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 9.5.14

Maura Healey, candidate for Attorney General; Steve Abdow and Alan Cabot, local and state-wide leaders of Repeal The Casino Deal.

The Bill Newman Show 9.4.14

Stand-up comic Jimmy Tingle; gallery founder Deb Focault with curator Jean Radakovitch; the return of The Revernd and the Rabbi

The Bill Newman 9.3.14

Attorney Buz Eisenberg –updates from Guantanamo; Steve Campbell on Northampton Jazz Fest; Prof. Max Page on law and football at…

The Bill Newman Show 9.2.14

Professor-astronomer Salman Hammed on other life in the universe; Attorney Harry Miles on the forensics of Ferguson.

The Bill Newman Show

Josh Silver guest hosts and talks with poet and professor Martin Espada about the life and death of his former…

The Bill Newman Show 8.28.14

Guest host Josh Silver talks with Rabbi Justin David about Israel/Gaza.  Plus wind energy with Matt Lackner from UMass and…

The Bill Newman Show 8.27.14

Josh Silver guest host and talks with Pandora Redwin about pop-up adventure playgrounds. As well as Max Page on UMass…

The Bill Newman Show 8.27.14

Josh Silver guests hosts and talks about the upcoming Live Art Magazine in Northampton

The Bill Newman Show 8.25.14

Guest host Josh Silver talks with Josh Finkle from The Tech Foundry, Reed Schimmelfing from Represent US and Steve Sanderson…

Recent Headlines

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Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

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.

1 day ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

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.

1 day ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

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.

2 days ago in National

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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US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

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