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).

How The Hampshire County Sheriff Is Handling The Opioid Crisis

10/1: Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane on drug dependent persons in jail; Living Books — Pastor Steph, Stephen Stover, and Stan Shapiro.

It Takes A Treehouse To Raise A Child

9/30: Foster care—we imagine the possible with three members of Easthampton’s Treehouse Community and find inspiration and heroes and a different foster care reality, and we also visit with the soon-to-be- visiting illusionist; then, Iris Dorbian, author of “Sentenced to Shakespeare.”

Domb Got The Jump On Pelosi When It Comes To Impeachment

9/27: State Repesentative. Mindy Domb; then, ArtBeat.

Lindsay Solardosa

9/21: State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on climate justice and education reform. Black in the Valley with Rev. Dr Jacquelyn Smith- Crooks, professor Carlie Tartakov, long time Amherst educator Roger Wallace and his former student (and educator) Imani Chapman.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly in the New Education Fund Bill

9/20: The education reform bill (the Student Opportunity Act) is now before the House and the Senate –Mass. Teachers Ass’n Veep, Max Page, gives us the good and well, mostly the proposal good! Then, the Sci-Tech Café—Your DNA is changing! With MHC professor of physics, Kirsten Nordstrom.

Students Climate Strike!

9/18: THE CLIMATE STRIKE with student leaders from Northampton High School and Hampshire Regional; then Cojourn with author Molly Keehn and book contributors Ruby Maddox and Angelica Castro; then, Josh Feldstein on the drums and on jazz.

Recent Headlines

59 minutes ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

Fresh

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

18 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.

18 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.

1 day 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.