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, April 6, 202204/06/2022

OMG? How old is the abbreviation “OMG:?

In Podcasts

Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster gives us an etymological history of OMG and more. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/omg-how-old-is-the-abbreviation-omg-word-nerd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Wednesday, April 6, 202204/06/2022

Martín Espada at home in Shelburne Falls

In Podcasts

The new National Book Award winning poet in his new home in Shelburne Falls talks with Monte and reads from…

Tuesday, April 5, 202204/05/2022

Colliderfest!

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Edo Mor and Chef Neftalí Duran about this weekend’s Colliderfest coming to Bombyx. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/colliderfest?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Monday, April 4, 202204/04/2022

The Farthest Star: Mr. Universe

In Podcasts

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed tells us about the lucky break the Hubble Telescope got from the Universe to…

Friday, April 1, 202204/01/2022

Peace Correspondents reflect on their time in Poland

In Podcasts

The River’s Peace Correspondents, Annette and Dean Cycon of Leverett, catch up with Monte at the airport in Poland and…

Thursday, March 31, 202203/31/2022

Sexual Get Togethers and Drugs: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

Why wasn’t Monte invited to any of these Madison Hawthorne parties? And what is the Congressman doing to make legal…

Thursday, March 31, 202203/31/2022

Mourning The Connecticut River

In Podcasts

First Light Power is in the process of relicensing its dams in Turners Falls and ?Northfield. Environmental activist and journalist…

Wednesday, March 30, 202203/30/2022

Comedy always comes with a punch: WORD NERD

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, on the week of one of the most famous punches of all time, talks about what the dictionary…

Wednesday, March 30, 202203/30/2022

Vijay Prashad on the Global Implications on the War in Ukraine

In Podcasts

Northampton’s own leader of the Tricontinental Institute, Vijay Prashad, is in conversation tonight about the war in Ukraine. But in…

Wednesday, March 30, 202203/30/2022

Life is like a bowl…

In Podcasts

And you can fill people’s bowls by getting involved with Amherst Survival Center’s Empty Bowl Dinner. Monte talks with ASC’s…

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