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).

Appreciating Arpa

12/3: Max Page, MTA VP, on the ARPA money, K-12 and higher ed;
Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the James Webb Space Telescope Mission; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Maggie North.

Is the U.S. suffering from electile disfunction?

12/2: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the 2022 elections, Biden’s unpopularity and the effect of SCOTUS and abortion on the elections.
Then, “The Revered and the Rabbi ” with Rabbi Justin Davd and Rev. Peter Ives.

Reading the political tea leaves

12/1: Representative Mindy Domb on the passing of Marty Nathan, ARPA funds and the governor’s race; Northampton City Councilor Bill Dwight on Marty Nathan, the Northampton Arts Council, and a retrospective of his time in office.

Remembering the giving spirit of Dr. Marty Nathan

11/30: A tribute to Dr. Martie Nathan; Giving Tuesday with Denise Hurst from the Community Foundation of Western Mass; Crime and Punishment with John Pucci.

Gender(s)

11/29: Kathryn Bond Stockton on “Gender(s)” race and money; Black in the Valley with Amherst’s newly elected officials Ellisha Walker, Anika Lopes and Jennifer Page.

Stop New Female Prisons & Sex Matters

Louellyn Lambros, Policy Director for the  National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, on the proposed Massachusetts…

Monte’s March Continues

Buz continues the conversation with Monte about the importance of donating to Monte’s March. Today, Monte will walk 26 miles…

Monte’s March

Buz Eisenberg fills in for Bill Newman and talks to Monte about Monte’s March and the goal to raise $500,000…

When will the ARPA money go where?

11/19: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa; MTA Vice-President Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and UMass Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, Karen Kurczynski.

Media Ready Feminism

11/18: Rev. Don Morgan of the Haydenville Congregational Church announces his retirement and reflects on his ministry including, among other topics, the death penalty; professor Andrea Press on “Media Ready Feminism and Everyday Sexism.”

Recent Headlines

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Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

2 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

2 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

3 days ago in National

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.