93.9 The River

Monte talks with Laurie Millman from the Center for New Americans and, new American, Kwod Jay about the 4th of July Naturalization Ceremony in Northampton.

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the recent Supreme Court decision, the surprise January 6th Committee hearing and the good news about the V.A. in Leeds.

Monte talks with the Word Nerd, Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster, about the 50th anniversary of the use of "gate" as a suffix. And also the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal.

Monte talks with Michi Wiancko and Kaoru Wantanabe, both members of Yo Yo Ma/Rhiannon Giddens' Silk Road Ensemble, about their musical takeover of Turners Falls.

Smith College Professor of The Study of Women and Gender, Dr. Carrie Baker on what she thinks the next moves of the Supreme Court and the GOP are gonna be.

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the Gaia Satellite, not the hippie Gaia thing.

Monte tastes some budget busting Pinot Noir with the Wine Snobs at State Street.

With anti-war protestors coming to Congressman McGovern's Northampton office a day after he held a press conference urging the US to join the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, why does the congressman continue to support weapons funding for the war in Ukraine?

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some commonly mispronounced words that are so wrong Merriam-Webster canonized them. Also a lot of singing from the Karate Kid and the coolest new band from The Isle of Wight, Wet Leg.

Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on his take on the new Marvel show Ms. Marvel and how maybe shows like that could lead to greater empathy when our country tacitly supports the assassination of Iranian scientists.