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).

Why Rural Communities are S.O.L.

8/23: State Representative Natalie Blais on PILOTs and SOL, and the census and redistricting. Black in the Valley with Holyoke mayoral candidate, Gloria Caballero Roca.

The Hypocrisy Around Us — Exposed

State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on politicians who emphatically oppose individual reproductive choice but equally vehemently support individual choice for covid…

The Fight Continues with Dennis

8/19: Former mayor, long-time Congressman and two-time candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, Dennis Kucinich on “The Division of…

Live from Mauritius with Kenny Newman

8/18: Live from Mauritius — our Mauritian correspondent, Kenny Newman — on the recent Washington Post report about the island…

Simple Summer with Jonathan Bardzik

8/17: Celebrity chef, storyteller, author and former Valley resident, Jonathan Bardzik, on “simple summer: a recipe for joy and connection.”…

The Disintegration of Afghanistan

8/16: It’s Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; then James Whiteside, author of “Center Center: A Funny, Sexy, Sad…

Mayor’s Monday

8/16: It’s Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; then James Whiteside, author of “Center Center:
A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet.”

Rep. Neal has shofar to go when it comes to climate change

8/13: MTA VP, Max Page on masks and vaccines in schools and colleges; Rabbi Benjamin Weiner on Dayenu, the Jewish Call for Climate Justice, and the upcoming rally at Rep. Richard Neal’s office; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Rachel Hersh and Sarah Marcus of the Piedmont Play Project and this weekend’s performances.

The Ballot Blocks

8/12: Damon Effingham, Director of Federal Reform at Represent US, on the perilous state of our democracy and what Congress
may, or may not do about it,

My Evil Twin

8/11: Eric Sawyer and Harley Erdman on “My Evil Twin;” Then, Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

2 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

3 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

3 days ago in National

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.