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).

That Was Awkward

10/16: Black in the Valley with special guest Erika Slocumb; “That was AKWARD” with New Yorker cartoonist and humorist, Emily Flake; UMass Professor of History and filmmaker Kevin Young.

American Factory

10/15: Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott previews his new film, “The Warrior Tradition,” coming soon to PBS; then, this month’s Comedy Quiz with the Ha Has.

Cooperation

10/14: The Annual Co-op Show with Warren Facey (co-owner Bree-Z Knoll Dairy Farm and member of Our Family Farms Cooperative); Rochelle Prunty (River Valley Co-op); Adam Trott (Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives) Sarah Kanabay (Franklin Community Co-op); Chris Krezmien (Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics); Lauren Duffy (UMass Five College Credit Union).

The Big O

10/11: The show’s resident sexologist, Dr. Jane Fleishman, on orgasms; MTA Veep, Max Page, on the legislature’s education committee coming to UMass and GCC today; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and guests Dean Brown and Mary Moore-Cathcart of PULP; plus a Fishwrap on Trump.

Social (Distortion) Media

10/10: Andrew Marantz, author of “Anti-Social: On-line Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation;” Lewis Cohen, M.D. and UMass. Professor of Psychiatry, author of “A Dignified Ending;”
Congregation B’nai Israel Rabbi Justin David on attacks on Jews, anti-Semitism, and celebration of the high holy days.

Will Greenfield Be The Next Safe City?

10/9: Will Greenfield remain a safe city? Jeff Napolitano speaks with supporters of the ordinance; also, Linda Post, founder of the Paradise City Arts Festivals.

Jo Hill

10/7: State Senator Jo Comerford on education and criminal justice; New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin, co-author of “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.”

A Unanimous Vote For Our Schools

10/4: MTA Vice President Max Page on the major education legislation the state Senate just passed; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on breaking news form the college; then breaking news from outer space.

Praying With Their Feet

10/3: Rev. Peter Ives and Rabbi Justin David; then, Maria Goodavage, author of “Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine.”

Masthead v Nameplate

10/2: Daily Hampshire Gazette editor-in-chief, Brook Hauser, on the paper and its positions; also, a preview of the Northampton Jazz Fest.

Recent Headlines

17 hours ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

17 hours ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

23 hours ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

1 day ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.

4 days ago in Sports, Trending

Ohtani has grand slam, 5 RBIs as Japan routs Taiwan 13-0 in its WBC opener

Shohei Ohtani doubled on the first pitch of the game, then hit a go-ahead grand slam and an RBI single in a 10-run second inning to lead defending champion Japan over Taiwan 13-0 Friday night in its World Baseball Classic opener.