Category: Podcasts

Dreamed vs Dreamt: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on whether or not you dreamed or dreamt last night. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/dreamed-vs-dreamt-word-nerd

Florence’s Gabby Thomas Wins Bronze! Monte narrates

Monte and The River are not allowed to air the Olympics from Tokyo. So Monte played a song from The…

The Zen Masters of Radio Sales: 40 Years of WRSI

Judith Roberts and Rick Pivirotto both have better than 2 decades under their belts selling ads for WRSI. Hear about…

What To Watch While The World Burns: MR. UNIVERSE

And what to watch to inspire you to stop the world from burning. Mr. Universe, Hampshire College astronomer and President…

The “Ol&mp!cs” of Whiskey: WINE SNOBS

Tasting rye from the U.S., rye whiskey from Canada, and rye whiskey blended from U.S. and Canadian whiskey plus Port…

On Cuba, January 6th and Infrastructute: McGoverning with McGovern

Congressman McGovern’s thoughts on the bipartisan infrastructure bill making its way through Congress, on whether or not he’s going to…

“Blowing up” a dam

Monte joins the Connecticut River Conservancy and US Fish & Wildlife for some damned dam removal in Guilford, VT. It’s…

Conjugating Kids: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on how children unlearn what they learn naturally when it comes to conjugating verbs.…

The Delta Variant: The Muller Report

With the spread of the Delta Variant and the CDC re-issuing mask guidline, Monte welcomes back UMass virologist Dr Mandy…

Don’t clear cut for solar

Janet Sinclair from Concerned Citizens of Franklin County about how they are concerned that the State of Massachusetts is willing…

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Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.