Category: Podcasts

McGoverning with McGovern: Fighting Hunger and Roasting Monte at The Shea

Congressman Jim McGovern joins Monte every Thursday morning at 7:30 (and will join him TWICE at The Shea this weekend).…

Word Nerd: Banked & Unbanked

Is Bitcoin going to unbank us all? Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster on her lexicographical pursuit of banking and unbanking. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-banked-and-unbanked

Heavy Petting: Guillain-Barre For Dogs?

Is your dog acting funny? Did they just eat a raw chicken neck? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-guillain-barre-for-dogs

Why “Black Panther” Matters

Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste from the W.E.B. DuBois Center at UMass, The Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks and Professor Carlie Tartakov on…

How Finding Aliens May Keep Us From Nuclear Annihilation

Mr. Universe, Dr. Salman Hameed, first on Monte’s Bacchanlaia, then on his love of Pluto and on how finding aliens…

Alpine Drinking?

The Wine Snobs at State Street drink some wines from in and around Alsace. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/alpine-drinking

Everything Sucks: Mike Mohan’s Netflix Series about Monte’s High School?

Well, it’s about a boring high school called Boring High School and it was modeled after Monte’s actual boring high…

The Time For Thoughts & Prayers Is Over: McGoverning With McGovern

Monte talks with US Congressman Jim McGovern every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for the Congressman? Email Monte…

The Sex Talk (For Valentine’s Day)

Yana Tallon-Hicks and Jane Fleishman talk with Monte about their work as sex educators and writers for people of different demographics. In…

Mr Universe On Falcon Heavy

It’s one of the most exciting things to happen in space travel in a long time but is it excessive…

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