Category: Podcasts

The First Actually Post-Apocalyptic Performance Post-Apocalypse?

As we come out of a year-long lockdown and all the emotions around it, the first show dealing with the…

How will Northampton Re-imagine Public Safety?

Monte talks with Dan Cannity and Javier Luengo from the Northampton Police Review Commission and Ya-Ping Douglass and Ashwin Ravikumar…

Three Missions to Venus

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on Earthlings exploration of our “sister” planet. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/three-missions-to-venus-mr-universe

An Eclipse and a Jonah Moment: The Belmontes on The Cape of Cod

Beach hopping and humpback whale mouth dodging with The Belmontes. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/an-eclipse-and-a-jonah-moment-the-belmontes-on-the-cape-of-cod

PVPA Making Monte Cry

Monte is a sucker for musical theater and he couldn’t hold back his tears when talking about the brand new…

Are we getting more food secure post-COVID?

Laura Sylvester from The Food Bank of Western Mass and from the Hampshire/Franklin County Commission on the Status of Women…

On The Edge of Looking at Food as Medicine

Congressman McGovern on a landmark SCOTUS decision that may open the doors of the USA to our neighbors like Lucio…

Spelunking and scripophilia: WORD NERD

Wrapping up a series on bizarre hobbies and bizarre hobby names. Does Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster have any…

Going Mobile! The Amherst Mobile Market

Monte talks with Caitlin Marquis and Nathan Chung about food insecurity and food deserts in Amherst. And how the Amherst…

The End of Sparkling Isolation

We are leaving the Quarantine region of France and FINALLY celebrating with real Champagne. Plus a delicious Cava and Prosecco…

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