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 6.23.14

Suzanna Walters, author of The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality; then Political Gold…

The Bill Newman Show 6.20.14

Daniel Bullen on Daniel Shays; The O-Tones’ Mary Witt sings a capella; HVGO maestro Peter Blanchette.

The Bill Newman Show 6.19.14

Author Rebecca Coffey— literal literary recipes; then, international peace activist, here from London, Mil Rai.

The Bill Newman Show 6.17.2014

Musician Art Garfunkel previews his upcoming performance at the Academy of Music in Northampton; “Grass, Soil, Hope” author Courtney White.

The Bill Newman Show 6.16.2014

Award-winning Northampton filmmaker Larry Hott on his newest film, premiering on PBS this Friday; plus, a special edition of Black…

The Bill Newman Show 6.13.14

Award-winning filmmaker  Ken Burns on Hampshire College’s Creative Media Institute; and Richard Anderson, author of We Called Him Bunny on…

The Bill Newman Show 6.12.14

Greg Orr stars on NPR (Northampton Poetry Radio); also, we preview Bloomsday with Judith Roberts, the Literacy Project’s Executive Director.

The Bill Newman Show 6.11.14

Author Brian Leaf on Misadventures of A Parenting Yogi; arts center director Penny Burke; and the Ha Ha s Pam…

The Bill Newman Show 6.10.14

Anthony Giardina on his hit play at Lincoln Center, The City of Conversation; then, The World We Live In Is…

The Bill Newman Show 6.9.14

Hampden County DA candidate Shawn Allyn on gangs, murder, drugs & the school to prison pipeline; then, Political Gold with…

Recent Headlines

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.