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.

Wednesday, October 9, 201310/09/2013

Word Nerd: A Creep Who Croped and Other Fun Verbs

In Podcasts

Resident Word Nerd, Emily Brewster, from Merriam-Webster helping us navigate irregular verbs.

Wednesday, October 9, 201310/09/2013

Silicon Pioneer Valley

In Podcasts

Aaron St. John and Paul Hake from Hitpoint Studios in Amherst are making fairies and adventure heroes out of their melding…

Wednesday, October 9, 201310/09/2013

Stargazing

In Podcasts

The big Belmonte boys laying out on the lawn looking for shooting stars during the Draconid meteor shower.

Wednesday, October 9, 201310/09/2013

Wine Snob:m Geyser Peak

In Podcasts

Interesting and affordable wine and an explanation between the differences in Sonoma and Napa.

Thursday, October 3, 201310/03/2013

The Man Who Made Monte Weird

In Podcasts

Weird Al Yankovic

Wednesday, October 2, 201310/02/2013

Word Nerd: A Listacle Henge-apalooza!

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, from Merriam-Webster, on a few new words pining for position in our local dictionary.

Wednesday, October 2, 201310/02/2013

Take Me To The River: Source To Sea Cleanup 2013

In Podcasts

First, Andrew Fisk, executive director of The Connecticut River Watershed Council, on how much trash volunteers have hauled out over…

Tuesday, October 1, 201310/01/2013

Perspective On The U.S. Shutdown (and also The Red Sox)

In Podcasts

Ken Burns

Monday, September 30, 201309/30/2013

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

In Podcasts

Hiking Outside Brattleboro

Friday, September 27, 201309/27/2013

Wine Snob: Meerlust

In Podcasts

If you lust for Burgundy but long for cash, look to South Africa.

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