Navel Gazing, The Valley Indy Podcast
223 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNavel Gazing is ValleyIndy.org's podcast.
Each week features a 1-hour discussion with a local newsmaker.
ValleyIndy.org is a nonprofit online newspaper in Ansonia, CT.
The show is also heard on WNHH-LP, a community radio station in New Haven, CT.
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Episodes
Kurt Miller Answers Your Questions
August 03, 2018 16:03 - 1 hour - 78 MBSeymour First Selectman Kurt Miller makes a return appearance on 'Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast' to answer questions from residents and readers on Facebook.
Derby's Ron Luneau
July 26, 2018 20:35 - 53 minutes - 60.7 MBRon Luneau, a lifelong Derby resident, isn't known as a guy to shy away from sharing his opinion, and he doesn't disappoint in the latest episode of "Valley Sports Rewind," a podcast hosted by Mike Cannici. Luneau is a former Derby football and baseball coach, and he's currently the West Haven High School baseball coach, where he teaches history. During the episode, in addition to talking about past athletic seasons, Luneau talks about how economic disparity in Connecticut gives wealthy ...
Derby Middle School Principal Rachael Caggiano
July 26, 2018 17:06 - 29 minutes - 34 MBNewly-appointed Derby Middle School Principal Rachael Caggiano makes her first "Navel Gazing" appearance to talk about making the transition from teacher to administrator. Caggiano was a Derby High School special education teacher before being named assistant principal and athletic director. While the middle school has had a revolving door of administrators the last few years, Caggiano said she plans to bring stability and an ear for listening to the job. Click play!
Project Purple's Dino Verrelli
July 25, 2018 17:27 - 48 minutes - 55.4 MBWhen Dino Verrelli's father, Giovanni, died from pancreatic cancer in 2011, Dino had already started working on creating a nonprofit group to raise money for research and to provide financial aid to people stricken with the disease. Today 'Project Purple,' the nonprofit created in memory of his dad, is a $1 million a year charity with national reach providing research grants to universities and money to people with pancreatic cancer. Click play to learn about 'Project Purple' and...
Gamergate, Toxic Star Wars Fans, Oh, and Seymour Economic Development
July 13, 2018 13:28 - 45 minutes - 52.6 MBThe Valley Indy invited Seymour's Chris Bowen onto "Navel Gazing" to explain "Gamergate" and whether the nasty online movement is infecting "Star Wars" fans. Bowen previously ran a website that kept tabs on the video game industry in addition to publishing video game news and reviews. Click play to listen to the conversation. The Daily Beast website recently described "Gamergate" as an anti-diversity harassment campaign (by online "fans") that has recently morphed in the comic book wor...
Mat Hough, President Of The Ansonia Teachers Union
June 18, 2018 22:26 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MB"We need to educate kids, and I don't know how we're going to do this at this point." That was the sentence uttered by Mat Hough less than a week after Ansonia Public Schools laid off 17 teachers. Hough is president of the teachers union, and he says the staff cuts will have a detrimental impact on the education system, to say the least. Click play to listen.
Derby WPCA Update With Jack Walsh
June 13, 2018 12:51 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBDerby WPCA Update with Jack Walsh.
Valley Indy Bias
June 12, 2018 04:57 - 14 minutes - 16.7 MBValley Indy reporters address accusations of bias leveled against the publication by Ansonia school district leaders.
William Nimons, Ansonia BOE
June 12, 2018 02:29 - 37 seconds - 709 KBAn exchange between Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll and William Nimons, the president of the Ansonia Board of Education.
Ansonia Budget Battle Heads To Court
May 31, 2018 17:31 - 25 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode of 'Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast,' reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry try to break the Ansonia school funding battle into the simplest components. The school board has a lawsuit pending against city government for taking $600,000 away from the schools earlier this year. The city says the money was initially given last year under the assumption the school would not be receiving "alliance district" money from the state. Ansonia schools received the state mon...
The Valley Indy v Derby PD
May 24, 2018 19:07 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Valley Indy was denied access to an internal affairs report concerning a police officer who had been arrested in connection to a domestic violence incident. So The Valley Indy filed a complaint with the state's Freedom of Information Commission to force the document to be released to the public. Click the play button to listen to testimony recorded in front of a hearing officer in April. The complaint is still pending. This podcast is made possible by ValleyGivesBack.org.
