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).

When, if ever, should Hamp reinstitute a mask mandate in school?

10.25.22 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Larry Hott. And with School Committee member and parent Mike Stein and parent professor Joe Pater about guidelines for masks in the Northampton schools.

Don’t get confused by the Comerfords on the ballot

10.24.22 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Governor’s Council candidate Tara Jacobs (D) who is running against John Comerford (R) who is no relation to Senator Jo Comerford (D) either familially or politically. Plus Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner’s take on the ballot questions

Rep. Sabadosa on the ballot questions

10/21: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on the ballot questions; MTA President on educators’ success in Haverhill and Ballot Question 1; ArtBeat with Joanne Holtje and Sondra Peron.

Blais on The Ballot

10.20.22 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and is joined by Rep. Natalie Blais who breaks down the ballot questions. Plus Northampton Poetry Radio with Rich Michelson, Doug Anderson and Eileen Kennedy. And the Rev. Michael McSherry and Rabbi Justin David

Under October skies

10/19: Talking Ballot Question 2 with Dr. Marty Wohl; Talkin’ baseball with the Duke—Duke Goldman.

Unbeelievable

10/18: The NEF Spelling Bee –be there!—with Megan Rubiner Zinn and Lisa Papademetriou; Laurel Park’s 150 anniversary celebration with Liz Duffy Adams; the monthly Comedy Quiz with Pam Victor, Maddy Benjamin and Monte Belmonte.

From Sesame Street to Main Street, Northampton

10/17: Mayors together on this Mayors Monday with Easthampton Mayor, Nicole LaChapelle, and Holyoke Mayor, Joshua Garcia. Then, Sonia Monzano (Maria from Sesame Street), who is performing at the Academy of Music for a one show only this Saturday evening (“Selected Shorts”).

Recent Headlines

3 days ago in National

Facing a ban on horse-drawn carriages, Central Park’s drivers fear for their future

The horse-drawn carriages that have cruised through Central Park for more than 150 years will soon be banished from New York City, ending an iconic tradition beloved by tourists but long opposed by animal welfare activists.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

World Series preview: Surprising Rays-Brewers showdown to open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat

The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in "Top Gun," a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's "Picket Fences" or the doomed captain of "Alien," has died. He was 93.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 for a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals

Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise's first WNBA championship.

3 days ago in National

Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail

Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.