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

24 hours ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

24 hours ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

1 day ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

2 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

2 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.