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0684-Radi0: New Canaan CARES’ Upcoming Programs and ‘2024 Home Tour (March 7, 2024)
March 07, 2024 03:17 - 14 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week, we talk to Colleen Prostor, executive director of New Canaan CARES, about important upcoming programs—namely, Destigmatize Mental Health For Teens (9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on March 14) and ‘Social Media and Your Kids’ Featuring Max Stossel (7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 4)—as well as the nonprofit organization’s 2024 Home Tour on May 31. Sign up here for the CARES newsletter.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan’s John Kao To Present ‘The World According to Jazz’ on March 3 (Feb. 29, 2024)
February 29, 2024 00:56 - 20 minutes - 23 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan resident John Kao, a former Harvard Business School professor and current Turing Fellow at Yale’s center for new media who also is a best-selling author and expert on jazz music. His presentation—titled “The World According to Jazz”—will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Presented by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and the church, it is free and open to the public.
0684-Radi0: Second Annual ‘Farm-To-Barn Brunch' Set for March 3 (Feb. 22, 2024)
February 22, 2024 00:51 - 8 minutes - 9.75 MBThis week, we talk to Janet Dinger, program and events manager at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, and Lexi Gazy, market master of the New Canaan Farmers Market, about the second annual Farm To Table Brunch. Launched last year to celebrate 25 years of the Farmers Market, it’s scheduled for March 3.
0684-Radi0: NCHS Scholarship Foundation’s ‘Color Drop’ Coming March 23 (Feb. 8, 2024)
February 08, 2024 00:09 - 9 minutes - 11.3 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan High School Principal Bill Egan about the NCHS Scholarship Foundation and the major fundraiser coming up to support it, the Color Drop, scheduled for Saturday, March 23.
0684-Radi0: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival Comes to New Canaan (Feb. 1, 2024)
February 01, 2024 02:43 - 18 minutes - 21.2 MBThis week, we talk to Lenore Skomal, co-founder and director of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, and Deborah Burke, creative director at the Town Players of New Canaan, about a partnership that will see 10 new plays—written by locals—produced at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny (deadline is March 10, more info here).
0684-Radi0: Acting Classes at Town Players of New Canaan (Jan. 18, 2024)
January 17, 2024 23:07 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MBThis week, we talk to Deborah Burke, a local actress, director, producer, set decorator and costumer, who works as creative director for the Town Players of New Canaan. She’s leading a new 8-session acting class that’s set to start Jan. 23. We talk about the Town Players, its productions and especially its acting classes.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Poet Gwen North Reiss Reads Her Work (Dec. 7, 2023)
December 07, 2023 00:24 - 6 minutes - 7.23 MBNew Canaan’s Gwen North Reiss this year saw one of her poems, “After Watching Film Clips of Calder and His Circus,” published in the Connecticut Literary Anthology.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Athletic Foundation Chair Mike Benevento (Nov. 16, 2023)
November 15, 2023 22:50 - 20 minutes - 23.7 MBThis week, we talk to Mike Benevento, chairman of the New Canaan Athletic Foundation. Those interested in learning more about how to support the NCAF can find its Guide To Giving here.
0684-Radi0: First Selectwoman Candidate Amy Murphy Carroll (Oct. 19, 2023)
October 18, 2023 22:35 - 31 minutes - 36 MBThis week, we’re publishing our interviews with two candidates for New Canaan’s highest elected office. Today we hear from Democrat Amy Murphy Carroll. We interviewed her as well as Republican Dionna Carlson at New Canaan Library on the morning of October 13th.
0684-Radi0: First Selectman Candidate Dionna Carlson (Oct. 18, 2023)
October 17, 2023 20:01 - 28 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week, we publish our interviews with two candidates for New Canaan’s highest elected office, starting with Republican Dionna Carlson. We interviewed her as well as Democrat Amy Murphy Carroll at New Canaan Library on the morning of October 13th.
0684-Radi0: Making Life-Changing Wishes Come True for Children with Critical Illnesses (Oct. 17, 2023)
October 16, 2023 20:23 - 15 minutes - 17.2 MBThis week, we talk to Anne Tseng. With Jeff Fuhrman, she’s one of two New Canaan residents who serve on the board of Make-A-Wish Connecticut and next Tuesday, they’ll sit on a panel at New Canaan Library to talk about the organization’s work in making life-changing wishes come true for children with critical illnesses, along with local Make-A-Wish parents and Dr. Stephanie Massaro, Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and Make-A-Wish CT Chap...
