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).

Baseball is back!

4/12: Talkin’ baseball with the Duke—Duke Goldman. Talkin’ politics and policy – policing, zoning, and schools – with Karen Foster, Vice-President of Northampton City Council.

What’s Happening in Holyoke?

4/11: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia; Black in the Valley with Dean of Students and students from Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School on their recent trip to visit HBCUs in the South.

The Good News and Bad News for MA Teachers

4.8.22 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Amherst’s Max Page the VP of the MA Teachers Association and with the movers and shakers behind the Northampton Education Foundation Trivia Bee

Let My People Go

4/7: Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas/defense lawyer Buz Eisenberg; Rabbis Riqi Kosovske and Justin David.

The A#$ Hats vs The Northampton High School Principal

4/6: Natalia Munoz and three Northampton High School students debate the performance and future of the principal; Larry Hott and Brian Boyles discuss Mass Humanities.

Will Donald Trump be indicted?

4/5: Crime and Punishment with Attorney John Pucci – on Trump’s legal travails; Northampton City Council President Jim Nash.

Notes from Senator Jo

4/4: State Senator Jo Comerford; Northampton Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra.

The Farthest Star

4/1: The Fair Share Amendment with MTA Vice President Max Page and Liz Recko-Morrison; breaking news from outer space with Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Pasqualina Azzarello.

Vibes for The Tribe

3/31: Damany Gordon, President of Genuine Culture, previews this weekend’s “Vibez for the Tribe II, A Celebration of Jazz, Hip-Hope and a Tribe Called Quest;” Alice Robbins, baroque cellist, viola da gambist and founding member of Arcadia Players, on this weekend’s performance; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Florence Congregational Church Reverend, Averill Elizabeth Blackburn and Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi Justin David on Passover and Easter.

The Voice of Michelle Brooks Thompson

3/30: Live in the studio –Michelle Brooks Thompson! Larry Hott and Natalia Munoz on the Oscars.

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.