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, January 31, 201401/31/2014

Wine Snob

In Podcasts

How to know if your wine is ‘corked’?

Thursday, January 30, 201401/30/2014

Word Nerd: What Could Be funner?

Is ‘funner’ a word?

Thursday, January 30, 201401/30/2014

Bursting (Appendix) With Excitement

In Podcasts

The Epic of Enzo’s Appendix

Monday, January 27, 201401/27/2014

Wine Snob: Sicilian Liqueurs from Limonio

In Podcasts

Hand crafted by little old Sicilian ladies and absolutely delicious.  Certainly better than their English translations.

Friday, January 17, 201401/17/2014

Dan Nessel Back From The NSA Toy Show

In Podcasts

Drone Parenting

Friday, January 17, 201401/17/2014

Wine Snob: Blind Tasting Doobie Wine

In Podcasts

Wine Sweet Freedom. Wine Your Light on Me.

Thursday, January 16, 201401/16/2014

Making Monte Miserable In The Best Way

In Podcasts

Les Miserable in Amherst

Wednesday, January 15, 201401/15/2014

Josh Levy from Free Press on Net Neutrality

In Podcasts

Can we save the internet or is it too late?

Wednesday, January 15, 201401/15/2014

Word Nerd: Because Internet

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster on another word of the year ‘because’. Check out armchair linguist Stan Carey’s take on ‘Because’. 

Tuesday, January 14, 201401/14/2014

Lioness: I Am Woman. Hear Me Start A Business

Natasha Clark is the founder and editor of Lioness Magazine, an on-line publication designed and written largely by women to…

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