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).
On The Passing of Eric Carle
5/27: We remember Eric Carle. Then, award-winning political reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaign to defeat Donald Trump;” and The Reverend and The Rabbi on the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the cease fire.
Amherst signatures & The SJC
5/26: Sarah McKee and Rita Burke on the lawsuit filed at the Supreme Judicial Court against the town of Amherst for disqualifying signatures on the petition to require a town vote on the Jones Library expansion and renovation. Also, Sex Matters with sex educator Dr. Jane Fleishman and Natalia Munoz.
A Northampton look at the situation in Jerusalem
5/25: Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Peter Ives on Israel and Hamas; Jamala Gore, candidate for Northampton City Councilor at-large; Carolyn Oppenheim, Coordinator of the Forbes Library Frances Crowe Social Justice Films Series and filmmaker Jim Becket on “Seeds of Vandana Shiva.”
How are Hamp’s coffers as we approach post-COVID?
5/24: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on his proposed budget, public safety, and plans for downtown; Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov, Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Reynolds Winslow on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, reparations in Amherst, and the Sojourner Truth scholarships.
Getting to the other side of the pandemic
5/21: Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on covid and recovery and schools and funding; MTA Vice-President Max Page on just-released polling showing overwhelming state-wide support for teachers in the pandemic; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Zachary Pearson and Owen W-B from Anarchestra.
“Welcome to America”
5/20: Local attorney Buz Eisenberg, Niberd Abdalla, and Ellen McShane on their inspiring and heart-warming victory in immigration court; Rev. Peter Ives on the Israel-Hamas conflict; Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC physics prof, Kisten Nordstrom, and UMass professor of mechanical engineering — and Associate Director of the UMass. Wind Energy Center, Matthew Lackner, on wind and solar in the Commonwealth.
Valley Grows Day
5/19: Best-selling author Daniel James Brown on “Facing the Mountain;” Executive Director of Grow Food Northampton, Alisa Klein, on Valley Grows Day;
Vaya con Munoz con Natalia Munoz on policing in the Valley.
From Rube to Robinson
5/18: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke: Duke Goldman, co-editor of the just-published anthology of the best articles on the Negro Baseball League — “From Rube to Robinson,” discusses his book, the FIRST PLACE Boston Red Sox, strike outs, and weird happenings on the diamond. This month’s Comedy Quiz –on gardening — with contestants Maddy Benjamin, Monte Belmonte, Pam Victor and Quizmaster Julie Waggoner. And the winner is….
Free as Niberd
5/17: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on police reform in her city and also championship softball and festivals; attorney Buz Eisenberg on
his victory in Immigration Court for longtime Valley resident Niberd Abdalla; Robert Radin, Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services for Jewish family Services and author of
“Teaching English to Refugees.”
A referendum on referendums in Greenfield
5/14: Community activist Al Norman and attorney David Singer sqaure off on civic engagement, ballot access, and democracy in Greenfield;
MTA Vice-President Max Page on the Cherish Act.
