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

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Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married at Madison Square Garden? What we know

Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce really getting married at Madison Square Garden? Frenzied speculation surrounding the superstar singer and football player's upcoming wedding has spiked over the past few days as reports swirl that the two are getting married the first week in July at one of New York's iconic landmarks.

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Utah restricted fireworks and declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of July Fourth celebrations as the United States' largest wildfire mushroomed in size.

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Serena Williams will face an opponent less than half her age when she plays 20-year-old Maya Joint in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years.

4 days ago in National

Key inflation gauge jumps to 3-year high in latest sign of affordability challenges

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose political problems for President Donald Trump and his political party as midterm elections near.

5 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending

When a rip current sucks you out to sea, try not to panic

To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, "Don't panic!" may be difficult to heed, even if that's exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but flip over and float out of the danger.