93.9 The River

Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on Boeing's new foray into spaceflight, some interesting New Yorker fiction and on missing out on Solid Sound.

Monte talks with Jodi Falk from Rachel's Table about their 5K race, and the race to outpace food insecurity.

Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street try and pair wines with beach snacks.

Monte talks with some folks from the Center for New Americans about one of his favorite events at The Shea.

Congressman McGovern reflects on his UMass Commencement speech from last week and on what his Rules Committee has been doing to fight rising fuel prices and to get formula back on the shelves.

Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster has talked with Monte many times about how words get INTO the dictionary. But what prompts our dictionary in Springfield to kick words OUT?

What could healthy communities look like…and accomplish? What would a world without racism look like? What would it be like if quality healthcare were accessible to all?

The Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network (WMHEN), presents an evening of cultural exploration, performance, and wide-ranging discussion centered on the screening of the new film, MOSAIC. Hear Monte's conversation with some of the folks behind the film. And then come see it at The Shea.

And listen to Monte's conversation with Alisa Klein, Executive Director of Grow Food Northampton, Tony Hall and Roisin Kirby, Farmer-Owners of Song Sparrow Farm, a lessee on Grow Food Northampton's Community farm. Kia Aoki, Grow Food Northampton board member, participant in our food access programming, member of the Grow Food Northampton Food Access Advisory Committee, and resident of Hampshire Heights. Caitlin Marquis, Program Manager at Healthy Hampshire and Marta Alvarez, Community Liaison at Healthy Hampshire, Amherst Resident and champion of the Amherst Mobile Market.

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed (Mr. Universe!) invited his friend UMass Astronomer Dr. Gopal Narayanan (Mr. Black Hole?) who worked with UMass's Large Millimeter Telescope, part of the network of telescope that released an image of our very own black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It's called Sagitarius a*. Find out how they did it, how UMass was involved, and why it took so long to get the image to the public.

Monte talks with director Loch Phillips about his new documentary UTICA: The Last Refuge about the great work that that community is doing to support refugees and how they have made the community thrive. And they talk with Jeffrey Lewis a volunteer working to support the refugee community in Brattleboro. They will both be in Brattleboro at The Latchis for a screening and Q&A