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

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So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

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Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

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Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.

3 days ago in Trending, World

SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in Wall Street's biggest initial public offering of stock.

4 days ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night's performances and Wednesday night's historic NBA game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.