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).

The Race for Ward 1

10/20: Stan Moulton and Lemy Coffin, candidates for City Council, Northampton Ward 1.

The Race for Mayor of Easthampton

10/18: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on her re-election campaign, ranked choice voting this election in her city, and police reform. Jesse Hassinger,
candidate for Northampton City Council in Ward 4 on his campaign and the recently announced closing of his business, Belly of the Beast.

The Commonwealth’s New Lines

10/15: Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on redistricting in western Massachusetts and the proposed “Act to Require Public Universities to Provide Medication Abortion;” MTA Vice- President Max Page on the proposed employment justice for adjunct professors bill; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Maggie Nowinski.

Doris Madsen in her own words

10/14: The Northampton Art Council’s cancellation of the biennial show at Forbes Library with Doris Madsen, the artist whose work is at the center of the controversy. Then we continue the discussion with Natalia Munoz and Rabbi Justin David.

The Scoop with Co-ops

10/13: October is Co-op Month, and this is our annual Co-op Show with Rochelle Prunty from River Valley Co-op; Craig Boivin from UMass Five College Credit Union; Rachel Levey from PV Squared Solar; Kate Hunter from Real Pickles; and Adam Trott from the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives.

Jason Montgomery in his own words

10/12: Jason Montgomery on the cancellation of the art exhibit at Forbes
Library; Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke: Duke Goldman on how-about-those-Red-Sox!

Art to change the world

10/11: Leonard Rubenstein on “Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War;” Steve Petegorsky on the Polus Center and the exhibit at the Anchor House of Artists and also on the Northampton Art Council’s cancellation of the biennial art exhibit at the Forbes; Black in the Valley with special guest Pat Romney, whose new book is “We were There: The Third World Women’s Alliance and the Second Wave.”

Tax The Rich

10/8: Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires and author of “Tax the Rich;” MTA V.P. Max Page on hunger and food insecurity on Massachusetts’ university and college campuses and college debt forgiveness for public service; and then–WAM! — ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Talya Kingston

Varsity Blues

10/7: While the jury goes to deliberate, attorney John Pucci hums a few bars of the Varsity Blues; Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of the Haydenville Congregational Church, shares some of his quite extraordinary life story and his plans for this week’s sermon.

Recent Headlines

10 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

17 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.

1 day ago in National

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated

Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations has died at 80

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.

2 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending

How to reset your child’s sleep schedule for back-to-school season

After a summer of vacations and late nights, it's time to set those back-to-school alarms. A good night's sleep helps students stay focused and attentive in class. Experts say it's worth easing kids back into a routine with the start of a new school year.