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 7.8.14

Katy Eisman & Jim Cutler, from MassPLAN on that fracking gas pipeline -here? Then HVGO maestro Peter Blanchette.

The Bill Newman Show 7.7.14

Author Ellen Evert  Hopman on Celts & Scots in Hamp; AG candidate Warren Tollman; New Century Theatre’s Sam Rush;  BItV…

The Bill Newman Show 7.3.14

The amazing author Jane Yolen; the amazing musical talent Samirah Evans

The Bill Newman Show 7.2.14

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella; Ko Festival founder  and artistic director Sabrina Hamilton.

The Bill Newman Show 7.1.14

Paint Box Theater presents…; The Center for Biological Diversity’s Stephanie Feldstein on World Population Day; astronomer Salman Hameed’s tour of…

The Bill Newman Show 6.30.14

Addiction and a new way to treat it

The Bill Newman Show 6.27.14

Northampton’s Abolition History

The Bill Newman Show 6.26.14

NCIS (Northampton Criminal Investigative Service) with attorney Harry Miles; Happy 40th birthday Birthday,—a party for Northampton-all welcome! Rev. Peter Ives…

The Bill Newman Show 6.25.14

Pandora Redwin on Adventure Playgrounds popping up in Northampton; plus a totally cool, special edition of NPR (Northampton Poetry Radio).…

The Bill Newman Show 6.24.14

Gillian Kendall, author of The Garden of Darkness; Poet Terry Johnson on Coalescence; The Valley Blue Sox’s major league prospects…

Recent Headlines

5 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Serena and Venus Williams to play doubles together at Wimbledon with a combined age of 90

Even at a combined age of 90, opponents should still be wary of facing the Williams sisters at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams won a combined 21 titles on the storied grass of the All England Club in their singles and doubles careers and now they're going for one more.

6 hours ago in National

Struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion

The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Brands. Yum Brands said in February that it was considering selling Pizza Hut and the chain looked to close 250 U.S. restaurants.

23 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

23 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

1 day ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.