Category: Podcasts

A Musical Liberatory at Antenna Cloud Farm

Meet Michi Wiancko, Mazz Swift and the “lovely” fellows in the inaugural class of The Experimental Institute, who are deconstructing…

JWST Fatigue?

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed (Mr. Universe!) on why we should be patient with our new space telescope. And,…

Portuguese Man of Wine: WINE SNOBS

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste some delicious and affordable reds, perfect for late summer. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/portuguese-man-of-wine-wine-snobs?si=ae161a9fd1834b1c9a82063f5bc943f0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Harvest

Monte talks with Executive Chef and Executive Director of the Stone Soup Cafe, Kirsten Levitt-on the history and happenings behind…

Everyöne’s a diacritic: WORD NERD

Motörhead and Björk love them, but is now the time for you to add them to your résumé? Find out…

The U.S. begins the trip back to the moon: MR. UNIVERSE

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed (Mr. Universe!) on the Artemis I mission and how the moon is about to…

Esoteric Reds, Call Park 11: WINE SNOBS

As we prepare for the beginning of the end of the Coppers era at Cooper’s Corner and State Street Fruit…

Thirteen Farms, Biden’s Big Bill and Liz’s Loss

Monte talks with the Congressman about his recent farm tour of the Valley and more.

A Marshmallow Word: WORD NERD

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster with one last summer word for the summer of 2022-marshmallow. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/a-marshmallow-word-word-nerd?si=ea9011cea5af47e8854f5f4af7c3c28f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The history of The Charlemont Reggae Festival

Monte talks with Abdul Baki  on how reggae music became country music for the country folks of Charlemont and on…

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