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).
Dropping Out of The Electoral College
5/5: Jesse Wegman, author of “Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College;” then, Max Richtman, President and CEO of the National Committee to Save Social Security and Medicare on the Trump push to suspend employer contributions to Social Security.
How Healthy is Hadley?
5/4: Dr. Susan Mosler, Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at Cooley Dickinson and candidate for the Board of Health, on health in Hadley (and how it affects the rest of the Valley); State Senator Jo Comerford on recent responses to covid-19.
Is there going to be a Fall semester on campus?
5/1: MTA Vice-President Max Page on furloughs and lay-offs at UMass Amherst; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the Navy’s authentication this week of the UFO videos; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Amherst Cinema GM George Myers on the virtual cinema available to the community.
Eye of The Tiger King
4/30: Kristin Hoganson, author of “The Heartland: An American History;” Florence-based Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on “The Tiger King;” Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Zoom religious services and funerals in this time of social distancing.
Hypereducation?
4/29: Amherst College professor, Pawan Dhingra, author of “Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough;” Natalia Munoz on the fifth anniversary of the Holyoke Public Schools in receivership.
Digital Stimulation
4.28.20 Al Norman, Greenfield- based elder advocate, on covid-19, nursing homes, and the elderly. Then, Sex Matters with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on cyber sex during the this time of stay-at-home orders.
When A Stay-At-Home Order Becomes Dangerous
4/27: Safe Passage Executive Director Marianne Winters on domestic violence during this time of stay-at-home orders and quarantines; Center for New Americans Executive DIrector Laurie Millman on the census and and how often undercounted groups in the Valley can be counted this time; Black on the Valley with special guest Sister Anna Muhammed from NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association.
Are The States Going To Go Bankrupt?
4/24: Representative Mindy Domb on the President, the Governor and the coronavirus; MTA Vice-President Max Page on the rest of the school year; ArtBeat segment host Donnabelle Casis and photographer and teacher Kelsey Lockhart on the Front Porch Project.
How To Campaign During COVID?
4/23: Representative Joe Kennedy III, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, on the coronavirus and the Congress and his contest with Sen. Markey–we catch up with the Congressman in the car on his way to Washington to vote. Then, Margaret Klein Salaman, author of “Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth.” Then, Pam Victor, Head of Happiness, on happiness and Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David on Earth Day.
Will The Federal Elections Learn Anything From The Wisconsin Primary?
4/22: Josh Silver, CEO of the Northampton-based national organization Represent.US, on the coronavirus and the elections, mail-in voting, and the potential to enhance democracy. Then, Natalia Munoz on Covid-19 in Puerto Rico.
