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WMUA UMass MBB ShowWhat on Earth Happened to UMass in the Virgin Islands?? ⏐ Paradise Jam BreakdownJoin Andrew Samaha and Dylan Shalom as they breakdown the disaster that occurred at the Paradise Jam down in the St Thomas US Virgin Islands and how they can bounce back from here.Follow us on X:@acsamaha@dylan_shal0m
2025-11-2744 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowWhy Doesn't UMass Run a Real Offense?? ⏐ CCSU Recap + Paradise Jam previewJoin Andrew Samaha and Adam Kysiak as things get a little bit heated talking about the recent CCSU game and look ahead to the Paradise Jam in the St Thomas Virgin Islands.Follow us on X:@acsamaha@adampkysiak
2025-11-1934 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowHow Does UMass Go Up From Here? ⏐ Le Moyne Recap + CCSU PreviewJoin Adam, Dylan K and Vishnu as they breakdown last night's win and preview the upcoming matchup vs Central Connecticut State.Follow us on X:@adampkysiak@dckaminski
2025-11-1425 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowWhat Should Frank Martin Do with Donovan Brown ⏐ UAlbany Recap + Le Moyne PreviewJoin Andrew Samaha, Dylan Shalom and Jonathan Charlier as they breakdown the UAlbany game and preview the upcoming Le Moyne game.Follow us on X:@acsamaha@dylan_shalØm@JonathanDChar
2025-11-1338 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowShould Frank Really Have Benched Daniel Hankins-Sanford ⏐ Marshall Recep + Albany PreviewJoin Andrew Samaha, Dylan Shalom and Adam Kysiak this episode as they breakdown what went wrong vs Marshall as well as look ahead to Saturday's matchup with the Albany Great Danes.Follow us on X!!@acsamaha@dylan_third@adampkysiak
2025-11-0535 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowA New-Found Rival ⏐UMass vs Marshall PreviewJoin Andrew Samaha, Dylan Shalom and WMUL's own Ben Anderson as they preview the upcoming matchup between UMass and Marshall in the MAC-SBC Challenge.
2025-10-3136 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowBigger Picture Outlook⏐Brown Exhibition + Season PreviewJoin Dylan Shalom, Andrew Samaha, and Tym Brown as they breakdown the exhibition game vs Brown and talk about its broader implications on what this season could look like.Follow us on X:@dylan_third@acsamaha@tym_brown1@WMUAsports
2025-10-2423 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowFight for the Flagship | Non-Conference Schedule BreakdownJoin Andrew, Dylan, and Adam as they breakdown UMass' 2025-26 Non Conference Schedule as UMass takes on several schools from New England looking to take over the Northeast.
2025-10-2127 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowNew Season, New Roster | Roster Preview 2025-26Join Dylan , Zeke , Jonathan and Vishnu as they breakdown the UMass basketball roster ahead of the 2025-26 campaign!
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Poet Talk on WMUAIvy Schweitzer Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ivy Schweitzer has lived for manyyears in Vermont and taught English and Women’s, Gender,and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College. Her poetry hasappeared, most recently, in Passager, Ritualwell, Tikkun,New Croton Review, Mississippi Review, Spoon River PoetryReview, Mid-Atlantic Review and The New England PoetryClub’s Prize Winners’ Anthology 2024. Dividing Rivers isher debut solo collection. For her extensive work, visit herauthor page at https://sites.dartmouth.edu/ivyschweitzer/
2025-10-0456 minPoet Talk on WMUASusan MiddletonSusan Middleton edits science books and writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her work has been published in regional and national literary publications, including most recently Raven's Perch, Silkworm, and WordPeace. Susan is a co-founder of the Northfield-based Slate Roof Press (slateroofpress.com), which in 2007 published her chapbook "Seed Case of the Heart." In 2018 she won 1st prize in the Beals Prize for Poetry. She has a poem in the spring issue of Plum, the literary journal of Greenfield Community College.
2025-09-2754 minPoet Talk on WMUACameron Awkward-RichCameron Awkward-Rich is the author of two collections of poetry: Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016) and Dispatch (Persea Books, 2019). His third collection, An Optimism, is forthcoming in October 2025 from Persea Books. Cameron’s creative work can be found in POETRY, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere, and has been supported by fellowships from Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, and the Lannan Foundation.Cameron’s critical/scholarly writing can be found, among other places, in Signs, Trans Studies Quarterly, and American Quarterly. His book The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment (Duke University Press, 2022) was awarded the Sylvia R...
2025-09-1956 minPoet Talk on WMUABeth FilsonBeth Filson is a writer, poet and self-taught artist. She earned the MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop of the University of Iowa in poetry but works in multiple genres including playwrighting. Most recently Beth was awarded a writing fellowship from Hawthornden Foundation in Scotland where she gets to spend a month in a Scottish castle roaming its halls and libraries, meeting other fellows, getting to know the landscape and of course, writing. Beth has been a long time co-host of Writers Night Out with Jacqueline Sheehan and Rick Paar, a program of Straw Dog Writers Guild. She was...
2025-09-1256 minPoet Talk on WMUAIan Fishman and Press Brake PressIan Fishman is a poet from Northampton, MA. Recent poems and writings can be found in b l u s h and BOMB. He edits and operates the poetry engine, Press Brake. His new chapbook Calm Down ! was published by Factory Hollow Press. www.factoryhollowpress.com
2025-09-0656 minPoet Talk on WMUAMary Warren FoulkA graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, Mary Warren Foulk (she/her) has been published in The Hollins Critic, Palette Poetry, Fjords Review, Silkworm, The Gay & Lesbian Review, and North American Review, among other publications. Her work also has appeared in Who's Your Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers (Soft Skull Press), (M)othering Anthology (Inanna Publications), and My Loves: A Digital Anthology of Queer Love Poems (Ghost City Press). She has two award-winning chapbooks, If I Could Write You a Happier Ending (dancing girl press) and Erasures of My Coming Out (Letter) (The Poetry Box...
