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 12.23

Get depressed (and fight back) with Kade Crockford, Massachusetts ACLU privacy & technology guru; lighten up with Pam Victor of the HA…

The Bill Newman Show 12.20

Mary Witt and Anand Nayak make beautiful music; curator Joan Ryan- beautiful murals she restored  make Northampton history come alive.

The Bill Newman Show 12.19.13

Aleks Kajstura, PPI Legal Director on prison gerrymandering;  Paint Box Theatre’s Tom McCabe on Santa; The Rev and the Rebbe…

The Bill Newman Show 12.18.13

NCA Executive Director Penny Burke rocks out on First Night; Katryna Nields rocks the house. And Professor Max Page throws a…

The Bill Newman Show 12.17.13

Lee Woodruff on In An Instant–the IED in Iraq that literally ripped her husband Bob, the ,ABC news anchor, apart.…

The Bill Newman Show 12.16.13

The Supreme Court’s human genome patent case with ACLU Women’s Rights Project attorney Sandra Park (who won the case), UMass…

The Bill Newman Show 12.13.13

Nation magazine correspondent & author of Dollarocracy John Nichols; Mount Holyoke College President and medical ethicist Lynn Pasquerella; filmmaker Michael Zimbalist.

The Bill Newman Show 12.12.13

Valley Gives!  Kristin Leutz and Julie Lichtenberg; Peter Blanchette & Dan Thomas; The Rev and the Rabbi.

The Bill Newman Show 12.11.13

Eureka! and Girls Inc! Leah and  Elisha ; Sarah Dunton, Suzanne Parker, Simi Hoque,& Geisha Uroza.

The Bill Newman Show 12.10.13

Dr.Ira Helfand on 2 billion lives at risk; Jane Yolen and Burleigh Muten celebrate Emily Dickinson on her birthday; & James Kichen…

Recent Headlines

17 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.

17 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.