Latest Newcanaanite Podcast Episodes
0684-Radi0: New Canaan CARES’ Upcoming Programs and ‘2024 Home Tour (March 7, 2024)
0684-Radi0 - March 07, 2024 03:17 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 nonpr...
0684-Radi0: New Canaan’s John Kao To Present ‘The World According to Jazz’ on March 3 (Feb. 29, 2024)
0684-Radi0 - February 29, 2024 00:56 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 Satu...
0684-Radi0: Second Annual ‘Farm-To-Barn Brunch' Set for March 3 (Feb. 22, 2024)
0684-Radi0 - February 22, 2024 00:51 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - February 08, 2024 00:09 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - February 01, 2024 02:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 ...
0684-Radi0: Acting Classes at Town Players of New Canaan (Jan. 18, 2024)
0684-Radi0 - January 17, 2024 23:07 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 esp...
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Poet Gwen North Reiss Reads Her Work (Dec. 7, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - December 07, 2023 00:24 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsNew 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)
0684-Radi0 - November 15, 2023 22:50 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - October 18, 2023 22:35 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - October 17, 2023 20:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - October 16, 2023 20:23 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 ...
Podcast: The Dress That Rocked the ‘50s—The Scandal with the Sack (Oct. 12, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - October 11, 2023 19:08 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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, ...
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Campbell (Oct. 5, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - October 04, 2023 20:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - October 01, 2023 21:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - September 26, 2023 17:16 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 Toxi...
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Wexler (Sept. 21, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - September 21, 2023 01:16 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - September 18, 2023 20:27 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 ...
0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Josh Kaye (Sept. 14, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - September 13, 2023 23:41 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - September 06, 2023 20:31 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - August 31, 2023 21:02 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - August 28, 2023 20:03 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - July 26, 2023 18:06 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 ad...
0684-Radi0: Bonnie Rumilly of the Fairfield County Trauma Response Team (June 29, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - June 28, 2023 23:09 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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, whi...
0684-Radi0: Moving the 1913 Library Building (June 21, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - June 20, 2023 18:08 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - June 15, 2023 00:37 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - May 24, 2023 18:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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 co...
0684-Radi0: New Canaan Teen’s Beekeeping Project on Land Trust Properties (May 18, 2023)
0684-Radi0 - May 17, 2023 22:14 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - May 10, 2023 15:04 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - May 03, 2023 13:09 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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)
0684-Radi0 - April 19, 2023 12:21 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis 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.
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