Word Nerd: Trump is Bigly Braggadocious

Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster on the, let’s call it, interesting language of Trump. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-trump-is-bigly-braggadocious

Evil Ben Clarke’s thoughts on the VP Debate

Evil Ben things Pence won. So do many others. Monte has some questions. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/evil-ben-clarke-post-vice-presidential-debate

Heavy Petting: Rat Contraceptives

Dr. Steve from the Sunderland Animal Hospital on how rat contraceptives may be your best protection. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-rat-contraceptives

Dissecting the Great Schools Massachusetts Ad on Question 2

Political spending has purchased the right to free speech. Monte has the right to free speech too. Listen to his…

Mr. Universe: The Blob

It’s not just stuff of science-fiction. Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, introduces us to the blob that exists in…

Anais Mitchell’s Prescient Poetry Anticipated Trump’s Wall

Monte caught up with Ms. Mitchell in the lobby of The Shea to talk Trump and the future of her…

Wine Snob: Zinfandel Makes Me Feel Old

I mean if 60 year old vines are ancient, how SHOULD zinfandel make me feel? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/zinfandel-for-fall

“Orchids” Mean ‘Testicles’?

Connecticut River Valley Poets Theater bring their original dark, dystopian comedy “The Orchids” to The Shea Theater in Turners Falls. Also,…

Word Nerd: Playing The ________ Card in Politics

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on the etymology of playing the race/woman/gender/TRUMP card. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-playing-the-card

The Force Awakens The Northampton Film Festival

P. Al Williams from Northampton Community Television on how NCTV is giving the Northampton Film Festival a reboot. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/northampton-film-festival-2016