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, July 12, 201707/12/2017

Valley Resident Niberd Abdalla On Thin ICE: Bill & Buz Are On It

In Podcasts

Attorneys Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman have been doing this kind of work for a LONG time (pictured). But will…

Tuesday, July 11, 201707/11/2017

How Animals Are Their OWN Doctor! Take that Dr. Steve.

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve from The Sunderland Animal Hospital on how some animals can find their own medicine in nature. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-how-animals-self-medicate

Tuesday, July 11, 201707/11/2017

Yay, Hamlet!

In Podcasts

Hampshire Shakespeare goes Ham4Hamlet and focuses less on the main character and more on the something rotten. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/hampshire-shakespeares-hamlet

Monday, July 10, 201707/10/2017

Circle Your Favorite Planet In The New Kepler Catalog

In Podcasts

Mr. Universe, Salman Hameed, on the new Kepler Telescope catalog of known planets in the known Universe. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-kepler-catalogue

Friday, July 7, 201707/07/2017

BBQ & Zinfandel A Match Made in Hog Heaven

In Podcasts

The State Street Wine Snobs with the perfect pairing for your pulled pork. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-zinfandel-and-bbq-ribs  

Thursday, July 6, 201707/06/2017

The McGovern Crime Family And Other Wrong Rhetoric In The Era Of Trump

In Podcasts

U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern joins Monte live every Thursday morning at 7:30. Got a question for him? Email Monte https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mcgoverning-with-mcgovern-the-mcgovern-crime-family-and-other-wrong-rhetoric-in-the-era-of-trump

Wednesday, July 5, 201707/05/2017

Asshat: Word Nerd Live From Solid Sound

In Podcasts

Monte and Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster toe the line with the FCC. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/asshat-word-nerd-live-from-solid-sound

Wednesday, July 5, 201707/05/2017

The Bally Table King: Mystic Pinball in Turners Falls

In Podcasts

Mark and Corina Hankowski have moved (almost) all of Mark’s hoarded pinball games out of their basement and have opened…

Friday, June 30, 201706/30/2017

Wine Snob: Mead is Wine?

In Podcasts

Turns out it is. Taste some mead with your ears with us and YOU  be the judge if any of…

Thursday, June 29, 201706/29/2017

Can Mark Bittman Have Your Number? McGoverning With McGovern

In Podcasts

Monte asks the tough questions: like can fellow James Beard Award Winner and food justice writer have McGovern’s number. Also,…

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