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).

Arch (Guitar) Nemesis

12/27: Archguitarist Peter Blanchette; MTA Veep Max Page; and Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Tom Mahnken, cast member in A.P.E. No Theatre’s Production of a dark comedy, “A Skull in Connemara.”

The Restorative Power of Music

12/26: Local singer songwriters with amazing stories and amazing music: Stephan Alexander; then, Nerissa Nields.

Treatment Just Outside The Box

12/24: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on his proposal for a new drug treatment facility; Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke. All Monte wants for Christmas is another World Series ring.

Happy Kwanzaa!

12/23: Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts’ Technology for Liberty Program, Kade Crockford, on Northampton’s passage of a face surveillance ban and the movement of which it is a part; a memorable “Black in the Valley” on Kwanzaa.

Remember That Government Is “We The People”

12/20: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa –we draw the curtain back on Beacon Hill; then ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Northampton Open Media’s Al Williams.

A Decade with The Reverend & The Rabbi

12/19: Paul Kitagaki, Jr, author and photojournalist of “Behind Barbed Wire: Searching for Japanese-Americans Incarcerated During World War II;” Jonathan Wright, founder of Wright Builders, on his new book “Living Building Makers: Creating Sustainable Buildings that Renew Our World;” the Reverend Peter Ives and the Rabbi Justin David –we celebrate Hanukkah and our memorable anniversary (champagne all around!)

Outside: Rio Contrada’s Film About Homelessness

12/18: Filmmaker Rio Contrada and Service Net’s Josh Wren on homelessness here in the Valley; Gordon Edes, former and longtime Boston Globe and ESPN Boston Red Sox reporter, now the club’s historian and part of the club’s senior management team, on all things Sox.

Rev & Rabbi & Comedy & Quiz & Holidays

12/17: NYT bestselling author Julie Salamon –her new book is “An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer;” then, the (holiday) Comedy Quiz, a segment hosts mash-up, with the Reverend and the Rabbi and the Ha Has and Monte and Bill.

Easthampton’s Banner Year

12/16: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; then, the upcoming New Year’s Polar Plunge for the Palestinian House of Friendship.

The Cost of Chaos

12/13: Peter Bergen, author of “Trump and His Generals—The Cost of Chaos;” then, this is for the birds—the annual western Mass. count with owlers Heidi Stemple and Dan Ziomek, and compiler Janice Jorgensen, and OMG member Lynn Pelland; and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Jill St. Coeur ( art with Donald Trump’s words –this is a stitch!).

Recent Headlines

9 hours ago in National

Musk the trillionaire? Debate over his Tesla pay package rages

Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics. But the stock has soared anyway and now he wants the company to pay him more — a lot more.

9 hours ago in National

Shipping delays expected after UPS cargo plane crash

The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least nine, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some shipping delays.

9 hours ago in National

FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 "high-volume" markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.

16 hours ago in National

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration.

16 hours ago in National

UPS plane crashes and explodes at a Kentucky airport, leaving at least 9 dead and others missing

First responders are searching for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said.