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 9.23.13

Easthampton Mayor Mike Tautznik running for the State Senate; plus Martin Espada-an incredible reading of an extraordinary narrative poem.

The Bill Newman Show 9.20.13

Rock the house with Mary Witt.  Then, cool art in Amherst with Janet Winston & Rebecca Muller.

The Bill Newman Show 9.19.13

Dick Lehr, author of  “Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss.” Then, celebrate the 25th anniversary of the…

The Bill Newman Show 9.18.13

Special edition of “Your State U” with Max Page; plus Saiya Miller and Liza Bley, authors of Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf–(more sex…

The Bill Newman Show 9.17.13

Previews–first of  Amherst Live, the live-talk zine; and  Voices From Inside with The Voice’s Michelle Chamuel and VFI President, Marion…

The Bill Newman Show 9.16.13

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella on sex ed.– and the Boston Red Sox! Plus.Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of United Republic.

The Bill Newman Show 9.13.13

WORLD PREMIER!!  Professors Eric Sawyer and Harley Erdman on Garden of Martyrs: the trial and execution of Daley  and Halligan in…

The Bill Newman Show 9.12.13

Pulitzer Prize Winning author Paul Harding; then, 98 year old activist Arky Markham. Plus, The Reverend and the Rabbi.

The Bill Newman Show 9.11.13

Legalizing marijuana with  Mason Tver,co-author of  Marijuana Is Safer, so Why Are We Driving People To Drink?

The Bill Newman Show 9.10.13

Live from Beirut: Hampshire Professor Omar Dahi on Syria. Then, union steward,Paul Felton, author of Murder of a Post Office Manager.

Recent Headlines

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Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

2 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

2 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

3 days ago in National

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.