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 Evils of Becoming Eho

2/4 Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; then, photojournalist Richard Cahan, whose new amazing book is “River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It.”

Getting A Sense of The Census

2/3: State Senator Jo Comerford and State Rep. Mindy Domb.

Dollars and Devils at Davos

1/29: On inequality: Chuck Collins, from the Institute for Policy Studies, on a wealth tax for the super-rich; Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman—
Listen up! Valentine’s Day is coming! Then, Natalia Munoz on the ongoing housing crisis in Puerto Rico.

Stand Up While You Listen To This

1/28: On aging: Judy Foreman, author of “Exercise is Medicine;” Cool Films with Larry Hott: movies you owe it to yourself to see.

A Necessary Proposition?

1/27: A question of money: Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the Proposition 2 ½ Override; Black in the Valley with special guest Horace Small.

Governor Baker

The Governor’s New Budget. Also, Duck Penises

MTA Veep Max Page on what the Governor’s proposed budget would do to education; Sci-Tech Café with MHC science profs Kirsten Nordstrom and Patty Brennan on duck penises (really!!); Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Lucinda Kidder.

After The First Day of The Impeachment Trial…

1/23: First, Newman on the impeachment trial; then, Ariela Gross & Alejandro de la Fuente, co-authors of “Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom and Law in Cuba, Virginia and Louisiana;” and Rabbi Justin David on the recent rise
in anti-Semitism in America.

Disagreeing Agreeably

1/22: Stanley Fish, author of “The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump;” Natalia Munoz on Puerto Rico, and then the kerfuffle between Bernie and Hillary.

Recent Headlines

8 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

An Oscar race that looked like a runaway may be a close call, after all

Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since "Sinners" sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May.

8 hours ago in National

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico in Texas Democratic Senate primary

Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to James Talarico. The congresswoman called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who clinched the nomination overnight.

8 hours ago in National

Republicans brace for an ugly fight in the Texas Senate runoff between Cornyn and Paxton

The mess in Texas may be just beginning. Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party's nomination fight on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of conservative firebrand Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, with more votes still being counted on Wednesday.

2 days ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.