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).

Bloomsday & Juneteenth

6/14: Bloomsday with Judith Roberts and Joe Lubold from the Literacy Project; Black in the Valley with guests Amilcar Shabazz, Demetria Shabazz, and Anika Lopes on Juneteenth.

American Mythmaking

6/10: “Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American Myth” with co-author Chris Tomlinson; Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives.

Creating a Buz

6/9: Ben Downing, candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor; Buz Eisenberg on his new show on WHMP; Natalia Munoz on police reform efforts in the Valley.

How ’bout them Yankees?

6/8: Elinor Cleghorn, author of “Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World;” Talkin Baseball with the Duke–Duke Goldman.

Old School isn’t Cool

6/7: State Senator Jo Comerford and Mass. Teachers Ass’n VP Max Page on the need for new schools across the Commonwealth (and how they’ll be paid for); Main Street for All with Lilly Lombard, Jesse Hassinger, and Benjamin Weil.

Is the “For The People” Act our last hope?

6/4: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the urgent need, perhaps our last chance, to protect voting in the United States; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Tom Vacanti — on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — the return of live performances in the Valley.

The Secret Life of Flies

6/3: John Balcombe, author of “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects;” and Zachary Karabell, author of “Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power.”

In Search of Our National Bookshelf…

6/2: Jess McHugh on “Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books;” “A Time for Mercy:” attorney Patty Garin explains how and why clemency has died in Massachusetts and what you can do to breathe life back into this criminal justice safeguard; Natalia Munoz on white male privilege.

One day until “The New Normal”

5/28: We remember Eric Carle with State Representative Mindy Domb and also speak with the Representative about the lifting of covid restictions and revelations about the deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers Home; MTA VP Max Page on the senate budget — promises fulfilled and those that were not; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Scout Cuomo.

Recent Headlines

3 hours ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

3 hours ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

10 hours ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

11 hours ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Ohtani has grand slam, 5 RBIs as Japan routs Taiwan 13-0 in its WBC opener

Shohei Ohtani doubled on the first pitch of the game, then hit a go-ahead grand slam and an RBI single in a 10-run second inning to lead defending champion Japan over Taiwan 13-0 Friday night in its World Baseball Classic opener.