Parhaat Monte Belmonte Podcastit (2024)

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October 11, 2024: 2 bands, 200 films 50:55

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It's Friday, so we’ll have a lot of music, as is our want But we’ll also be celebrating the Bay State on screen. Made in Massachusetts is a carefully crafted amalgamation of over 200 movies that were shot in the commonwealth from 1922-2022. We speak with one half of the editorial team behind the massive endeavor Adam Roffman, as well as Berkshire F…

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October 10, 2024: Know what you're doing. 50:21

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A virtuoso is headed to Florence for a week-long residency. Pianist and Percussionist Omar Sosa has an amazing story and career that starts in Cuba, but has grown to be global, both in his sound and journey. Over the course of this week Bombyx will show a documentary about his life, host soundbaths inspired by his work, and have a continuation of t…

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October 9, 2024: Constructing traditions 50:23

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A little food, a little music, and a little something we can't quite think of the word for A whatchamacallit? A gizmo? A doodad? Word Nerd Emily Brewster, senior editor at Merriam Webster, walks us through the many vaguaries of placeholder words and portmanteaus and the way we linguistically gesture vaguely at things. For the music, we head to Nort…

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October 8, 2024: The autumn crop 50:07

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There’s a pile of art being grown right here in Western Mass, which might be underlining the whole point of our show, but we digress Because in looking at that art, we might discover all new historical connections. Garden Cinemas is screening two unearthed silent films both created in and with people from Greenfield, and we’ll chat with the two his…

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October 7, 2024: Freshly minted 50:39

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New music and a new book and new science, oh my! Like, for instance, the debut novel by Easthampton Author Sarah Sawyer. "The Undercurrent" takes a winding road through a cold case to explore the connections of found and blood family, friends, and location through two tumultuous time periods. We explore her process and story before you can hear fro…

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October 4, 2024: Past in present 50:24

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We’re exploring the past’s influence on the present. First, we head to Springfield Museums, where two exhibits have just opened exploring the artistry of glass. One which looks at the flora of Louis C.Tiffany’s stained glass. And another which looks at the art deco glass powerhouse through the work of locally based world renowned glass artist Josh …

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October 3, 2024: Gorgeous and grotesque 50:08

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Today we explore the beautiful, and the grotesque and the point where the two converge. The beauty *IN* the grotesque which is what Monster Arts 5 is all about. We head to Easthampton to see the curious wonders with curators and artists Athan Vennell and Sloan Tomlinson, and hear more about the legacy of the show, it’s growth since the pandemic, an…

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October 2, 2024: 200 debates about intersectional food 50:03

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What do kimchi tacos, loco moco, and currywurst all have in common? They’re all delicious points of intersectionality, or you might call them "Third Culture Foods". Today on the Fabulous 413, we’ll explore a new cookbook that highlights one of those communities that overlapped and developed its own cuisine in this fashion. Sabor Judio: the Jewish M…

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October 1, 2024: Five native debates 50:01

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We’ve got some learning to do about our greater community, both in people and in plants Where the flora is concerned, we head to South Hadley to a brand new garden shop endeavor with an important focus. Ben and Meg’s Farm and Garden Store is making it their mission to get everyone a little closer to the earth, and a little more knowledgeable about …

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September 30, 2024: Erupting with fear and aid 50:19

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Today sees the end of September and full on launch into fall one of the busiest times of year for farms and those that work on and with them One of the farms that’s working extra hard to feed the people of the four counties is that of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. We meet up with Ex. Director Andrew Morehouse at their *second* farm locati…

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September 27, 2024: Hello, Goodbye, Come together. 51:51

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We’re taking advantage of these moments we have to be with one another. Especially since someone who's become a stalwart of the community is about to cross the pond an embark on a wicked cool academic journey. Prof. Steve Waksman has taught at Smith College for a little over 20 years, and now finds himself the recipient of a grant that will allow h…

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September 26, 2024: The Great Pumpkins Live from Naumkeag 51:06

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Today on the Fabulous 413, we’re out experiencing the southern Berkshires at one of the prettiest locations around, nestled in 44 acres in Stockbridge Massachusetts, what once was a family home is now a location open to visitors and nature lovers through Spring Summer and Fall. We’re broadcasting LIVE from the grounds of Naumkeag as they gear up fo…

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September 25, 2024: Improvisational longevity 41:54

