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, October 7, 201610/07/2016

Wine Snob: Creepy Clowns and Ripasso

In Podcasts

One I like. One I really don’t like. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/repaso-and-creepy-clowns

Thursday, October 6, 201610/06/2016

Word Nerd: Trump is Bigly Braggadocious

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster on the, let’s call it, interesting language of Trump. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-trump-is-bigly-braggadocious

Thursday, October 6, 201610/06/2016

Evil Ben Clarke’s thoughts on the VP Debate

In Podcasts

Evil Ben things Pence won. So do many others. Monte has some questions. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/evil-ben-clarke-post-vice-presidential-debate

Tuesday, October 4, 201610/04/2016

Heavy Petting: Rat Contraceptives

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve from the Sunderland Animal Hospital on how rat contraceptives may be your best protection. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-rat-contraceptives

Tuesday, October 4, 201610/04/2016

Dissecting the Great Schools Massachusetts Ad on Question 2

In Podcasts

Political spending has purchased the right to free speech. Monte has the right to free speech too. Listen to his…

Tuesday, October 4, 201610/04/2016

Mr. Universe: The Blob

In Podcasts

It’s not just stuff of science-fiction. Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, introduces us to the blob that exists in…

Tuesday, October 4, 201610/04/2016

Anais Mitchell’s Prescient Poetry Anticipated Trump’s Wall

In Podcasts

Monte caught up with Ms. Mitchell in the lobby of The Shea to talk Trump and the future of her…

Friday, September 30, 201609/30/2016

Wine Snob: Zinfandel Makes Me Feel Old

In Podcasts

I mean if 60 year old vines are ancient, how SHOULD zinfandel make me feel? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/zinfandel-for-fall

Thursday, September 29, 201609/29/2016

“Orchids” Mean ‘Testicles’?

In Podcasts

Connecticut River Valley Poets Theater bring their original dark, dystopian comedy “The Orchids” to The Shea Theater in Turners Falls. Also,…

Wednesday, September 28, 201609/28/2016

Word Nerd: Playing The ________ Card in Politics

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on the etymology of playing the race/woman/gender/TRUMP card. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-playing-the-card

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