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The Fabulous 413

Fighting hunger gives me the Tingles

By Monte Belmonte,
Kaliis Smith
Published March 29, 2023 at 4:47 PM EDT
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Comedian Jimmy Tingle takes the stage at the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention, Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Worcester. Tingle pursued the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor that year.
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Comedian Jimmy Tingle takes the stage at the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention, Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Worcester. Tingle pursued the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor that year.

On this episode, Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith play a listener voicemail for the Emily Brewster, our resident wordster from Merriam-Webster. They get her take on pronunciation and the schwa!

Then comedian Jimmy Tingle talks about his long and illustrious career in comedy, electoral politics and philanthropy. He doing a benefit for theFranklin County Community Meals Program at The Shea Theater this Saturday. And the program's director, Kim Croce, and board chair, Fardeen Chowdhury, give us a look at how hunger is affecting Franklin County.

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Monte Belmonte
Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
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Kaliis Smith
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.
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