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There is a beauty to make up as we go along, feet on the ground, head in the sky. And not just with the Talking Heads reference either. The Northampton Jazz Festival takes place this weekend aiming to expand the exposure of people of all generations, ethnicities and orientations to live jazz, and bringing new visitors to downtown Northampton to inc…

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September 24, 2024: Big Tops and Magic Numbers 39:31

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We're always having fun on the farm especially in this busy time of year And if three farms are coming together to combine their agricultural powers for the people and the land? We've been told that three is the magic number, and showing us some of the magic being made in Hadley are folx from Preservation Farm and Orchards in Hadley, where the 33 a…

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September 23, 2024: What we call this 43:08

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Today on the fabulous 413, Oh the worlds we have for you to discover near and far, and within our own systems. We head to Williamstown to Images Cinema to find out more about the democratic process, as their Civic Cinema series launches tonight. We’ll hear from Executive Director Dan Hudson about the films they’ve brought together on the subject, a…

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September 20, 2024: Live from Fresh Grass! 40:44

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We are back at Mass MoCA in North Adams broadcasting live from the Fresh Grass Music Festival! FreshGrass is produced by the nonprofit FreshGrass Foundation, and features a diverse lineup including some of the best in grassroots music — from traditional masters and iconic trailblazers to new musical discoveries.The very family-friendly experience t…

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September 19, 2024: Come together and make stuff! 44:20

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Today on the fabulous 413, more art from our communities to bring more joy and more solidarity as well! QueerCore Fest, a powerful new festival created by queer and trans folks for the community and its allies, happens next weekend on Sept. 28th, and we’ll speak with organizers Ben and Issley, about the mediums that are coming together for this aft…

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September 18, 2024: Good music for feeling well 43:28

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We’re pulling a Janus here on the first day of the NEPM Fall Fund Drive, looking forward and backwards in music and language. We start with a new show at the very new iron horse for Kimaya Diggs, who’s been racking up some amazing concert slots as of late. We’ll have an extra special Live Music Wednesday and hear about the magic of creating from th…

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September 17, 2024: Adjust for changing planet 49:50

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We’re in the throes of Climate Change Week, where western Mass. is absolutely doing it’s part to help inform the public and help field solutions that will help to ensure a more resilient future First, we head to April Hill Farm, where Ben Crockett of Berkshire Agricultural Ventures and Sarah Montiero and Iris Arboreal of Greenagers are preparing to…

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September 16, 2024: Prescription for the curious 50:02

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Today we embark on an awesome endeavor. Since the last project we saw from start to finish (The Parlor Room Collective's push to reopen the Iron Horse) is now up on it’s legs and running, we need to witness the whole process of a new project’s gestation and birth. And it might take a while because this time, we’re tracking the progress of a movie. …

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September 13, 2024: Building your music community 50:13

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Having access to instruments and making music has been a big part of our lives. And today on The Fabulous 413 we’ll talk to a Berkshire-based organization that has created not just an ensemble program that creates social change through music, but is creating and supporting families all over western Mass. We’ll introduce you to the President and CEO…

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September 12, 2024: No Strangers to Art 50:09

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Way back in April we talked with folx at City Space about their Pay It Forward Grant Program and now 10 lucky recipients are embarking on transformative artistic journeys through their space in Easthampton. We speak with artist who is kicking off that performance series: Deja Carr, who you may know better as musician Mal Devisa. We’ll find out what…

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September 11, 2024: Debatable 50:13

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We’re exploring new connections with ourselves, each other, the land, and our creative spark So we head to the hub of a new exhibit that has threads not just all over the valley, but halfway across the country as well. Exorcism equals Liberation is the title segment of a three part multi-disciplinary exhibit that takes a look at discourse, colonial…

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September 10, 2024: The Curious Walls 50:13

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Today, we’re exploring possibilities, because everything is possible, even if we don’t know it yet. It’s the central idea at the core of New York Times bestselling author and Amherst resident Angela DiTerlizzi’s book that has launched a whole series: "The Magical Yet." Along with discovering the breadth of her catalog, and hearing how one of her bo…

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September 9, 2024: Change the name, Change the world. 50:14

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Today is about empowerment It happens when two organizations come together in order to let someone out there name a quasi moon. But what is a quasi moon, and why are we letting the public name it? We’ll talk with Latif Nasser of WNYC’s Radiolab, and Kelly Blumenthal of the International Astronomical Union, as well as Mr. Universe, Hampshire College…