2025-08-2958 minPoet Talk on WMUACandace CurranCandace R. Curran was raised alongside Wachusett Mountain in rural Princeton by a Coyote and Ford mechanic doing the best they could. Curran is the founder and organizer of INTERFACE, exhibitions that included the work of twenty or more artists and poets over ten years of presentations throughout Western Massachusetts. Candace was also a co-founder of Exploded View, a five woman traveling collaborative art and poetry performance group. Her publications include the anthology, Bone Cages, with Doug Anderson and John Hodgen and others, Haley’s Press, 1996, and her book Playing in Wrecks, Haley’s Press, 2011. Candace’s poetry has also ap...
2025-08-2359 minPoet Talk on WMUAJanet AalfsJanet E. Aalfs is the author of 3 full-length books of poems and several small press and self-published chapbooks. Her writing is widely published in journals, anthologies, and online, most recently in Soundings East (Pushcart Prize nomination), How to Write a Form Poem, Words to Live By, Compass Roads, and Emulate. Former poet laureate of Northampton, MA (2003-2005), 8th degree black belt, master Tai Chi instructor, and founder/director of Lotus Peace Arts at Heron’s Bridge, Janet is the recipient of a Leadership and Advocacy in the Arts Award from the University of Massachusetts. She received an MFA in poetry...
2025-08-091h 00Poet Talk on WMUADennis James SweeneyDennis James Sweeney is the author of How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses, a guide for writers. His first book, In the Antarctic Circle, won the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize and was a Debut Poetry Book of 2021 in Poets & Writers. You’re the Woods Too, his second book, was a Small Press Distribution bestseller and a finalist for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Prize. Most recently, The Rolodex Happenings won the Stillhouse Press Novella Prize.His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Ecotone, Ninth Letter, The New York Ti...
2025-07-251h 00Poet Talk on WMUASuzanne MercuryIn addition to her book Hive (Lily Poetry Review and Press), Suzanne Mercury is the author of two chapbooks, Sassafracas (Xerolage 69), a collection of photographs of visual poems that she made out of scraps of dichroic glass (2018, Xexoxial Editions) and Hand to Earth (2019, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs). Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including SpoKe, Truck, Summer Stock, Bombay Gin, Sonora Review, Arts & Letters, and Hayden’s Ferry Review, as well as in the anthologies Let the Bucket Down and The Wisdoms of the Universes in a Single String of Letters. A graduate of Smith Coll...
2025-07-1959 minPoet Talk on WMUALibby MaxeyLibby Maxey is a senior editor and poetry editor at the online journal Literary Mama, where she has been a member of the staff for over a decade. Her poems have appeared in Crannóg, Stoneboat, Whale Road Review, Blue Unicorn, and elsewhere. She is among the winners of the Princemere Poetry Prize, the Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest, and the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, and her chapbook, Kairos (2019), won the Finishing Line Press New Women's Voices Contest. Her full-length collection, Indwelling (Resource Publications), was released last year. Her nonliterary activities include singing classical repertoire, ringing bells at Smith, and admin...
2025-07-111h 00Poet Talk on WMUAZoe Tuck Zoe Tuck was born in Texas, became a person in California, and now lives in Massachusetts. She is the author Bedroom Vowel (Bunny Presse), Terror Matrix (Timeless, Infinite Light) and the chapbooks Vape Cloud of Unknowing (Belladonna*), and The Book of Bella (DoubleCross Press), the latter of which is bound in a dos-a-dos edition with Emily Hunerwadel's "Peach Woman”. In addition to teaching creative writing and literature classes, Zoe is the co-editor of Hot Pink Magazine with Emily Bark Brown.
2025-07-1058 minPoet Talk on WMUAEliot Cardinaux & The Bodily PressEliot Cardinaux is a neuroqueer poet, pianist, composer, translator, and publisher working at the intersection of the lyric and improvised music. The author of seven poetry collections, including On the Long Blue Night (Dos Madres, 2023), Eliot has produced and appeared on over a dozen albums of original music, including, most recently, Imminence, with percussionist Gary Fieldman. Eliot’s poems and translations have appeared in journals such as California Quarterly, Tupelo Quarterly, Meridian, Jacket2, Solstice, and Spoon River Poetry Review. Eliot is also the founding editor of The Bodily Press. You can find Eliot as @eliotcardinaux and @thebodilypress on Instagram....
2025-06-2857 minPoet Talk on WMUAJames HaugJames Haug’s most recent collections are Riverain (Oberlin College Press), Three Poems (Factory Hollow Press), and My Team Hates Friday (Press Brake). He publishes Scram Press in Northampton, Massachusetts, and drives a van for Riverside Industries.
2025-06-211h 00Poet Talk on WMUAIan FishmanIan Fishman is a poet from the Connecticut River Valley. He runs Press Brake (@brake.press), a publishing arm of western Massachusetts. He divides time b/w Brooklyn and Northampton, and he holds an MFA from NYU.
2025-06-1358 minPoet Talk on WMUAJayson KeeryJayson Keery is the author of The Choice is Real (Metatron Press, 2023) and the chapbooks Sleepover Nervous (Midnight Mass, 2024) and Astroturf (o•blēk editions, 2022). They have been anthologized in Mundus Press’s Nocturnal Properties, Nightboat Books' We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics, and Pilot Press London's A Queer Anthology of Rage. They received the 2022 Metatron Press Prize for Rising Authors, selected by Fariha Róisín, and the 2021 Daniel and Merrily Glosband MFA Fellowship, selected by Wendy Xu. They live in Western Massachusetts where they spend their time writing and running a little sh...
