With the GOP slamming through a new Supreme Court Justice, are the Republicans a better party or better and gaming the system? My conversation with Haydenville’s David Daley on his new article for the New Republic. What wines pair with Halloween candy? NONE! But we try it anyway. Congressman McGovern’s final thoughts before Election Day. Eggcorn-the movie with Word Nerd Emily Brewster. NASA calling Shai-hulud on an asteroid and more.

A star gets spaghettified. Schadenfreude and fascism. Bidets and fake Bordeaux. And an interactive live action theatrical video game.

Stirring up some love for adoption and salsa verde at the Treehouse Community in Easthampton. Congressman McGovern on the Amy Coney Barrett hearings. The Nobel Prize in physics falls into a black hole. Why racism wasn’t in the dictionary 100 years ago and more.

Northampton and the world’s favorite octogenarian rock & roll chorus and their star-studded virtual album release show. Congressman McGovern on the most famous fly in the world and on what collapsed the COVID release package talks. New math for calculating dog years. The evolution of the word “racism” with Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster. Hunting for the endangered shortnose sturgeon in the CT River. Alright, hunting for EVIDENCE of the sturgeon with USGS.

Trump’s tax returns, the first debate, and Trump’s positive COVID test. Phew! I talk with US Congressman Jim McGovern and others about all of the insane news coming out of the White House. A graphic novel which may well become the definitive book of your child’s adolescence. It’s called FLAMER and I talk with the author and illustrator, Northampton’s Mike Curato. With Trump sowing seeds of doubt about mail-in ballots and early voting, how did it go for us here in Massachusetts? I talk with pollster Rich Parr from Florence, who’s crunched the numbers. What can we learn from insects to help us fight COVID. How the dictionary decides to put which definition first with Emily Brewster

This week: Congressman McGovern reflecting on the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and about whether or not the Democrats have any way of stopping the Republicans from filling her seat before election day. Mo Willems on his new HBO special that makes you feel less guilty about planting your kids in front of a screen after they’ve been on a screen for school all day. Stirring up some love to support local restaurants and foster kids at the same time, with the James Beard Award nominated chefs at Coco in Easthampton. Do you arrive to a party or arrive at a party? Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, lets us know which is more correct. One wine grape that is uniting this crappy world we live in in 2020 and more.

THIS WEEK: Local hero Martin Sexton returns and is playing a social distanced show in a local vineyard. We talk building treehouses and oil changes…and music. Congressman McGovern on the very troubling story from the border about forced hysterectomies. What does he know and what can he do to stop them? Is there life in the clouds of Venus? Mr. Universe and the chair of Astronomy at Mt. Holyoke Dr. Darby Dyar gives us their thoughts. Some red wines for chillier times and more.

THIS WEEK: Congressman McGovern is LIVID that the President downplayed the seriousness of COVID19. We’ll hear his hot take on the Woodward bombshell. Learning about a space created by and for the indigenous peoples of the Valley with the folks from Oketeau. An amazing trip inside a maize maze with the folks at Mike’s Maze in Sunderland who have cropped out the word VOTE! In their corn crop. The problem, linguistically, with “officer involved shootings.” Shooting BLANCS with the Wine Snobs.

THIS WEEK: Thoughts on the MA Primary results with US Congressman Jim McGovern. The Indigenous take-over of a Downtown Northampton restaurant. Do you know what a head cannon is? Find out from Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam Webster who is watching that word. Some silliness with Sicilian wines.

This week: In a desperate time, how small things can lead to big things with NY Times best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems. Talking with Mr. Universe about Beck’s musical partnership with NASA. Emily Brewster from Merriam Webster on the active voice, the passive voice and peaches. Congressman Jim McGovern’s thoughts on the RNC. And wine and Bill and Ted.