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).

Varsity Blues

9/7: “Crime and Punishment” with attorney John Pucci on the Varsity Blues; Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project, on “State of Insecurity: the Cost of Militarization since 9/11”–
$21 Trillion,

UMass goes Global, the Moons of Mars and a Giant Mantis

9/3: MTA Vice-President Max Page on UMass’ newest multi-million- dollar acquisition; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the news from Mars; ArtBeat with host, Donnabelle Casis, sculptor Kamil Peters and — from the Florence Civic and Business Association –Andrew Munson.

Will the House save Democracy by the end of September?

9/2: Political Gold with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the Congressional response (or not) to voter suppression; Rabbis Justin David Riqi Kosovske on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Decolonizing Wealth

9/1: Edgar Villanueva on “Decolonizing Wealth” and giving away millions; Chris Dempsey on his campaign for state auditor.

Day 2 of “Who Will Be Mayor”

8/31: The four Northampton mayoral candidates’ forum, discussion/ debate/ continues.

Who will be the next mayor of Northampton?

8/30: The Northampton Candidates for Mayor: Gina Louise
Sciarra, Marc Warner, Roy Martin, and Shanna Fishel.

COVID, Baker, Masks & Mindy

8/27: State Representative Mindy Domb on Governor Baker, masksm, leadership, and schools; MTA Vice-President Max Page and Rich Levy, Salem State political science Professor Emeritus and activist, on campus and student debt.

Why it’s harder to call Amherst “home”

8/26: John Hornik, Chair of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust on the cost of housing, rental and otherwise in Amherst and the effect in the town and in the Valley; CBI Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on “Growing Stronger in the Seasons of Life,” which is the title of the Reverend’s forthcoming book.

Max and the Mass Mask Mandate

8/25: MTA VP Max Page on the new public schools’ mask mandate; Holyoke News Director Natalia Munoz, filmmaker Harriet Hirshorn, and human rights activist and public health expert, Marie de Cenival on Haiti. Then a back-to-school sex ed quiz administered by the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman.

We hold this truths to be self-evident

8/24: Michael Lawrence Riddell and Bayete’ Ross-Smith on “Self-Evident Education;” Singer and composer Dara Tucker and producer Paul Newlin on this week’s “Watermelon Wednesday.”

Recent Headlines

7 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says

The FBI has issued Blair a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane, according to a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86

Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86.

4 days ago in National

Isaias strengthens into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on track toward the US Gulf Coast

Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds.

5 days ago in National, Trending

Hurricane Isaias is expected to get stronger on its way to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts

Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns in parts of Florida.

5 days ago in Local

Several Franklin and Hampshire County communities are sharing in a new round of state money for parks and land conservation

Several Franklin and Hampshire County communities are sharing in a new round of state money for parks and land conservation.…