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 9.22.14

Chrysler Szarlan, author of The Hawley Book of he Dead; M.P. Barker, author of Mending Horses; Political Gold with Josh…

The Bill Newman Show 9.19.14

HAPPY 40TH  BIRTHDAY, BROADSIDE BOOKSHOP with Cathi Hanauer,  Rev. Andrea Ayvazian, Bill Clements,  Roxie Mack, Nancy Felton, Barry Werth, Suzanne…

The Bill Newman Show 9.18.14

Lesléa Newman – Here Is the World; Clive Thompson- Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for…

The Bill Newman Show 9.17.14

Your State U. with Professors Max Page, Scott Auerbach & Eve Weinbaum;  Amherst Poetry Festival with Rich Michelson & Karen…

The Bill Newman Show 9.16.14

Feeling upset about your government and the world? This interview is for YOU! Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights…

The Bill Newman Show 9.15.14

Sam Osherson, author of The Stethoscope Cure; Zane Kotker, author of The Inner Sea: A Novell of the Year 100.…

The Bill Newman Show 9.12.14

Law prof Timothy Kuhner, author of Capitalism v Democracy; Jordi Herold, founder of the famous and infamous Iron Horse Music…

The Bill Newman Show 9.11.14

Filmmakers Roger Sorkin and Larry Hott on climate change and the military; plus The Rev & the Rebbe.

The Bill Newman Show 9.10.14

Rep. John Scibak; Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat; UMass professor Max Page.

The Bill Newman 9.9.14

Climate Change March with Rev. Andrea Ayvazian, Susan Theberge, & Karen Ribeiro. Then, Amherst Live! with Oliver Broudy & Karen…

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