Category: Podcasts

Watching The South Asian Stars

Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, is the president of Amherst Cinema and also an immigrant from Pakistan. Salman combines…

Coppola Wines and Raw Milk: WINE SNOB

Monte gives Ringo the raw milk experience and then Monte and The Wine Son taste the Wines of The Month…

Sposh and more snow words WORD NERD

We experience so many different gross kinds of cold related precipitation. And Emily Brewster and Merriam-Webster have names for pretty…

Meet The Stars of PVPA

A new musical based on 13th Night, their farcical interpretation of Shakespeare’s 12th Night? Sounds just bizarre enough to be…

War, Atomic Veterans, Shirley Chisolm and The Rock Hall

Congressman McGovern hit a bunch of topics on today’s McGoverning with McGovern. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/war-atomic-veterans-shirley-chisolm-and-the-rock-hall-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern?si=558c64632d03445f9a477aed831e4e47&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Monte’s Farewell to The GOAT

Monte Lionel Richie’s his farewell to Tom Brady, The Greatest of All-Time. And below that, will Monte’s New England Patriots…

James Webb Makes It & Elon Musk Trashes The Moon

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the successful James Webb mission (so far) and on the less-than-successful left-over mission…

Weird Whiskey for Weird Times: WINE SNOBS

Why are some of your favorite whiskeys, whiskys, and Scotches unavailable? And what can you drink instead? Ringo The Spirit…

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut on The Blizzard of ’22

What does our favorite armchair forecaster think of the big storm coming tomorrow? Read him (and support his work) here.…

Breyer is retiring. Pelosi is not. Congressman McGovern weighs in.

On this week’s McGoverning with McGovern, Monte talks with the Chair of The Rules Committee about the recent Supreme Court…

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