Category: Podcasts

How does MA feels about DC?

Florence-based pollster, Rich Parr, from the Mass Inc Polling Group on a recent survey about how Baystaters feel about the…

Mescal and The MCU: WINE SNOBS

Mescal and no spoilers from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Ringo the Spirit Guide on the floor at State Street.…

Boris Johnson and conservative accountability at home

Congressman McGovern on whether or not there are any analogs between Johnson’s resignation and what the January 6th Select Committee…

Nauseas vs nauseated: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on the subtle, vomit inducing differences between nausea and nauseated. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/nauseas-vs-nauseated-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Three Day Three Way Rosé: WINE SNOBS

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste 3 rosé wines that might just be perfect for your three-day…

Becoming a new American on the 4th of July

Monte talks with Laurie Millman from the Center for New Americans and, new American, Kwot Jay about the 4th of…

Will the Dems do what it takes to rescue Roe? McGoverning with McGovern

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the recent Supreme Court decision, the surprise January 6th Committee hearing and the…

The Gate Suffix

Monte talks with the Word Nerd, Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster, about the 50th anniversary of the use of “gate” as…

A TF Taiko Takeover

Monte talks with Michi Wiancko and Kaoru Wantanabe, both members of Yo Yo Ma/Rhiannon Giddens’ Silk Road Ensemble, about their…

What happens now post-Roe?

Smith College Professor of The Study of Women and Gender, Dr. Carrie Baker on what she thinks the next moves…

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