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

1 day ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

2 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

2 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

3 days ago in National

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.

4 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorced and legally single. A Nashville, Tennessee, judge on Tuesday issued an order dissolving the 19-year marriage of the Oscar-winning actor and the Grammy-winning country singer.