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, October 21, 202210/21/2022
Sicilian Sippers: WINE SNOBS
In Podcasts
Monte and the Wine Snobs taste three great wines from Sicily. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/sicilian-sippers-wine-snobs?si=47a58e3ed6bb49689124374db069f539&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thursday, October 20, 202210/20/2022
Highlights &Lowlights at the NEF Spelling Bee
In Podcasts
Monte, Emily Brewster, Jennifer Myszkowski, and Bill Newman play with words at this wonderful fundraiser for Northampton schools. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/highlights-and-lowlights-at-the-2022-nef-spelling-bee?si=9304f06cdee84421b591124edc7e7881&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thursday, October 20, 202210/20/2022
Campaigning and Canning: McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
Congressman Jim McGovern on the quickly coming mid-terms and on some out of the box and into the mailbox ideas…
Wednesday, October 19, 202210/19/2022
The most controversial food word in the dictionary: WORD NERD
In Podcasts
Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some new COVID related words as well as a food word that might…
Monday, October 17, 202210/17/2022
On Shatner’s Overwhelming Sadness in Space: MR UNIVERSE
In Podcasts
William Shatner aka Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise actually went to space last year. His new book…
Friday, October 14, 202210/14/2022
The Grape of 1000 Names: WINE SNOBS
In Podcasts
A Sangiovese by any other name wouldst taste as sweet. And Monte and The Wine Snobs at State Street taste…
Friday, October 14, 202210/14/2022
Martin Espada comes to the Brattleboro Literary Festival
In Podcasts
Hear the highly decorated poet from Shelburne Falls read from his most recent book Floaters and then go see him at…
Friday, October 14, 202210/14/2022
I Believe That Children Are Our Present: McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
Congressman McGovern on the inspiration the youth of today are bringing to the present, not just the future. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/i-believe-that-children-are-our-present-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern?si=e6e09a7c6d5044fe95ccb768d595f805&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thursday, October 13, 202210/13/2022
Wyn Cooper is back up North and way out West
In Podcasts
Local hero poet Wyn Cooper is back from Boston and living in Vermont and is back at the Brattleboro Literary…
Wednesday, October 12, 202210/12/2022
An economy of words: WORD NERD
In Podcasts
Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some newly added words that speak to our economic times. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/an-economy-of-words-word-nerd?si=a11f0bd1892e4ab0b64e56d18626f6ab&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
