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).
How To Revolutionize Health Care
1/18: Peter Lazes and Marie Rudden on “From the Ground Up: How Front-line Staff Can Save America’s Healthcare;” our monthly Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster, Smith College astronomer, Meg Thatcher.
Covid-19, Rise Up and Sing &, “I Will Be There with You”
1/14: Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page on the covid crisis and the retirement of the Commissioner of Higher Education, Carlos Santiago; Annie Patterson on “Tending the Fire: Healing Songs for a Wounded World; and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and artist Dr. Imo Nse Imeh on “I Will Be There with You.”
20 Years of GTMO & Anti-Semitism in the Valley
1/12: Rabbis Justin David and Debra Kolodny on anti-Semitism in Northampton; Guantanamo detainee attorney Buz Eisenberg and constitutional law professor Bruce Miller on who is still locked up at GTMO and why.
Mayor’s Monday with Nicole & Natalia Munoz on Puerto Rico
1/12: Mayor Nicole LaChapelle discusses the collaborative COVID-19 testing site in Easthampton and public records transparency. Natalia Munoz discusses the current struggles of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, corruption, economic collapse, and “la junta.”
Remembering Ed McColgan
1/11: Bill O’Riordan on the passing of Ed McColgan; Kerri Maher on “The Paris Bookseller” (Sylvia Beach and Shakespeare and Company);Duke Goldman on the first woman manager in MiLB.
Democracy? and Community!
1/10: Political Gold with Josh Silver, Executive Chairman of Represent Us, on our sleepwalking through what could be the end of the democracy. Then, Black in the Valley with special guest. Dr. Barbara Headley, Senior Pastor at Zion Community Baptist Church and Executive Director of ACTS, Action Centered Tutoring Services, on the beloved community, and education during the pandemic.
Lesser aims for greater Commonwealth
1/6: Eric Lesser, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor; Max Page, MTA Vice-President, on coronavirus and our schools; Pastor Carole Bull, Professor Molly Mead, and Rabbi Justin David on teaching as spiritual practice.
5 Million Reasons To Love Hampshire College
1/5: We continue yesterday’s conversation with Councilor Rivera; then, Hampshire College Chief Advancement Officer Jennifer Chrisler on the $5million anonymous gift the college has just received.
Israel in the Holy(oke) Land
1/4: Crime and Punishment with Attorney John Pucci on the Holmes verdict and the defendant taking the stand; Holyoke City Councilor-at-large Israel Rivera on the effort to deny him the seat to which he was elected.
