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, January 27, 202101/27/2021

A Plea From Sanctuary

In Podcasts

When the Trump administration threatened to deport people living in the US, undocumented, but following the previous rules some took…

Tuesday, January 26, 202101/26/2021

The Spaying of Moira Rose

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital walks The Belmontes through the fixin’ of their pandemic kitty, Moira Roise. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/moira-rose-spayed-heavy-petting

Tuesday, January 26, 202101/26/2021

Hank Aaron’s Batboy-Ashfield’s Buz Eisenberg Esq!

In Podcasts

Buz Eisenberg gives lawyers a good name. Tirelessly working for human rights. But before he was a lawyer, he was…

Monday, January 25, 202101/25/2021

A More See-Through Beacon Hill

In Podcasts

Matt Barron from Indivisible Williamsburg and the Act on Mass Campaign on the movement to make the Massachusetts House more…

Monday, January 25, 202101/25/2021

The Alien Asteroid? MR UNIVERSE

In Podcasts

Mr. Universe, Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, taking umbrage with a Harvard astronomer, Avi Loeb, who thinks this asteroid…

Friday, January 22, 202101/22/2021

Three French wines that are Da Baumb

In Podcasts

The Wine Snobs at State Street taste three french reds, Ventoux turtle doves and a well, you know… https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/three-french-wines-that-are-da-baumb

Thursday, January 21, 202101/21/2021

A New Day Dawns: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

Congressman McGovern was at the Biden/Harris inauguration and gives us his impression. And he tells us what comes next. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/a-new-day-dawns-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern

Wednesday, January 20, 202101/20/2021

The Lexicographical History of Inauguration: WORD NERD

In Podcasts

Are soothsayers and seers behind the inauguration of Presidents? They’re certainly behind the word “inauguration.” Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from…

Wednesday, January 20, 202101/20/2021

The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather: NASA’s 2020 Climate Report

In Podcasts

Monte and Mr. Universe, Hampshire College Astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, talk with NASA Cryosphere Scientist, Rachel Tilling, about more bad…

Friday, January 15, 202101/15/2021

Beer Heaven with Beer Mike at Cooper’s

In Podcasts

Monte gives the Wine Snobs at State Street the week off and goes to Beer Heaven with NABCOR at State…

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