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 Carle at 20
11/29: We have a great time celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with the Museum’s Executive Director, Alexandra Kennedy. Then, a special edition of Black in the Valley with the members of Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group, who will be honored for their work in creating the town’s unarmed alternative response to policing.
Northampton’s Lesser-Known Abolitionist
1/28: Mayor’s Monday: Greenfield’s Roxanne Wedegartner talks with Monte and Bill about Monte’s March and the fight against food insecurity and hunger. Then, Lydia Moland on “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life.” Why don’t we know about this crucially important abolitionist, who lived in Northampton?
Nuclear Winter?
Pastor Carole Bull from the United Church of Ware and Rabbi Justin David from Congregation B’nai Israel in Northampton on reconciling the contradictions of this national holiday. Then, Dr. Ira Helfand, immediate past President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and Steering Committee member of Back from the Brink on nuclear dangers including Ukraine and how we can help prevent nuclear catastrophe.
Monte’s March Day 2
Monte’s March Day 2 starring Monte, Congressman Jim McGovern, State Senator-elect Paul Mark, Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa and Exec. Director the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Andrew Morehouse.
Monte’s March “Making Moves” Day 1
Monte’s March starring Monte Belmonte, Congressman Jim McGovern, Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, and Chicopee Mayor John Vieau.
Take a free ride on the bus
11/18: Monte Belmonte on Monte’s March; Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on food insecurity and environmental issues; Karl Meyer, Priscilla Lynch, and Paki Wieland on tomorrow’s demonstration to try to rescue the Connecticut River and its aquatic life from the ravages of the power plant in Northfield; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Daisy Patton.
Is Bezos being benevolent with his billions bunk?
11/17: Chuck Collins, author of Born on Third Base and The Wealth Hoarders, on Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott giving away billions (or not); Rabbi David Seidenberg on the biblical injunction to care for the environment and Jewish mysticism.
A misfire that could have ignited the next World War
11/16: A bigger War in Ukraine? A possible war with China? We speak with the Nation Magazine’s Defense Correspondent and Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, Michael Klare. Then, Cool Films with Florence-based Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “Navalny,” “Pussy Riot,” and “Three Minutes: A Lengthening.”
The true numbers behind the US’s “collateral damage”
11/15: NY Times Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Azmat Khan, on The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars –she is speaking at UMass this evening. Then a BIG change of pace—our monthly Comedy Quiz with Pam Victor and Maddy Benjamin.
A Victory for Holyoke
11/14: Happy first-year-in-office anniversary, Mr. Mayor – Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia. Then, Black in the Valley with segment hosts Carlie Tartakov and Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks – we learn about the Black Feminist Archive at UMass Amherst from the archive’s founder, Irma McClaurin.
