Category: Podcasts

Wine Snob: Gascony. It’s a gas!

Weird wines from a lesser know French wine region some of which have some AMAZING aromas. Stay gold, Gascony. Stay…

Word Nerd: Reticent Vs Reluctant

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster helps us understand when to use which. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-reticent-vs-reluctant

Heavy Petting: How To Cut A Cat’s Nails

Answer: Have Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital do it for you. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-cat-nail-clipping

Children Of The Wild

A preview of their experimental folk opera and one of the only chances you’ll get to hear it at The…

Mr. Universe: Fast Radio Bursts!

Not just when Monte talks for a one second on the radio (extremely rare) but something more mysterious from the…

Wine Snob: Italian Merlot?

Who even knew that was a thing? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-italian-merlot

Black History Month In Turners Falls

Richie Richardson talks with Monte about Turners ‘call & response’ month of celebrating Black History. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/richie-richardson-on-turners-falls-black-history-month

Jon Fishman on Vacuum with Vonnegut

It won’t b e Phish drummer, Jon Fishman’s, first rodeo at the Really Big Show this Sunday. The man who…

Word Nerd: Phubbing

You know what it is even if you don’t know what the word ‘phubbing’ means. Maybe you have even phubbed.…

A Decade of Cup & Top

Helen Kahn, on 10 years of running her cafe and what it has meant to people like Rhymes With Orange…

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