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

17 hours ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

17 hours ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

1 day ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

2 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.

2 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.