Best The Fabulous 413 Podcasts (2025)

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May 30, 2025: Stages 50:21

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Today we have something lost, something gained, and something re-imagined. At the Shea Theater this weekend a kaiju classic is getting a sonic overhaul as Cinemastorm presents an extra special screening of Gamera vs Guiron accompanied by a live soundtrack written by local composer Galen Huckins and with live foley done by Jonathan Greber of Skywalk…

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May 29, 2025: In Blooms 1:02:20

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May is the time we often remember about the growing things. Which includes our youth as they are our future, dancing into new horizons with the first narrative work of the School For Contemporary Thought. Director Jen Pollins stops by the studios to talk about the company members blooming into plotlines and the importance of inspiring young dancers…

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May 28, 2025: In the Making 50:17

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We’re exploring emphasis. In Amherst, we return to an exhibit, “Sowing History, Reaping Justice,” where students of the Slavery North Initiative have spent a semester developing picture books for younger audiences to learn about slavery. We talk to student authors Emmanuel Nkuranga, River Riddle and Georgia Brabec as well as professors Charmaine Ne…

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May 27, 2025: Triple Franklin 50:14

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Franklin County is taking the spotlight. Because that’s where Tumble Science Podcast for Kids is making its home these days. Tomorrow night is their Joke-ha-thon, raising funds for their next season of fun things about the world to littles everywhere. We chat with hosts Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla about what makes a good dad joke and h…

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May 26, 2025: 413 Day Pt. 2 PLUS 49:29

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Last month on April 13, we inaugurated our own holiday, 413 Day. Today on The Fabulous 413, we take you back to play a science quiz with our friends from Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla. Plus, we had great music at our western Mass. celebration, so we revisit some live selections from The Fawns and Silvie’s…

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May 23, 2025: Spreading the Love 49:31

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Today there is an over abundance of talent. We welcome back wine friend and sommelier Ken Washburn, general manager of the Leverett Village Co-Op, to the Tina Turner Memorial Wine Thunderdome with two extra fragrant choices as we pit Vouvray against Beaujolais. We also celebrate Ciarra Fragale's brand new album, "Get What You Want," for Live Music …

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May 22, 2025: The House and the ABC 42:49

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Amherst is perhaps the most densely concentrated locale of academia in western Mass., and today we give you a glimpse of how the wealth of knowledge is shared with the wider community. Amherst A Better Chance (ABC) is part of a national initiative to help Black, Latine, Indigenous and Asian students in underserved school districts achieve their dre…

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May 21, 2025: Your name, our powwow 41:04

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Say the name, say the name, because word on the common is that this weekend is a time of celebration. In Amherst, many Indigenous and First Nation peoples from the northeast and across the continent will gather for the 5th annual Odenong Powwow in song, dance, food, craft and more. Founder, organizer and multi-disciplinary artist Justin Beatty join…

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May 20, 2025: Truth stalks 40:16

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We’re honoring the area’s abolitionist past with those who carry its spirit into the future. Since 1992, the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee has been supporting folx in the spirit of its namesake, and for twenty of those years has given to enterprising students from Hampshire and Hampden Counties who push their work toward a more just and libera…

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May 19, 2025: Spell it out, LRD 40:53

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We're running the gamut of niche academia today. It's the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and it's just our luck that Jazz à la Mode host and local dictionary editor Peter Sokolowski is one of the judges for the event. We speak with him about the nature of spelling bees, how he got involved in the event, the interesting orig…

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May 16, 2025: Cheap hidden Pineau 1:00:12

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Have you ever looked at large architecture and wondered just how much space is being actually used, or how you could take advantage of that space? Today, we speak to Michael Townsend, a member of Tape Art art collective, who answered both of those questions with resounding yeses. We learn about “Secret Mall Apartment," a documentary about the 4-yea…

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May 15, 2025: Festivals for food and grief 50:25

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We have to lift you up after the tumult of yesterday’s conversation, and we do it with music since our favorite time of year is swiftly approaching. June 20-22, the Green River Festival will descend on the Franklin County Fairgrounds, bringing over 40 bands, local vendors and our community together (with hopefully better weather than last year). Fo…

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May 14, 2025: 1000 Cuts 51:00

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Basically since January 21st, we’ve been hearing about federal cuts to agencies its supported and run for decades, and seeing the carnage to programming, businesses, and federal departments themselves as the dominoes continue to fall. From the USDA to the NSF, from Health to the Humanities, greater infrastructure to academics, the Library of Congre…

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May 13, 2025: The clouds, the wood, the witches. 52:48

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Today is fluffy and textured and a little afraid of us because sheep scare easily. We’re in Buckland to talk with folx at Walking Cloud Farm about the upcoming MA Sheep and Woolcraft Festival. What started as a 4H event to encourage youth in sheep raising has grown over the past almost 50 years to encompass that and much more. From spinning, to she…

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May 12, 2025: No space barred 50:20

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Space is the place, but first we’re headed to the ring to find the local wrestling scene, because, oh yes, western Mass. has a wrestling scene. Perry Von Vicious, a.k.a The Human Monster Truck, joins us in the studio to give insight beyond kayfabe, a lay of the local wrestling landscape, his start in the industry and what you can expect at the matc…

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May 9, 2025: Return to musics 50:12

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Music is the food of active minds, and that’s just science. Plus, Fridays are typically the time that The Fabulous 413 gets its music on, so we’re excited to meet those for whom a musical journey is just beginning. We head to STEM Middle Academy with Rachel Rivard and Carolyn Dufresne of the Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) to check out…

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May 8, 2025: Greylock Works 50:21

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There are a lot of old mill buildings in western Mass., and a lot of those old factories are finding new lives and new industries to fill their halls. Frankly, there’s so much to find in these spaces that we spend our whole day in one in North Adams,, Greylock WORKS. We chat with designer and architect Salvatore Perry about his and co-founder Karla…

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May 7, 2025: The limit of poetry and trees 50:27

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We are taking the good with the worstest and sometimes blending the two! Author Heidi Stemple’s latest work is a complete amalgam of poetry and narrative fiction. "The Poetry of Car Mechanics" measures family trauma against self-discovery and nature in a way that try really hard not to spoil when she visits the studio to talk with us. We find out a…

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May 6, 2025: A fan of farms, but not funding cuts 50:21

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Today has a proper patch of aligned alliteration. First, fandom, which is what we have for Randall Poster, who has been the music supervisor for over 200 films and TV shows. Starting this weekend, The Triplex Cinema will host him for conversation with a program to highlight his work and the films that inspire him. We bring the hidden aural gem onto…

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May 5, 2025: Expansions, contractions 50:17

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Today our size is shifting to get larger and smaller simultaneously. We talk with Mr. Universe, Salman Hameed of Kainaat Studios and Hampshire College, who explains the proposed cuts to NASA and the NSF and the potential impact on both academic institutions (like the five colleges) and American astronomical research as a whole. Then, just to narrow…

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May 2, 2025: Good news for the genre agnostic 58:00

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Today we've got copious amounts of music, some joy of saving the planet and two sterling examples of resisting labels within one’s artwork. One of our neighbors to the north is about to make a visit to the area, Canadian independent artist JayWood. We chat with him about his day job as a postal worker, the impact that grief has had on some of his m…

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May 1, 2025: A multitude of intersections 50:07

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We’re looking at the center of a couple of venn diagrams and the overlapping circles that bring those centers together. For instance, the artistic circles often overlap through the fantastic venues we have in the area. At the Shea theater, Nero Orchestra will conclude its season tomorrow night, and on that same stage the next night, Eggtooth Produc…

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April 30, 2025: Common falcons 49:28

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Today we're spending all our time in higher education. Merriam-Webster Senior Editor and UMass Amherst alumna Emily Brewster joins us on the upper floors of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library to meet with digital content editor Lauren Hubbard. She introduces us to the library’s most notorious residents, the peregrine falcons, with names that should be of p…

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April 29, 2025: Lights, camera, urban farms! 50:13

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We’re bringing up the lights on cool community action. Starting May 1, the fourth annual Easthampton Film Festival will kick off, with 4 days of panels, workshops, concerts and more than 30 films in a wide range of genres. We hear from organizer Chris Ferry about putting this event together, and creating community among the filmmakers in the area W…

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April 28, 2025: Double rainbow life possibilities 49:56

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Today is all rainbows, double rainbows in fact! We start with Hampshire Pride, marching in Northampton this Saturday, May 3. They’re the first and longest running pride event in the area, which means its events and leadership have seen a lot of evolution. We chat with organizers Clay Pearson and River Matos about what’s in store for the community t…

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April 25, 2025: Treehouse Escaper 54:19

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What do you get when you mix a novel approach to foster care, devised theater, and youth leadership all in one place? The answer is Truth Tellers Theater, an inter-generational theater group where cast members use the healing powers of storytelling, community and performance to share their own tales with audiences each spring. We head to Holyoke to…

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April 24, 2025: Brother bird 50:19

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Today is for the brothers and the birds, not a bee in sight. Well, seeing actually factors into it, too! We head to Amherst where, on a particularly idyllic corner of the UMass campus, hordes of migratory birds are making their way back north. Professor Nathan Senner grabs binoculars and his trusty dog, Oliver, to head out into the woods to discove…

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April 23, 2025: Trails and Alleys 50:08

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Today we’re getting extra retro with an extra New England pastime, archaic conundrums and classic ways of making art. The art is found up and down the Hilltowns through Hampshire and Franklin Counties. The Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail is a network of studios that are open for the public to witness ceramic artists in their craft. We head to Floren…

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April 22, 2025: Earth Day 2025! 50:25

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It’s Earth Day! So we’re going to look at our mother through local lenses and explore our waterways, our skies, and of course, the ways we feed ourselves and each other. If we’re looking up, light pollution has more factors than just keeping you up at night, and one of the organizations seeking to bring more awareness to those factors is Northampto…

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April 21, 2025: Sketches of 413 Day 49:30

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Today is Patriots Day, a holiday to commemorate the battle of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard round the world” in what is now the 617 area code. But today in the 413, we look back to last week when western Mass. planted a flag on our OWN side of the state and declared April 13 as 413 Day. At our party at CitySpace in Easthampton, we were …

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April 18, 2025: Stay up late 50:41

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We are encouraging you to stay up late because The Iron Horse, now almost a year in its new incarnation, is bringing back late shows. We preview tonight’s doozy of dance, connection and genre defying music. For Live Music Friday we hear from Bella’s Bartok as they wrap up their winter/spring residency at the horse. We hear how their latest album, “…

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April 17, 2025: Lucky ventures 50:48

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Today, as every day, we are speaking the language of community near and far and in all walks of life. For instance, we’re getting to know an organization that services the Berkshires (and a little beyond) to increase access to healthy food despite widespread funding cuts. We chat with Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Executive Director Rebecca Busan…

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April 16, 2025: Markets and music galore 50:25

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We are covering a lot of ground. Including a brand new venture for a collective right here in town, Marketplace at Gasoline Alley, a collective effort of 5 entrepreneurs who are expanding their offerings attached to the Urban Food Brood. We speak with some of the folx who’ve settled into this new spot, Kate Forest and Missy Doe of Forest Doe Botani…

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April 15, 2025: Varigated greens 50:22

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Two tales of agriculture and commerce, alike in virtue, a spring of hope from a winter of despair. The Cannabis Control Commission recently swept through western Mass, making visits with officials and business owners in all 4 counties. Despite the recent shake-ups within the department, they’re currently looking forward into expanding how businesse…

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April 14, 2025: Re-imagining 413 Day 50:18

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Although the United States was never specifically a penal colony, it is hard to deny that systematic penal labor was crucial to the founding of the nation. We think it’s important to consider as we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. So today, we look at an art exhibit at Wistariahurst Museum that highlights the car…

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April 11, 2025: The 411 on 413 Day 50:14

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It is a day of information for the day of our area code, April 13, which we’ll be celebrating this Sunday in Easthampton, but it turns out we’re not the only ones! Because western Mass. is too celebrate-able for just one party, we talk to Liz Rosenberg of The Toy Box in Amherst to talk about their 413 day festivities, and learn about even more cele…

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April 10, 2025: Onward to Jacob's Pillow! 50:18

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The Berkshires has been a dance incubator and nesting place and incubator for nearly 100 years. So, today we head to the grounds of Jacob's Pillow in Becket to get a sneak peek at their upcoming festival. Jacob’s Pillow’s executive director, Pamela Tatge, is nearing a decade at the helm of the organization, and we hear about some of her highlights …

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April 9, 2025: Splitting offices (SHOW 500!!!) 49:30

