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

1 day ago in National

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.

2 days 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.

3 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.

3 days ago in National, Trending

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.