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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A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.

12 hours ago in National

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.

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NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.

2 days ago in National, Trending

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.

2 days ago in National

Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.