Category: Podcasts

Sportsballers Untrack! WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on the history of “untrack”-a word from the sports world that sounds like the…

Rachael Price is Getting Down In Our Hometown

Monte talks with Rachael Price from Lake Street Dive and their manager Public Emily Lichter about Get Down With Your…

Stir Up Some Love for Chef Michaelangelo Wescott

While COVID has hit the entire restaurant industry hard, Chef Michaelangelo Wescott got the double whammy of a tick-borne blood…

An Alien Signal from Proxima Centauri? MR UNIVERSE

Maybe. And Hampshire College astronomer Mr. Universe tells us why the detection of this possible signal might just be the…

$2000 $600 or Nothing? McGoverning with McGovern

Where the checks at? Congressman McGovern weighs in on the rift in the GOP between the head of the party…

Put a cork in it, 2020. Pop a cork to 2021!

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street in Northampton give you a spectrum of sparkling suggestions to get you…

The Last Word on 2020: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster looks at a few more words that were so very 2020. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-last-word-on-2020-word-nerd

How Dangerous is The Variant? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller returns to talk about the novel novel coronavirus. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/how-dangerous-is-the-variant-the-muller-report

Do Dogs Love Us? HEAVY PETTING

Dr Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital has some good news for pet owners. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/do-dogs-love-us-heavy-petting

Mr. Universe Reviews Midnight Sky

The Clooney movie. Nor the Miley Cyrus song. Plus his take on the locally written, Sound of Metal. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-reviews-midnight-sky

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