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).
Breaking Down The Ballot Box
11/3: The election Fishwrap with Natalia Munoz; then NPR-Northampton Poetry Radio — with segment host, Rich Michelson, and poets Annie Woodhall, Bill O’Connell and Trish Crapo. And then, Sex Matters with Jane Fleshman–do we have a quiz for you
So long, Marianne
11/2: John Pucci on the trial, verdict, and potential sentences in the Varsity Blues prosecutions; then Judy Scott, author of “Leonard [Leonard Cohen], Marianne [that Marianne!],and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra.”
The Last Day of Campaigning with the Northampton Council Candidates
11/1: Northampton Ward 4 City Council candidates, Jesse Hassinger and Garrick Perry on the Northampton Arts Council’s decision to cancel the biennial art exhibit; Ward Three City Council candidate David Kris on his reasons for running and differences with his opponent; NPR–Northampton Poetry Radio–with segment host, erstwhile poet laureate Rich Michelson, and Lanette Sweeney–her new collection is titled “What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir About Losing a Child to Addiction” — her virtual reading will be this Thursday at the Odyssey.
Who will YOU choose as the next Mayor of Northampton?
10/28: Northampton mayoral candidates Marc Warner and Gina-Louise Sciarra in their final joint discussion before the election.
Meet Joshua Garcia-Candidate for Mayor of Holyoke
10/27: Joshua Garcia, candidate for Mayor of Holyoke–the election is next Tuesday, and early voting is happening now. Then, Max Page and Madeleine Charney from UMass. Amherst on federal and state funds coming to the campus, climate mitigation and union efforts. Community Forum on Climate Action 10/14/21. Recording here; union bargaining/campaign efforts https://umassmsp.org/campaigns/) from the UMass Carbon Mitigation Task Force with Q & A
https://www.umass.edu/sustainability/sites/default/files/cmp_-_qa_-_webinars_-_cmtf_responses_-_fall_2020.pdf
The Larry Hott Show!
10/26: Larry Hott guest-hosts with guests-Northampton teacher Susan Sullivan-on challenges faced by immigrant children in our schools; bestselling author Leslea Newman on her two new books; Melanie Joy on “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows.”
Splitting Greenfield in Half
10/25: State Rep. Natalie Blais on redistricting, bills she is sponsoring, and western Mass. ag fairs; Jamila Gore, candidate for Northampton councilor-at large; Black in the Valley with special guest Shafiah M’Balia on the case of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown.
On The Redistricting
10/22: State Representative Mindy Domb on redistricting, covid responses and the upcoming vote on the Amherst library; MTA Vice-President Max Page on the federal scuttling of support for community colleges, battling covid in classrooms, and Brutalism at UMass; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Carlos Mateu, whose show is at the Art for the Soul Gallery.
At Large
10/21: Northampton City Councilor-at-large candidates Marissa Elkins, David Murphy, and Michael Quinlan.
