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 3.24.14

Many thanks to the UMass history department for bringing Adam Hochschild, writer-in-residence and pre-eminent historian,  to the Valley and our show.

The Bill Newman Show 3.21.2014

Rep. Tom Conroy, Wool & Grant, Inside Out

The Bill Newman Show 3.20.14

Live from Monte’s Campout for the Cancer Connection on the Old Courthouse lawn, Northampton.

The Bill Newman Show 3.19.14

Live from Monte’s Cancer Connection Campout VIII, on the Old Courthouse lawn in Northampton.  Donate by calling 413. 582.5200.

The Bill Newman Show 3.18.14

Tina Sanchez, Citizenship Legal Coordinator,The Center for New Americans: who is applying for citizenship & how, when & why?

The Bill Newman Show 3.17.14

Human rights leaders Dr. Johnetta Cole; Louise Little & Wilhelm Verwoerd, Directors of  Beyond Walls.

The Bill Newman Show 3.14.14

Mount Holyoke College President and  medical ethicist Lynn Pasquerella on the prison-industrial complex; infant death at CDH; bad behavior at UMass’…

The Bill Newman Show 3.13.14

Mara Bright, author of The Constant Heart; then, Yiddish theater star Shane Baker Joins our  Rev and  Rebbe.

The Bill Newman Show 3.12.14

Chris Rohman & PVPA thespians Jackson & Isabel, stars of The Merchant of Venice;  Mount Holyoke College professor Stephen Jones on Russia’s…

The Bill Newman Show 3.11.14

First Robotics (totally cool) with students Sam, Charley, Eileen, & Johannah, & GE scientist Mark Arsenault. Then, Corinne Demas,award-winning author, on her new…

Recent Headlines

7 hours ago in National

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington's glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

13 hours ago in National

Accused attacker at Washington media dinner is a tutor and computer engineer from California

The California man arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump.

13 hours ago in National

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

13 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon.

3 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.