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.

Monday, May 17, 202105/17/2021

Our Plutonium Ocean: Mr. Universe

In Podcasts

Why is there plutonium at the bottom of our ocean? And why is it actually a very cool thing? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/our-plutonium-ocean-mr-universe

Friday, May 14, 202105/14/2021

Weird Whites

In Podcasts

Monte and two other weird white wine snobs taste 3 weird white wines in the Wine Cage, adjacent to the…

Friday, May 14, 202105/14/2021

Peskeompskut Day of Remembrance

In Podcasts

David Brule, a native of Turners Falls and a Native American, is the president of The Nolumbeka Project. He tells…

Thursday, May 13, 202105/13/2021

The GOP Eats Their Own: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

Congressman Jim McGovern on the removal of Liz Cheney from her leadership position and other drama in his chamber. Plus…

Thursday, May 13, 202105/13/2021

Marked by COVID

In Podcasts

Jennifer Ritz Sullivan from Goshen, MA lost her mom to COVID five months ago. Now she has become a strong…

Wednesday, May 12, 202105/12/2021

The M-W NFT

In Podcasts

A very special Word Nerd segment with Merriam-Webster’s Editor-at-Large, Peter Sokolowski, who does explains the very meta way Merriam-Webster is…

Tuesday, May 11, 202105/11/2021

Making The Land of Asparagus Green

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Jack Czajkowski from the Hadley Climate Change Committee about greening Hadley…and also about asparagus. Listen to their…

Monday, May 10, 202105/10/2021

The Sky Isn’t Falling: Mr. Universe

In Podcasts

Was the Chinese satellite plummeting to Earth really a major threat? Or is it all propaganda in the new space…

Friday, May 7, 202105/07/2021

Why the heck are these called Rickshaw Wines? WINE SNOB

In Podcasts

It’s the 14th time in a row during The Panny that Monte has tasted State Street’s Wines of The Month.…

Thursday, May 6, 202105/06/2021

Democratizing The Vaccine: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

Does Congressman McGovern agree more with the White House or his MA House colleague as to what to do to…

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