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

1 day ago in National

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington's glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

1 day ago in National

Accused attacker at Washington media dinner is a tutor and computer engineer from California

The California man arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump.

1 day ago in National

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon.

4 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.