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).

Ohtani and the All-Star Game with the Duke

7/13: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke–Duke Goldman.

The Global Water & Environmental Crisis

7/12: Sheryl Stoodley, Artistic Director, and Robin Doty, Managing Director, of Serious Play and Sabrina Hamilton, Artistic Director of Ko Festival, on their collaboration — “Moving Water.”

What will Main Street Northampton look like in the near future?

7/9: Northampton Mayor Davd Narkewicz; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

What REALLY happened in the Case of Bill Cosby?

7/8: Crime and Punishment with attorney John Pucci on the dismissal of charges against Bill Cosby and the bringing of charges against the Trump organization; then, “The Magic City Massacre” (the Tulsa massacre ) with KoFest Artistic Director, Sabrina Hamilton, playwright Deletta Gillespie, and Daryl Davis (he’s the musician and activist who convinces Ku Klux Klansmen to leave the Klan); and then, the Rev. Peter Ives on his personal leap of faith.

Trans Medicine

7/7: stef m. schuster on “Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender;” criminal defense attorney Bonnie Allen
on the nolo contendere plea and probation for her client in a widely publicized local child endangerment case; Natalia Munoz on Puerto Rican statehood –or not.

The Redistricting of MA begins

7/5: State Senator Jo Comerford on the coming redistricting of western Massachusetts; Robert Meeropol, younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, on his mother’s execution and Anne Sebba’s new book, “Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy.”

Is Biden about to end student debt?

7/2: Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on black holes eating dead stars. Max Page, V.P of the Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n on the state budget. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jo Hesse.

The Last Hope for The American Experiment

7/1: Political Gold with CEO of Represent.US. Josh Silver. Rev. Peter Ives.

Do Not Forget About Darfur

6/30: Eric Reeves, Fellow at the River Valley Institute and Trustee of the Darfur Bar Ass’n, on the genocide in Darfur, rape as an instrument of war in that region, and the project (he is the co-chair) Responding to Sexual Violence in Darfur.

What will the Commonwealth keep after the pandemic?

6/29: State Representative Mindy Domb on the budget (or not) and permanent changes brought about by the pandemic.
Then, Westfield State University criminal justice professor and department chair, Daniel Price, on local police, police reform, training–we cover a host of issues.

Recent Headlines

17 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

17 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

23 hours ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.

4 days ago in Trending, World

SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in Wall Street's biggest initial public offering of stock.

4 days ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night's performances and Wednesday night's historic NBA game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.