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

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.