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

21 hours 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.

2 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.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.