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