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Today’s programs on WNHH radio celebrate summer camp and opera music, look forward to July’s nominating conventions, weigh in on local infrastructure, get some quality mom time in the mix, and revisit New Haven’s hyper-industrial past circa World War II.
Host Tom Ficklin welcomes soprano Tiffany Jackson to talk about her childhood in New Haven, choice to pursue opera on a professional level, and career teaching and studying in the Elm City, to which she has returned. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or subscribe to “WNHH Arts Mix” on Soundcloud or iTunes.
Derby’s The Recreation Camp on Roosevelt Drive turned 100 this year. In this episode of “Valley Navel Gazing,” hosts Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry interview past director Jack Walsh and current camp director Mike Drew about the organization’s longevity and how campers will greet this summer’s programs. To listen, click on or download the audio above or subscribe to ValleyIndy on Soundcloud or iTunes.
Introducing “Community Spotlight!”. On the inaugural episode, Rev. Samuel Ross-Lee runs down the Amistad High School walk-out as he teams up with Joe Ugly for this new weekly program. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
“K Pasa” host Norma Rodriguez-Reyes and a very special guest — her mom, Noemie — talk about what it was like to grow up in the countryside of Puerto Rico, leave Puerto Rico for New Haven, and raise a family of 13 children in the Elm City. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or subscribe to “Elm City Lowdown” on Soundcloud or iTunes.
It’s Mayor Monday on “Dateline New Haven”! With host Paul Bass, Mayor Toni Harp looks ahead to the Democratic National Convention, weighs in on the student walkout at Amistad High, and airs disagreements with the state about the design and management of Union Station parking garages. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or subscribe to “Dateline New Haven” on Soundcloud or iTunes.
On “Open for Business,” New Haven Independent reporter Aliyya Swaby speaks with Fabian Durango about his business, Durango Insurance, and experience as an immigrant from Caracas, Venezuela. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
On “This Day in New Haven History,” hosts Allan Appel and the New Haven Museum’s Jason Bischoff-Wurstle time-travel back to 1944 to see how carefully the workers at the Winchester Repeating Arms company were following news of WWII, especially through the published personal letters of their employee pals, now GIs, serving at the front. To listen, click on or download the audio above.