Category: Podcasts

Boston Calling For Boston Calling with Monte’s Parents

DId our Western Mass resident have a Boston-enough accent to impress Monte’s Boston accented parents for Boston Calling tickets? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/boston-calling-for-boston-calling

Et Tu Bannon? McGoverning With McGovern

Congressman McGovern joins Monte every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for him? Email Monte https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mcgoverning-with-mcgovern-et-tu-bannon-daca-and-laryngitis

Word Nerd: Fancy Words For Body Parts

Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, on fancy ways to talk about our parts. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-fancy-words-for-body-parts-part-i

What On Earth Is A Bomb Cyclone?

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut on this week’s storm and on whether (weather?) or not we should believe the hype about…

Country Bluegrass Opera-The Hilltown Spectacular

Sunday January 14th brush off those deep winter blues with bluegrass, country and opera(?) all to raise money for the…

Monte’s Favorite Moments from 2017

A visit from the former host of the morning show here at WRSI, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, to the pursuit of…

Bubbly To Ring In 2018

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street give you some ideas for your New Year’s Eve Countdown. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-bubbly-to-ring-in-2018

Barefoot Truth Will Light Up The Shea (Though It Nearly Killed 1 Of Them)

Jay Driscoll and John “Wayno” Waynelovich from Barefoot Truth and Jason Hunter from Berkshire Brewing talk about how we, the…

2017 Accomplishments and 2018 Resolutions: McGoverning with McGovern

US Congressman Jim McGovern joins Monte every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for him? Email Monte https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mcgoverning-with-mcgovern-2017-accomplishments-and-2018-resolutions

WORD NERD: Word Of The Year 2017-Runners Up Part II

It’s the last of the runners up and the words are both yummy and political. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-word-of-the-year-2017-runners-up-iii

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