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).
Budget Time AGAIN?
11/4: State Senator Jo Comerford on what the Massachusetts legislature just funded and didn’t and why; NYT best-selling author Stephen Harding—his new book is “Escape from Paris: A True Story of Love and Resistance in Wartime [WWII] France.”
The Spectre of Impeachment
10/31: State Representative Mindy Domb on the Trump impeachment, the Student Opportunity Act, and the Leverett Co-op; Al Sax on Cider Days—beginning today, throughout Franklin County; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David, Nat’l Priorities Project’s Lindsay Koshgarian; and Sunrise Movement Founder Varshini Prakash.
Choice In The Matter
10/30: Ranked Choice Voting—on the ballot in Easthampton next week—we speak with a proponent, City Councilor Tom Peake; then ARISE –and dance– for social justice in Florence—our guest is Tanisha Arena, the Executive Director of Arise.
Peanut Butter To Make The World Better
10/28: The Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts with the founder, 8th grader, Avery Greenfield; also, “Love Poems (for People with Children)”—we speak with the very funny author, New Yorker contributor and humorist, John Kenney; “NPR: Northampton Poetry Radio” with Poets Laureate, one erstwhile and one presiding, Rich Michelson and Karen Skolfield; then, Black in the Valley with Rev-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Prof. Carlie Tartakov and Dr. Patricia Romney – on Amherst Neighbors.
Teachers Strike In Dedham
10/25: STRIKE! The Dedham Teachers Strike with Labor Notes’ Barbara Madeloni and Dedham Educators Ass’n President Tim Dwyer; then, MTA Veep Max Page on the Student Opportunity Act, unanimously passed by the State House of Representatives; and then, Lindsay Koshgarian from the National Priorities Project; MHC professor of physics, Kerstin Nordstrom on the upcoming Sci-Tech Café; and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Tracy Eller.
Lessons From Lucio
10/24: Melanie Joy, author of “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows,” on her new book, “Powerarchy;” also, Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke (Duke Goldman); and Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David and Rev. Margaret Sawyer on Lucio Perez’s two years in church sanctuary and the campaign for drivers’ licenses not being dependent on immigration status.
What Saves Us
10/23: Erstwhile Poets Laureate Martin Espada and Rich Michelson on “ What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump;” NHS student Noah Kassis on the upcoming candidates’ debate at the high school, sponsored by student organizations.
Barack & Joe
10/22: Steven Levingston, author of “Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership;” then, the show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman.
Madame Mayor’s Monday
10/21: Alliterative Madam Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; Sam (S.C.) Gwynne, author of “Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War.”
Just Tweet It
10/17: Putting the mock back in democracy– The Capitol Steps—a preview of their Friday show at the Academy of Music– Lyin’ Kings; then Rev. Michael McSherry of Edwards Church and Rabbi Justin David of Congregation B’nai Israel.
