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).

Womanism

3/21: In honor of International Women’s History Month, a special edition of “Black in the Valley” with Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, Professor Carlie Tartakov, Dr. Gloria Caballero, and Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson; then, the President of the Union Theological Seminary, Serene Jones, on “Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World;” and CEO of Tapestry Health, Cheryl Zoll on harm reduction, family planning, syringe access and in memoriam: Tim Purington.

In The Shadow of Statues

3/20: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on “In the shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History;”
Jim Lescault, Director of Amherst Media, answers questions about, and the objections to, its proposed new home.

Fiery Hope

3/19: Jane Sapp and Eveline MacDougall; then this month’s Comedy Quiz—it’s all about happiness—seriously (or not so seriously).

Pot and Potholes

3/18: Mayor’s Monday with Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle on pot and potholes and taxes and medical coverage; a father and son preview of the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra’s upcoming gig.

Booty Kiss?

3/14 (Pi day): Burikes (not Booty Kiss) live!! and in studio, together with us and Eveline MacDougall!! Plus Sally Roesch Wagner on “The Women’s Suffrage Movement;” also the return –and a preview — of The Mammals; plus “The Reverend (Peter Ives) and the Rabbi (Justin David).

(IN)Dependent

3/11: “(In)dependent: The Heroin Project” (opening soon in Northampton) with Emily Curro from the Academy of Music, Linda McInerney, Director, playwrights Emilia Sherin and Zack Manthey.

Grease Is The Word

3/8: LIVE in the studio, a preview of the upcoming NHS production of GREASE! Then, long-time western Mass. social activist Paki Wieland, just back from her 10 days trip to Iran, part of the Code Pink delegation;
MTA Veep Max Page on the proposal for an on-line UMass University; Art Beat with (ssshhhhhhh!! also the new art show of) Donnabelle Casis (at Smith College).

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.