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 10.8.13

Northampton City Councilor Marianne Labarge; Attorney Andrew Fisher on bicyclists’ rights; plus daddoes.com

The Bill Newman Show 10.7.13

Special editions of Black In The Valley and Salman Hameed’s Ridiculously Large and Largely Ridiculous Universe.

The Bill Newman Show 10.4.13

NYT best-selling author, John Elder Robison, on autism, Asperger’s, and criminal court. Then,  Heidi Nortonsmith, Executive Director, Northampton Survival Center.

The Bill Newman Show 10.3.13

DEATHTRAP at NHS;an NPR Special: Northampton Poetry Radio; Joan Cendella on Nothing Brave Here; and The Reverend and the Rabbi.

The Bill Newman Show 10.2.13

James Yee, former GTMO Muslim chaplain–arrested and held in solitary for 76 days. But first, District Attorney David Sullivan and Susan…

The Bill Newman Show 9.30.13

Free Press President &  CEO Craig Aaron on our dollocracy and whether the internet as we know it, will survive. Then, Professor…

The Bill Newman Show 9.27.13

The Nation’s John Nichols and Professor Robert McChesney on their new book Dollocracy. Then, the Doctor of Rock, Professor Steve Waksman.

The Bill Newman Show 9.26.13

Smith College food service employees speak out! Then, Susan Stinsonon on her new book, “Spider In A Tree;” Rev Peter Ives &…

The Bill Newman Show 9.25.13

NCIS with attorney Harris Miles; Climate Justice with Barry Febos & Tim Holcomb;celebrate W.E.B. DuBois with curator Eva Fierst & Professors Max Page…

The Bill Newman Show 9.24.13

Holly Near!!  Then, Sam Daley-Harris, author of  Reclaiming Our Democracy & authors Jane Yolen & Heidi Stemple– the return of…

Recent Headlines

23 hours ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

2 days ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

2 days ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

2 days ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.