Category: Podcasts

Malbec Is Back

Monte & The Wine Snobs at State Street taste through some Argentinian Malbec. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/malbec-is-back

Hunger & Health Care: McGoverning With McGovern

Richard Burke, president and CEO of Fallon Community Health Plan joins Congressman McGovern and Monte to talk about how health…

Musicians Helping Veterans

The folks behind the Homeward Vets benefit in Northampton stop by the station to say why and what they are…

Merriam-Websters Dictionary Embiggens!

And Emily Brewster, our word nerd, tells us all about how The Simpsons landed the word “embiggens” in the dictionary.…

Monte is So Glad Not To Be A Doctor: Heavy Petting

Monte plays witness to Dr. Steve from The Sunderland Animal Hospital’s gritty real-life work doing things like removing bladder stones…

Holyoke Nurses Lending A Hand In Puerto Rico

RNs Mary Cornell and Kelly Keane who teaching nursing at HCC are leading a group of nursing students and bringing…

Snow? AGAIN! Hear Dave Hayes Forecast

Here we go again, lion of March. You can support Dave Hayes forecasts here. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/dave-hayes-the-weather-nuts-forecast-march-7-2018  

Finding The First Stars

Hampshire College Astronomer, Mr. Universe Dr. Salman Hameed, on how scientists were able to find the signature of the very…

How Bad Is This Storm Gonna Be?

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut give us the latest on this early March storm. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/dave-hayes-the-weather-nuts-forecast-for-march-2-2018

Mo Willems Plays With Words

When you are an illustrator language is image and Mo Willems plays with language in a new benefit exhibt, raising…

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