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 6.24.13

Susannah Scheffer, author of Fighting For Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys; plus Black In The Valley.

The Bill Newman Show 6.19.13

The extraordinarily talented & funny author and illustrator Mo Willems; Sally Ooms, author of Finding Home: How Americans Prevail

The Bill Newman Show 6.18.13

Attorney Stephen Schwartz from the Center for Public Representation; Robert Reckman on the Override Forum; Peter Blanchette

The Bill Newman Show 6.17.2013

Congressman James McGovern, funeral home director, Peter Stefan, who accepted the Boston bomber’s body for burial, Josh Silver on politics.

The Bill Newman Show 6.14.13

Father’s Day, In & Out

The Bill Newman Show 6.13.13

Wofa African Drum and Dance Company, Reverend and the Rabbi, Air quality in the Valley

The Bill Newman Show 6.12.13

Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella

The Bill Newman Show 6.11.13

David Pakman on politics; Ralp Poynter on Lynn Steward and compassionate release.

WOFA African Drum and Dance Benefit

Bisko Kaba, Director of the WOFA African Drum and Dance Company of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts charter school speaks about raising funds to bring his students to his home country of Guinea, Africa.

Recent Headlines

21 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.