Monte Belmonte

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…

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