December 5, 2024: Wicked Classy

You may have noticed that we’re a bit wry on this show, nay even a bit sarcastic and kitschy. And if you or any of your loved ones are similarly inclined, there’s a business in the Berkshires that make make easy of your gift giving.  Today we head to Pittsfield for a tour of Blue Q, whose myriad of adorkable, often foul mouthed products are not just great conversation pieces, but helping people across the county as well. We chat with founders Seth and Mitch Nash, and even more of the amazing folx that work there about the company’s evolution from flat cats to catnip and everywhere in between Plus, although we got to take the stage as part of NEPM’s Christmas Carol, the Dicken’s classic is getting an even more modern revamp this Friday and Saturday at the Shea Theater. This year’s "Home for the Holigays" sees it’s main character, Mr. Drag, scrooge-ified. We talk with the creative force behind it, Joe Delude II, about this iteration of the persona, and the drag family it brings with it. Also, our weekly chat with congressman Jim McGovern where we’ll see if he’s fully recovered from the March, hear his take on the Hunter Biden pardon and a listener question about the potential demise of tax exempt status as we know it