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).
Breaking Down The Final Bills on Beacon Hill
1/4: State Senator Jo Comerford updates us on the availability of covid vaccines in western Massachusetts and also discusses these bills: Hampshire Council of Government, health care, the environment, (including an update on biomass) police accountability, economic development and transportation (including an update on East-West rail). The Bill and Monte fishwrap on the tape capturing Trump’s attempt to overturn the election result in Georgia.
Rep. Domb’s Thoughts On The New Speaker and The Governor
12/31: State Representative Mindy Domb; Izzy Heltai and Steve Sanderson; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Juston David, and Narissa and Katryna Nields.
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
Hauser Paper Going To Work Without An Editor?
12/30: A Fishwrap on the Gazette; then a preview of First Night with Steve Sanderson, Event Producer at the Northampton Arts Council, and fabulous singer-songwriter and First Night performer Kimaya Diggs; Natalia Munoz on the Gazette’s termination of its Editor-in-Chief and the business of the media.
The Fourth Night & The First Night
12/29: Black in the Valley. We continue yesterday’s conversation about Kwanza (December 26- January 1) with Professors Demetria Shabazz, Amilcar Shabazz and Carlie Tartakov. Then we preview First Night Northampton with Steve Sanderson, Event Producer of the Northampton Arts Council, and the fabulous guitarist, First Night performer and founder of the Ray Mason Band, Ray Mason.
The Origins of Kwanzaa
12/27: Susannah Sheffer, death penalty expert, and capital case defense attorney Walter Long on “The Penalty,” presented by Forbes Library; Kwanza: we celebrate with Professors
Amilcar Shabazz, Demetria Shabazz, and Carlie Tartakov and Rev. Jaqueline Smith-Crooks.
The Meaning of Xmas To A Reverend and a Rabbi
12/24: Revered Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Christmas.
A Poison Pill In The Environmental Bill
12/23: Mary Booth, Executive Director of the Partnership for Policy Integrity, on the resurrected plan for a large biomass plant in western Massachusetts.
How Bad Is The COVID Situation in W.MA Nursing Homes?
12/22: Beverly Herbert, Executive Director of the Cancer Connection; AL Norman, elder advocate, on the pandemic, vaccines and nursing homes.
The Honorable Honorable Mayor Nicole LaChapelle Esq.
12/21: Happy solstice! District Attorney Dave Sullivan, Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane and Micahel Roper, ROCA staffer and graduate of the Nurturing Fathers Program; Nicole LaChapelle, Mayor of Easthampton and an elector at the Electoral College.
What do teachers want from the next Sec. of Education?
12/18: Rebecca Kolins Givan, co-editor of “Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education” — with MTA Vice President Max Page; State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on police reform, the Roe Act, and Governor Baker’s budget vetoes; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis and Carla Racine — on the Cold Moon Project, a collaboration presented by Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, Ronin Audio Productions, The Buzz –a Honey Pot Production in association with Phantom World Productions, Bishop’s Lounge and the Majestic Saloon.
