TMonday’s programs on WNHH radio probe the connection between folk music and the prison industrial complex, address Election Day concerns, contest a political decision in Derby, and celebrate the Ansonia Chargers.
“The Tom Ficklin Show” host Tom Ficklin welcomes award-winning singer/songwriter Lara Herscovitch, former State Troubadour, to talk about the overlap between the arts and social justice and the work she is doing through her arts outreach to change the juvenile justice system in Connecticut. To listen, click on or download the audio above or check out the “WNHH Arts Mix” podcast.
It’s another Mayor Monday! Mayor Toni Harp speaks about Halloween in Morris Cove, bus riders in Dixwell, and efforts to avoid a repeat disaster with same-day registration on Election Day. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or check out WNHH’s “Dateline New Haven” podcast.
Welcome to This Day In Welcoming Refugees History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle time travel to 1849 when a now barely known persecution of Protestant converts on the Portuguese — read Catholic — Island of Madeira landed fourteen of them at Center Church. There a fundraiser was held to help the refugees, who would eventually number 400 strong, travel to permanent homes in, of all places, Illinois.To listen, click on or download the audio above.
Derby voters are being asked whether to delete a check and balance that prevents city employees from taking elected or appointed office without first getting a waiver from the Board of Aldermen. On this episode of “Valley Navel Gazing,” hosts Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry sit down with Derby Aldermanic President Carmen DiCenso, Alderman Art Gerckens, Alderman Joe DiMartino, Walt Mayhew and Adam Pacheco to see where the decision stands. Read the accompanying story here. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or check out the “Valley Navel Gazing” podcast.
How do the Ansonia Chargers keep winning? On “Valley Sports Rewind,” Mike Cannici explores the question with legendary Ansonia football coaches Bob Lisi and John Sponheimer. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
