Paul Bass Photo
Mayor Harp at WNHH.
Todays episodes paid homage to the dearly departed River Restaurant in Derby, which burned down 30 years ago, proposed reflecting on the year, and updated plans for promoting biking in the city.
On “Valley Navel Gazing,” Valley Indy staffers Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry marked the 30th anniversary of the River Restaurant explosion in Derby by interviewing city firefighters James R. Butler, Charles Stankye and Mike Kelleher. The conversation turned to early childhood education with David Morgan, president and CEO of Team, Inc. in Derby. To listen to the episode, click on or download the audio above.
On “Dateline New Haven,” host Paul Bass and Mayor Toni Harp discussed the Board of Education’s ongoing numbers conundrum, new seating at Bowen Field, New Haven Reads, and bike safety. To listen to the episode, click on or download the audio above.
Author and Art Historian Claudia Mesch joined host Betsy Kim on WNHH’s “Law, Life and Culture.” They discussed her 2013 book Art and Politics: A Small History of Art for Social Change Since 1945. To listen to the episode, click on or download the above audio.
Tom Ficklin interviewed himself — and covered ground cultural, political and social — on his eponymous radio show. To listen to the full episode, click on or download the above audio.
On this day, in 1942, and in the days of the week ahead, “This Day In New Haven History” is revisiting life on the home front in New Haven a year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor launched our country into war. Today there was a big push to sell war bonds at the Roger Sherman, the Paramount, the Loew’s Poli and the other movie theaters in town. To listen to what hosts Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle have to say, click on or download the audio above.
Also on “This Day in New Haven History,” Allan Appel says good-bye to Terence the Turkey and the post-Thanksgiving week with three contemporary poems: “Thanksgiving Letter from Harry,” by Carl Dennis; “Te Deum” by Charles Reznikoff; and “Perfect for Any Occasion,” in which Alberto Rios plumbs deep into the heart of being a pie. To listen to the episode, click on or download the above audio.
On “K Pasa,” La Voz Hispana editor Norma Rodriguez-Reyes spoke to retired principal Carl Babb and current Hillhouse teachers Joseph Daley and Glenda Perez to discuss their proposed study abroad program to Costa Rica. To listen to the full episode, click on or download the above audio.
