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

11 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Cape Verde stuns Spain with a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut

So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw on Monday.

11 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

The world wants more high-protein products, but there’s not enough whey to go around

Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. More recently, food companies have sprinkled it into everything from breakfast cereals, Pop-Tarts and potato chips to bagels, tortillas and Starbucks drinks to meet growing consumer demand.

18 hours ago in National, Trending

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House's storied South Lawn.

3 days ago in Trending, World

SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in Wall Street's biggest initial public offering of stock.

4 days ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night's performances and Wednesday night's historic NBA game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.