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

1 day ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

1 day ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

2 days ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

3 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

3 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.