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

13 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.

13 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.

20 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.