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).

What Will It To Give A Women A Real Shot At The White House?

3.6.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and talks with her regular contributors Kate Albright-Hannah and Nathaniel Waring about the misogyny inherent in the system. Plus ArtBeat with Donnabelle Cassis

Pack Your Luncbox & Your Tuition Check?

3.5.20 Mass Teachers Association Vice-President Max Page guest hosts and talks with his President, Merrie Najimy about the cost of higher ed and what local school districts are doing with newly allocated state money. Plus a conversation about what’s going on at the border with Alice Levine who witnessed what’s happening there with Jewish Activists For Immigration Justice jewishactivistsforimmigrationjustice.blog

A Less Than Super Tuesday

3.4.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and breaks down the Super Tuesday results with Nathaniel Waring, Dan Torres and Monte Belmonte

Super Tuesday

3.3.20 Natalia Muñoz guest hosts and prognosticates the results of the Super Tuesday primaries with Kate Albright-Hannah and Nathaniel Warning

Healy The Political Divide

3.2.20 Buz Eisenberg guest hosts and talks with Senator Jo Comerford about upcoming bills and East/West rail. Plus AG Maura Healy stumping for Elizabeth Warren and Robert Bissell on his new book Best Beloved

How The DuBois Library Became The DuBois Library

2/19: Jonathan Klate on his family connections to W.E.B. Du Bois and the UMass. Library the collection; Michaela Brangan, Co-chair, Pioneer Valley Democratic Socialists of America on Bernie and Democratic Socialism.

Recent Headlines

21 hours ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

5 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

6 days ago in National

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.