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).
The Defense Delays
3/16: Crime and Punishment with Attorney John Pucci on the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd; Clare Hammonds, UMass Labor Center professor, on upcoming symposia on organizing; the Comedy Quiz with Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Lynn Simonds.
The Senior Mayor in The Happy Valley?
3/15: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; award-wining author Jane Yolen on the publication of her 400th book.
Remembering Bloody Sunday
3/12; A special Black in the Valley — we remember Bloody Sunday; ArtBeat with Eva Fierst and Bronwen Hodgkinson; MTA VP Max Page.
If You Lose, Just Change The Rules
3/11: Anh Linh Kearney, researcher at Represent US, on the voting crisis in the United States today and possible remedies and avenues of resistance to voter suppression. Rev, Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on the parting of the Red Sea and the particular relevance of Exodus today.
The Guiding Light of Francis Crowe
3/10: Carrying on the legacy of the late Frances Crowe – we preview the upcoming demonstration on her birthday at L3Harris with Miranda Groux, organizer with the Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, and Claudia Lefko, Founder and Director of the Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange and close colleague and friend of Frances. Then, the state of MCAS in Massachusetts today and the upcoming presentations on resistance to MCAS with Lisa Guisbond, Exec. Dir. of Citizens for Public Schools, Ricardo Rosa, UMass. Dartmouth Professor of Public Policy, and Doug Selwyn, former professor and public-school teacher and anti-high stakes testing advocate.
The Bed-In: Day Two
3/4: Day 2, the final day, of Monte’s “first and only” Bed-In for the Cancer Connection with Kenzie MacDonald and Rose Mroczka from the Amherst College Women Hockey Team; Noel Paul Stookey from Peter Paul and Mary; Jeff Tweedy from Wilco; Rabbi Justin David from Congregation B’nai Israel and Cindy Tarail from the Cancer Connection.
The Bed-In: Day One
3/3: Day 1 of Monte Belmonte’s Bed-In for the Cancer Connection, featuring Monte in bed with The Cancer Connection’s Executive Director Rev. Beverly Herbert, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott and Holyoke Media News Director Natalia Munoz.
