Category: Podcasts

Smashing an asteroid! MR. UNIVERE

Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, tells us why on Earth (or, I guess, off Earth) NASA would hurtle a…

Engaging Cabernet: WINE SNOBS

The Yankee Sippah has a big announcement and we celebrate with some delicious Cabernet from all over the world. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/engaging-cabernet-wine-snobs?si=4b2abb8e800d490d921020f4ca48fbbe&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Dumbphones in the Meatspace: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster informs us on some more of the words recently added to her dictionary. These…

Belly-button cheese and more weird science!

Monte talks with Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla from Greenfield. They are the creators of Tumble, a science podcast for…

The Drake Equation and Martian Molecules

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, Mr. Universe, pays tribute to the recently deceased. And no, not the Queen. But…

Tempranillo for the temperature change: WINE SNOBS

We talk of Fall and red wine and Rosalia and Tierra Whack and Madisynn. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/tempranillo-for-the-temperature-change-wine-snobs?si=722ce241416c41619477ccf7f9a625a3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Guess who’s coming to the White House Conference on hunger?

Monte is! What’s going to happen there? We shall see. Congressman McGovern lets us know what he knows about the…

MacGyver yourself a great Galentine’s Day: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster talks about two words from television that have just recently been added to the…

The Ashfield Film Festival is Back…to The FUTURE!

Monte talks with Harry Keramidas, the film editor behind the Back To The Future trilogy about the past, present, and future…

Sustain and Sustainability at the Arcadia Folk Festival

Monte talks with Jonah Keane, director of the Connecticut River Valley Mass Audubon and Peter Hamelin from Signature Sounds about…

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