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).

What Was Yawkey’s Way?

7/23: Talkin’ Baseball with Duke Goldman and Red Sox expert and author Bill Nowlin; then talking outer space with astronaut Cady Coleman.

Mayor Monday

7/22: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle; Collette Robert, Director of “On the Exhale” at the Chester Theatre; Political Gold with Josh Silver.

The Budget, Biomass and Drivers Licenses for The Undocumented

7/19: State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa; Children’s book author Rob Sanders on “Stonewall” – Heidi Stemple joins us.

Motown Music Out of The Shower & Onto The Stage

7/18: From the top– Valley Rocks ! it absolutely does with Tony Lechner, Amy Boyden, Alma Dolan, Bill Marrapese, Garrick Martel, and Kate Pawul; then, Sex and Power: It’s Time to man Up with Joanna Rush; and then, Rev. Peter Ives and the Northampton-based National Priorities Project’s Lindsay Koshgarian.

50 Years of Radio Babs

7/17: Live from the BARBARA J. KUSCHKA STUDIO, it’s Barbara J. Kuschka; then, the studio is invaded by pirates because “Everyone Wants to Be a Pirate” with Paintbox; followed by
Javier Luengo-Garrido, Coordinator of the ACLU’s Immigrant Protection of Western Massachusetts.

An Emily Dickinson Comedy Quiz

7/16: The KO Festival with Sabrina Hamilton and Jerry Stropnicky; The Comedy Quiz on Emily Dickinson with Quizmaster Maddy Benjamin and contestants Monte Belmonte, Laura Patrick and Pam Victor.

House Sweet House

7/15: Let there be (house) music: Black in the Valley with Carlie Tartakov and Damany Gordon, President of Genuine Culture.

The Domb of A New Fiscal Year

7/12: State Representative Mindy Domb on what will and won’t be in the budget (when Massachusetts finally has one); then MTA Veep Max Page weighs in.

Keep Families Together

7/11: A very special Revered and the Rabbi segment focusing on immigrants and immigration follows our celebration and analysis of the Easthampton City Council unanimously passing the Welcoming City Ordinance.

Aliens and Moon Pies

7/10: News from Outer Space (we correct the New York Times) with Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed.

Recent Headlines

3 hours ago in National

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

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.

20 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.

20 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.