CONSERVATION

We find out about the inaugural Indigenous Film Festival in Williamstown, chat with NEPM's Karen Brown about her series on gambling in Massachusetts, hear Rep. Jim McGovern's concerns on The West Bank, hunger and more, and find out what it takes to row a pumpkin down the stream with Dave Rothstein.

We head over to Dakin Humane Society's Animal Shelter in Springfield to PET ALL THE THINGS...ahem... Find out about their new director and expanded offerings, and Mr. Universe, Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed, extols the virtues of the new Scorsese movie and tells how the discovery of ronin planets could mean much more in our search for new heavenly bodies.

We find out all about mushroom growing with Julie Coffey of Mycoterra Farm, celebrate Kari Kastango's feat of swimming the entirety of the Connecticut River, and chat with New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, who just so happened to write a book with Fabulous 413 host, Kaliis Smith.

We check out the local literary magazine Meat for Tea as they gear up for their quarterly Cirque, Hang out with Jonah Keane from Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary and Wallace Field who'll be playing the Arcadia Fold festival on those grounds next week, and drink the wine we abandoned for PInot Grigio with the Wine Snobs at State Street.

We're joined by Rhonda Anderson, Western Massachusetts Commissioner of Indian Affairs, The Word Nerd Emily Brewster answers a listener question about shifting definitions, and immerse ourselves in the latest production from Double Edge Theater.

We get a little more info on possibly book censorship in Ludlow, Eat strawberries with the folx of Pie In The Sky Farm in Northampton, and talk community art projects with Britt Ruhe of Common Wealth Murals.

We take a tour of the Berkshire botanical gardens, have sightings of famous folx in western Mass, and dig into the unlikely union of German and French that gives us the modern English language with The Word Nerd.

A 41-mile stretch of the Housatonic River in Connecticut has been designated ‘Wild and Scenic’ by the federal government. It’s the result of a decades-long effort by conservationists — and it comes with perks.

National Grid and other utilities warned of significant rate increases across the state

The program is part of a nationwide effort to gather information on bird populations.