Podcast: The Dress That Rocked the ‘50s—The Scandal with the Sack (Oct. 12, 2023)
October 11, 2023 19:08 - 9 minutes - 10.8 MBThis week, we talk to Ned Lazaro, associate curator of costume and textiles at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. Lazaro is delivering a keynote address titled “What's the Uproar? The Dress that Rocked the ‘50s—The Scandal with the Sack” during a seated lunch with wine catered by Diane Browne, to be held 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society (tickets here). It’s part of the NCM&HS’s October4Design celebration—here’s a calendar of events and ...
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Campbell (Oct. 5, 2023)
October 04, 2023 20:01 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Matt Campbell. The Republican is seeking one of four four-year seats up for election. There’s also a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Incumbent Brendan Hayes (Oct. 2, 2023)
October 01, 2023 21:05 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education incumbent Brendan Hayes. The Democratic candidate is seeking to retain one of four four-year seats up for election. There’s also a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan CARES Executive Director Colleen Prostor (Sept. 27, 2023)
September 26, 2023 17:16 - 14 minutes - 16.1 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan CARES Executive Director Colleen Prostor. The organization has put together a talk next week that’s sold out. There are dozens of people on the waiting list for fireside chat with Jennifer B. Wallace, author of “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It,” moderated by New Canaan Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi. However, CARES is running two follow-up book talks, on Oct. 10 (for parents of middle and high schoo...
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Wexler (Sept. 21, 2023)
September 21, 2023 01:16 - 30 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Matt Wexler. The Republican is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. He’s seeking one of four four-year seats up for election. There’s also a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Giacomo Landi (Sept. 19, 2023)
September 18, 2023 20:27 - 27 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Giacomo Landi. The unaffiliated candidate is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. He’s seeking one of four four-year seats up for election. There’s also a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Josh Kaye (Sept. 14, 2023)
September 13, 2023 23:41 - 29 minutes - 33.6 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Josh Kaye. The Democrat is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. He’s in a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term. There also are four four-year seats up for election.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Hugo Alves (Sept. 7, 2023)
September 06, 2023 20:31 - 37 minutes - 43.3 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Hugo Alves. The Republican is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. He’s in a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term. There also are four four-year seats up for election.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Lauren Connolly Nussbaum (Sept. 1, 2023)
August 31, 2023 21:02 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Lauren Connolly Nussbaum. The Democrat is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. There are four four-year seats up for election. There also is a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Lara Kelly (Aug. 29, 2023)
August 28, 2023 20:03 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBThis week, we talk to Board of Education candidate Lara Kelly. The Republican is one of eight total candidates seeking a four-year term on the school board Nov. 7. There are four four-year seats up for election. There also is a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.
0684-Radi0: The ‘Cam Hutchins Pollinator Garden’ (July 27, 2023)
July 26, 2023 18:06 - 13 minutes - 15.9 MBThis week, we talk to Robin Bates Mason, president of Planet New Canaan, about efforts to install a pollinator garden dedicated to the memory and legacy of former Conservation Commission Chair Cam Hutchins in Bristow Park. Those efforts include a matching grant from Sustainable CT for which advocates for the Cam Hutchins Pollinator Garden currently are fundraising (details for donating here).
0684-Radi0: Bonnie Rumilly of the Fairfield County Trauma Response Team (June 29, 2023)
June 28, 2023 23:09 - 22 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week, we talk to Bonnie Rumilly, a longtime and former EMT with New Canaan Emergency Medical Services who also is a social worker and therapist. In addition to running her own private practice, Bonnie serves as a board member and volunteer with the Fairfield County Trauma Response Team, which provides services to first responders.
0684-Radi0: Moving the 1913 Library Building (June 21, 2023)
June 20, 2023 18:08 - 15 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan Library Executive Director Lisa Oldham about the relocation of the legacy 1913 building on the organization’s campus.
0684-Radi0: Michael ‘Hammer Mike’ Chen on the National Pickleball League (June 15, 2023)
June 15, 2023 00:37 - 25 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan resident Michael Chen. Known on the pickleball courts at Mead Park as “Hammer Mike,” he’s a co-founder of the rapidly growing National Pickleball League.
0684-Radi0: The Gracie Fund for Pediatric Cancer (May 25, 2023)
May 24, 2023 18:47 - 28 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan’s Chris Falsetta about the Gracie Fund for Pediatric Cancer. Founded by the Falsetta family following a recent diagnosis of leukemia in their 12-year-old daughter, the Gracie Fund is the designated beneficiary for this year’s New Canaan Combine, a fun athletic competition between the New Canaan Police and Fire Departments, as well as community members of all ages. The Combine is scheduled for Oct. 1 (here’s a signup form to volunteer at the event and here’s i...
