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, May 6, 202005/06/2020
A New More Contagious Strain of Coronavirus? The Muller Report
In Podcasts
UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller on reports of a new and more potentially contagious mutation of our favorite coronavirus. Plus,…
Monday, May 4, 202005/04/2020
The Pentagon and their UFO videos: Mr. Universe
In Podcasts
Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed tamps down our desire to believe these videos are depicting aliens. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-pentagon-and-ufo-videos-mr-universe
Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020
Watch The Virtual Noho Pride Parade
In Podcasts
Monte talks with the organizers of NOHO PRIDE, Rachel Slack and Anna Hoff about moving the parade online. You can…
Friday, May 1, 202005/01/2020
The Good For You Wine: WINE SNOBS
In Podcasts
You’ve heard about that heart healthy wine from pseudo-science doctors on television? This is it. Monte and the Wine Snobs…
Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020
Up Hill Tech Battle on Capitol Hill: McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
Why won’t Congress use modern technology to govern during a pandemic when the ENTIRE world is using Zoom during a…
Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020
Next Year. Green River Festival 2020(1)
In Podcasts
The River and Signature Sounds and The Parlor Room and The Green River Festival’s Jim Olsen breaks the hard-to-hear news…
Thursday, April 30, 202004/30/2020
Truthiness Gets Into The Dictionary: WORD NERD
In Podcasts
Stephen Colbert created this word 15 years ago (sort of) and FINALLY Merriam-Webster has acknowledged his prescient genius. Emily Brewster,…
Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020
COVID strokes, smoking And Smoking Guns? The Muller Report
In Podcasts
UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller answering your questions about our favorite new coronavirus and viruses in general. Got a question?…
Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020
Understanding Scottish Words with The Word Nerd
In Podcasts
It’s Wanderlust Wednesday, one of Monte’s new Quaranthemes, so Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster from Merriam-Webster, take us to…
Wednesday, April 29, 202004/29/2020
The State Of Food Security In The Green Mountain State
In Podcasts
Shane Rogers, the Farm to Plate Communications Manager at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, gives us some insights into how…