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.

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Heat Wave Beer

In Podcasts

Monte takes a detour on the road to wine snobbery with the Wine Snob who gives him a taste of…

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

The Hidden Territories of the Bacchae at Double Edge Theatre

In Podcasts

Monte talks with the founding artistic director of Double Edge Theatre, Stacy Klein. Double Edge celebrates 40 years of this…

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

Flushing when finished

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Linda Paris Bailey and Eric Bass, along with the Ko Festival’s Sabrina Hamilton, about the second-to-last performance…

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

Summertime words! WORD NERD

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some fun words for a hot summer. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/summertime-words-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

McGovern and Biden and Drag

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Congressman Jim McGovern about the President’s visit to the Bay State and about his attending drag story…

Monday, July 18, 202207/18/2022

The Non-Image Image from JWST

In Podcasts

Why is Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed-MR UNIVERSE!, so excited about the image that was not an image after…

Monday, July 18, 202207/18/2022

A live crossword show?

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Zach Sherwin, of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Epic Rap Battles of History fame, who will host a live…

Friday, July 15, 202207/15/2022

Unloved Wines: WINE SNOBS

In Podcasts

Tasting some underappreciated but DELICIOUS wines with the Wine Snobs at State Street. And, one of the Wine Snobs becomes…

Friday, July 15, 202207/15/2022

Saying farewell to Fernandez Family Restaurant

In Podcasts

In another edition of the semi-regular feature Nef & Monte Eat Holyoke, Monte joins Chef Neftalí Duran, Holyoke Mayor Joshua…

Thursday, July 14, 202207/14/2022

An “OUTCRY” in light of the end of Roe v Wade

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Kate Glynn, the co-chair of the board of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Mass about how…

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