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 2.6.14

Mehlaqa Samdani, Founder, Critical Connections, on political Islam; Nerissa Nields remembers Pete Seeger with song (of course).

The Bill Newman Show 2.5.14

Ben Baumer & Andy Zimbalist on sabermetrics; Alan Edelstein on illusionists;John Sheirer on the world’s wisest dog.

The Bill Newman Show 2.4.14

Emma Halper, Eva Q. Johnson, Allie Vannasse, Eliza Moss-Horowitz–NHS’ Crimes of The Heart; then, Prof. Salman Hameed on visiting asteroids.

The Bill Newman Show 2.3.14

Former Cooley Dickinson Hospital CEO Craig Melin reflects on his 25-year career at the hospital and the future for Cooley…

The Bill Newman Show 1.31.14

Daniel Jones, author of LOVE ILLUMINATED; Patricia Klindienst, curator of  No One Remembers Alone.

The Bill Newman Show 1.30.14

Soloma Furlong, featured in  upcoming PBS’ The  American Experience &  author of acclaimed books on leaving the Amish; Tamar Fields,…

The Bill Newman Show 1.21.2014

Ben Grosscup on the People’s Music Network; Harry Miles, NCIS – Northampton Criminal Investigative Services

The Bill Newman Show 1.27.2014

Political Gold with Josh Silver, political activists Nicole LaChapelle and Alice Swift on the Governor’s Race, John Jarvis – author…

The Bill Newman Show 1.29.2014

Tim Carpenter, Exec. Director, Progressive Democrats of America; Alexandra Ludwig, founder of the Flux Ensemble, joins Peter Blanchette.

The Bill Newman Show 1.28.2014

Film maker Steve Alves with Valley Co-op leaders Tom Bradbury, Suzette Snow-Cobb, Katherine Bhaduri; Amherst College Physics Professor Kannan Jaqannathan…

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