Category: Podcasts

Magna Cum Lousy: McGoverning with McGovern

Congressman McGovern reflects on his UMass Commencement speech from last week and on what his Rules Committee has been doing…

How a word gets kicked out of the dictionary.

Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster has talked with Monte many times about how words get INTO the…

What if quality healthcare were accessible to all?

What could healthy communities look like…and accomplish? What would a world without racism look like? What would it be like…

Valley Grows Day!

DONATE HERE TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO FRESH HEALTH FOOD IN OUR VALLEY! And listen to Monte’s conversation with Alisa Klein,…

Our Black Hole

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed (Mr. Universe!) invited his friend UMass Astronomer Dr. Gopal Narayanan (Mr. Black Hole?) who…

UTICA and BRATTLEBORO: The Last Refuges?

Monte talks with director Loch Phillips about his new documentary UTICA: The Last Refuge about the great work that that…

Have a Sparkling Graduation

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste up the ladder of sparkling wines that might just be perfect…

Can the Dems do more to save Roe? McGoverning with McGovern

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the Senate’s failure to enshrine Roe v Wade into law and what the…

Are you cool with “couth”? WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on more words that are “backformations,” and sound like they maybe shouldn’t exist. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/are-you-cool-with-couth-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

A Farewell to Mr. Drag

Broadway makeup designer Joe Dulude II has been a fixture in The Valley for the past 8 years. He created…

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