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

8 hours ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

1 day ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

5 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.