Derby Mayor Rich Dziekan and Carmen DiCenso
May 24, 2018 16:17 - 35 minutes - 40.2 MBDerby Mayor Rich Dziekan and Carmen DiCenso, the city's economic development liason, are the guests on the latest episode of 'Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast.' Dziekan and DiCenso talk about a tax incentive program currently in the works, Big Y, the Route 34 widening project, blight, and efforts to unload 15 city-owned properties. This podcast was made possible by ValleyGivesBack.org. Adding a Valley charity to your estate plan creates a lasting legacy that tells future generatio...
Seymour Storm Update Wednesday Evening
May 17, 2018 01:42 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBA rundown of storm-related news as of 9 p.m. Wednesday. This podcast includes an interview with Seymour Deputy Fire Marshal Timm Willis.
Timm Willis On Seymour Storm Response
May 16, 2018 16:37 - 4 minutes - 4.94 MBSeymour Deputy Fire Marshal Timm Willis talks about a fire in Seymour Wednesday morning, and general "keep safe" guidelines to follow after a serious storm left 97 percent of Eversource customers in Seymour without power.
Seymour Code Red Late Wednesday Morning
May 16, 2018 16:16 - 1 minute - 1.49 MBSeymour First Selectman Kurt Miller with a Code Red message that was sent Wednesday before 12 p.m.
Derby Schools Are Closed May 16 2018
May 16, 2018 12:04 - 29 seconds - 552 KBDerby Schools Are Closed May 16 2018
Seymour Police Chief Michael Metzler
May 15, 2018 20:52 - 56 minutes - 64.1 MBSeymour Police Chief Michael Metzler is retiring in June after 30 years as the town's top cop. He also spent just over a decade on the job in Ansonia. In this free-wheeling episode of "Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast," Metzler talks about what it was like to patrol Ansonia in the late 1970s, how he tried to keep external politics out of the Seymour Police Department, and what's changed in law enforcement since 1976. Click the play button to listen. This podcast is made possibl...
Ron Saracino Of Road Ready Used Cars In Ansonia
May 10, 2018 21:30 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MBRon Saracino, of Road Ready Used Cars in Ansonia, released this audio statement to The Valley Indy May 9.
Seymour BOS Member Stephan Behuniak
May 05, 2018 12:13 - 47 minutes - 54.2 MBStephan Behuniak, an elected member of the Seymour Board of Selectmen, chats with The Valley Indy reporters about the town's upcoming budget vote, new businesses coming to town, and whether the town has put enough pressure on the owner of Tri-Town Plaza, a shopping center off Route 8. This episode was recorded May 2 during The Great Give, a 36-hour online fundraiser that raised about $1.7 million for about 400 nonprofit groups in the region. This podcast is sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.o...
Jackie The Joke Man Martling, Former Howard Stern Writer
May 04, 2018 17:08 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MBFormer 'Howard Stern Show' head writer Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling called The Valley Indy during an online fundraiser May 1 to talk about his new book, "The Joke Man: Bow To Stern." Sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.org.
CT Magazine Focuses On The Valley
April 18, 2018 22:44 - 48 minutes - 55.6 MBIn this very special episode of 'Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast,' reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry sit down with Erik Ofgang and Michael Lee-Murphy, journalists with Connecticut Magazine. The May 2018 issue of Connecticut Magazine focuses on . . . THE VALLEY! Erik and Michael talk about how the issue came about, which stories they decided to pursue, and lots more. Listen now! Sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.org.
Talking Great Give With Jackie Downing
April 02, 2018 22:59 - 30 minutes - 34.7 MBTalking Great Give With Jackie Downing
CAGE MATCH: Valley Young Dems v Valley Young GOP
March 28, 2018 17:03 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIn this very special episode of 'Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast,' Seymour's Stephan Behuniak and Ansonia's David Papcin enter the political thunderdome in a no-holds-barred Texan death match for the hearts and minds of Naugy Valley young folk. OK, not really. Press play to listen. Behuniak is the vice-president of The Naugatuck Valley Young Democrats, while Papcin is the president of the newly-formed Valley Young Republicans. In the interview they talk about the race to succe...