Monte Belmonte
Monte Belmonte 6am - 10am
Having grown up in the suburbs of Boston, I always thought Western Mass was a desolate wasteland. Now I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Well, I guess I can imagine it but I don’t WANT to live anywhere else. On this page you’ll find conversations with some of the people I find most interesting in our Valley. Authors, astronomers, astronauts and other people that start with letters other than “a.”
I got my start in radio impersonating Al Gore while off the air on Election Day 2000, and since that election dragged on and on, so has my radio career. I love bringing music and my “low minded humor for high minded people” (Wine Squirrel copyright 2017) to people of the Valley every weekday morning.
Wednesday, October 2, 201910/02/2019
The Bechdel Test, Stinger, Swag, Lumberjack Shirt and a Fatberg?
In Podcasts
Some of the exciting and depressing words recently added to our favorite dictionary in Springfield, MA and explained by Word…
Wednesday, October 2, 201910/02/2019
These Books Are PEOPLE!!!
In Podcasts
The Forbes Library is turning people’s stories into “books,” of sorts. Living books where you can check out a person’s…
Wednesday, October 2, 201910/02/2019
The World Music Super Collider Returns To The Shea
In Podcasts
The Super Collider is back this October! Its HAFLA (????) time — the word means party in Arabic — with…
Tuesday, October 1, 201910/01/2019
I Heard It Through The Grapevine with UMass’ Dr. Elsa Petit
In Podcasts
Born in France near Bordeaux, it’s almost like she was destined to do what she does. But what landed Dr.…
Monday, September 30, 201909/30/2019
A Black Hole Is Destroying A Star
In Podcasts
First, check out this INCREDIBLE animation from NASA of what it would looks like to see the light around a…
Monday, September 30, 201909/30/2019
Cleaning Up The Patch at The Source To Sea Cleanup
In Podcasts
Monte’s been doing the Connecticut River Conservancy‘s Source To Sea Cleanup for well over a decade. And over all those…
Friday, September 27, 201909/27/2019
A Man with La Misión: Winemaker Cristian Aliaga from William Fèvre Chile
In Podcasts
Cristian Aliaga joined Monte and the Wine Snobs in the Wine Bunker below State Street. Hear how Cristian became a…
Friday, September 27, 201909/27/2019
What’s The Status Of Women In Western Mass?
In Podcasts
Donna Haghighat is the CEO of the Women’s Fund of Western Mass who just released a study on how women…
Thursday, September 26, 201909/26/2019
Is The Ukraine Call The Straw That Broke The Congress’ Back? McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
The Democrats have been calling for impeachment from day one but is the call to the President of the Ukraine…
Thursday, September 26, 201909/26/2019
The Genius of Ocean Vuong
In Podcasts
Northampton Poet and UMass Professor, Ocean Vuong, is now a bona fide genius. Not that he wasn’t before. But he’s…
