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).

Sleep Tight

9/30: “How to Sleep Tight Through the Night” with Tzvia Gover and Leslea Newman; the Fair Share Amendment MTA President Max Page and Kurt Wise,
Senior Policy Analyst with Mass. Budget and Policy Center; Art Beat with Donnabelle Casis and Leslie Ferrin.

Hallelujah

9/29: Monte on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health; Cool Films with Larry Hott; Reverend Michael McSherry.

Live from The White House Conference on Hunger

9/28: Live from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health — Monte Belmonte; Sex Matters with Dr. Jane Fleishman.

Is Russia losing support from its most valued allies?

9/27: Michael Klare, Hampshire College Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, on Ukraine

The Police, Roxanne

9/26: Mayors Monday with Greenfield Mayor Roxanne Wedegartner; Black in the Valley with Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith -Crooks.

Will MA transportation get its “Fair Share”?

9/23: The Fair Share Amendment with Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA) Interim Director Joshua Ostroff and MTA President Max Page;
ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis.

Does our DA have what it takes to pass the citizenship test?

9/22: The Civics Bee with District Attorney Dave Sullivan, Laurie Millman, E.D. of the Center for New Americans, and Kwot Jay, who spent 11 years in a refugee camp and became a naturalized citizen this past July 4. Rev. Carole Bull (United Church of Ware) Rabbi Justin David (Congregation B’nai Israel) and Miryam Kabakov, Executive Director of Eshel, on LGBTQ acceptance, or not, in the Orthodox and fundamentalist world.

Yes, we Cantius!

9/20: Arnold Levenson on the community effort to save St. John Cantius from demolition – there is a critical hearing tomorrow evening, and a decision is expected soon. Then, the Comedy Quiz with contestants –you at home — and in-studio Maddy Benjamin, Pam Victor and Monte Belmonte with Quizmaster Jim Young, and scorekeeper (of sorts) Bill Newman. The topic is emotions!

A Neoliberalism tutorial

9/19: Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle—we talk about policing. Our first guest is Thom Hartmann, whose new book is “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism.”

Recent Headlines

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A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

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National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago’s beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

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Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

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Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.