Category: Podcasts

Rats with Road Rage: Heavy Petting

Or maybe the rats feel more mellow when they get a drive-through Froot Loop. Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital…

A Trip To Mars: CW MARS Libraries and The Digital Age

Monte loves libraries. And he especially loves audiobooks. But is he ready to stop checking out CDs and to move…

The Belmontes Family Review of David Byrne’s American Utopia (and Frank Pepe’s!)

(and and Sylvia’s and  Frank Pepe’s!) It’s hardly a musical, but it is an amazing musical experience. And an important…

The Killer Has Been Found…

…the killer of the DINOSAURS, that is. There has been debate in the scientific community as to what killed these…

Feb-Rhone-ary: WINE SNOB

It’s cold and dark and dismal. Drink delicious wine from the South of France before the tariffs hit. You may…

Trump Acquitted & The Torn Up SOTU: McGoverning with McGovern

A huge week in DC (and Iowa!) and Congressman Jim McGovern shares his thoughts on the decision of Mitt Romney…

Words from the 1920’s were the cat’s meow: WORD NERD

Part II of Monte’s conversation with Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster some of the words that were the cat’s…

The Cat-rona Virus

Great. Now we have to worry about our pets getting the corona virus. Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital on…

The Poor People’s Campaign comes to Greenfield

Kirsten Levitt is the executive chef and executive director of Stone Soup Cafe in Greenfield. She’s also the chair of…

The Spitzer Telescoper Calls it Spits…I mean “quits”

Mr. Universe, Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, on the importance of this space telescope and his regrets on not…

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