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Teen’s Beekeeping Project on Land Trust Properties (May 18, 2023)
May 17, 2023 22:14 - 8 minutes - 9.87 MBThis week, we talk to Jack Winalski, a New Canaan resident and St. Luke’s School sophomore who has taken on a unique Eagle Scout project, installing beehives on New Canaan Land Trust preserves throughout town.
0684-Radi0: NCCF’s New ‘Community Behavioral Health Fund’ (May 11, 2023)
May 10, 2023 15:04 - 13 minutes - 16 MBThis week, we talk to Lauren Patterson, president and CEO of the New Canaan Community Foundation, about the organization’s newly launched Community Behavioral Health Fund.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan’s Rob Fryer and ‘Running for Your Life’ (May 4, 2023)
May 03, 2023 13:09 - 17 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan resident Rob Fryer following publication of his book, “Running For Your Life: Exploring the Amazing Benefits of Regular Exercise.”
0684-Radi0: 'Scottish Heritage Sunday’ at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan (April 20, 2023)
April 19, 2023 12:21 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week, we talk to Randy Ferguson and the Rev. Scott Herr of First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan about the 49th annual “Scottish Heritage Day,” which will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday on the church’s Oenoke Ridge campus.
0684-Radi0: Claire Ayoub’s Solo Show ‘The Gynokid’ Coming to Powerhouse Theatre (April 13, 2023)
April 12, 2023 18:50 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week, we talk to Claire Ayoub, a New Canaan High School graduate and comedy writer whose award-winning solo show, “The Gynokid,” is coming to town next month. Presented by the Town Players of New Canaan, “The Gynokid” will be performed at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny from May 12 to 14 (just three shows, ticket info here).
0684-Radi0: Women Empowering Women (April 6, 2023)
April 05, 2023 12:44 - 16 minutes - 19.4 MBThis week, we talk to Karen Nissenson, executive director of the Women Empowering Women Institute. The New Canaan-based nonprofit organization serves as a resource for women, offering practical skills-based education and professional counseling.
0684-Radi0: Talkin' Baseball with Kelley Franco Throop (March 30, 2023)
March 29, 2023 12:55 - 14 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week, we talk to Kelley Franco Throop, a New Canaan native and local attorney who has expertise in our national pastime. Franco Throop has been a guest lecturer at the Baseball Hall of Fame and is receiving wide attention from the sport for a video series that she launched last year on Twitter and Instagram.
0684-Radi0: NCHS Scholarship Foundation’s ‘Color Drop’ Set for Saturday (March 23, 2023)
March 22, 2023 18:14 - 7 minutes - 8.71 MBThis week, we talk to Steffi Loomis, a board member at the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation, about the organization and its major fundraiser coming up this weekend. The Color Drop will take place at Waveny, at 10 a.m. Saturday, featuring a helicopter courtesy of New Canaan resident John Kjekstad, owner of HeliNY Sightseeing. The Color Drop’s sponsors include Walter Stewart’s Market, Karl Chevrolet, Franco’s Wine and April Kaynor and Kelly DeFrancesco of William Raveis Real Estat...
0684-Radi0: Roadworks in New Canaan (March 16, 2023)
March 15, 2023 19:59 - 10 minutes - 11.7 MBThis week, we talk to Tiger Mann, director of the New Canaan Department of Public Works, about current and upcoming infrastructure and utility projects that will bring partial or full road closures in the coming months.
0684-Radi0: St. Aloysius School Principal Adam Fielding (March 9, 2023)
March 08, 2023 19:17 - 7 minutes - 8.11 MBThis week, we talk to Adam Fielding, the principal at St. Aloysius School.
0684-Radi0: ABC House of New Canaan’s Jamie Boris (March 2, 2023)
March 01, 2023 20:15 - 13 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week, we talk to ABC House of New Canaan Executive Director Jamie Boris. The nonprofit organization’s Spring Luncheon is scheduled for April 5 at the Country Club of New Canaan (more information and tickets here).
0684-Radi0: New Canaan’s Peter Hanson (Feb. 23, 2023)
February 22, 2023 16:53 - 15 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to longtime New Canaan resident Peter Hanson who, along with his wife, Karen, and many others in town, continue to observe strict COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions. We talk to Peter about his experience and reasons for precaution, as well as what would trigger his re-emergence.