2025-06-061h 01Poet Talk on WMUADaniel HalesDaniel Hales is a writer, musician, artist, teacher, and salsa junkie living in western MA. He’s the author of ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or, How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems (Frayed Edge Press), the hybrid novel Run Story (Shape&Nature), and three poetry chapbooks: Tempo Maps, which comes with the companion CD: Miner Street Symphony (ixnay), Blind Drive (White Knuckle), and Shake My Ashes (Beard of Bees). His poems, flash fictions, and hybrid writings have been published in many print & online journals, including Verse Daily, Conduit, The Massachusetts Review, Quarter After Eight, Booth, and Bateau. In March 2017, Spork Press released Pr...
2025-05-2958 minPoet Talk on WMUAPoet Talk with Adam Munsey TobinAdam Munsey Tobin is a bookseller and poet of Ashfield, MA. He owns and operates Unnameable Books, a new and used bookstore with locations in Brooklyn NY and Unnameable Falls MA. With Catherine/Corbett Bresner he edits a magazine called Spirit Duplicator, produced on machine of same name. His poems have appeared in Fence, EOAGH, 6x6, Antiphony, Spirit Duplicator, The Weekly Weakling and elsewhere, various pamphlets and chapbooks -- including, most recently, Animatronic Head Trophy (just out from Press Brake).
2025-05-2358 minPoet Talk on WMUARobbie GambleRobbie Gamble (he/him) received an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University. His poems and essays have appeared in Poet Lore, Post Road, Pangyrus, Salamander, The Sun, and Tahoma Literary Review. His chapbook A Can of Pinto Beans, published by Lily Poetry Review Press, was a finalist for the 2022 Jean Pedrick Award. Robbie was the winner of the 2017 Carve Poetry Prize, and he was a 2019 Robert Taylor fellow at the Kenyon Summer Writers Workshop. His essay “Exit Wound” was cited as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2020. Robbie worked for many years as a nurse practition...
2025-05-1154 minPoet Talk on WMUAJulie HowdJulie Howd is the author of Threshold (Host Publications, 2020), winner of the Host Publications 2019 Chapbook Prize, and Talking from the Knees Up (dancing girl press, 2018). Her work has been published in Deluge, The Spectacle, Sixth Finch, and elsewhere. If she's not on Phish tour, you can find her in Northampton, painting and making jewelry.
2025-05-0557 minPoet Talk on WMUACatherine Corbett Bresnercatherine corbett bresner (they/she) is a nonbinary artist living in Western MA. They are the author of the chapbooks The Merriam Webster Series (2012) and Some Break A / Others Say Do (Press Brake, 2025), and the full-length poetry collections Can We Anything We See (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025), the empty season (Diode Editions, 2018), award winner of the 2017 Diode Book Contest, and the artist book Everyday Eros (Mount Analogue, 2017). Their poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in FENCE, the VOLT, b.l.u.s.h, Denver Quarterly, Sixth Finch, Fonograf and elsewhere. Currently, she is the publicist for Wave Books and co-edits Spirit Duplicator, a bi...
2025-04-2657 minPoet Talk on WMUAAbby ChabitnoyABIGAIL CHABITNOY is the author of In the Current Where Drowning Is Beautiful (Wesleyan 2022), How to Dress a Fish (Wesleyan 2019), winner of the 2020 Colorado Book Award for Poetry and shortlisted in the international category of the 2020 Griffin Prize for Poetry, and the lino-cut illustrated chapbook Converging Lines of Light (Flower Press 2020). Abigail is a mentor for the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA in Creative Writing and an assistant professor at UMass Amherst. She is a Koniag descendant and member of the Tangirnaq Native Village in Kodiak.
2025-04-1856 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowUMass Men's Basketball Show: Portal Entries and Off-Season trackingJoin Andrew Samaha and Dylan Shalom as they run through the off-season so far, talking incoming and outgoing transfers as well as previewing what next year's team could look like.
2025-04-1353 minPoet Talk on WMUAZoe TuckZoe Tuck was born in Texas, became a person in California, and now lives in Massachusetts. She is the author Bedroom Vowel (Bunny Presse), Terror Matrix (Timeless, Infinite Light) and the chapbooks Vape Cloud of Unknowing (Belladonna*), and The Book of Bella (DoubleCross Press), the latter of which is bound in a dos-a-dos edition with Emily Hunerwadel's "Peach Woman”. In addition to teaching creative writing and literature classes, Zoe is the co-editor of Hot Pink Magazine with Emily Bark Brown.
2025-04-1256 minPoet Talk on WMUAFrom Walt Whitman to Queer Poetics : Poet Talk Special EditionWhat do you do when your poet cancels at the last minute? Go for a bracing dip into Queer Poetics with L Scully & a sweet reading of Walt Whitman by Zahara Vanderpuge. Poems read this evening are by Maggie Von Sacher, Sholto Buck, Max Gregg & Mayah Monet Lovell. For a deep dive into Queer Poetics: www.transreads.org
2025-04-0750 minPoet Talk on WMUAYona HarveyYona Harvey is the author of You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love, which received the 2020 Award in Poetry from The Believer magazine. Hemming the Water, her first book of poems, was the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award from Claremont Graduate University and a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award. She received the Inaugural Lucille Clifton Legacy Award in Poetry from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and has served as Poet In Residence for the Queensland Poetry Festival in Brisbane, Australia. Between the publication of her two poetry books, Harvey co-wrote Marvel Comics...
