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.

Monday, August 5, 201908/05/2019

Mr. Universe Wants You To Look at The Night Sky This Week

In Podcasts

The Perseid Meteor shower, Jupiter, Saturn AND Mercury?!? Plus a new moon, meaning darker skies. Hampshire College Astronomer Dr. Salman…

Friday, August 2, 201908/02/2019

Food Tastes Better at Home

In Podcasts

Samite brings his powerful music and his powerful stories to the Ko Fest in Amherst. From his esacpe from Uganda…

Friday, August 2, 201908/02/2019

Sparkling Summer Rosé: Wine Snobs

In Podcasts

Pink Bubbly

Thursday, August 1, 201908/01/2019

Mister G’s Monarch Mariposa as Migration Metaphor

In Podcasts

Latin Grammy winner and local hero Mister G can add children’s book author to his bona fides. And his song/turned…

Thursday, August 1, 201908/01/2019

McGovern Talks Climate Change with Farmers

In Podcasts

If you had any doubt about whether the weather is changing due to climate change, look no further than our…

Wednesday, July 31, 201907/31/2019

SoporificOscitancyLogy-A-La-Dozing: Even Though The Sound of It Is Something Just like Snoring

In Podcasts

Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, on some of the words of sleep. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/sleep-words-part-i-word-nerd

Wednesday, July 31, 201907/31/2019

Seven Generations of Shenandoah: Joanne Shenandoah comes to The Shea

In Podcasts

As part of the Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, The Nolumbeka Project welcomes to The Shea a national treasure, Grammy award winner…

Tuesday, July 30, 201907/30/2019

Bees Aren’t Pets

In Podcasts

But that doesn’t stop Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital from caring for them and one way to care for…

Tuesday, July 30, 201907/30/2019

I Am The Baron: Double Edge Theatre’s Summer Spectacle

In Podcasts

Where do stories and lies cross paths?

Monday, July 29, 201907/29/2019

Even this Astronomer wants to #ProtectMaunaKea from the Thirty Meter Telescope

In Podcasts

As important as science and discovery is, sometimes traditional and culture is more important. That’s why there is a movement…

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