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.

Tuesday, January 14, 201401/14/2014

Wine Snob: The Blind Tasting The Blind

In Podcasts

Monte attempts to divine the wine.

Thursday, January 9, 201401/09/2014

Jabberwock, don’t run, to hear The Frost Heaves

In Podcasts

Contrariwise: Alice in Wonderland Set to Song

Thursday, January 9, 201401/09/2014

Word Nerd: Cynic

In Podcasts

Maybe it doesn’t mean what you think it means.  Or at least it didn’t used to.  Yes, I ended that…

Tuesday, January 7, 201401/07/2014

A Hipstamatic View of Hamp by Megan E. Labonte

In Podcasts

Northampton Through Her Eyes

Monday, January 6, 201401/06/2014

Wine Snob: I WILL Drink F*c%ing Merlot in 2014!

In Podcasts

Reclaiming The Grape That ‘Sideways’ Killed

Thursday, January 2, 201401/02/2014

Getting Rocky Mountain High in Massachusetts?

In Podcasts

Local Toke Talk

Thursday, January 2, 201401/02/2014

Eating Downton Abbey

In Podcasts

T. Susan Chang on The Unofficial Way to Eat Edwardian

Thursday, January 2, 201401/02/2014

Wine Snob: Champagne 2013!

In Podcasts

Tiny Bubbles

Thursday, January 2, 201401/02/2014

Mt. Holyoke’s Vanessa James on what to wear to Downton Abbey

In Podcasts

Coming to The Ball?

Friday, December 27, 201312/27/2013

Josh Stearns Will Never Be Rested

In Podcasts

Parental Insomnia Version of Lorde’s ‘Royals’

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