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 11.21.13

Max Page on governing UMass; Defining The Struggle for Racial Justice with author Susan Carle; Rabbi Riqi  Kosovske stars on the Rev. &…

The Bill Newman Show 11.20.13

Transgender Remembrance Day; plus, Project Unspeakable.

The Bill Newman Show 11.19.13

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.  NHS thespians explain. And  HVGO sneaks into Symphony Hall.

The Bill Newman Show 11.18.13

Best-selling author Alan Weisman on COUNTDOWN: The Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

The Bill Newman Show 11.15.13

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella and GTMO detainee lawyer Buz Eisenberg on the medical ethics of torture

The Bill Newman Show 11.14.13

Doris Kearns Goodwin; Northampton BPW Chair Terry Culhane; Nerissa Nields and The Sojourner Truth Celebration at First Churches.

The Bill Newman Show 11.13.13

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and best-selling author, is coming to the Valley.

The Bill Newman Show 11.12.13

Ann Jones, author of They were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s  Wars–The Untold Story.

The Bill Newman Show 11.8.13

Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange) and Artist Betsy Stone; Pam Victor of the HA HAs; Jonathan Wright on amazing developments…

The Bill Newman Show 11.7.13

Bruce Cowee on the air war in Vietnam; Joan Grenier on the Odyssey’s birthday; The Rev, the Rabbi and the…

Recent Headlines

13 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

13 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

20 hours ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.

4 days ago in Trending, World

SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in Wall Street's biggest initial public offering of stock.

4 days ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night's performances and Wednesday night's historic NBA game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.