Beyond Manischewitz: Easter And Passover Wine with The Wine Snobs

Manischewitz has it’s place but there’s a way to keep kosher and classy. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-beyond-manischewitz-easter-and-passover-wine

How Janelle Monae Inspired Mike Curato’s Latest Book: Meltdown 2018

Come check out Mike Curato in a drawing party at Meltdown this weekend. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mike-curato-meltdown-2018

NRA Congressman Starting To Quake-McGoverning with McGovern

US Congressman Jim McGovern joins Monte every Thursday morning at 7:30. Here’s the petition Congressman McGovern talked about working for…

Our Favorite Hippie Beverage & Three New Dogs In The Dictionary

Word Nerd Emily Brewster continues to enlighten us to the embiggening of the dictionary. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-the-dictionary-embiggens-iii

Zack Giallongo & JJK’s Star Wars Drawing Party: Meltdown 2018

A little brainstorming session about what these illustrators, who draw in the Star Wars Galaxy, are gonna do for a…

Teen Town Hall. No Grown-Ups Need Attend

Youth activism did not start on Valentine’s Day 2018, and these Western Mass teens from Youth Rise Together are gathering…

Grace Lin: Author, Illustrator, Activist(?) Coming To Meltdown

Post Presidential-election, author and illustrator Grace Lin has focused on more than just fiction. And we’re lucky to have her…

Jarrett J. Krosoczka looks back at 10 years of MELTDOWN!

We couldn’t do the Meltdown without him! https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/jarrett-j-krosoczka-looks-back-at-10-years-of-meltdown

The Belmontes at The NYC March For Our Lives

Central Park West, right down the street from where John Lennon was a victim of gun violence, was a very…

Mr. Universe Reviews Blue Planet II

Please watch this incredible series. The Belmontes are halfway through it already. Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed tells us how it…