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

17 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

‘Ketamine Queen’ gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling "Friends" star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.

23 hours ago in National

Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.

23 hours ago in National

Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.

23 hours ago in National, Trending

Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Ye's history of antisemitic remarks. The festival's organizers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being canceled as a result.