Category: Podcasts

Build Back Smaller? McGoverning with McGovern

Congressman McGovern on the many compromises the Democrats continue to make with the Biden agenda and on writing the Rules…

Spanish Garnacha and Dune

Spain’s underappreciated red grape-Garnacha. And was the 1984 Dune movie underappreciated? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/spanish-garnacha-and-dune?si=efebdf46edea4af5a5f16ac208e1ffed

A Happening…

Monte gets a preview from Sam Perry of his immersive theatrical, musical, artistic experience happening at The Shea Theater. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/a-happening-at-the-shea?si=1b8dbd8a1c5e4239917be7eb71f54dba

The Problem with “Pre” WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster answer’s River sales executive, Joe O’Rourke’s, question about the prefix “pre.”  If YOU’VE got…

Bombyx is The Bomb

Hear the incredible history of this incredible space that begins their next chapter in that hallowed history tonight. Meet Kyle…

Lucy in The Sky: Mr. Universe

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the new mission to the Trojan Asteroids and on how a Beatle got…

Meet the people behind the new Cocina Lupita

Meet Aleyda Romero and Efraen Fuentes  and Joshua Breitner who teamed up to bring a new food truck to downtown…

Zinfandel, Primitivo and Sad Girl Fall: WINE SNOBS

Is Zinfandel actually California’s best grape? And meet Zinfandel’s kissing cousin from Italy. And find out about it’s Croatian heritage.…

Local Heroes in a Half-Shell

Kit Henry from the Western Mass Comic Book Show schools Monte in the world of comic book culture with a…

McGovern in Colombia: MCGOVERNING WITH MCGOVERN

Why was the Chair of the Rules Committee in Colombia last week? And how did his relationship fighting for human…

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