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September 6, 2024: Rivers to Falls 50:09

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It's a double Live Music Friday kinda day! We’ll hear live music from the Happy Valley Guitar Quartet: A small section of the large guitar ensemble performs for us before their fundraiser in Shelburne Falls this weekend. Orchestra members Emmett Troxel, Charlie Salzberg, Dave Fried, and Amy Lashley bring their 6-string and 4-strings by for a perfor…

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September 5, 2024: Growth spurts 50:14

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You may have noticed that we really like hanging out with folx who grow stuff. As they are the people who feed us, and since we also love food, it’s just a pairing that works really well. So today we’ll spend some time with an organization of folx who want you to grow stuff too, and maybe even grow it better. In South Hadley at Full Circle Gardens,…

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September 4, 2024: Expansive innovation 50:21

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We’re rebuilding landscapes and crossing borders and timelines, but never streams In order to avoid paradoxes, we’ll meet up with Rangers Susan Ashman and Kelly Fellner, and Researcher and PhD candidate Jessica Scott at the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, where they’ll hold Workers Weekend. The event is meant to highlight both the impact…

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September 3, 2024: In the distance 50:09

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A song, a dance, and a dip in the river Another someone we know has just completed traversing the whole Connecticut River, but this time, astride a bicycle. We’ll talk with Reporter Ben James about the in-between moments of recording his journey for NEPM and several other New England news outlets, and introduce him to someone else who has taken the…

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August 30, 2024: All of them 50:32

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Nothing but entertainment for your Friday. Singer songwriter Johnny Irion joins us for Live Music Friday. His latest album, “Sleeping Soldiers of Love,” just came out earlier this month, so we’ll hear a bit about his musical journeys, including a collaboration with one of the Wilcos: Pat Sansone, find out what’s fun about that playing at the Red Li…

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August 29, 2024: Un-sounds unseen 50:27

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Today, we’re exploring the subliminal stuff that’s there when you think it’s not. Take John Cage’s 4’33”, which was first performed 72 years ago today. It’s a work that is seemingly nothing, but contains a whole lot more. And now there’s a picture book so you can explore the silence with your little ones. We’ll talk with Northampton author Nicholas…

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August 28, 2024: Intersecting Stories 50:29

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Today has a little glimpse of the many stories our neighbors have to tell us Starting with the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, who have been collecting stories from some of the folx in our neighborhoods who are experiencing food insecurity. From those interviews, they have created an audio archive that highlights the challenges and intersecti…

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August 27, 2024: Meet Phil 50:25

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Ever since the very beginning of this show, there’s one person who we’ve seen the three H counties of western Mass. with just about every week. And despite bringing them along on this ride from my previous radio life, this person has managed to broaden all of our ideas of who, what, where, and how agriculture happens in Western Massachusetts. His n…

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August 26, 2024: Extra-curriculars 50:28

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Today we learn the things we've always wanted to, but weren't sure of the channels to do it with. Including a thing we talk about a lot: Music! The parlor room collective has just announced a Fall workshop series of classes offering tons of opportunities for newbies and veterans alike to come together and build more music. We’ll talk with Executive…

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August 23, 2024: Unprecedented Folk 50:33

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The Arcadia Folk Festival kicks off today. Two days of un-amplified fun times celebrating both the great outdoors. So we’ll chat with Jonah Keane , CT River Valley Sanctuaries Director at Mass Audubon, about the Arcadia Sanctuary and the many things it does when it’s not hosting a giant festival, and hear music from some of the folx playing tonight…

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August 22, 2024: Triumphant returns 50:24

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Today is a heaping helping of hometown heroes of stage, screen, and governance We’ll head to the Berkshires to talk with Colrain native Elizabeth Perkins, and hear all about how western mass played a part in her love of acting, and get a glimpse of what it was like to film the movie Big before you can ask your questions of the actor herself after a…

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August 21, 2024: Aflame with well-fed spirits 50:25

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Today, we're traversing Franklin county to nourish the body and spirit. Lake Pleasant started as a summer retreat for like minded and curious spiritualists, and has grown into a quiet but resilient community while retaining some truly unique locations. We’ll visit their sites and hear their history as they get ready for their 150th commemoration fe…

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August 20, 2024: Repair and restore 50:23

