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

4 hours ago in National

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell form in the Pacific Ocean as Dolly churns in the Atlantic

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, both of which were expected to become hurricanes in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.

4 hours ago in National

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.

3 days ago in National

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated

Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.