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 5.7.14

Betsy Leondar-Wright on her book Missing Class (as in overlooking it); Florence Ladd on The Spirit of Josephine; Peter Blanchette…

The Bill Newman Show 5.6.14

Candidate for Attorney General, Maura Healy & Salman Hameed’s Ridiculously Large and Largely Ridiculous Universe.

The Bill Newman Show 5.5.14

Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov, Ingrid Askew, Ann-Marie Caulker; & Dr.Sue Lowery; for Mothers’ Day—the Good Mother Myth…

The Bill Newman Show 5.2.14

Josh Ruebner, author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

The Bill Newman Show 5.1.14

Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate coming to the Care Center & Ann Teschner, Executive Director of the Care Center.

The Bill Newman Show 4.30.14

Suzanne Strempek Shea on This Is Paradise; Bruce Dancis, author of Resister: a Story of Protest and Prison during the…

The Bill Newman Show 4.29.14

In memoriam:Tim Carpenter. Jim Hightower on Democrats, armadillos, health care, Bernie Sanders, & the upcoming Progressive Democrats of America confab in Northampton. And poet…

The Bill Newman Show 4.28.14

Nick Mottern on “Know Drones.” Lois Ahrens, Exec Director, Real Cost of Prisons Project, on Massachusetts’ proposed bail jail.

The Bill Newman Show 4.25.14

Tess Poe, Ryan O’Donnell, Bob Reckman, & Wayne Feiden preview “Pleasant Futures” in Northampton; author Michael Sims on The Adventures of Henry Thoreau

The Bill Newman Show 4.23.14

Donelle Wright, from Jobs Not Jails with w. Mass. AFSC’s Jeff Napolitano; The Odyssey bookshop’s Joan Grenier and Emily Crowe on…

Recent Headlines

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Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn’t known, AP sources say

A suspect is in custody in the shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, police said.

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National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for American residents.

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Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

President Donald Trump didn't bring much holiday cheer Tuesday when bestowing ceremonial pardons on two Thanksgiving turkeys, dispensing more insults than goodwill at the traditional White House ritual.

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What’s open on Thanksgiving? Not much, as many stores rest — or prepare — ahead of Black Friday

With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season this week, Americans will again gather for Turkey Day meals before knocking off items on their Christmas gift lists.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia's ancient stadium and temples to a nearby museum.