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Nov. 6, 2024: The "mad" afters

Everyone is reeling a bit because, WHOA. So welcome to oasis part deux, so to speak. Let us be a tiny bubble outside of the goings on if you’re overwhelmed, because everything is a lot right now.

We go adjacent to the election with Julio Ricardo Varela of the Latino Newsletter, who’s been working with the students in NEPM’s Media Lab to cover... that thing that happened yesterday. We hear about what’s going on with the next generation of students and their thoughts and interactions with voters in this election season.

And, we get a bit of music in with Glen Fant, who’s not only launching a new locally-focused booking series in the valley with Fantastic Shows, but also at the start of a brunch series at The Iron Horse. We’ll hear about covering the Singles soundtrack, and what tasty threats you can break your fast with this Sunday.

Plus, Word Nerd Emily Brewster, senior editor at Merriam-Webster, gets into the furious history and many uses of the word “mad.” Because there's almost as many as a certain word starting with the 6th letter of the alphabet we’re not allowed to use on the radio, but on a day like today, we wish we could.

Latino Election Project
Glen Fant
Word Nerd
Nov. 6, 2024

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.