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

19 hours ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

19 hours ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.

19 hours ago in Features, Trending

Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.

21 hours ago in National

FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act

A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words "Property of Allah" killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran, as a potential act of terrorism.

21 hours ago in National

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday.