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.

Thursday, July 9, 201507/09/2015

Crossing The Blvd: Ko Fest

In Podcasts

After her hit performances at Ko last summer with YO MISS!, Judith Sloan continues to look at immigration and racism through…

Wednesday, July 8, 201507/08/2015

Word Nerd: WTF? This is NSFW

In Podcasts

Alright, it is SFW. But WTF does NSFW mean and why is it now in the dictionary?

Wednesday, July 8, 201507/08/2015

Not By The Hair of My Chinny-Chin-Chin

In Podcasts

Paintbox Theater brings The Three Little Pigs to the Senior Center in Northampton.

Tuesday, July 7, 201507/07/2015

Hip-Hop High School

In Podcasts

Alright, he technically teaches in Amherst Regional Middle School (but it ruined the alliteration). But Michael Lawrence-Riddle is bringing hip-hop to…

Monday, July 6, 201507/06/2015

Mr. Universe: What Are Those Weird Space Lights?

In Podcasts

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on what those mysterious lights might be on the dwarf planet, Ceres.

Thursday, July 2, 201507/02/2015

Born (Again) on The 4th of July: Becoming An American

In Podcasts

How hard is it to become a US Citizen? This kinda hard: Who was the President during WWI? Han Feng…

Wednesday, July 1, 201507/01/2015

Word Nerd: Will They Ever Print The Dictionary Again?

In Podcasts

And what do they call it when there’s a picture with one thing in focus and everything else is fuzzy?…

Tuesday, June 30, 201506/30/2015

Should We Really Be Celebrating Equal Marriage?

In Podcasts

Professor Erin Buzuvis is the Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Studies at Western New England University School of Law.…

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

Tweedy: Breakfast With Wilco 2015

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Jeff & Spencer Tweedy about everything from cranky Northampton hippies, to boycotting Indiana to ritual circumcision.

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

John Stirratt & Pat Sansone: Breakfast With Wilco 2015

In Podcasts

Monte talks with John and Pat about Kermit the Frog, beautiful melodies, and why on earth they draw the short…

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