Category: Podcasts

Meltdown 2015: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

The author/illustrator who, with his lovely wife Gina, rope in all the great authors and illustrators into our Meltdown: The…

Wine Snob: Mourvedre!

Sounds like a scary grape but it’s not.

Word Nerd: Cicisbeo, Fleshment, Formosity, Fubsy, Lickpenny

Weird words that  Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster, things we should all start using again.

Cinderella Experts

Atticus & Enzo Belmonte know basically everything about Cinderella and review the new live-action movie.

Wine Snob: Irish Whiskey

DETOUR! Coming up on St. Pats got to drink a little of the water of life from the Emerald Isle.

The Butcher

Eleanor Friedman is a woman in a largely man’s world.  She is a butcher.  But she was a vegetarian.  So…

Psychic Medium Rebecca Anne LoCicero Talks to Your Dead People

Always a little freaky.  Not 100% on the money.  But even skeptic Monte gets astounded sometimes.

Word Nerd: Work Martyr & Onboarding

One word makes sense for the hard worker. One word makes sense for the corporate overlord.  You be the judge.

Juanita Nelson Lived in Peace, May She Rest In Peace

I won’t pretend that I knew Juanita Nelson well.  But I will say, the few times my family and I…

Monte Gets An Igloo

Is an igloo really warmer than a tent? And why did The Friends of Berkshire Trail Elementary School want to…

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