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 Benign Influence of Good Laws Under A Free Government”

11.12.20 Not ALL lawyers are bad and Attorney Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks to two lawyers working on two very important issues: religious freedom and abortion.

Bill Barr & Baseball

11.10.20 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Representative Paul Mark and baseball historian Duke Goldman

Still Waiting…

11/5: The elections (the House, the Senate, and the Presidency), the polls and the future with Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US; then, David Roitman and David Arbeitman, organizers with Western Mass. Protect the Vote on the response if Trump refuses to abide by the election results; and Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on lessons from Jeremiah at a time such as this.

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

11/4: The election: with Brooke Hauser, editor-in-chief of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and Natalia Munoz, News Director of Holyoke Media.

When It Comes To Election Results We’re Going To Have To #WaitForIt

11/3: The election: how the House or Representatives and the Supreme Court may well react — with WNEU professors emeriti and constitutional scholars Bruce Miller and Leora Harpaz; what the election means to immigrants and their families with immigration attorney Megan Kludt, partner at Curran Berger & Kludt; and Josh Silver, CEO of the Northampton-based national organization, Represent US on what the polls released today tell us about Biden’s chances.

How Does Ranked Choice Rank with McGovern?

11/2: Talking the election with State Senator Jo Comerford: Congressman Jim McGovern; Rosenberg Fund for Children founder and author/columnist Robert Meeropol.

How Are Northampton School’s Handling Remote Learning?

10/30: Andrea Egitto, President of the Northampton Association of School Employees and Max Page, Vice-President of the Massachusetts Teacher’s Ass’n; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and
Kathryn Fanelli on Ms. Fanelli’s transformed and reimagined merry-go-round at UMass.

MA Lawyers with A Big Win For Fair Housing Nation Wide

10/29: Meris Berquist, Exec. Dir., Fair Housing Center, and atty Lauren Sampson. from Lawyers for Civil Rights, on the nationwide preliminary injunction they just won
in federal District Court in Springfield; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on religion and the election.

Recent Headlines

8 hours ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

8 hours ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

15 hours ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

15 hours ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Ohtani has grand slam, 5 RBIs as Japan routs Taiwan 13-0 in its WBC opener

Shohei Ohtani doubled on the first pitch of the game, then hit a go-ahead grand slam and an RBI single in a 10-run second inning to lead defending champion Japan over Taiwan 13-0 Friday night in its World Baseball Classic opener.