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.
Thursday, September 24, 201509/24/2015
Catholic Affairs Correspondent, Monte’s Mom, On The Arrival of The Pope
In Podcasts
She made Monte go to Mass every week for 18 years so she MUST have something to say about the…
Thursday, September 24, 201509/24/2015
The Senegal-America Project
In Podcasts
Tony Vacca brings his multicultural musical explosion to the Academy of Music Sat. Sept. 26, 2015. How did the Senegal-America…
Wednesday, September 23, 201509/23/2015
New England’s Largest Tire Dump?
In Podcasts
It just might be. David Boles, Chief Friend of The Green River, fills us in on a terrible tire graveyard…
Wednesday, September 23, 201509/23/2015
Word Nerd: Health Span, Fanboying, Versing
In Podcasts
Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster, on some new words our Springfield dictionary is tailing. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/word-nerd-new-words-2015-ii
Wednesday, September 23, 201509/23/2015
Drug Rehab Facilities? NIMBY
In Podcasts
Hunter Styles from The Advocate on what neighborhoods are saying about where these much needed facilities are going to land. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/valley-advocate-sept-23-2015-nimby-heroin
Tuesday, September 22, 201509/22/2015
Heavy Petting: Cat Yoga
In Podcasts
As if cat people hadn’t gone too far already. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-cat-yoga
Tuesday, September 22, 201509/22/2015
Menopause The Musical
In Podcasts
Director/Producer Seth Greenleaf on how the musical has helped women (and men) talk about this former taboo. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/menopause-the-musical
Monday, September 21, 201509/21/2015
Patriots Correspondent, My Dad: Week 2
In Podcasts
Pats win again and Dad and Mom get bionic! https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/ne-patriots-correspondent-my-dad-week-2-2015
Monday, September 21, 201509/21/2015
Mr. Universe: Aliens 101
In Podcasts
How can the study of aliens be science? Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, explains. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-aliens-101
Monday, September 21, 201509/21/2015
Source To Sea 2015: Airboat Trash Scouting!
In Podcasts
Monte joins Andys Fisk and French from The Connecticut River Watershed Council and U.S. Fish & Wildlife (respectively) as well as…