Category: Podcasts

Taking About Puberty With Your Kids

Sexpert, Brooke Norton, on how she is going to help you facilitate a VERY important conversation with your kids. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/brooke-norton-what-kids-wantto-know-about-sex

Required Rock Reading List: Lester Bangs

Dr. Steve Waksman, the Professor of Music & American Studies at Smith College, on one of the most iconic rock…

Heavy Petting: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road on a 3D Printed Leg?

Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital on new technology’s answer to an age old question. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-3d-printing-chicken-leg

Wine Snob: Last Blast At Captain Jack’s

And this time we didn’t really drink any Sauvignon blanc.

Required Rock Reading List: Charles Shaar Murray ‘Crosstown Traffic’

Dr. Steve Waksman, the Dr. of Rock, from Smith College with a look at a meta-biography of Jimi Hendrix.

Required Rock Reading List: The Works of Ellen Willis

An early rock writer finally getting her due? Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the…

Required Rock Reading List: Greil Marcus ‘Mystery Train’

Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the first and most important rock history books of…

Wine Snob: Yo ho ho & a bottle of rum

Goslings and Kirk & Sweeney and Dark & Stormy and black mojitos!

Transperformance 2015: A Look At The Movies

The Northampton Arts Council’s annual event was (in movie reviewing terminology) a ‘Tour de Force’. And somehow, the Gazette skipped…

Stop Looking at This On Your Phone (If You’re Driving)!

Amanda Drane from The Valley Advocate on the staggering statistics on texting related traffic deaths.

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