Category: Podcasts

Getting back to the land at the final Ko Festival

Monte talks with folks from Clear Creek Creative who are staging EZELL: Ballad of a Land Man outdoors, as the…

Leggy Slaytor on Manchin Whiplash: McGoverning with McGovern

Congressman McGovern (aka Leggy Slaytor) on Manchin’s change of heart and on protecting the Deerfield River. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/leggy-slaytor-on-manchin-whiplash-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Dandelions and Frisbees on vaction: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster with some more summertime words. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/dandelions-and-frisbees-on-vaction-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Ales for ALS at BLDG8

Monte talks with O’Brian Tomalin and Josh Malouin from BLDG8 about just what a “pocket beer” is and why it’s…

Tom Pappalardo turns the 413 into the Twilight Zone

Local hero author, artists and musician Tom Pappalardo has  a new book Satellite. Nine incredible stories, all set in Western…

Heat Wave Beer

Monte takes a detour on the road to wine snobbery with the Wine Snob who gives him a taste of…

The Hidden Territories of the Bacchae at Double Edge Theatre

Monte talks with the founding artistic director of Double Edge Theatre, Stacy Klein. Double Edge celebrates 40 years of this…

Flushing when finished

Monte talks with Linda Paris Bailey and Eric Bass, along with the Ko Festival’s Sabrina Hamilton, about the second-to-last performance…

Summertime words! WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some fun words for a hot summer. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/summertime-words-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

McGovern and Biden and Drag

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the President’s visit to the Bay State and about his attending drag story…

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