Category: Podcasts

A New More Contagious Strain of Coronavirus? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller on reports of a new and more potentially contagious mutation of our favorite coronavirus. Plus,…

The Pentagon and their UFO videos: Mr. Universe

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed tamps down our desire to believe these videos are depicting aliens. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-pentagon-and-ufo-videos-mr-universe

Watch The Virtual Noho Pride Parade

Monte talks with the organizers of NOHO PRIDE, Rachel Slack and Anna Hoff about moving the parade online. You can…

The Good For You Wine: WINE SNOBS

You’ve heard about that heart healthy wine from pseudo-science doctors on television? This is it. Monte and the Wine Snobs…

Up Hill Tech Battle on Capitol Hill: McGoverning with McGovern

Why won’t Congress use modern technology to govern during a pandemic when the ENTIRE world is using Zoom during a…

Next Year. Green River Festival 2020(1)

The River and Signature Sounds and The Parlor Room and The Green River Festival’s Jim Olsen breaks the hard-to-hear news…

Truthiness Gets Into The Dictionary: WORD NERD

Stephen Colbert created this word 15 years ago (sort of) and FINALLY Merriam-Webster has acknowledged his prescient genius. Emily Brewster,…

COVID strokes, smoking And Smoking Guns? The Muller Report

UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller answering your questions about our favorite new coronavirus and viruses in general. Got a question?…

Understanding Scottish Words with The Word Nerd

It’s Wanderlust Wednesday, one of Monte’s new Quaranthemes, so Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, take us to…

The State Of Food Security In The Green Mountain State

Shane Rogers, the Farm to Plate Communications Manager at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, gives us some insights into how…

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