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).

Six Feet Apart, All Together

7/31: Mass. Teachers Ass’n VP Max Page on schools reopening or not; Pook’s Pedlars, Judith Souweine, Margaret Mastrangelo and Ted Diamond, on their 100 miles bike ride in the valley tomorrow to raise money for Dana Farber to combat cancer—the Reimagined Pan-Mass Challenge; Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Double Edge Theatre’s Carlos Uriona and Cariel Klein

Remembering an American Hero

7/30: We remember John Lewis; also, Jennifer Levitz, Massachusetts-based Wall Street Journal investigative reporter and co-author of “Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit, and the Making of the College Admissions Scandal.”

Baseball is back…but for how long?

7/29: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke— Northampton-based baseball historian Duke Goldman– on the season, the pandemic, and the rule changes; then Natalia Munoz, News Director of Holyoke Media, on the new Receiver/Superintendent of the Holyoke Public Schools and five years of receivership.

The Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act

7/28: Nicholson Baker, author of “Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act;” then, Peter Sterling, Amherst-based Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, whose new book is “What is Health?,” on , among other things, compassion and Trump.

SHARK!

7/23: Lu Stone, author of “North to Market: Two Streets: Two Centuries: A Sheaf of Northampton Stories;” Sci-tech Café With MHC physics prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman and Rabbi Justin David (who joins the sci-tech café) –we’re talking about sharks.

Code Pink Resisting The Feds

7/22: Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout and co-author of “Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms;” Paki Wieland and Priscilla Lynch, activists and members of Western Mass. Code Pink, on tomorrow’s demonstration and speak-out at Springfield’s federal building to protest armed federal agents deployed to American cities; Natalia Munoz on the court order for language access for families where English is not the primary language.

How Well Do You Know The Valley?

7/21: Colin Dickey, author of “The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters and Our Obsession with the Unexplained;” our Comedy Quiz with contestants Pam Victor, Kelsey Flynn, Monte Belmonte and Quizmaster Lora Wondolowski–all about the Pioneer Valley– see how much you know!

The Class Action Lawsuit Against The Soldiers’ Home

7/20: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on navigating the covid crisis; Northampton attorneys Tom Lesser and Michael Aleo on their case filed Friday against the Holyoke Soldiers Home.

The MA House on the cusp of some real change

7/17: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa; MTA Vice-President Max Page; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, Northampton Art Council Event Producer Steve Sanderson and musical artist Mtali Shaka Banka.

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

2 days ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

2 days ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

3 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

3 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.