Simple Pleasures

Mike Quincy

Consumer Reports Auto Content Specialist Mike Quincy talks cars with host Jim Madigan about how the Honda Civic compares to the Nissan Sentra and Cadillac’s new sports...

Sam Falcetti

Sam Falcetti, founder of Falcetti Music, joins us. Sam is an  adjunct professor at both Holyoke Community College and Westfield State University, as well as the conductor and founder of the Springfield Accordion Orchestra. Falcetti performed at the World’s Fair...

Will Shortz

New York Times Crossword Puzzle editor Will Shortz discusses the evolution of the crossword puzzle as well as how the current days puzzles are created....

CISA Local Meat Farming

Do you know where your meat is coming from? Join us as we travel to Wheel-View farm in Shelburne, MA where they raise grass-fed beef and breeding stock from their primarily Belted Galloway herd. Their farm is more humane toward the animals, environmentally friendly...

Sled Hockey Tournament

Sled hockey is a sport that was designed to allow participants who have a physical disability to play the game of ice hockey. Ice sled hockey was invented in the early 1960s in Stockholm, Sweden at a rehabilitation center. It is currently one of the most popular...

Author John Hamilton

John Hamilton is the former Director of the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA and former Director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society in Springfield. He also co-authored a three volume set of books on the Wesson...

Hadley Winery

Unlike the Napa Valley, New England isn’t usually synonymous with fine wine, but Mt. Warner Vineyards in Hadley, MA is trying to change that with their selection of award-winning wines made with locally-grown grapes right here in the Pioneer Valley! Mt. Warner...

October Mountain, Part 1

Alec Gillman of the DCR and folklorist Joe Durwin explain the colorful history of the Berkshires’ October Mountain, and its transformation from a private estate and nature preserve into the largest state forest in Massachusetts. October Mountain State...

Puppets at the Springfield Museums

Matt Longhi, Director of Public Relations &Marketing, and Kristina Guerin, Museum Programmer for the Springfield Museums, discuss the week-long puppet program taking place during school vacation, as well as other areas of interest in the museum...