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).
(Not Strictly) LIVE AID
8/14: MTA VP Max Page on school reopenings; Forbes Library trustee Marjorie Hess and Director Lisa Dowling on social justice and equity at the library; Catherine Gobron, Executive Director of Lighthouse Holyoke, on how and why students at that school thrive; Transperformance 30! with Donnabelle Casis, Steve Sanderson, and Frank Pedalaro.
Orlando Ramos-Building Better Communities (and Gazebos)
8/13: Springfield City Councilor Orlando Ramos on the issues in his campaign for the Democratic nomination to represent most of Springfield as the state rep.; “The Reverend and the Rabbi”– Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on religious institutions combating racism.
Honest Journalism or A Homophobic Hatchet Job?
8/12: Holyoke Mayor and Congressional candidate Alex Morse responds to reports of
alleged personal improprieties. NYT best-selling author Robert Draper on “How to Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq.”
Trump’s Attempt To Destroy Social Security
8/11: Congratulations to Amherst, which last night took a righteous stand for the right to vote–with Amherst District One Town Councilor Cathy Schoen and Amherst attorney John Bonifaz, founder of the National Voting Rights Institute; then, Dr. Henry Rosenberg and Doug Renick form the Pioneer Valley Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility on the upcoming symposium on climate change and the threat of nuclear war; Al Norman, champion for the rights of seniors, on President’s Trumps Executive Order intended to undermine social security.
Meet Candidate Adam Gomez
8/10: Vice President of Springfield City Council, Adam Gomez, on his Democratic primary race for the state Senate from the Hampden district to unseat incumbent James Welch; Black in the Valley discusses proposals for reparations with Kathleen Anderson, Co-Chair of New England Chapter of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA).
UMass to become UMuchFewer
8/7: “Your State U” with MTA Vice-President Max Page and Co-President of the UMass Amherst Professional Staff Union, Brad Turner, on the just-announced plan to open the campus only minimally this fall; Hampshire College Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the just-launched rockets, a three country race, to explore Mars; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Michael Tillyer, Executive Director of Anchor House of Artists in Northampton.
How Much Stock Should We Put In The Polls?
8/6: Political Gold with CEO of Represent.US, Josh Silver, on the election, polls, fundraising, battleground states, political ads, and today’s news — another Inspector General at the State Dept. bites the dust; the Reverend and the Rabbi with Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on the importance of statues–those we love and those that should be taken down.
“Stop The Press!” And The Press Stops.
8/5: The Daily Hampshire Gazette’s editor-in-chief Brooke Hauser and reporter Greta Jochem on the demise of the press and the loss of jobs at the paper, the intense controversy over use of Chartpak property and swimming in Leeds, and reporting on school reopenings; also Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.
The Hope For An End To Nuclear Weapons
8/4: On this week, 75 years after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we speak with Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson, co-founders of Northampton-based NuclearBan.US and local physician Ira Helfand, former President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, now Co-Chair of PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee. Also, criminal defense and civil rights attorney Luke Ryan explains what the legislative fight over qualified immunity is –and isn’t– all about.
No End In Sight To The Session
8/3: State Senator Jo Comerford on the police reform bill, the budget, and the legislative session; Institute for Policy Studies’ Chuck Collins on billionaires with billions in private foundations and what that concentration of wealth means for democracy.
