Is The Moderna Vaccine ‘The One’? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller on the news that Massachusetts own Modern in Cambridge has a potential vaccine that is producing antibodies. But will it be ready in time to send kids back to school?

Irregardless of what you think “irregardless” is a word: WORD NERD

Don’t shoot the messengers! And in this case, the messengers are Merriam-Webster and our favorite word nerd, Emily Brewster. 

NEOWISE, Every Morning You Greet Me: MR. UNIVERSE

A recently discovered comet is making its way towards Earth. Does it portend doom or the election of Kanye West? Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed has more.

COVID Jones Tries Some Affordable French Reds: WINES SNOBS

Monte’s Grateful Dead-themed COVID grocery outfit pays tribute (?) to the redundancy of the Grateful Dead. Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste some wonderful and affordable French wines 

Watching “Good Trouble” and Making Good Trouble: McGovern with McGovern

Pence and Trump declared the CDC will change the guidelines about school reopening. This illustrates the problem locally. OSHA follows…

Is Coronavirus airborne? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller on the WHO stopping short of saying that coronavirus is airborne. Hear her thoughts on…

A Chile July: WINE SNOBS

Because of COVID, once again YOU don’t get to try the Wine of The Month at State Street. But Monte…

The Families For Black Lives Caravan & Radio Show

It started as an idea from Valley parent Rachel Braidman. She wrote “This moment in the Black Lives Matter movement…

The Origins of Wanderlust: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, likes that Monte is using “Wanderlust Wednesday” as his Wednesday QUARANTHEME. But we wonder where…

How GOP Loves Masks Now: McGoverning with McGovern

Congressman McGovern gives us the latest on what his side of the aisle is working on in Washington DC, just…