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).

Josh’s Silver linings playbook for the next four years

12/3: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent.US on Trump, Georgia, and the Biden Administration;
Monte and Rabbi Justin David on the March and building anti-racism coalitions.

Shop Nohonline

12/2: On the record: Daily Hampshire Gazette, editor-in-chief ,Brooke Hauser, and reporter Dusty Christensen; Jena Sujat, founder of shopnoho.com.

Poems Helping People Learn A Language

12/1: Thirty Poems in November for the Center for New Americans–with Laurie Millman, Maceo Golossi, Aidin Matinez and Sarah Sullivan; the Hot Chocolate Challenge with Denise Vozella and Marianne Winters.

Mindy’s March

11/30: State Rep. Mindy Domb and Monte on last week’s march against hunger, which raised over $614,000 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and then on the state’s current efforts to combat the pandemic in western Massachusetts; Atty John Pucci on Trump’s pardon of Michael Flynn.

Home Release

11.20.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa about problems in our prison system. Plus the weekly Art Beat,

UMasters Of War?

11.19.20 Natalia Muñoz hosts and talks with the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Dusty Christenson about his investigative piece on private companies paying for research at UMass. Plus the Reverend and The Rabbi interview Monte Belmonte about the March for The Food Bank

Is the situation at The Farren unfair?

11.18.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks about the toll COVID is taking on downtown Northampton. And a discussion about the Farren Care Center and their proposed closure.

Sex Quiz!

11.17.20 Natalia Muñoz guest host and first talks with 14 year old Lavery Greenfield about her Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-food-bank-of-western-massachusetts-inc/peanut-butter-and-jelly-virtual-drive
And then Kelsey Flynn and Pam Victor from Happier Valley Comedy along with Monte answer sex questions from Dr. Jane Fleischman on this month’s Comedy Quiz Show.

Mayor LaChapelle on the Dems, COVID and Popular Song

11.16.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with Mayor Nicole LaChapelle of Easthampton about a variety of topics.

A Little Little Art Goes A Long Way

11.13.20 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks about ranked choice voting’s demise. Denise Vozella on the Hot Chocolate Challenge. And Donnabelle Cassis on Katy Schneider and Jim Armenti’s pandemic art project.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

2 days ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

3 days ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

4 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

4 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.