The Age Of Asparagus & The WGBY Asparagus Festival With Wally Czajkowski

Talking “aspargus” (sic), The Asparagus Festival and immigration with Wally from Plainville Farm in the epicenter of asparagus Hadley.  You…

The Wine Lover’s Daughter

Monte talks with Anne Fadiman about her new book The Wine Lover’s Daughter. A memoir about her father, Clifton Fadiman-his love for…

Wild & Stranger Things: Artifact Cider with The Wine Snobs

Monte & The Wine Snobs at State Street spend some time drinking cider with Soham Bhatt and Jake Mazar from…

The Chelsea Kline And David Murphy Incident

Monte sort of found himself in the middle of a political drama this week in regards to the Massachusetts State…

Spygate, The Closed Congress, & Doing Time with John Lewis: McGoverning with McGovern

Monte talks with US Congressman Jim McGovern every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for him? Email Monte https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mcgoverning-with-mcgovern-spygate-the-closed-congress-doing-time-with-john-lewis

Everything You Need To Know About Ticks from The UMass Tick Lab

Dr. Stephen Rich takes Monte on a tour of the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass to learn the truth…

This Word Is So Metal

And Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster’s investigation into the word “metal” led Monte down his 90s rabbit hole. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/metal-word-nerd-emily-brewster

Dance Between The Decades

Dancers from tweens to senior citizens performing together in the Valley Multigenerational Dance Project. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/valley-multigenerational-dance-project

Jupiter’s Europa Is Leaking

And Mr. Universe, Hampshire College Astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, tells us why Europa leaking is a GREAT thing. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/plumes-of-water-on-europa-mr-universe

Running For School Comittee Means More Than Just Mascots

Haley Anderson and Jennifer Lively, candidates for Gill-Montague School Committee talk about the importance of going forward instead of backward…