2025-03-2857 minPoet Talk on WMUAPatrick DonnellyPATRICK DONNELLY is the author of five books of poetry, Willow Hammer (Four Way Books, spring 2025), Little-Known Operas (Four Way Books, 2019), Jesus Said (a chapbook from Orison Books, 2017), Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin (Four Way Books, 2012, a Lambda Literary Award finalist), and The Charge (Ausable Press, 2003, since 2009 part of Copper Canyon Press). Donnelly is program director of The Frost Place (Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, now a center for poetry and the arts), as well as director of the Poetry Seminar, an annual online poetry conference sponsored by TFP. He has taught at Smith College, Colby College...
2025-03-2648 minPoet Talk on WMUAKat Good-SchiffKathryn (Kat) Good-Schiff was raised by a feminist Episcopal priest and a conscientious objector nurse anesthetist. A former gardener, ice cream maker, and editor, she now works as a librarian. She grew up in the Northeastern United States and traveled far and wide before rooting in Western Massachusetts, where she lives with her wife and their animals in the shadow of an old mountain.
2025-03-1555 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowUMass Mens Basketball: A-10 Tournament Edition Live from D.CTune in with Sam and Andrew as they predict the A-10 Tournament and discuss the state of the conference the night before the tournament.
2025-03-1248 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowUMass Men's Basketball Show: Frank Martin Show (Disaray and Senior Day)Sam Andrew and Dylan are joined by Head Coach Frank Martin to discuss the state of the the team entering senior day and as the team prepare for the A-10 tournament.
2025-03-1044 minPoet Talk on WMUACAConradCAConrad has worked with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. Their latest book is Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return ( Wave Books/UK Penguin. 2024).They received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a PEN JOsephine Miles Award, a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, and a Lambda Award. The Book of Frank is nw available in 9 diffent languages, and they coedited SUPPLICATION: Selected Poems of John Wieners ( Wave Books). they exhibit poems as art objects with recent solo shows in Tucson, Arizona, as well as in spain and Portugal. They teach at the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam...
2025-03-0800 minPoet Talk on WMUAHowie FaersteinHowie Faerstein is the author of 5 books: Play a Song on the Drums he said, Out of Order, (Main Street Press) & two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn and Googootz and Other Poems, published by Press 53. STAY, a recent collection (Human Error Publishing) was published in February 2023. His poetry & reviews can be found in numerous journals including Great River Review, Nimrod, Off the Coast, Rattle, Cutthroat, upstreet, Banyan Review, Nine Mile, Verse Daily, Nixes Mate, On the Seawall, Hole in the Head Review, Gyroscope, Peacock Journal, & Connotation. He’s read at venues throughout New England, the Mid-Atlantic & the Southwest...
2025-02-2859 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowUMass at a Crossroads: Rivera Injury Fallout, Diggins' Slump + Way Too Early A-10 Bracket TalkJoin Andrew Samaha, Dylan Shalom, Zeke Altman, and Adam Kysiak as they talk about the recent UMass struggles, what the absence of Daniel Rivera going forward means, and a preview of how the A10 tournament could look as March looms.
2025-02-2851 minPoet Talk on WMUAMartha McColloughMartha McCollough lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute. Her poems are forthcoming or have appeared in Radar, QWERTY, Tampa Review, Tammy, Barrelhouse, and Salamander, among others. Her chapbook, Grandmother Mountain, was published by Blue Lyra Press in October 2019. Her videopoems have appeared in Triquarterly, Datableed, and Atticus Review. Her two full length collections, Trash Witch andWolf Hat Iron Shoes are available from Lily Poetry Review Books.
2025-02-2256 minPoet Talk on WMUASebastian MerrillSebastian Merrill’s debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS explores a dialogue between a trans-masculine speaker and his former self, incorporating myth and magical realism in a journey that takes us from the Maine coast to the underworld and back. GHOST :: SEEDS has received multiple awards including:
Winner of the 2024 Stonewall Honor Book - Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the American Library AssociationSelected for the Poetry Longlist for the 2024 Mass Book Awards from Massachusetts Center for the Book 2024 Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Awards Notable BookSelected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize...
2025-02-0756 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowMike Corey Episode: The State of UMass' Past Present and FutureSam Kinches and Andrew Samaha interview ESPN Broadcaster and WMUA Alum Mike Corey to discuss his documentary on the 1995 Final Four team, UMass's departure from the A-10, the state of the team, and more.
2025-02-0431 minPoet Talk on WMUAJessica FisherJessica Fisher is the author of three books of poetry: Frail-Craft, which won the 2006 Yale Younger Poets Prize, Inmost, which was awarded the 2011 Nightboat Poetry Prize, and Daywork, forthcoming from Milkwood Editions. Her poems appear in such journals as The American Poetry Review, The Believer, The Bennington Review, The Colorado Review, McSweeney’s, The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, Tin House, and TriQuarterly, and her translations have been published in The New York Review of Books and The Paris Review. She is co-editor, with Robert Hass, of The Addison Street Anthology. Her honors include the 2012 Rome Prize, a Holloway Postdocto...
2025-01-3159 minPoet Talk on WMUAAndrea LawlorAndrea Lawlor is the author of a chapbook, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press, 2016), and a novel, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (Rescue Press, 2017; Vintage, 2019; Picador UK, 2019). Their stories, essays, and poems have appeared in publications such as Ploughshares, The Brooklyn Rail, jubilat, and The New York Times. They are the recipient of a Whiting Award for Fiction, as well as fellowships from Lambda Literary, Radar Labs, the Ucross Foundation, and Macdowell Colony. They are an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Mount Holyoke College, and live in Western Massachusetts.
