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 6.6.14

Dusty Miller, activist and author of Danger at the Gates on Frances Crowe, Vermont Yankee, the decommissioning, getting arrested, and…

The Bill Newman Show 6.5.14

The Prez (of the Northampton City Council, that is) Bill Dwight; & Sam Rush, the genius behind New Century Theatre.

The Bill Newman Show 6.3.14

First we showcase the NEF Showcase; then we visit astronomy prof. Salman Hameed’s Ridiculously Large & Largely Ridiculous Universe.

The Bill Newman Show 6.2.14

A very special Black in the Valley segment; then, false confessions on NCIS (Northampton Criminal Investigative Service).

The Bill Newman Show 5.30.14

Sculptor James Kitchen on massive things unlikely to stand up; & author Rebecca Coffey on Anna & Sigmund Freud (And…

The Bill Newman Show 5.29.14

State senator (and presumptive state senate president, we say) Stan Rosenberg on topics ranging from Manny Ramirez to the Department…

The Bill Newman Show 5.28

Award-winning filmmaker Abby Ginzberg on the struggle for freedom and equality in South Africa. Her new film is being shown…

The Bill Newman Show 5.27.14

Re-envisioning Foster Care with  Hon Lillian Miranda, Chris Langelier, & Kerry Homestead from the Treehouse Foundation & Barry Chaffkin, CEO…

The Bill Newman Show 5.23.14

Don Perry –inside and outside the razor wire (an inspiring and chilling interview). Then Scott Coen cheers up Red Sox…

The Bill Newman Show 5.22.14

No More Guantanamo’s Executive Director Nancy Talanian; plus, the Rev. and the Rabbi.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

2 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

2 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

3 days ago in National

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.