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.

Book Bus

Wednesday, April 21, 202104/21/2021

The Next Stop on The Book Bus

In Podcasts

Monte talks with David Mazor from Reader to Reader who tells us where the books YOU are going to donate will…

Wednesday, April 21, 202104/21/2021

Two-faced Janus Words: WORD NERD

In Podcasts

“‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings”-Led Zeppelin https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/two-faced-janus-words-word-nerd  

Tuesday, April 20, 202104/20/2021

An Earth Week Walk for River Justice & Surival

In Podcasts

Environmental journalist Karl Meyer encourages us to learn about the dangers the dams in our part of the Connecticut River…

Monday, April 19, 202104/19/2021

A Wright Brothers Moment on Mars

In Podcasts

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the first-ever flight on another planet. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/ingenuity-flies-on-mars-mr-universe

Friday, April 16, 202104/16/2021

Spring Snow Reds: WINE SNOBS

In Podcasts

The Wine Snobs at State Street were going to taste some esoteric white wines. But it decided to snow in…

Thursday, April 15, 202104/15/2021

DO IT NOW!

In Podcasts

Beat poetry to beat the band. And you can’t beat the band! Avery Sharpe and Tony Vacca! Paul Richmond, Beat…

Thursday, April 15, 202104/15/2021

Reparations, comfort dogs & Clooney: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

Congressman McGovern on the landmark bill recommended out of the Judiciary Committee, on the Billy Evans memorial and on getting…

Wednesday, April 14, 202104/14/2021

Sick Dys! Dysphemisms with the WORD NERD

In Podcasts

You’ve heard of euphemisms? Dysphemism are their mean cousin. Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster give us some of her…

Tuesday, April 13, 202104/13/2021

The Return To Big Science

In Podcasts

Legendary artist Laurie Anderson and her long time musical collaborator Roma Baran talk with Monte about revisiting their groundbreaking 1982…

Monday, April 12, 202104/12/2021

False Start on Mars: MR UNIVERSE

In Podcasts

Well, the Mars helicopter is delayed but Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed reminds us of our other failures (and…

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