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

4 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.

10 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.

11 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.

11 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.