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).
Going beyond “Roe”
12.17 Jeff Napolitano guest hosts and talks with State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, MTA VP Max Page and Donabelle Cassis has her Art Beat on the new location of the Oxbow Gallery
For Your Consideration…
12/16: Cool Films with Northampton-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on his views and recommendations on documentaries competing for the Oscars; Rabbis Riqi Kosovske and Justin David on Christmas celebrations and the Jewish community.
Sense and Sensitivity and Censorship
12/15: Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans on the state of Texas censoring his book and many others; Smith College professor Andrew Zimbalist on the Supreme Court’s recent unanimous ground-breaking decision on compensation for college athletes, which cites and relies on his research and writing — e.g.: “See A. Zimbalist, Unpaid Professionals 6– 7 (1999) (Zimbalist).”
The Art vs The Artist
12/14: Duke Goldman on the ongoing lockout by Major League Baseball and who’s in and who’s out at the Hall of Fame; professor Jacques Berlinerblau on “The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography.”
The End of The Mayor Narkewicz Era
12/13: David Narkewicz speaks candidly about his legacy and a few regrets on his more than a decade as Northampton’s Mayor.
These COVID Numbers are Not Looking Good…
12/10: The state of covid with MTA Vice President Max Page and UMass professor and health and safety expert, Thomas Estabrook; then Paul Newlin and banjo great Tony Trischka on the upcoming Wintermelon Wednesdays in West Whately https://www.watermelonwednesdays.com; and soon-to-be-former Northampton City Councilor Bill Dwight on the state of the city.
Ilan’s Literary Language Lesson
12/9: Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans on Restless Books;
The “Reverend and the Rabbi” with Rabbi Justin David and Pastor Carole Bull.
A Referendum on Referendums
12/8: Power to the People: community activist and organizer Al Norman on the Citizens Initiative in Greenfield and then Daily Hampshire Gazette community columnists Sara Weinberger and John Paradis on the columnists’ strike.
Bigda’s Brutality
12/7: Attorney John Pucci on the western Mass. criminal prosecution against police officer Gregg Bigda. Then, Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter Dusty Christensen on the state of contract negotiations with the paper and the community columnists’ strike.
Columnist Strike!
12/6: State Senator Jo Comerford on the Daily Hampshire Gazette columnists’ strike, and then ARPA money and successes for western Mass. Then, Dr. Lynette Watkins, the new President and CEO of Cooley Dickinson.
