Episode 60 - With Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s Mars space probe mission

Episode 61 - With Marquis Victor, the founding executive director of Elevated Thought

This week on The 495, we’re joined by Marquis Victor, the founding executive director of Elevated Thought, an art and social justice organization based in Lawrence. Mass. He’s also an educator, photographer, and poet. Join us Wednesday, live at 12:30 to learn more, or listen on your favorite streaming platform.

Episode 60 - With Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s Mars space probe mission

This week, The 495 goes cosmic! We’re joined by Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s Mars space probe mission. He’s also a physicist, an inventor, an educator, and even an amateur chef. We’ll talk everything from the Mars rover to the folk music of Maghreb.

Episode 59 - With Paula Estey, owner of Newburyport’s PEG Center for Art & Activism

This week on The 495, we’re joined by artist Paula Estey, owner of Newburyport’s PEG Center for Art & Activism. We’ll discuss how art might help us heal cultural divides.

Episode 58 - With photographer Karen Jerzyk

This week on The 495! We’re joined by photographer Karen Jerzyk Photo, whose work was profiled in the January issue of MVM. You can find Jerzyk prints at Hive & Forge in Lowell.

Episode 57 - With with food expert and NECC chemistry professor Mike Cross

Chocolate fans unite! This Wed. on The 495 we’re talking with yummy food expert and Northern Essex Community College chemistry professor Mike Cross about theobromines, Mayan history, and the time he went undercover as a student to better understand the challenges they face.