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

10 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.

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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.

17 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.

3 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.