Category: Podcasts

Sox in The Series: Erin McKeown on Games 3 & 4

The Queen of Quiet whispers sweet (and not so sweet) nothings about our bearded boys in the October Classic.

Sox In The Series: Erin McKeown from her cabin on Game 2

Well, this one could’ve gone better.  The game.  Not the commentary.  Erin McKeown weighs in from deep in the woods…

Dali: The Persistence of Corn

Mike’s Maze  in Sunderland is fine art in corn.  So how do they do it? Farmer Mike Wissemann and artist…

Sox In The Series: Erin McKeown Live from Game One

The Queen of Quiet gets loud and excited at Fenway as the Sox take Game One of The World Series.  Plus,…

Word Nerd: Twerking On A New Word

Emily Brewster is one of the Merriam-Webster editors tasked with working on twerking.

Sox in The Series: Part 1

Erin McKeown: Red Sox Correspondent

Raise A Ruckus: Our locally grown circus

Serenity Smith Forchion on Ruckus, The New England Center for Circus Arts and why she stands on her husband’s head for…

Wine Snob: CardBordeux

Inexpensive wines from the wine blending capital of the world.

Barney Frank On The Shutdown

With chaos in Congress, the former Congressman weighs in on why he thinks Republicans need to look at their own…

Word Nerd: Shame!

Slut shaming.  Pet shaming.  Grammar shaming!  What does Emily Brewster and Merriam-Webster think about the language of shaming.  

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