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

60 minutes ago in Entertainment, Trending

FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says

Fresh

The FBI has issued Blair a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane, according to a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86

Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86.

3 days ago in National

Isaias strengthens into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on track toward the US Gulf Coast

Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds.

4 days ago in National, Trending

Hurricane Isaias is expected to get stronger on its way to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts

Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns in parts of Florida.

4 days ago in Local

Several Franklin and Hampshire County communities are sharing in a new round of state money for parks and land conservation

Several Franklin and Hampshire County communities are sharing in a new round of state money for parks and land conservation.…