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).

Bill Newman 5.22.13

Katharine Baker on Palestinian House of Friendship

Bill Newman Show 5.21.13

Daphne Kalotay on Sight Reading and Jane Yolen,on the 50th anniversary of her first published books

Bill Newman Show 5.20.13

Qais Akbar Omar, author of A Fort of Nine Towers, An Afghan Family Story; then, Black In The Valley.

Bill Newman Show – 5/17/13

NPR (sort of) with Anne Love Woodhull, author of Night With Its Owl and Northampton Poet Laureate Rich Michelson; and…

Bill Newman Show – 5/16/13

From the Literacy Project: Judith Roberts, Executive Director, Fred Barrett, “J” Couture, and Northampton City Council President Bill Dwight on…

Bill Newman Show – 5/15/13

We celebrate National Bike Week with western mass. star biker James Lowenthal and other luminaries we found with their bikes…

Bill Newman Show – 5/14/13

The Great Recession: women and work with Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, co-editor of Women Lead; then, move over, Northampton — you’re no…

Bill Newman Show – 5/13/13

Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, on Chechnya and war and novels and the Boston marathon bombing;…

Bill Newman Show – 5/10/13

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Laura Lovett, UMass history professor and author of When We Were Free To Be,’ and Northampton…

Bill Newman Show – 5/9/13

Johnny Got His Gun: our guests are the producer Linda McInerney and the director Kevin Maroney as they preview an…

Recent Headlines

2 days 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.

3 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.

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.