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 8.22.14

Jeff Napolitano from the American Friends Services Committee guest hosts with Jo Commerford from MoveOn.org on grassroots activism and Dr.…

The Bill Newman Show 8.20.14

Guest host Peter Bigwood speaks with Hugh Heisler, from The Dadz and Springfield No One Leaves, and Reverends Peter Ives…

The Bill Newman Show 8.19.14

Peter Bigwood speaks with his own daughter, Annie, back from working with the Peace Corps in Senegal.  Plus famed marquetry…

The Bill Newman Show 8.18.14

Guest host Peter Bigwood talks with local hero music legend, Lloyd Cole.  Plus a very special Black In The Valley:…

The Bill Newman Show 8.15.14

With guest host Jeff Napolitano from the American Friends Service Committee: on Gaza and prisons and taking the show over…

The Bill Newman Show 8.14.14

Tom Conroy, candidate for Treasurer of Massachusetts; Poet Laureate Rich Michelson—live from Martha’s Vineyard–S is for Sea Glass.

The Bill Newman Show 8.13.14

Political Gold with United Republic CEO Josh Silver; Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age…

The Bill Newman Show 8.12.14

Don Berwick, Democrat for governor; Kate Manning on My Notorious Life; Paintbox Theatre- Tarzan, Jane and the jungle animals are in the studio.

The Bill Newman Show 8.11.14

Mount Holyoke College President and esteemed medical ethicist Lynn Pasquerella on the Ebola epidemic; Phyllis Bennis, nationally renown author and…

The Bill Newman Show 8.8.14

Representative John Scibak on the new domestic violence bill, funding for UMass, the probation department scandal and political races.

Recent Headlines

9 hours ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

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.