Category: Podcasts

Scotty Swan’s School of Wicked Cool Wizardry

Scotty Swan, aka Scotty Magic, is bringing a free magic show to you and your kids at A2Z in Northampton…

Put on your dip-thong, and other mispronounced words

Word Nerd Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster with some part two of her commonly mispronounced words. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/put-on-your-dip-thong-word-nerd

A Portage Parade?

Angela Chaffee from the Connecticut River Conservancy on the Connecticut River’s portage problem. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/a-portage-parade

A 4th of July underway aboard U.S.S. Constitution

Monte talks with his first-cousin, Commander John Benda, the captain of Old Ironsides about the history of the ship and…

Vive Le 4th of July: WINE SNOBS

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste delicious red, white and blue(?) wines from the OTHER red, white…

Fusion Nomads “Live” at The Shea

We are on the cusp of live music returning indoors. Meanwhile, Monte talks with Tony Vacca about Fusion Nomads.  (hopefully)…

Mispronunciation! WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster with part one of some commonly mispronounced words. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mispronunciation-word-nerd

Trump Org Indicted & The Jan 6th Commission

Congressman McGovern gives us his thoughts on the first Trump Org indictment and on whether more will be coming with…

Getting EBT was a SNAP so where is the disconnect?

Florence, MA’s Rich Parr explains a new poll of 10,000 Massachusetts households and lets us know what the data that…

The Oldest Stars: Mr. Universe

What do the oldest observed stars have to tell us humans about ourselves. And when will the dang NY Times…

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