2025-01-1356 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowHawks and Swan Songs: UMass MBB Conference Play Preview Ft. Micheal BergmanSam and Andrew are joined by A-10 Talk CEO Micheal Bergman to talk about UMass's last A10 game at Hawk Hill and preview UMass's last A-10 conference slate as well the overall state of A-10 Basketball.
2025-01-0251 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowDreams and Nightmares: Home Loses and Non Conference RecapSam, Andrew, Zeke and Adam recap UMass's recent non-conference slide and discuss the state of the team as conference play looms around the corner.
2024-12-1345 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowNon-Conference recap with Frank MartinJoin Andrew, Sam, Dean, and special guest, UMass MBB Head Coach Frank Martin as they go through the ups and downs of the season so far, as well as looking ahead to the Hall of Fame tip off.
2024-11-2131 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowInterview with Frank MartinJoin Sam Andrew and Dean as they interview a special guest, UMass MBB head coach Frank Martin!
2024-10-2629 minPoet Talk on WMUAGri SaexIn this episode of Poet Talk, join Ellen, Jon, and Riley as they host local Springfield poet Gri Saex in discussing her work, and the works that have inspired her in her writing. From her time living in New York City to her upbringing in the Dominican Republic, Gri draws from a wealth of knowledge and experience to inform her poetry, and her activism in the greater Springfield area. To learn more about Gri, go to https://wmuapodcast.wixsite.com/wmua-amherst
2024-10-2356 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowThe Elder StatesmenJoin Sam Kinches, Andrew Samaha, and John Gigian as they go over the returning players for this year’s UMass MBB team.
2024-10-1241 minWMUA UMass MBB ShowPortal Profiles and the Providence ExhibitionJoin Sam Kinches, Andrew Samaha, and Dylan Shalom as they take a look at the portal and the upcoming exhibition against Providence!
2024-10-1129 minWMUA UMass MBB Show24'-25' Season Freshmen PreviewWith the start of a new season comes a new freshmen class in the Umass Men's Basketball roster. Join Sam Kinches, Andrew Samaha and Dylan Shalom in their first episode of the season, breaking down the depth of this class and their thoughts on the upcoming season.
2024-09-2921 min
91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSWMUA MBB Show 05/03: Portal Pauses Amongst A10 Arms RaceWith the transfer portal officially closed, Sam Kinches and Andrew Samaha discuss UMass's departures, returners, and portal players that they can still target while also reacting to the potential shifts in the balance of power in the A10 as UMass enters its final years in the conference.
2024-05-0323 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSWMUA Hockey Hour 3/27: Going DancingJohn Ruggiero, Jacob Repper and Andrew Golden discuss what went wrong to lead to the 8-1 loss to Boston College in the Hockey East semifinal. They then discuss the mental preparation the Minutemen could be going through ahead of the Springfield regional. Finally, they preview UMass' matchup with the #1 seed in the Springfield region and the #3 seed overall, Denver.
2024-03-271h 0891.1 SPORTS PODCASTSSpecial Edition of UMass Hockey Hour: WMUA/WZBC Joint-Podcast
Chris Vogel, Jacob Repper, and John Ruggiero (WMUA, UMass) are joined by Jacob Lassner (WZBC, Boston College) to preview the Hockey East semifinal between Massachusetts foes. #1 Boston College has locked up the number one seed nationally and looks to complete the Hockey East double at TD Garden. #5 UMass are coming off a massive win over #4 Providence and are looking to pull off the upset to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Puck drop Friday at 4 PM; can be heard live on 91.1 WMUA.
2024-03-2141 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSFrank Martin joins the UMass Men's Basketball ShowUMass men's basketball head coach Frank Martin joins WMUA's Devin Dobek and Pedro Gray Soares to discuss the 2022 season, NIL and the transfer portal, year two with the program, and more. Devin and Pedro talk about the new-look roster for the 2023 season.
2023-10-1752 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSReflections and Farewell from WMUA Sports' graduating Class of 2023On the final WMUA Sports live show of the 2022-23 school year, our 4 graduating seniors, Sean Oldread, Scottie Marro, Jacob Munch, and Kyle Miller look back on their WMUA Sports tenure to reminisce on all the good moments, tough times, and lasting memories they had as a member of WMUA. The 4 of them discuss how WMUA Sports has grown since their arrivals as well as their excitement for the future of WMUA Sports. Sean, Scottie, Jacob, and Kyle say their final farewell to WMUA Sports so give it a listen!
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WMUA News: Up to the MinuteReligious Studies at UMass, Part IIIn December of 2022 WMUA News reporter Kelly McMahan spoke with UMass Religious History Professor Susan Ware to discuss the study of religion at a public university and its importance in today’s world.
This is part one of a two part conversation with Professor Ware. Both parts can be found on WMUA News's Up to the Minute podcasts series.
This feature was produced and edited by Kelly McMahan.
2023-05-0115 minWMUA News: Up to the MinuteReligious Studies at UMass, Part IIn December of 2022 WMUA News reporter Kelly McMahan spoke with UMass Religious History Professor Susan Ware to discuss the study of religion at a public university and its importance in today’s world.
This is part one of a two part conversation with Professor Ware. Both parts can be found on WMUA News's Up to the Minute podcasts series.
This feature was produced and edited by Kelly McMahan.
