Category: Podcasts

Haydenville to Ukraine

Haydenville’s Tracy Magdalene is a reluctant activist and organizer. But the work she has inspired has made a real difference…

James Webb Telescope gets rocked

Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on the good news and bad news with the new James Webb Space Telescope.…

The HyggeHaus at The Green River Festival

Have you watched a surprise pop-up show at The Green House Stage at The Green River Festival? Well, this year…

In The Name of The Mother Tree

Monte talks with Ebony Noelle Golden about her powerful new work, originally commissioned by the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and…

Très Syrah, Shiraz

Monte and one lonely Wine Snob talk Obi-Wan, Stranger Things and all things Syrah. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/tres-syrah-shiraz-wine-snob?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Writing bars from behind bars

Monte talks with Northampton’s Lois Ahrens from The Real Cost of Prison Project and saxophonist Felipe Salles about the remarkable…

Using música to fight el sistema

Monte talks with folks from  Música Franklin and their free Fun Fest. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/musica-franklins-fun-fest?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

NERO is ready to burn down Classical Music

Monte talks with Cailin Marcel Manson, the conductor, and Julie Carew, a cellist, with New England Repertory Orchestra about their…

A Funeral for “Whiteness”?

Monte talks with Richard Newman from the Detroit-based theater company Hinterlands taking up residency at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, and…

The Coup is Not Over

The January 6th Select Committee is being headed up by Congressman Jamie Raskin. Our Congressman, Jim McGovern, brought Congressman Raskin…

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