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

15 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.

15 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.

22 hours 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.