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

3 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

3 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

4 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

4 days ago in National

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.

5 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorced and legally single. A Nashville, Tennessee, judge on Tuesday issued an order dissolving the 19-year marriage of the Oscar-winning actor and the Grammy-winning country singer.