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).

The Heartbeat of Young@Heart

5/2: Live in the studio—The Young@Heart band! Jason Baumann on “The Stonewall Reader;” then, the Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David and Dr. Martha Nathan on climate change.

How The Fish Wrap Gets Made

5/1: Brooke Hauser, editor of the Daily Hampshire Gazette; Professor Edward Hess on the future of work in the brave new(ish) world of A.I..

Running for Literacy

4/30: From the Literacy Project –Judith Roberts, E.D., Terri Gurley, & Jenna St. Hilaire; from Northampton Pride—J.M. Sorrell; from the world of climate activism in Easthampton — Judith Breier and Emmalyse Wozniak.

Eho’s Holes

4/29: Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle’ s holistic municipal approach to pot and potholes and budgeting and eating. Then, GCC professor emeritus Brian Adams – his new fab novel is “Offline,” and he will be appearing at the Broadside and at Amherst Books.

Dying To Work

4/26: We commemorate Workers Memorial day with attorney Jonathan Karmel, author of “Dying to Work: Death and Injury in the American Workplace;” then a preview of the Korean
Women’s art at R Michelson Gallery with the grandmother-artist, and the curators; and ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and special guests.

Radical Interconnectedness

4/25: Taking over Turners: Linda McInerney from Eggtooth Productions tells us how, where and why—a delicious creative smorgasbord; Emily Oster, author of
“ Cribsheet: a data-driven guide to better, more relaxed parenting from birth to preschool.”

Singing For Our Suppers

4/24: Live in the studio— NHS’s amazing a capella group, the Northamptones’; Poets Laureate Amy Dryansky and Karen Skofield.

Israel, Free Speech and the Battle for Palestinian Rights

4/23: Sut Jhally, Director of the Media Education Foundation and Professor of Communications at UMass Amherst on the upcoming forum on Palestinian human rights; Poets Rich Michelson and Jane Hirshfield.

A Century of Seeger

4/22: Love in the studio (also live in the studio – that was a typo but a good one) — Peter Blood and Annie Patterson preview the upcoming celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday.

Radio Ga Ga

4/19: Discuss the state budget while holding a baby who wants to eat your microphone—State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa does it all! Then the Sci -tech Café and ArtsBeat.

Recent Headlines

6 hours ago in National

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

23 hours ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

23 hours ago in National

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

1 day ago in National

Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 4 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

1 day ago in Trending, World

Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge

Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran.