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Send us Fan Mail Bill welcomes back Providence mayoral candidate Brett Smiley for a discussion on his campaign. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes instED CEO and GM Sebastiaan Foppema for a discussion o how the firm is offering practical solutions for urgent medical care without visiting an emergency room Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Rhode Island Director of Veteran Affairs Kasim Yarn to BTOWN Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes a vast roundtable for a discussion on Rhode Island's latest recreational cannabis legislation. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Following the release of a report titled "From Pandemic to Prosperity: Bipartisan Solutions to Support Today's Small Businesses" issued by the Bipartisan Policy Center and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Bill Bartholomew welcomes Brian Fitzgerald, owner of Newport's Admiral Fitzroy Inn to discuss some of the report's findings and strategies towards...

Send us Fan Mail As part of our recurring series "Inside Public Health presented by CCA Health Rhode Island", Bill Bartholomew zeroes in on the acute topic of injury prevention and rehab for musicians - and how this can be applied to everyone working from home or otherwise ergonomically challenging environments - with Spaulding Rehab's Kamir Smith  Support the show Follow Bill on In...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Corey Jones back to BTOWN for his first appearance as a candidate for Providence City Council Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green back to BTOWN for an update on all things education in RI. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2 of our recurring series, Inside RI Cannabis, presented by PureVita Labs, features Drs. Jason Iannuccilli (MD), Jonathan Martin (MD) and Stuart Procter (PhD) fro a discussion on why cannabis consumers should buy legal products and avoid the dangers of consuming black market cannabis. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner back to BTOWN for his first appearance as a Democratic candidate in the state's Second Congressional District race. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Helena Buonanno Foulkes, Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island, fo her first appearance on BTOWN. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes back Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin for a discussion on Russia-Ukraine, his decision not to seek reelection and much more. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Dr. Marty Nager of The Dental Lifeline Network for a discussion on the program, which has provided oral healthcare to over 150,000 underserved Rhode Islanders. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail **To be updated periodically** Disturbing video from last night shows a group of neo-nazis disrupting a Marx reading in Providence, RI.  David Raileanu of Red Ink Library joined Bill to discuss. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes Lifespan's Alexis Devine and Jazmynn Noia to discuss a workforce recruitment and retention program that is developing opportunities for underserved youth as highly skilled healthcare workers. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Rhode Islander and thirty five year veteran educator Mike Michael Marra joins Bill for an a discussion on his book Confessions of a Public School Teacher   https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Public-School-Teacher-Michael/dp/1649572050/ref=asc_df_1649572050/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509436355622&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15907559808218818491&hvpone=&am...

Send us Fan Mail Bill welcomes FirstWorks Executive Director Kathleen Pletcher back to BTOWN for a discussion on their programming during the pandemic, upcoming events and what we learned from the pandemic about the role arts play in our lives. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew welcomes back United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to BTOWN for a discussion on Supreme Court candidates, dark money in politics of the moment, the Rhode Island Congressional District 2 race and much more. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill welcomes University of Rhode Island Chief Business Development Officer Pete Rumsey to the podcast for a discussion on a key, burning question for many Rhode Islanders: what is The Blue Economy? Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail On today's BTOWN, Bill welcomes Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha for a discussion his office's initiative to hold landlords with outstanding lead paint violations legally accountable.  We discuss why this is a critical issue and much more. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Nicole Renzulli is a self-described "progressive Republican" Councilwoman in Cranston, who, n recent times, has been an outspoken critic of anti-science rhetoric that has been pushed by the fringes of the GOP.  On this episode of BTOWN, Renzulli lays out her vision for what the GOP can and should represent in Rhode Island, and where her political career may take her next...

Send us Fan Mail As Rhode Island moves towards recreational cannabis in 2022 (if passed, set to launch in 2023) what are some of the key questions surrounding analytical testing of cannabis products?  PureVita Labs' Drs. Jason Iannuccilli and Jonathan Martin join Bill Bartholomew to discuss Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill welcomes WLNE ABC6 Chief Photographer Merrill Sampson to the pod for a discussion on the role journalists play in protecting the First Amendment, covering southern New England, terrestrial broadcasts pivoting to digital and much more. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube

Send us Fan Mail Bill welcomes Refuge Dream Center's Omar Bah, who is the first Democrat to announce their candidacy in the sure-to-be hotly contested CD2 race - the seat that will be vacated by Congressman Jim Langevin.  Bah shares his story growing up in Gambia, being detained and tortured in that nation due to his journalistic pursuits, journey to Rhode Island, and why he believes voters s...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Bartholomew received a call from Dr. Andrew Bostom while hosting on WPRO on 12.16.21.  Bostom has been calling talk shows and using Twitter to perpetuate his assertion that masks are not a valid tool in the package of instruments and concepts that have been engaged to combat Covid19 spread. Support the show Follow Bill on Instagram and YouTube