2023-05-0118 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSWMUA Baseball Show: Beanpot Preview EpisodeChris Vogel and Brian Samuels are joined by special guests Giovanni Culotta and Nick Petralia from WZBC and The Beacon Street Buzz to preview the Baseball Beanpot Semi-Final between UMass and #9 Boston College. The Minutemen look to move to 2-0 at home this season, reach their third consecutive Beanpot Final, and avenge last season's loss to BC in that round. The Eagles look to continue a historic start, improve on their 12-4 road record, and defend their Beanpot title. First pitch is at 3 PM EST on Tuesday, April 4th at Earl Lorden Field on the campus of the University...
2023-04-0422 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 28: Minutewomen Season Overview and RecapOn Episode 28 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch, Andrew White, Beckett Storey, and Josh Schreiber take a look back at the 2022-23 Minutewomen season. Our hosts work their way through the schedule discussing the highs and lows of the year. They also discuss what their favorite moment of the year was.
* While this is our season recap, WMUA Sports will continue to put out Women's Basketball coverage, even in the "off-season"
2023-04-0342 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 26: LIVE From The Quarters, it's a UAlbany recap & Harvard WNIT 2nd Round PreviewWMUA Sports hits the road for Episode 26 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show as Jacob Munch, Chris Vogel, and Sam Kinches go to The Quarters in Hadley to broadcast this episode with a live audience!! Our hosts give their thoughts on UMass's 1st Round WNIT win over UAlbany before previewing Monday March 20th's home 2nd Round game vs Harvard. There are also live questions from audience members as well as another edition of Stump The Senior!
A big thank you to The Quarters for hosting this show and to The Mass Collective for their promotion and support...
2023-03-2042 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSA-10 MBB Tournament Preview with Mike CoreyThe voice of A-10 basketball on ESPN joins and former WMUA Sports Director joins Sean Oldread to discuss this season for the Minutemen, their first round tournament matchup against Richmond, the conference tournament as a whole and Sean and Mike talk about candidates for Player and Coach of the Year! Tune into 91.1 WMUA for all your UMass Basketball Coverage!
2023-03-0620 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour - Final CountdownThe crew previews UMass and its final regular season series against the Maine Black Bears in this episode of the UMass Hockey Hour!! Join Andrew Golden, John Ruggiero, Jacob Repper, and Jimmy Whelan as they discuss what they expect out of the Minutemen this coming road trip up North, along with a review of their series last weekend against Northeastern, which included their final game of the season at the Mullins Center. The guys finish up talking some NHL trade deadline deals as it approaches on Friday at 3 PM. Is there confidence in UMass to get the job done...
2023-03-0333 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 23: Atlantic 10 TOURNAMENT PREVIEWBefore the 2022-23 Atlantic 10 Tournament kicks off, we have a Special Episode of the UMass Women's Basketball Show!! It is a rather in-depth preview of the Atlantic 10 tournament here on Episode 23 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show! Josh Schreiber, Beckett Storey, Jacob Munch, and Andrew White all filled out brackets with their predictions and they went through each game discussing who they think might be able to pull off some upsets, whether the semifinals will be as expected and more! Tweet your own brackets to @WMUAsports and vote on which WMUA host's bracket you think will be most accurate!
2023-03-0142 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSSam Breen Sit Down Interview - UMass Women's BasketballAs her final season as a member of the UMass Women's Basketball program starts to come to a close, Sam Breen sat down with WMUA Sports' Jacob Munch to discuss her collegiate basketball journey, how coming to UMass changed her mindset on basketball, and what she'll miss most as well as a final message to the UMass community.
*This conversation was conducted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2023, prior to the final two regular season games of the 2022-2023 season.
2023-02-2524 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSDestiney Philoxy Sit Down Interview - UMass Women's BasketballAs her final season as a member of the UMass Women’s Basketball program starts to come to a close, Destiney Philoxy sat down with WMUA Sports’ Jacob Munch to discuss her lifelong basketball journey, her growth both as a player and person at UMass, and her relationship with Head Coach Tory Verdi as well as a final message to the UMass community.
* This conversation was conducted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2023, prior to the final two regular season games of the 2022-23 season.
2023-02-2518 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSWMUA Sports Speaks With Sue Peters - UMass Women's Basketball's All-Time Leading ScorerDuring halftime of the UMass Minutewomen vs Davidson Wildcats basketball game on Sun Feb 19, 2023 from the Mullins Center, WMUA broadcasters Jacob Munch and Pedro Gray Soares were joined live on the Official Radio Network of UMass Women's Basketball by the all-time leading scorer in UMass Women's Basketball history, Sue Peters!
2023-02-2007 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour - Road to BCThe crew previews UMass and its pivotal series against their conference rival: Boston College in this episode of the UMass Hockey Hour!! Join Noah Glickman, John Ruggiero, Andrew Golden, and Chris Vogel as they discuss what they expect out of UMass this coming weekend along with their struggles against UVM. Is there high confidence in the Minutemen to get the job done?? Listen in and find out...
WMUA Sports will have episodes of the Hockey Hour coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games on 91.1 FM, so make sure to tune in all season...
2023-02-1729 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 12: Utter Domination vs Saint Peter's. Can UMass do that again against Dartmouth in the Non-Conference Finale?In Episode 12 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch and Chris Vogel discuss the impressive demolition by the UMass Minutewomen over Saint Peter's last week. And as UMass hosts Dartmouth on Wed Dec 28, the question is: can UMass repeat that impressive performance again this week? Chris and Jacob seem to feel pretty confident as Massachusetts gets ready for their final non-conference game of the season.