0684-Radi0: The First 24 Hours of the ‘New’ New Canaan Library (Feb. 16, 2023)
February 15, 2023 21:04 - 10 minutes - 12.5 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan Library Executive Director Lisa Oldham. The new library building opened Tuesday, to wide applause from the community, and we get Oldham’s insights on the first 24 hours of operation.
0684-Radi0: Waveny LifeCare Network’s Telemedicine Program (Feb. 9, 2023)
February 08, 2023 18:50 - 21 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, we talk to Waveny LifeCare Network about its telemedicine program. We hear from Waveny’s chief sales and marketing officer, Terry Henry, and the executive director of the telemedicine program, Kathleen Benevento.
0684-Radi0: LiveGirl ‘She Cares’ Program Manager Farrell Lindeman (Feb. 2, 2023)
February 01, 2023 20:09 - 17 minutes - 30.5 MBThis week, we talk to Farrell Lindeman, the She Cares program manager at LiveGirl. A 1-on-1 mental wellness mentoring program, She Cares is making an immeasurable difference in the lives of dozens of girls at a critical time in their lives.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Police K-9 Officer Sebastian Obando (Jan. 26, 2023)
January 25, 2023 12:54 - 11 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week, we talk to the new K-9 officer at the New Canaan Police Department, Officer Sebastian Obando. The K-9 program is supported entirely by donations—here’s the GoFundMe page for Apollo, who was introduced to the community eight years ago. Obando and New Canaan’s K-9 dog can be found here on Instagram. Obando can be reached at [email protected].
0684-Radi0: The Substances Available to Local Kids (Jan. 19, 2023)
January 18, 2023 18:37 - 13 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan CARES Executive Director Judy Phillips and New Canaan Police School Resource Officer Jeff Deak about substances now accessible to local kids and their effect on youth. Please note that Deak and Yale School of Medicine Research Assistant Tricia Dahl are speaking during a program to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 in the Saxe Middle School auditorium. “Kids Menu: The Substances Available To Our Kids These Days And The Effects On Their Lives” is designed for...
0684-Radi0: Silver Hill, Human Services on the New Canaan Urgent Assessment Program [Part 2 of 2] (Jan. 12, 2023)
January 11, 2023 21:43 - 19 minutes - 22 MBThis week, we talk to Dr. Andrew Gerber, president and medical director of Silver Hill Hospital, and Bethany Zaro, director of New Canaan’s Department of Human Services, about their partnership in developing and operating the Urgent Assessment Program. This is the second of a two-part series that focuses on mental health. The first part, an interview with Silver Hill and the Town Players of New Canaan about an upcoming production of “Ordinary People,” can be found here.
0684-Radi0: NCPD Community Impact Officer Annamaria Ceci (Jan. 10, 2023)
January 09, 2023 18:43 - 5 minutes - 6.29 MBThis week, we talk to New Canaan Police Officer Annamaria Ceci—known to locals simply as ‘Ceci’—who has taken over the role of Community Impact Officer for the department. In the role, Ceci is assigned to downtown New Canaan.
0684-Radi0: Talking ‘Ordinary People’ with the Town Players, Silver Hill [Part 1 of 2] (Jan. 5, 2022)
January 04, 2023 17:51 - 15 minutes - 18.1 MBThis week, we talk to Deborah Burke, director of an upcoming Town Players of New Canaan production of “Ordinary People,” as well as Dr. Michael Groat, chief clinical officer at Silver Hill Hospital, about how their organizations are working together on a very unique and important show.
0684-Radi0: Jeffrey Williams of the New Canaan Community Foundation (Dec. 28, 2022)
December 27, 2022 19:57 - 18 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week, we talk to Jeffrey Williams, board chair at the New Canaan Community Foundation.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Land Trust (Dec. 15, 2022)
December 14, 2022 21:06 - 13 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week, we talk to John Winter, executive director of the New Canaan Land Trust.
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Mounted Troop (Dec. 8, 2022)
December 07, 2022 20:31 - 10 minutes - 12 MBThis week, we talk to Felicia Gray Alford, the volunteer, community outreach and special projects director at New Canaan Mounted Troop. Those interested in volunteering at the Carter Street organization can email the Mounted Troop at [email protected].
0684-Radi0: Exchange Club of New Canaan (Dec. 1, 2022)
November 30, 2022 17:12 - 7 minutes - 9.01 MBThis week we talk to James Bakal, president of the Exchange Club of New Canaan. The volunteer organization’s hugely popular Christmas Tree sale—benefitting the club’s grant program in support of local nonprofits—is underway at Kiwanis Park.