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

9 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

An Oscar race that looked like a runaway may be a close call, after all

Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since "Sinners" sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May.

10 hours ago in National

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico in Texas Democratic Senate primary

Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to James Talarico. The congresswoman called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who clinched the nomination overnight.

10 hours ago in National

Republicans brace for an ugly fight in the Texas Senate runoff between Cornyn and Paxton

The mess in Texas may be just beginning. Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party's nomination fight on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of conservative firebrand Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, with more votes still being counted on Wednesday.

2 days ago in Trending

Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested again on battery charge in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery, court records show.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Sports, Trending

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.