Keep an eye out for WMUA's Conference Preview Episode for UMass and Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball!! 👀
2022-12-2729 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour - Week 11A lot to unpack from a couple one game sets in the WEEK 11 episode of the UMass Hockey Hour!! Join Noah Glickman, Scottie Marro, Jimmy Whelan, and Maddie Poplawski as they discuss the recent shootout loss* for the Minutemen against UML over the weekend, along with a 2-1 loss to Merrimack on Wednesday night. What can UMass do to clean up its recent penalty problem, and where do they stand after two impactful losses to Hockey East opponents? Listen in and find out...
WMUA Sports will have episodes of the Hockey Hour coming out weekly, along with...
2022-12-1228 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 8: What a week for the Minutewomen!! But will there be a letdown when they return home to play Yale on Wednesday?It was a fantastic weekend down in Miami for the UMass Minutewomen as they were victorious in an overtime thriller and then won the FIU Thanksgiving Classic Championship!! On Episode 8 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Sam Kinches, Jacob Munch, Josh Schreiber, and Chris Vogel reminisce on a highly successful week for UMass and then begin to turn the page towards the visiting Yale Bulldogs who make the trip to the Mullins Center on Wednesday. Plus, an extremely difficult round of Stump the Senior and so much more on this episode!
The UMass Women's Basketball Show is e...
2022-11-2826 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 7: Maine and Harvard Recaps + A Look Ahead to a Kennedy Cup Clash and a Formidable FoeIt's a short work/school week for people this week but it is the opposite for UMass Women's Basketball! On Episode 7 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Sam Kinches and Jacob Munch explain why UMass's wins over Maine and Harvard in the past week were so impressive even though they came in very different ways. Sam and Jacob also share what to expect in Tuesday's game at UMass Lowell before previewing the upcoming FIU Thanksgiving Classic. Drake is UMass's first foe down in Miami and the guys explain how dominant the Bulldogs have been to start the year. Also...
2022-11-2127 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour - Week 8Lots of negativity in the room from the WMUA upperclassmen in the WEEK 8 episode of the UMass Hockey Hour!! Join Scottie Marro, Devin Dobek, Maddie Poplawski, and Andrew Golden as they discuss everything that has been going wrong during a 5-game losing skid for Minutemen, and what they need to do to clean up their mistakes with another Hockey East matchup @ UNH upcoming. Will we see an unseen change of some sort be made, perhaps in net?? Listen in to hear some hot takes from the crew.
WMUA Sports will have episodes of the...
2022-11-1728 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass 11/10 Hockey HourListen in as Scottie Marro, Jimmy Whelan, Jacob Repper, and Sam Kinches dive into a rather difficult last couple of weeks for UMass Hockey on this fifth episode of the UMass Hockey Hour. They discuss what went wrong for UMass against Providence last weekend, preview this weekend's series against Boston University, and venture into NHL talk for the first time this season. Plus, another edition of "Stump the Senior!" Will Scottie finally get stumped after going 3-0 last week or will he remain undefeated?! Listen in and find out...
WMUA Sports has Hockey Hour episodes coming out w...
2022-11-1130 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTS11-3 Hockey HourNEW SEGMENT ALERT!!! Join Scottie Marro, Sam Kinches, Andrew Golden, and Noah Glickman on the most recent episode of the UMass Hockey Hour as they review the series split for the Minutemen against the Merrimack Warriors, along with previewing their upcoming Hockey East rival matchup against Providence, along with the first rendition of a new segment called “Stump the Senior!”. Will Scottie get stumped!? Listen in and find out… WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-11-0327 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour 10/27!Join Scottie Marro, Devin Dobek, Andrew Golden, and Noah Glickman on the fourth episode of the UMass Hockey Hour as they review the two HIGH SCORING AND HIGH CHARACTER wins for the Minutemen against the Union Dutchmen, along with previewing their upcoming Hockey East matchup against Merrimack and the updated NCAA rankings. WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-10-2828 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Football Show 10/26: New Mexico St BreakdownThe Boys are back after the bye week to break down the season for the UMass Minutemen so far! Kyle Miller, Sean Oldread, and Brennan McGrevy discuss everything from the biggest surprise from this team, to this Saturday's matchup against the New Mexico St Aggies. Be sure to tune in this Saturday for Kyle and Sean on the call. Only on 91.1 WMUA Sports!!!
2022-10-2738 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass 10/20 Hockey Hour!Join Scottie Marro, Devin Dobek, Jacob Repper, and Noah Glickman on the fourth episode of the UMass Hockey Hour as they review the two ELECTRIC wins for the Minutemen against the reigning national champion Denver Pioneers, along with previewing their upcoming series against Union, the updated NCAA rankings and a little jersey talk sprinkled in. WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-10-2130 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Episode 2: Roster and Schedule BreakdownJacob Munch, Beckett Storey, and Chris Vogel break down the UMass Women's Basketball roster as well as their non-conference schedule. They touch on the Atlantic 10 and where UMass stacks up in the conference.
The UMass Women's Basketball Show is live every Monday on 91.1 WMUA FM Amherst from 1:30-2:00pm EST.
2022-10-1921 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour 10/13!!!Join Scottie Marro, Maddie Poplawski, and Jimmy Whelan on the third episode of the UMass Hockey Hour as they preview the highly anticipated home opener for the Minutemen against the new reigning national champion Denver Pioneers, along with some things we learned from their first game of the season against AIC. WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-10-1728 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Football Show: Liberty Breakdown/Buffalo PreviewThe boys are back this week, as Kyle Miller and Sean Oldread break down the Minutemen's last week's loss against Liberty. They also look ahead to this Saturday's home matchup against Buffalo! Be sure to tune in this Saturday as Kyle Miller and Josh Schreiber will have the call live at McGuirk!!! Only on 91.1 WMUA Sports
2022-10-1330 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hour 10/7!!Join Scottie Marro, Maddie Poplawski, and Andrew Golden on the second episode of the UMass Hockey Hour as they preview the first game of the season for the Minutemen against AIC, along with some things we learned from their exhibition game against Sacred Heart. WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-10-0828 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Hockey Hourhe UMass Hockey Hour returns to Spotify for the first show of the 2022-23 season! Join Scottie Marro, Devin Dobek, Maddie Poplawski, and Andrew Golden as they get you ready for the beginning of the hockey season for the reigning Hockey East Champions and 2021 NCAA National Champion UMass Minutemen. WMUA Sports will have The Hockey Hour episodes coming out weekly, along with live radio broadcasts of the games, so make sure to tune in all season long!
