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).

Pandemic Downtown Hamp-Take 2

9/15: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the new downtown experiment; plus — our monthly Comedy Quiz!

Kids These Days & Their New-Fangled Technology!

9/14: The Young@Heart Chorus!; Ronald Johnson, President & CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services.

Home Rule for Hamp Housing

9/11: Max Page, MTA V-P on UMass; Former Northampton City Council President Ryan O’Donnell on Home Rule and the Northampton Housing Authority; Bob Cilman, founder & Director of Young@Heart Chorus; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and sculptor Chris Nelson.

The DA’s Take on The Scathing Report on Racial Injustice in The Judicial System in Massachusetts

9/10: District Attorney Dave Sullivan on the just-released report on racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system; Rev. Peter Ives on the nature of Christ’s ministry.

The Formal Session Continues

9/9: State Senator Jo Comerford; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

The Earth Gets Healthy As Its Humans Get Sick

9/8: Western Mass author of the ground-breaking book, “The World Without Us,” Alan Weisman; then, Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke–Duke Goldman.

Recent Headlines

3 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Nashville’s airport would be renamed for Dolly Parton under Tennessee governor’s proposal

Nashville International Airport would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal announced Friday by Tennessee's governor.

9 hours ago in National

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell form in the Pacific Ocean as Dolly churns in the Atlantic

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, both of which were expected to become hurricanes in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.

9 hours ago in National

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.