Category: Podcasts

Word Nerd: Young Women Are Driving Language Forward

Regardless of what you think about what and how they are saying things, young women rule the roost in the…

A Media Three-Way!

The River, The Advocate & Valley Free Radio!? Josh Braska on the cover of the Advocate in regards to the…

Davy Jones & The Extinctions!

Alright it’s PROFESSOR David Jones from Amherst College on The First Great Extinction and the current extinction we’re going through…

Heavy Petting: Rats! They Sniffed Us Out!

Tobacco sniffing rats? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-tobacco-sniffing-rats

Mr. Universe: Science & Islam

Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed is not just an astronomer. He’s been researching what since means in Muslim societies. And you…

Wine Snob: Oktoberfest (not wine)

The Wine Snobs from State Street head up Route 9 to Cooper’s Corner to learn about Oktoberfest. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-octoberfest-not-wine

The Quilting Women of Gee’s Bend

Sometimes the purest art comes when you’re not trying. Listen to the amazing story of Stella Mae and Delia, sisters from…

Mr. Universe: There’s Water In Them Mars Hills!

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on NASA’s major(ish) revelation about Mars. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-water-on-mars

Word Nerd: YOLO. YOYO. BFD

TL:DR, BTW. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-internet-abbreviations

Affordable Housing & And The Kids

Joanne Campbell from the Valley CDC, having their Pedal Poker Run this weekend, works on affordable housing for the Valley…

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Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.