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

34 minutes ago in Sports, Trending

Serena and Venus Williams to play doubles together at Wimbledon with a combined age of 90

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Even at a combined age of 90, opponents should still be wary of facing the Williams sisters at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams won a combined 21 titles on the storied grass of the All England Club in their singles and doubles careers and now they're going for one more.

56 minutes ago in National

Struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion

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The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Brands. Yum Brands said in February that it was considering selling Pizza Hut and the chain looked to close 250 U.S. restaurants.

18 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

18 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

1 day ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.