Category: Podcasts

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut on The Blizzard of 2015

What does our beloved armchair meteorologist predict will happen in the storm today? Listen to what he tells Monte read…

NE Pats Correspondent, Monte’s Dad, on #deflategate

Not only the resident Patriots expert on the River, but Monte’s moral compass, his Dad, on cheating and deflategate.

French Wine at Deflated Prices

With a nod to our #deflategate controversy with the Pats, try some delicious and inexpensive wines from the Languedoc in…

Chris Smither Has Amazing Hair

And Monte is jealous of it.  But why would a young Smither leave New Orleans to play music in Boston…

Word Nerd: #HastagWordsOfTheYear

Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster on the American Dialect Society’s choice of word (or squished together words) of the year.

The Riverlution Responds to the SOTU

What did some River listeners think about the State of The Union Address?  Listen to what they had to say.

The Valley’s Own Civil Rights Icon

Monte revisits his 2011 conversation with the now 90+ year old Juanita Nelson, Matriarch of All Things Good and Just…

Wine Snob: The Mass Appeal of Riesling

Monte is jealous that the Wine Son went on 22’s Mass Appeal with Seth.  And also they taste some really…

Top 93 Turn It Up Shopping Spree Winner 2014!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Slowinski from Colrain who had a great spree (despite Monte’s interference).

Drone Sweet Drone: The Latest Terrifying Tech

Dan Nessel from Dad Does Dot Com is back from Las Vegas’ giant Consumer Electronic Show with  new electronic toys…

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