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

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Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

1 day ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.

1 day ago in Features, Trending

Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.

1 day ago in National

FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act

A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words "Property of Allah" killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran, as a potential act of terrorism.

1 day ago in National

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday.