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).
The Sheriff & The Senator on the COVID-19 Situation
4/6: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on how Friday’s decision of the Supreme Judicial Court on the emergency coronavirus petition will affect his jail; State Senator Jo Comerford on legislative actions to combat covid-19.
Did Coronavirus come from Outer Space?
4/3: Coronavirus’ origins with Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed; future effects of coronavirus on public education with MTA Vice President Max Page; making masks to keep us all safer on ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Caitlin Carvalho.
The Tragedy at Holyoke’s Soldiers’ Home
4/1: Daily Hampshire Gazette editor-in-chief Brooke Hauser and reporter Dusty Christensen on the coronavirus deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. How did this tragedy happen? Who is responsible? How could no one in state or local government know anything about this until about the time a refrigerator truck for storing bodies appeared on the premises?
Hott Fun In The Quarantine
3/31: Henry Rosenberg and Doug Renick from the “Back from the Brink (of nuclear war) Campaign” on the coronavirus and the threat to world peace and the increased risk of conflagration; “Cool Films with Larry Hott” –on “How to Survive a Plague,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Crip Camp,” and other recommendations for this stay-at-home coronavirus time.
How Do We Keep COVID-19 Out of The Hamp House of Corrections?
3/30: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on the coronavirus and the jail.
Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and Work Security Studies ,Michael Klare, author of –most recently– “All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change.” Published in 2019, we start with the part where Klare describes forseeable “Global Pandemics.”
DAVID-19
3/27: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz, whose coronavirus test came back positive yesterday, talks to us about himself and his city; State Representative Mindy Domb on the inadequacies of the state and federal response to the coronavirus; MTA Vice-President Max Page on public school kids being, or not being, educated in the coming weeks and the possible cancellation of of standardized tests; Donnabelle Casis on the pandemic’s effect on local artists, galleries, and the creative economy.
How Prepared Is Cooley Dickinson if the COVID-19 Tsunami Hits The Valley?
3/26: Joanne Marquesee, President and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Health Care on the coronavirus, the hospital’s capabilities, and the community response.
What Will We Do To Keep Our Incarcerated Population Safe During COVID-19?
3/25: Local criminal defense and civil rights attorneys Rachel Weber and Dana Goldblatt on the threat of coronavirus to our local jails and the inmates, the staff and the community; Dr. Jane Fleishman, our show’s resident sexologist, on sex in a time of social distancing –ideas to keep you happy; Natalia Munoz on the effect of the pandemic in Puerto Rico.
Franklin County’s Sheriff on how to keep COVID-19 out of the jail
3/24: Franklin County Sheriff Donelan on how the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction is responding to the coronavirus; More time at home? How about binge-watching “The Office?” We speak with Andy Greene, whose new book is The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s; filmmaker (and author) Jonathan Hennessey–his new feature length documentary, available for free is: “You don’t Understand the Second Amendment.” We begin with question: why in this time of coronavirus are ammo sales spiking.
How Are Civil Liberties Surviving Coronavirus?
3/23: Lecia Brooks from the Southern Poverty Law Center on SPLC’s recent report on hate groups in the United States and how rhetoric around coronavirus is exacerbating fear; Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on how the city is responding to coronavirus, its economic impact, and whether schools will reopen this year.
