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 Take Out Menu for Northampton

This is the best info we have from the Downtown Northampton Association about who’s doing what as of March 20th

Rep. Sabadosa on Beacon Hill’s Response to COVID-19

3/20: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa on the legislative response to the coronavirus; Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page on the consequences on public education of the coronavirus; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis–coronavirus’ effect on the arts and artists here in the Valley.

Easthampton (and Everywhere) In Exile

3/19: Live from Easthampton: the Mayor explains how her municipality is dealing with the coronavirus; then Reverend Peter Ives on the coronavirus in Scotland and plagues in the Christian scriptures; Rabbi Justin David on plagues in the Hebrew bible.

Advice from Florence, Italy from Florence, MA

3/18: Live from Lucca (near FLorence), Italy: a conversation about how the coronavirus has dramatically changed life in central Italy in just a few short days and the price a country pays for not taking the virus deadly seriously– with former Northampton resident Caroline Georget.

A Q&A with Cooley Docs and a Comedy Quiz

3/17: Live from Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Dr. Joanne Levin, Director of Infection Prevention and Estevan Garcia, Chief Medical Officer, on the coronavirus here in the Valley. A respite from the coronavirus–the Comedy Quiz with Kelsey Flynn ad Rhymes with Orange’s Hilary Price.

A Northampton Native In Quarantine In Italy

3/16: Live from Milan, Italy: a conversation about life in the region of that locked-down country where coronavirus is most prevalent with Northampton native, Morgan Walsh and her husband Umberto Baldi.

The Plouffe Plan

3/13: David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, explains how to defeat Trump in 2020 and the possible effect of the coronavirus on the campaign; John Bidwell, Executive Director of the United Way for Hampshire County, on the census and the effect of the coronavirus.

This Is Not What Was Meant By “Cancel Culture”

3/11: Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Brooke Hauser –the coronavirus closing of Smith College comes close to home (and our show); then, State Representative Mindy Domb; and Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

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In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

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It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

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Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

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Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

1 day ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

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Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.