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…
