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

5 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.

12 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.

12 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.

12 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.