Category: Podcasts

Jupiter’s New Moons & The Pakistani Election: Mr. Universe

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed live from his birth country in anticipation of their elections and on the 12…

The People Whom Cancer Connection Serves

Hear some stories of why Cancer Connection is such a gem and why you might want to support them. Maybe…

Neutrinos! It’s Not A Breakfast Cereal

Mr. Universe on these tiny particles that are bombarding you by the trillions right now and why 1 neutrino from…

Backstage at The Green River Festival 2018

Monte talks with I’m With Her (Aofie O’Donovan, Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz), Lucy Dacus and Ana Tijoux. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/im-with-her-lucy-dacus-ana-tijoux-at-green-river-festival-2018

Ilan Stavans-Educator, Author, Actor & Jaguar

Ilan Stavans uses theater to bring us on his trip to Colombia where he tripped on ayahuasca for days. Does…

Kal Travers on Rubblebucket’s Dream Picnic & How The Band Is Becoming Fleetwood Mac

Who’s coming to The Dream Picnic and what about those Fleetwood Mac style rumours? Monte talks with Kal Traver from Rubblebucket…

The Anti Nuclear Treaty & Endorsing Jimmy Tingle: McGoverning with McGovern

US Congressman Jim McGovern joins Monte every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for him? Email Monte https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-anti-nuclear-treaty-endorsing-jimmy-tingle-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern

Benjamin Frankin: Spelling Reformer

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster, on some of the history of Spelling Reform and the best way to spell…

How Do You Get On The Cover of The New Yorker?

Ashfield/Buckland’s Gayle Kabaker on her work, her show at Salmon Falls Gallery and on how hard you gotta try to…

Preachin’ The Blues: A Tribute To Art Steele

The late, great bluesman and sound engineer, Art Steele, left quite an impression on the Valley. And the Valley pays…

Recent Headlines

12 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmonds, has died at 76

Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.

12 hours ago in National, Trending

Wildfires across Georgia and Florida have destroyed nearly 50 homes and are forcing evacuations

Wildfires burning across the southeastern U.S. forced more people to flee Wednesday after destroying nearly 50 homes in Georgia and causing some schools closings as drought and winds fueled flames.

2 days ago in Trending, World

Late Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy still looms over British monarchy 100 years after her birth

Queen Elizabeth II lives on at the Cool Britannia gift shop across the road from Buckingham Palace. Four years after the queen's death, the shop is doing a brisk business in mugs, tea towels and key rings bearing the likeness of Britain's longest-reigning monarch as the nation marks the centenary of her birth on Tuesday.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

Defending champion John Korir breaks Boston Marathon record and Sharon Lokedi also repeats

John Korir outran the strongest field in Boston Marathon history and still had enough energy left to bounce around Boylston Street after learning he had blistered the course record, too.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found dismembered in his car

Singer D4vd has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in September in his apparently abandoned Tesla, prosecutors said Monday.