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 Courage To Come Out

10/28: Newman on Ballot Q1 and Q2; Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman and Dr. Imani Woody; Natalia on Jeffrey Toobin.

Can’t You Smell That Smell?

10/27: Democracy? Carolyn Oppenheim and Will Myers on “What is Democracy?”–Astra Taylor’s film, available through Forbes Library, based on her book “Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It; When It’s Gone;” Grace Bannasch, Shutesbury’s Town Clerk and Chief Election Officer on in-person and by mail voting. Also, Harold McGee, bestselling author, whose new book is “Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells.”

Do “Black Lives Matter” at Your Condo Complex?

10/26: ACLU of Massachusetts attorney Ruth Bourquin on the preliminary injunction just issued by the Hampshire Superior Court ordering that a Belchertown condominium owner be allowed to post her Black Lives Matter sign.

Domb On The Debate & Beacon Hill Bills

10/23: State Representative Mindy Domb on national politics and Massachusetts legislative initiatives: Max Page on the state budget; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

Can We Cooperate Our Way Out of This?

10/22: THE CO-OP SHOW starring Addie Rose Holland — Real Pickles Co-op; Karen Ribeiro — PV Squared Solar; Jason Carpenter — Downtown Sounds; Jenni Tilton-Flood — Cabot farmer-owner; ; Adam Trott–Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives; Rochelle Prunty–River Valley Co-op; Sarah Kanaby–Franklin Community Co-op; Lauren Duffy–UMass Five College Credit Union.

How A Nation Conquered The World, But Failed Its People

10/21: Jared Sexton, author of “American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People ;” Pam Powers, Northampton City Clerk and Chief Election Official, on voting in 2020.

Has The Senate Misjudged The Judge?

10/20: Former head of Western Mass. U.S. Attorneys’ Office, John Pucci on Amy Coney Barrett and the questions that Senators should have but failed to ask; the monthly Comedy Quiz –it will have you on pins and needles– with contestants Kelsey Flynn, Pam Victor & Monte Belmonte and the Quizmaster, acupuncturist Lynn Currie.

Houle’s Rules When It Comes To Voting in Sunderland

10/19 Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; Wendy Houle, Sunderland Town Clerk and Chief Election Official, on early and by-mail voting.

Recent Headlines

42 minutes ago in Trending, World

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

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All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

3 days ago in National

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

3 days ago in National

National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

3 days ago in National

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.