Category: Podcasts
Saving and Savoring Southern France
Gérard Bertrand was a famous rugby player before he was a famous winemaker. But he’s been making wine practically his…
You Don’t Have The Votes…you don’t have the votes! Or do you? McGoverning with McGovern
Congressman McGovern lets us know if he knows more than we know about what we want to know about who…
New Words of The 20s. The 1920s.
Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, on what words were hot off the press one hundred years ago. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-words-of-the-1920s-part-i
Running Down A Wish
18 year old Gray Davidson-Carroll is running a marathon for the Make-A-Wish foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Support their…
What does Mr. Universe think of “Picard”?
Monte is more Star Wars than Star Trek but Dr. Salman Hameed is ALL Star Trek. So what does he…
Cheeseling: WINE SNOBS
Riesling+cheese=cheeseling. Is Riesling the greatest grape? And which cheeses will it pair with? And why does one of the wines…
The Impeachment Trial Begins and also Luke Skywalker: McGoverning with McGovern
Before they dig into the impeachment trial, Monte and US Congressman Jim McGovern talk about their Twitter interaction with MARK…
Hooked on A Meme-ing: WORD NERD
Turns out, a very famous writer has given us an epic origin story for the word “meme.” What we’ve done…
John Sheldon Gets The Band Back Together
Will they be cursing the blue streak after Blue Streak gets back together after a decade? I doubt it but…
Bella, ciao, Italian Wines: WINE SNOB
With the 100% Trump European goods tariff looming large, we may need to say “Goodbye, beautiful” to our favorite wines.…
