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 4.22.14

Rev. David Whiteley, Professor Bob Meagher, & VEP Director Susan Leary on moral injury; but  first, rock out with the Young@Heart chorus, previewing the…

The Bill Newman Show 4.21.14

Barry Moser, artist extraordinaire, shares his Pennyroyal Caxton Bible & his views; then, MCAD Commissioner Jaime Williamson.

The Bill Newman Show 4.18.14

Lynn Pasquerella,renown medical ethicist and President of Mount Holyoke College,the smartest person we know! Plus NCIS (Northampton Criminal Investigative Service)…

The Bill Newman Show 4.17.14

Historic Northampton Exec.Dir. Nan Wolverton & photographer Stan Sherer on Northampton photographing Northampton. Plus a special edition of The Rev.& The Rabbi..

The Bill Newman Show 4.16.14

NPR (?) Rich Michelson & Joan Larkin take a poetic journey. Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, James Arena-DeRosa.

The Bill Newman Show 4.15.14

Professor Salman Hameed on the outer universe; poet Kevin McCaffrey on the inner universe.

The Bill Newman Show 4.14.14

Hold Fast to Dreams with Beth Zasloff & Joshua Steckel; Tim Carpenter, Progressive Democrats of America.

The Bill Newman Show 4.11.14

Betsy Leondar-Wright- her book Missing Class — when progressives speak of race, class & gender. Ellen Graves on Justice for Ayyub- his trial…

The Bill Newman Show 4.10.14

Tom Nazario, author of  Living On A Dollar A Day; Rob Okun editor of Voice Male; plus, The Rev the…

The Bill Newman Show 4.9.14

Award-winning film-maker Larry Hott; the Amherst co-op with Alex Kent; Teach Us That Peace with Baron Wormser.

Recent Headlines

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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.

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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.