2022-10-0729 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Women's Basketball Show Feat. Hailey LeidelOn this edition of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch and Josh Schreiber catch up with UMass Minutewomen basketball legend Hailey Leidel. They talk about Leidel's time playing professional basketball in Europe and Australia, reminisce on her time at UMass, her connections with the current team, and discuss how the game of women's basketball is different across the globe and growing worldwide. WMUA Sports is proud to be the Official Radio Network of UMass Women's Basketball.
2022-10-0737 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass football Show: EMU recap/ Liberty previewThe Boys are back on Spotify with another Episode of the UMass Football Show! Kyle Miller, Sean Oldread, and Andrew Golden break down everything that we saw against EMU, and look forward to this Saturday's tough matchup against the Liberty Flames. WMUA Sports will be live on the call Saturday so make sure to tune in for the best student radio around!!!
2022-10-0631 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Football Show: Toledo Recap/Stony Brook previewThe UMass Football show is back in the studio as we recap the Minutemen's loss to Toledo, and look ahead to the first home opener of the Don Brown era! Kyle Miller and Sean Oldread will be live at McGuirk on Saturday at 3:30, only on 91.1 WMUA Sports!!!!
2022-09-1533 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSTulane Vs UMass PreviewKickoff closes out with a bang as WMUA Sports breaks down this Saturday's matchup against Tulane. Kyle Miller and Sean Oldread break down players to watch and the keys to the game if UMass wants to walk out of NOLA with a W. Be sure to follow WMUA sports for all of your UMass Athletics needs
2022-09-0212 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMASS FOOTBALL SHOW: Preseason Award ShowKickoff week continues with the 2022 WMUA Sports Preseason Award show!!! Kyle Miller and Sean Oldread give their picks on who will be the Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the year, Game of the year, and MUCH MORE! Be sure to Follow WMUAsports on Twitter for all of your Umass Athletics needs
2022-09-0120 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMass Football Defensive Breakdown showUMass Football Kickoff Week continues with the Defensive breakdown!! Kyle Miller and Sean Oldread break down the new look Defense, and make their predictions on who will be the breakout player to watch! Follow WMUA Sports on Twitter for all of your UMass Athletics needs.
2022-08-3016 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTS2022 Offensive Breakdown showThe UMass Football show is BACK!!!
Kyle Miller, Sean Oldread, and Josh Schreiber are back for Day 1 of WMUA Sports Kickoff week, breaking down the new look UMass offense. The guys debate who will be the starting QB week 1, Ellis Merriweather's ascendence into stardom, and who will emerge as the leader of the WR room. Be sure to follow along with @wmuasports on Twitter for all your UMass athletics needs!!!
2022-08-2935 min
91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSBall Banter episode 2Chris Rodriguez, Sean Sears, Devin Dobek, and Luke Campbell hop on for the second episode of Ball Banter where the guys talk about significant injuries to superstars, the potential return of Ben Simmons, and more! Make sure to follow the WMUA podcasts on Spotify to stay up to date with all your Umass athletic need-to-knows!!!!!
2022-04-2529 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUmass Football Show With Rene IngogliaKyle Miller and Sean Oldread are joined by Umass Hall of Famer Rene Ingoglia. They talk about his balance between being an analyst at ESPN and a detective for the Orlando Police Department, his opinions on the UMass Football Program, and the Future of College football. Follow WMUA sports on Twitter for all of your Umass Athletics needs!!!
2022-04-2145 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMASS FOOTBALL SHOW: Spring Practice/Twitter MailbagThe UMass Football Show is back! Kyle Miller, Sean Oldread, and Sam Kinches talk about all the latest developments from the first 3 weeks of Spring Practice for UMass football. The guys talk about the QB battle, standout players, and the beginning of the Ellis Merriweather for Heisman push. Follow WMUA Sports on Twitter for all your Umass Athletic Needs!
2022-04-1539 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSUMASS BASKETBALL SHOW WITH CURRY HICKS SAGESean Oldread and Kyle Miller are joined by Umass Superfan Curry Hicks Sage. We talk about the Frank Martin hire, the madness that is Umass Twitter spaces, and how Umass was once at the top of the nation. Be sure to check out WMUA Sports on Twitter for all of your Umass Sports needs.
2022-04-1437 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSInterview with Brandon LondonKyle Miller and Sean Oldread are joined by former All A-10 WR receiver Brandon London! We talk about his time playing under Don Brown, the keys to creating a culture within a program, and how it feels seeing his former teammates such as Liam Coen find success in the coaching world. Be sure to follow WMUA sports on Twitter for all of the latest from Umass Athletics!
2022-02-2829 min91.1 SPORTS PODCASTSThe National Signing Day ShowThis week, the boys talk about the top HS recruits from national signing day, as well as give their super bowl predictions and hop on the Brian Kelly Slander Bandwagon. Be sure to follow WMUA Sports on Twitter for the latest news regarding Umass Athletics!
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