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).
Is Gov. Baker failing when it comes to COVID?
1/3: State Senator Jo Comerford on the state’s response today to the current covid crisis. Bill Newman reads his column that the Daily Hampshire Gazette did not publish on Saturday.
Congressman Jim McGovern reflects on a tumultuous 2021
12/30: Congressman Jim McGovern on Build Back Better, the politics of 2022, and Cuba policy. Pastor Don Morgan from the Haydenville Congregational Church –our farewell interview.
The Bill Newman Show December 29th 2021
12/29: The election crisis in Holyoke with Holyoke Media News Director, Natalia Munoz. Sex Matters, our segment with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman.
Power In A Union
12/28: Daily Hampshire Gazette Reporter Dusty Christensen on the DHG union finally reaching an agreement with management; local, longtime activists Paki Wieland and Merri Ansara on Congressman McGovern, President Biden and Cuba–an underreported story; then, Steve Sanderson, Events Producer of the Northampton Arts Council, on First Night.
Young@Heart’s Virtual New Year’s Dance Party
12/27: Bob Cilman, founder of the Young@Heart Chorus, and Lori Divine and Vitek Kruta, co-directors of Gateway City Arts, on “Let’s Get the Party Started.” Black in the Valley with special guests Professor Amilcar Shabazz –on Kwanza, and Rev. Marcus McCullough–on Watch Night.
Ice Cream Man
12/22: Steve Herrell on “Ice Cream and Me.” Steve operated busy ice cream parlors for 37 years–Steve’s in Somerville and Herrell’s in Northampton — and in this book shares stories within the story with humor and warmth.
Nort-hemp-ton
12/21: Rachel Workman on her new pot shop and cafe on Main Street in Northampton, local connections, and the competition for pot customers. Then, our monthly Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Susan Mosler–about birds and bees –mostly the bees.
Watching The Detectives
12/20: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on police department transparency; Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter Dusty Christensen on his recent in-depth investigatory reporting on misconduct of officers in local police departments and the responses he has (and has not received) to his public records requests.