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Last year, Phil Korman of CISA announced his retirement. And just recently, our friends at the organization have found someone to fill his shoes. We talk to the new director, Jennifer Core, to hear her connections to agriculture in western Mass. and beyond, and how her insights from her own farm help push the organisation’s mission further. Our res…

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April 8, 2025: Learning curve 50:07

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We constantly strive to be renaissance people because knowledge is power, and everyone wants to be able to properly MacGyver things. But, never in the course of the show have we seen a farm that does it like Barberic Farms. So, we head to Shelburne to see all the adorable lambs get their legs and discover the myriad of pots that Barbara and Eric Go…

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April 7, 2025: LIVE from the Emily Dickinson Museum 2025 1:02:50

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It is National Poetry Month, and as the world could use more art [full stop], we broadcast live from the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. We hear some of the reclusive poet’s work and about who was instrumental in getting her words posthumously published with the museum’s executive director, Jane Wald. Plus, we learn about some of the museum’s up…

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April 4, 2025: In the Cut 58:58

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If the arts funding cuts are due to continue until morale proverbially improves, we’re pretty sure that means a lot is on the chopping block. Great birthday present for a nation 250 years young. At that juncture is Mass Humanities. Among it’s other initiatives like the 4th of July readings of Frederick Douglass and the Clemente Course for the Human…

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April 3, 2025: In art we trust 50:29

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In the words of R.I.S.E Fest co-founder Gina M. Krosoczka, "art of all mediums has been scientifically proven to increase self-esteem, foster community and connection, and process emotions, feelings, trauma and so much more." So, today, we’re learning about folx at the beginning of their artistic journeys, someone with unlikely displayed artistry a…

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April 2, 2025: Next shape, in verse 50:07

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We’re jumping into National Poetry Month with two poets, extra descriptive language and a former state senator. One of these things may not be like the others, but is relevant to a key moment in history. Former Poet Laureate of Northampton Richard Michelson has written a new children’s book on the first presidential Passover Seder, “Next Year in th…

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April 1, 2025: Truthful Empowerment 50:32

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Literacy equals liberation, and each can take several forms. To the letter of this equation, the western Massachusetts-based Literacy Project has been providing adult basic education programs and opportunities for 40 years. We talk with Executive Director Colleen Kucinski and Sagrario “Charro” Turner, a recent program graduate and commencement spea…

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March 25, 2025: The change we want to grow 50:06

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New lands, and new works, and new looks oh my. We meet Margaret Russo, board president of the Scarlet Sock Foundation, whose mission it is to support works of social Justice theater. But how does a foundation come to such a specific niche. We’ll learn the history of the organization, about the many folx they support, and hear more on the free gala …

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March 24, 2025: Toils for troubles 50:03

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This is about making big efforts in small places. We head to Pittsfield for one such endeavor. March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility, and Wander Berkshires is hosting a series of events to celebrate transgender and non-binary folx in a time when community members increasingly face endangerment and anti-trans legislation. We chat with founder Jay Sant…

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March 21, 2025: Rewilding Franc banjos 50:58

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If you’ve driven on Route 9 through the hilltowns, you’ve probably seen Beaver Brook Golf Course on the bend between Williamsburg and Northampton. But, there are some changes on the horizon for that gigantic parcel of land with the goal of expanding public access and climate resiliency. We talk with Kate Theoharides, Wendy Ferris and Mary Dettloff …

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March 20, 2025: A hungry public 50:13

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Today there's food for your tummies and your intellect, because that is how we roll. First, we head to Mesa Verde in Greenfield to learn about a new grant program to help small independent restaurants feed the community and meet their margins. We speak with Kate Lawless and Hannah Sobel of the Franklin County Community Development Corporation (FCCD…

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March 19, 2025: Both ends 36:32

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Witnessing someone’s first experience with something is always fascinating. Lucky for the schools in our area, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has reinstated its program, “The Orchestra Moves,” to introduce local fourth graders to live classical music. Designed with global focus, the program aims to encourage students to interact with prof…

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March 18, 2025: Resillience 43:44

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We are proverbially circling our wagons, which is to say we’re making everyone feel more welcome. Bloom Local has teamed up with Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity to create “Rooted Resilience: Intersectional Narratives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Creatives in Western Massachusetts,” a multimedia project dedicated to preserving and amplifying the marginalized voice…

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