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).

Ramadan Mubarak

4/12: Attorney John Pucci on the coroner’s testimony in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Karen Cox, author of “No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice.” Black in the Valley: with this evening being the beginning of Ramadan, our special guest is Imam Raul Seifullah.

The Return To In-Person Learning

4/9: Pucci on Chauvin; Your State U. with Mass. Teachers Ass’n VP Max Page on the return to in-person teaching and learning and the proposed state budget; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Amanda Herman, curator at UMass. Museum of Contemporary Art.

The Beginning of Baseball

4/8: Pucci on the Chauvin murder case. Scott Coen on the beginnings of this baseball season. The Reverend and the Rabbi featuring Rev. Donald Morgan of the Haydenville Congregational Church.

April is Autism Awareness Month

4/7: John Pucci on yesterday’s testimony in the Chauvin case. Katie Drumm, Associate Director at Pathlight, on National Autism Awareness Month and the upcoming 30th annual Western Massachusetts conference.

The New Western Mass Business Show on WHMP

4/6: John Pucci– Crime and Punishment with John Pucci — on developments in the Chauvin case. Ira Bryck and Tara Brewster, V.P. at Greenfield Savings, on the Western Mass. Business Show and the passing of the baton.

Where does the 413 stand in the MA vax rollout?

4/5: Former chief of US Attorneys’ Office for Western Massachusetts, Atty John Pucci, on the Derek Chauvin murder case. State Senator Jo Comerford on western Mass. issues at the legislature. Then, Hand Across the Hills– Leveritt Mass. residents meet those from Letcher County, Kentucky to talk about guns, abortion, vaccines, and coal.

Newman’s Black Hole Paranoia

4/2: Atty John Pucci on the Derek Chauvin murder trial; MTA VP, Max Page, on the MCAS waiver and postponements; Hampshire College professor and astronomer, Salman Hameed, on whether Newman should add black holes hurtling through space to his worry list; ArtBeat with segment host Donnabelle Casis and artist and Smith College Professor of Art, Alex Callendar, on her new exhibit.

Black Jesus

4/1: John Pucci on the murder trial of Derek Chauvin; Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on voter suppression and the For the People Act; The Reverend and the Rabbi featuring Dr. Theron D. WIlliams, author of “The Bible is Black History.”

Are Women’s Sports Finally Getting Their Due?

3/31: Julie DiCaro, author of “Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America.” John Pucci on the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman and Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

12 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.

12 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.

18 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.

3 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.