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.

Recent Headlines

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.