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).

A Springfield cop on trial

3/2: Crime and Punishment with attorney John Pucci on prosecuting police; Carey Gillam, author of “The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice.”

Holding The Governor accountable for the vaccine rollout

3/1: State Senator Jo Comerford on covid-19, vaccines, and the Governor;
Monte Belmonte on his going to bed for the Cancer Connection.

Holding the Governor accountable for the vaccine rollout

2/27: State Representative Mindy Domb on vaccine availability and Governor Baker’s plans; Your State U. with MTA Vice-President Max Page on (lack of)vaccinations for educators and forging ahead with MCAS; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Priya Nadkarni Greene.

Let’s Talk About Sex, Newmie

2/26: Monte and Bill and Jane Fleishman talking about talking about sex.
Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David talking about Purim.

Saving journalism, one columnist at a time

2/24: A eulogy for Lawrence Ferlinghetti; a conversation with state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on covid and the governor; an inquiry into the future of the Daily Hampshire Gazette with reporter and Pioneer Valley News Guild activist Dusty Christensen; and opinion on institutional racism in vaccine distribution and consideration of the Smith College employee claiming race discrimination because she is white from Natalia Muñoz.

Poet Quartet

2/23: NPR–Northampton Poetry Radio–with Martin Espada, Victoria Chang, Paul Mariani, and Rich Michelson; Sci-Tech Cafe with MHC physics prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and American University chemistry prof Raychelle Burks on why and how “All My Favorite Science Teachers are Undead.”!!

COVID in our prisons

2/22: Lois Ahrens, Founding Director of the Real Cost of Prisons Project, on covid in Massachusetts prisons; Liam Goud and Braxton Brewington, members of the Debt Collective, on the student debt crisis and the upcoming film at Forbes Library, “You Are Not a Loan;” Drs. Jacqueline Smith-Crooks, Carlie Tartakov, and Demetria Shabazz- a special edition of Black in the Valley.

PERSEVERANCE!

2/19: Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on Perseverance on Mars and other intelligent life with technology in our galaxy. MTA Vice-President Max Page on Governor Baker and covid; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Pamela Matsuda Dunn.

The standoff with China no one is talking about.

2/18: Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus and co-founder of the Commitee for a Sane US-China Policy, on the ongoing dangerous confrontations and potential for war between China and the U.S.; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on the role of religious leaders today in the fight for social justice and against religious intolerance.

Dancin’ with myself

2/17: Cool Films with Larry Hott who reviews “All In” about Stacy Abrams and “The Reason I Jump;” a preview of the third of Four Sundays in February with Cynthia McLaughlin and Jen Paulins, founding Artistic Director of the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought and Steve Sanderson, Events Producer at Northampton Arts Council. Vaya con Munoz
with Natalia Munoz on the Northampton Policing Commission’s Interim Report.

Recent Headlines

16 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

23 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.

2 days ago in National

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated

Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations has died at 80

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.

2 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending

How to reset your child’s sleep schedule for back-to-school season

After a summer of vacations and late nights, it's time to set those back-to-school alarms. A good night's sleep helps students stay focused and attentive in class. Experts say it's worth easing kids back into a routine with the start of a new school year.