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 12, 201304/12/2013

Wine Snob: Vino Nonno The Wine Grandfather

In Podcasts

Tasting delicious amarone.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

A Map of The Universe

In Podcasts

European scientists made an Easter Egg looking map of the Universe. Dr. Hameed helps us read it.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

Autism: Can you balance a brain?

In Podcasts

April is National Autism Month. Dr. Megan Hudson from Brain Balance has some ideas.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

Ken Burns on his mentor and his mentor’s view of Holyoke

In Podcasts

PBS documentary man, Ken Burns, celebrates his Hampshire College mentor and friend Jerome Liebling and a new exhibit highlighting Holyoke.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

Wine Snob: Or(o)g(en)y

In Podcasts

A sexy delicious wine.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

Iron Johnny on Greenfield’s Industrial Heritage

In Podcasts

A brief history of Our Industrial Heritage with Iron Johnny Passiglia.

Friday, April 12, 201304/12/2013

Benjamin Franklinstein & the his maniacal creator Matt McElligott

In Podcasts

Hear the secrets and made up secrets of one of America’s founding fathers and meet Matt at Meltdown.

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