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).

Save Hampshire!

4/4: Professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the extant universe of Hampshire College; Rev. Peter Ives, Rabbi Justin David and George Lakey, whose most recent book is “How We Win: A Guide to Non-Violent Direct Action Campaigning.”

Poets Laureate

4/3: Poets Laureate (erstwhile, still) Martin Espada and Rich Michelson; Vaya con (Natalia) Munoz.

Jesus + Opera=Poetry

4/2: Poets Laureate (erstwhile) Rich Michelson and Patrick Donnelly; Johnny Memphis on “Penny’s from Heaven;” Max Klau, author of “Race and Social Change: A Quest, A Study, a Call to Action.”

Jo Hill

4/1: Today’s show stars Senator Jo (Takes the (Beacon) Hill) Comerford; then, Black in the Valley with Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Kent Alexander, Equity and Inclusion consultant for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, on reparations.

Why Do All White People Look The Same?

3/29: Jennifer Eberhardt, author of “Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do;” Max Page, MTA VP on PROMISE and CHERISH; ArtBeat on Dimensionism with Donnabelle Casis and Dr. Vanja Malloy,
Curator of American Art at the Amherst College Mead Museum.

Talkin’ Baseball!

3/27: Talkin’ Baseball with the Duke (Duke Goldman); Clive Thompson, author of “Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World;” Rev. Peer Ives, Rabbi Justin david and Cooley-Dickinson Chaplain, Carole Bull.

Meet Willie & Mulva!

3/26: “NPR: Northampton Poetry Radio” with Rich Michelson and Dina Friedman; ‘Waiting for Godot” with the NHS actors and Director; Sex Toys
with the show’s resident sexologist, Dr Jane Fleishman.

Beyond Thunder Domb

3/25: CHERISH and PROMISE and Constitutional Amendments with State Representative Mindy Domb; Northampton Education Foundation’s Lisa Papademetriou on THE BEE.

Promise To Cherish The “Cherish” and “Promise”

3/22: Live from Beacon Hill – Mass. Teachers Ass’n Vice President Max Page tells us about the Promise Act and the Cherish Act, today’s hearing and their future;
The Sci-Tech Café—a show that you could eat up it’s so good—with MHC prof. Kerstin Nordstrom and UMass. prof. Julian McClements; and then we don’t skip a beat
before ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Riverside Industries’ Halley Philips.

Recent Headlines

3 hours ago in National

Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.

19 hours ago in National

Musk the trillionaire? Debate over his Tesla pay package rages

Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics. But the stock has soared anyway and now he wants the company to pay him more — a lot more.

19 hours ago in National

Shipping delays expected after UPS cargo plane crash

The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least nine, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some shipping delays.

19 hours ago in National

FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 "high-volume" markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.

1 day ago in National

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration.