award is named–…

The Bill Newman Show 10.3.14

Tony DiTerlizzi on Luke Skywalker and all things Star Wars; Aleks Kajstura, Legal Director of the Prison Policy Initiative.

The Bill Newman Show 10.2.14

Easthampton H.S.senior Brian Delaney on concert for a cause; Mary Witt & Peter Irvine (rockin’ art), The rev, the rabbi…

The Bill Newman Show 10.1.14

Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans on his psychedelic experience. UMass prof Max Page on his meeting with the UMass President.…

The Bill Newman Show 9.30.14

Eric Bosco, the UMass journalism major, who broke the story on UMass’s use of student police informants. Dr. Susan Lowery…

The Bill Newman Show 9.29.14

Hampshire College professor Robert Meagher on moral injury and just war. Historian Tom Foster on the sex lives of our…

The Bill Newman Show 9.26.14

Labor and employment law professor Harris Freeman on his recent Congressional testimony.

The Bill Newman Show 9.25.14

Happy 103 b’day, Aunt Ruth! Immigration Judge Paul Grussendorf on our deportation factories. Rev. Peter Ives on a planned death.

The Bill Newman Show 9.24.14

Indomitable 95 y.o. political activist Frances Crowe with Roots to Resistance founder Denise Beaudet; Mass Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni;…

The Bill Newman Show 9.23.14

Ebola epidemic strikes family who befriended Valley students –please help. Also, Attorneys Luke Ryan & David Hoose on their big…

Recent Headlines

3 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.

4 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.

4 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.

5 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.

6 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorced and legally single. A Nashville, Tennessee, judge on Tuesday issued an order dissolving the 19-year marriage of the Oscar-winning actor and the Grammy-winning country singer.