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 Farworkers Bill or How The Aspargus Gets Made
10/6: Wally Czajkowski, co-owner of Plainville Farm in Hadley, and Megan Hastings, Business Manager and Field Supervisor of Dave’s Natural Garden in Granby, on the proposed Massachusetts Fairness for Farmworkers Act.
Go Team Sabadosa!
10/5: Laurie Millman, Executive Director of Center for New Americans, State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa and Monte Belmonte on citizenship questions; Mark Cushing on “Pet Nation: The Inside Story of How Companion Animals Are Transforming Our Homes, Culture and Economy.”
Chuck Collins helps to pry open Pandora’s Box
10/4: State Senator Jo Comerford on pending voting rights legislation, including Northampton and Amherst home rule petitions; Chuck Collins Director, Program on Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, on the Pandora Papers.
Amherst wants to be vaxxed to the Max
10/1: Max Page. Vice-President of MTA, on vaccine mandates in Amherst and in other school systems and ARPA funds for education; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed with breaking news from outer space; ArtBeat with Donabelle Casis and — from A.P.E. Gallery — Lisa Thompson and Aidan Wright.
Defending the right to choose
9/30: WNEU law professor, attorney Jennifer Taub, on this weekend’s protests and rallies nationwide and here in the Valley in support of reproductive choice; Greenfield-based author Wendy Sibbison on “Helen in Trouble”–she’s 16, she’s pregnant, and abortion is a crime. The Reverend and the Rabbi with Cooley Dickinson chaplain, Pastor Carol Bull, and CBI rabbi, Justin David.
Rintala Part IV
9/29: Crime and Punishment with John Pucci on the SJC overturning the Rintala murder conviction and the twists and turns of the Varsity Blues case. Then the River Valley Co-op — we celebrate its grand opening and its models of sustainability — with the GM, Rochelle Prunty; Sally Loomis, E.D. of the Hilltown Land Trust; Lynn Benander, President of Co-op Power and Manager of the People’s Solar Energy Fund; and Jonathan Wright, Founder and Senior Adviser of Wright Builders, Inc.
How can you help an Afghani family?
9/28: Immigration attorney Megan Kludt on asylum seekers from Afghanistan and how we can help; Cool Films with Larry Hott on “Lorena” (Bobbitt) and “Summer of Soul;” Chris Rohmann, Sam Samuels, and Noah Tuleja on “The Mystery of Irma Vep”– opening at the Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield, a Silverthorne Theater production.
PayPal or PayFoe?
9/27: Max Chafkin on “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon’s Valley Pursuit of Power.” Black in the Valley with special guest Rev. Djaloki Dessables on Haiti and the humanitarian crisis at the Southern border.
To (Gran)be or not two Granby?
9/24: State Representative Mindy Domb on redistricting, diapers and her number 1 and 2 priorities; Paul Hawken on “Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation;” and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Ligia Bouton, Kathryn Fanelli, and Garth Stevenson.
Meet G.L. Sciarra: Candidate for Mayor of Northampton
9/23: We have an extended conversation with Gina-Louise Sciarra, candidate for Mayor of Northampton. Then, “The Reverend and the Rabbi” with Rev. Peter Ives, Rev. Michael McSherry and Rabbi Justin David.
