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

3 days ago in National

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their future

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years will soon be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by animal welfare activists.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

World Series preview: Surprising Rays-Brewers showdown to open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died. He was 93.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 for a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals

Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise's first WNBA championship.

3 days ago in National

Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail

Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.