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).

An In Your Face Comedy Quiz

1/21: Matt Parker, author of “Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World;” then, the first monthly Comedy Quiz of 2020 – a face-off between Monte Belmonte and Kelsey Flynn –and it’s a family affair.

Just Mercy

1/17: Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman discuss the movie Just Mercy and the death penalty case they litigated with Bryan Stevenson; Mass. Teachers Assn. Veep Max Page; ArtBeat with Pasqualina Azzarello and Jason Montgomery.

Why Joe Kennedy Wants To Be Your Senator Now

1/16: Congressman Joe Kennedy on his race against Sen. Ed Markey; then Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David (“The Reverend and the Rabbi”), Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov (hosts of “Black in the Valley”) and Jeff Napolitano and Miranda Groux, from the Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, — on Martin Luther King and the commemorations in his honor in the Valley.

Not This Kind of Over-Ride

1/15: Elizabeth Matos, Exec. Dir. of Prisoners’ Legal Services -the fight today in the legislature; Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the proposed Prop 2 ½ override; Natalia Munoz on the earthquakes in Puerto Rico.

We’re Not Sports Talk Radio (We Thought)

1/14: What’s next for the Red Sox and manager Alex Cora given the scandal he was in the middle of – we’re “Talkin’ Baseball” with SABR-star Duke Goldman and former minor leaguer and Atlanta Braves batboy Buz Eisenberg.

The Women’s March Returns!

1/13: Rachel Maiore, Director the Western Massachusetts Women’s March; Black in the Valley with segment hosts Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Crooks and Horace Small, founder and Executive Director, Union of Minority Neighborhoods.

Science & Religion & A Science Fiction Based Religion

1/2: Sands Hall, author of “Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology;” then, the Reverend and the Astronomer—Rev. Peter Ives and Smith College astronomy prof., James Lowenthal,
on the origins of this universe-there could well be others- and the place of faith.

The Last Show (of The Decade)

12/31: Quizzing Mr. Belmonte and Dan; this year’s final Fishwrap; we preview First Night with Steve Sanderson, and Grammy Award-winning amazing musician, Jon Carroll, is live with us in the studio.

Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa and what Did ‘The Irishman’ Get Wrong?

12/30: Jack Goldsmith, author of “In Hoffa’s Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth;” then Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz on the proposed Prop 2 1/2 override.

Recent Headlines

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Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

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The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

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Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

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US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.