Category: Podcasts

Back To Rock & Roll High School: Louie, Louie

Dr.  Steve Waksman from Smith College, on the stunning origins of the most famous garage rock song of all time.

Back to Rock & Roll High School: Rocket 88

Is it the first Rock & Roll song ever?  Dr. Steve Waksman has some thoughts.

Help Send Wofa to Guinea

The Language of Drumming

Word Nerd: To Be or Not to Bespoke?

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster dissects a pet peeve word from Riverlutionary Donald Miller.

And on helping small farmers

Will Jim McGovern march on Monte’s March?

Word Nerd: There’s Know Their There

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster on more commonly misused and misspelled words and uses.

Word Nerd: Will This Literally Make Your Head Explode?

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster

If Dogs Could Sing: George Lenker’s Pet Sounds

Masslive’s Beer Nut and local hero singer songwriter, George Lenker, lets his mutt be his muse and it’s all for…

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