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It's the end of October, so we get a rundown of scary tales and history of the 413 with Jeff Belanger and talk about the 3 ofrendas going up in Holyoke and Easthampton with organizers Iohann Rashi Vega and Jason Montgomery

We head to the next town over and check out the new digs for the Food Bank of Western Mass, plus we get to sit and discuss the organizations growth, past, and future with director Andrew Morehouse, and Word Nerd Emliy Brewster teaches us fancy words for some activities we do on the daily.

We find out how Latinas 413 and Hot Plate Brewing Company are teaming up for Dia de los Muertos festivities in Pittsfield, take an extra spooky tour of the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke with Director Megan Seiler, and use space as a metaphor for our greater humanity with Mr. Universe, Salman Hameed.

We speak with Dean Cycon and Beth Spong of Dean's Beans, and with Shirley Rodgriguez and NEPM's Elizabeth Roman about the Springfield Puerto Rican Parade.

Michi Wiancko and Aisha Burns run down the festivities of the Antenna Cloud Farm Music Walk, Corsello Butcheria and Underline Farm combine forces to bring you better chicken, and Rep. Jim McGovern completes a series of town hall meetings.

NEPM Senior Reporter Nancy Cohen talks to us about watching orphaned bear cubs return to the wild, Mr. Liam and Mr. Nick sing to us about the ongoing kids music series at The Parlor Room, and The word nerd settles once and for all if we should feel "bad" or "badly".

We visit Frederick Douglass' seminal and relevant essay, "What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" with folx of Mass Humanities, have a Wine Thunderdome at Ashfield Lakehouse, and bring on the band that made our theme song, Spouse

We hear a powerful excerpt of "Mother Tongue" from the Performance Group, have 4th perfect cocktails with Sean Billson of Gateway City Arts, and two more of our Roundhouse Kicks sessions from the Green River Festival with Larry & Joe, and Miko Marks.

We talk with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, get into gamma rays with Mr. Universe, and meet soon-to-be American Gairy Wynter and see if we'd also pass the citizenship test.

Law Professor Jennifer Taub speaks with us about the recent Supreme Court decisions, Joe Calabrese regales us about one of the region's favorite crops, and Word Nerd Emily Brewster instructs us as to the proper was to order your adjectives.