The Return To Big Science

Legendary artist Laurie Anderson and her long time musical collaborator Roma Baran talk with Monte about revisiting their groundbreaking 1982…

False Start on Mars: MR UNIVERSE

Well, the Mars helicopter is delayed but Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed reminds us of our other failures (and…

Zoomer in The Before Times: WORD NERD

Listen to this conversation from February of 2020 with Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster and Monte where they have a long…

After The Great Selah with Hales

Daniel Hales looks back at his very difficult year and at his band’s first album. His livestream this Friday is…

Another Interstellar Interloper: Mr. Universe

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the recent discovery of our second interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/another-interstellar-interloper-mr-universe

Wines You Must Stash: WINE SNOBS

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street try wine heroine Laely Heron’s Heron wine and admire the Wine Son’s…

Irida Comes Home

Scenes from Irida Kakhtiranova homegoing. Irida is the Russian immigrant who has been living in a church in Northampton for…

Infrastructure and Extra-Terrestrial Tech? McGoverning with McGovern

Monte gets up earlier than the Congressman, so some early April Thursdays it can be easier to pull the wool…

Did Our April Fools’ Day Ads Fool You?

Here’s our Quarantone Paint ad https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/quarantone-paint   And you can listen to all  the classics here. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-rivers-april-fools-day-ads

Vaccine or Vitamin C? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller responds to a recent opinion piece in the Gazette and gives us her latest take…