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 5.21.14

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella; W. Mass AFSC Director Jeff Napolitano and Paki Wieland on drones in our valley.

The Bill Newman Show 5.20.14

Terry Franklin on marijuana legalization in Massachusetts; Ann-Marie Caulker, human rights activist, on female genital mutilation in west Africa and…

The Bill Newman Show 5.19.14

Craig Harris, author of a new book about The Band. Plus a special edition of Black In The valley.

The Bill Newman Show 5.16.14

Tony Judge, Prairie Home Companion producer speaks about his friend and colleague Studs Terkel on what would have been Studs…

The Bill Newman Show 5.15.14

Doug Fine, author of Hemp Bound: Dispatches form the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution. Warning: Hemp– it’s not…

The Bill Newman Show 5.14.14

Professors Greg White and James Lowenthal on Smith, the IMF and bikes; Gypsy Lane burlesque in Northampton–Teresa Lorenco reveals all’…

The Bill Newman Show 5.13.14

Odd Couple thespians-Jonah Godfrey, Adam Osherow, Bobby Tosswill; Chris Rohmann and Penny Burke on Skyscraper and the Arts Trust.

The Bill Newman Show 5.12.14

Newman interviews Newman—OY! Sebern Fisher on neurofeedback—she’s written a fascinating (and hopeful) new book; Josh Silver v. The Koch Bros.

The Bill Newman Show 5.9.14

Senator Bernie Sanders, John Nichols from The Nation, &  Conor Boylan, co-director of Progressive Democrats of America. Will Bernie Sanders…

The Bill Newman Show 5.8.14

The Amandla Chorus sings for peace and justice in our studio; plus a special edition of the Reverend and the…

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