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, April 7, 202104/07/2021
Zoomer in The Before Times: WORD NERD
In Podcasts
Listen to this conversation from February of 2020 with Emily Brewster from Merriam-Webster and Monte where they have a long…
Tuesday, April 6, 202104/06/2021
After The Great Selah with Hales
In Podcasts
Daniel Hales looks back at his very difficult year and at his band’s first album. His livestream this Friday is…
Monday, April 5, 202104/05/2021
Another Interstellar Interloper: Mr. Universe
In Podcasts
Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the recent discovery of our second interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/another-interstellar-interloper-mr-universe
Friday, April 2, 202104/02/2021
Wines You Must Stash: WINE SNOBS
In Podcasts
Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street try wine heroine Laely Heron’s Heron wine and admire the Wine Son’s…
Friday, April 2, 202104/02/2021
Irida Comes Home
In Podcasts
Scenes from Irida Kakhtiranova homegoing. Irida is the Russian immigrant who has been living in a church in Northampton for…
Thursday, April 1, 202104/01/2021
Infrastructure and Extra-Terrestrial Tech? McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
Monte gets up earlier than the Congressman, so some early April Thursdays it can be easier to pull the wool…
Thursday, April 1, 202104/01/2021
Did Our April Fools’ Day Ads Fool You?
In Podcasts
Here’s our Quarantone Paint ad https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/quarantone-paint And you can listen to all the classics here. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-rivers-april-fools-day-ads
Thursday, April 1, 202104/01/2021
Vaccine or Vitamin C? The Muller Report
In Podcasts
UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller responds to a recent opinion piece in the Gazette and gives us her latest take…
Wednesday, March 31, 202103/31/2021
Live live music? Retronyms with The Word Nerd
In Podcasts
Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, on some famous retronyms and the ones we are creating right now during The…
Tuesday, March 30, 202103/30/2021
Hot Dogs on Hot Sauce: Heavy Petting
In Podcasts
Don’t do what TikTok tells you to do. Listen to the advice of Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital. But…