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).

An Apology For The Greensboro Massacre

10/8: Eric Chester, author of “Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent during WW I;” Dr. Martha Nathan on the apology from the city that was complicit in the Ku Klux Klan’s the murder of her husband; Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Sukkot and sukkah

Invisible Cities

10/7: Roman Mars on his new book “The 99% Invisible City;” Brooke Hauser, editor-in-chief of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, on which letters are published and which ones aren’t.

Larry David to become newest member of Young@Heart Chorus?

10/5: State Senator Jo Comerford; Young@Heart with Bob Cilman, Rosemary Caine and Sonia Nieto.

Dirty Money

10/2: Northampton-based attorney and WNEU law professor Jennifer Taub -her new book is “Big Dirty Money: The Shocking Injustice and Unseen Cost of White-Collar Crime;” MTA VP Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jason Montgomery.

The Dangers of The Day After The Election

10/1: Josh Silver, CEO of Represent US, on the state of the race for president; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin –his new book is “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, and Rev. Averill Elizabeth Blackburn, the new minster of the Florence Congregational Church.

Breaking Down The Breakdown at The Presidential Debate

9/30: We fishwrap the debate; then, Sam Myers, co-editor of “Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves” on climate change and our politics.

Recent Headlines

8 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.

8 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.

14 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.