September 9, 2024: Change the name, Change the world.

The Fabulous 413

Today is about empowerment

It happens when two organizations come together in order to let someone out there name a quasi moon. But what is a quasi moon, and why are we letting the public name it? We’ll talk with Latif Nasser of WNYC’s Radiolab, and Kelly Blumenthal of the International Astronomical Union, as well as Mr. Universe, Hampshire College and Kainaat Studios' Salman Hameed about what quasi moons are, how Radiolab got to name one already, and how everyone is working together to let one lucky person name earth’s own version.

Plus next week the 3rd annual Climate Change and farming week begins and we get a glimpse of the many ways and interactions you can have with farmers, educators, state officials and more with Kathy Wicks, UMass Amherst Director of Sustainability for UMass Dining Auxilary and Stephen Taranto, climate program manager as CISA.

And all that talking about farms is bound to make you hungry, so we’ll speak with Jillian Duclous of the Downtown Northampton Association (DNA, and get ready for the puns 'cause they're coming) about the return of the Taste of Northampton, also in its third year of this particular iteration. We chat with her about resurrecting the beloved festival, who’ll be feeding hordes of hungry samplers, and how her organization is helping build a robust economical ecosystem.