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July 25, 2024: A market THCC with hope

The Heavy Culture Cooperative, or THCC, works to bring the diverse undergound music scene of western Massachusetts together and hopes to establish venue space of their own. We talk to the organization’s president, Tim Brault, and board member Nichole Galenski about the ways THCC embraces all of the subcultures of the local alternative community.

For this week’s Local Hero Spotlight, we bring in farmers’ market manager and bug advocate Jen Krassler of Flora and Fauna farm. We talk to her about how her background in entomology informs her agricultural work, all the interesting things you can find at the Easthampton Farmers’ Market, and her mission to make local farm fresh food more accessible.

And, now that Vice President Kamala Harris has taken President Joe Biden’s place in the presidential race, Rep. Jim McGovern talks about the recent social climate on Capitol Hill.

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.
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.