93.9 The River

Monte takes a detour on the road to wine snobbery with the Wine Snob who gives him a taste of some refreshing beers. Perfect for a heat wave.

Monte talks with the founding artistic director of Double Edge Theatre, Stacy Klein. Double Edge celebrates 40 years of this feminist theater collective. This new interpretation of this ancient play, which was Double Edge's first 40 years ago, rings even truer today. It's not likely you'll be able to get tickets but get involved with Double Edge here. And listen to the conversation below.

Monte talks with Linda Paris Bailey and Eric Bass, along with the Ko Festival's Sabrina Hamilton, about the second-to-last performance at the 30+ year running Ko Festival. And the performance, called Flushing, is all about knowing how and when to let go.

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some fun words for a hot summer.

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the President's visit to the Bay State and about his attending drag story time.

Why is Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed-MR UNIVERSE!, so excited about the image that was not an image after the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope?

Monte talks with Zach Sherwin, of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Epic Rap Battles of History fame, who will host a live crossword puzzle on stage. How did this strange stage event come to be? And how did his love of rap help birth the Crossword Show into being?

Tasting some underappreciated but DELICIOUS wines with the Wine Snobs at State Street. And, one of the Wine Snobs becomes OFFICIALLY a Wine Snob, after passing the WSET 2 exam.

In another edition of the semi-regular feature Nef & Monte Eat Holyoke, Monte joins Chef Neftalí Duran, Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia, Holyoke historian Maria Salgado-Cartagena, Chef Michaelangelo Wescott, the River's own Kaliis Smith, and UMass PhD student in hospitality, Matt Coyne, to eat family style-one last time-before the family closes down this Holyoke institution.

Monte talks with Kate Glynn, the co-chair of the board of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Mass about how their work is about to change and how, at the same time, it's the work they've been doing all along. And learn about the fundraiser for the ARFWM called OUTCRY.