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.

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…

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