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

3 days ago in National

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their future

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years will soon be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by animal welfare activists.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

World Series preview: Surprising Rays-Brewers showdown to open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died. He was 93.

4 days ago in Sports, Trending

Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 for a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals

Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise's first WNBA championship.

4 days ago in National

Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail

Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.