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.

Friday, April 24, 201504/24/2015

The Literal ‘Fugees

In Podcasts

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars formed in a refugee camp outside of their homeland in Guinea. They’ve taken their music…

Friday, April 24, 201504/24/2015

Wine Snob: Road Trip To Wine Snobbery

In Podcasts

Corsica, gorgeous isle of exile for dimunitive dictators, also has great wine.  Meanwhile,  a SHOCKING revelation from The Reverend Dr.…

Thursday, April 23, 201504/23/2015

The Throwaways

In Podcasts

Monte talks with the filmmakers behind this stark new first-person look at racism and classism in our country.  Ira McKinley and…

Thursday, April 23, 201504/23/2015

Word Nerd: The Original Meaning of Words Part II

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster give us the original meaning of some common words like garbage, bully and buxom!

Tuesday, April 21, 201504/21/2015

Heavy Petting: Brutus The Bionic Dog

In Podcasts

Four prosthetic limbs?

Tuesday, April 21, 201504/21/2015

Bisko, His Mother & Ebola

In Podcasts

Kabisco Kaba took his students in PVPA’s Wofa to his native Guinea in West Africa.  Little did he know it would…

Friday, April 17, 201504/17/2015

Wine Snob: Drink Pink Spring 2015!

In Podcasts

The gateway between red and white and back again and perfect for the not-artically-cold weather!

Thursday, April 16, 201504/16/2015

Tom Bodett On What Makes A Story Great

In Podcasts

And guess what, it’s usually not good.  Catch Tom and a host of other great storytellers at The Hatch’s Storytellers…

Wednesday, April 15, 201504/15/2015

Word Nerd: The Original Meaning of Words Part I

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster, on the orignal meaning of words like secretary, dissapoint and fizzy!

Wednesday, April 15, 201504/15/2015

Meatballs & Stories With Adam Wade

In Podcasts

Adam has been named The Moth’s Storyslam winner MULTIPLE times and this Keene State grad is back in Brattleboro to…

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