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Today, we're awakening to some truths the plants in our lives can tell us about. We’ll head around the corner to Jen’s Organics where Jenell Smith is bringing a more public face to her ongoing journey of flavorful veganism in Mason Square. We’ll find out what inspired her change of habit, and the challenges she’s facing in her new brick and mortar …

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August 19, 2024: Emergences 50:17

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We're back from vacation and highlighting some folx in the area who are also leaving their respective chrysalises. In Northampton, those emergences are musicians taking on the guise of other artists they know and love to raise money for arts education in the city. For the past 34 years, the Northampton Council for the arts has been ending summer wi…

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August 9, 2024: Hapax Homebody and Chabichou 49:31

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We're about to go on vacation here at the show and it feels like we should start our pause with a bang. So for Live Music Friday we welcome the Greenfield-based synth-pop duo Homebody to the studio before their return to the Hatch Shell at Peskeomskut Park for their fifth free Homebody and friends show this Saturday. And ask them about the evolutio…

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August 8, 2024: Collaborative Highlights 50:17

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We’re blending the old with the new, musically and agriculturally! Sounds-wise, we’ll hear from renowned jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey who is bringing her savvy touch and bop forward sensibilities to sit in with W. Mass’ own Green Street Trio. We’ll also find out from member of the trio Paul Arslanian what makes her style so compelling, and how thei…

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August 7, 2024: Rolling through the Quabbin's tunnels 50:21

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We’re learning skills to help the community through a near herculean amount of obstacles and circumstances We chat with Cathy Stanton, author of Food Margins which looks at the impetus, trials and tribulations of the Quabbin Harvest Food Co-op. This Saturday will see a celebration of the 10 years of collaboration between the institution with the Mo…

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August 6, 2024: Frozen diasporic language 50:14

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Sweet treats for the people! Which is exactly what we all can get at Flayvors of Cook Farm. 5 generations and 115 years in the cows are still coming home to their location in Hadley and we chat with generations 3 & 4, Debbie and Gordy Cook, about bringing ice cream into the equation, the virtues of their multiple prize winning herd, and how the tim…

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August 5, 2024: Hope for the doomed 50:06

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A whirlwind of information today. First up is Haydenville author David Daley, who arrives to talk about his latest book "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections". The tome looks at pivotal cases that have lead to several recent decisions, including the undermining of the Voting Rights Act. With this electio…

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August 2, 2024: Spirited 50:13

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We head out to Sheffield to sample the wares at Berkshire Mountain Distillers with founder Chris Weld and head distiller Will Wynn, look for the origins of our "love" of the game with Word Nerd Emily Brewster, and geek out for those of us who are unable to go to the ocean this weekend with beachy board games for Nerdwatch.…

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August 1, 2024: Pan American Dreams 50:20

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Today on the show, we're exploring the Americas. Yes, plural. There are two continents after all, connected by both peninsula and aspirations. And bringing traditions from south of us is Columbia's Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, stopping by our studios before performing at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton this evening. The group has been bringing …

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July 31, 2024: Free the rocks, free the outdoors, free ourselves 50:27

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We accidentally get extra collegiate on the show today. Hampshire College's Salman Hameed talks about the possible answer to Bowie's decades old question: "Is there life on Mars?" Rocks have been collected that show possible signs of life, and Mr. Universe helps us to explore more deeply the methods and answers that we are still seeking to all of t…

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July 30, 2024: Loud Weekend!! 51:44

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We head up to Mass MoCA to hear new sounds from explorative artists. For weeks a cohort of virtuosos have been incubating in North Adams and on August 1-3rd, the public will have a chance to hear some of the many pieces of music they've been working on. We hear members of Bang on a Can All Stars: Pianist Vicky Chow and cellist Nick Photinos, and he…

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July 29, 2024: Cass and Ward 49:53

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We sit with Owen Elliot-Kugell, who has just written a memoir about her life, which inherently covers a good portion of her mother's life as well. "My Mama, Cass" taps family and friends of Cass Elliott, most famously known for her work with The Mamas & The Papas", and combines their knowledge with the memories and experiences of Elliot-Kugell for …

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July 26, 2024: Working through music 49:58

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Everyone is going through some things. Today we hang out with some folks using music to help that process. And that starts with a 200+ member multi city chorus that will be embodying the music of Queen this weekend in a concert at the Academy of Music. Rock Voices started small but is clearly mightier now, and we talk with some of the members to he…

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