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Shani with Damiani and Kennedy.
Today’s programs on WNHH radio delve into one poet’s growing preoccupation with death, check in with the New Haven Health Department, and do some time traveling with the telegraph.
“At The Moment” host Sharon Benzoni talks to Connecticut Poet Laureate Rennie McQuilkin about his experience teaching, reading, and writing poetry, his life in Connecticut, and evolving style. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or subscribe to WNHH’s “WNHH Arts Mix” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
N’Zinga Shani speaks with Dr. Byron Kennedy, director of health at the New Haven Health Department, and Maria Damiani, director of maternal and child health at the New Haven Health Department, to discuss public health concerns in Connecticut ranging from Zika Virus to infant mortality. To listen, click on or download the audio above or subscribe to WNHH’s “Elm City Lowdown” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
On “Dateline New Haven,” Hamden State Rep. Mike D’Agostino talks about magnet school tuition, the future of public education, and trees. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or subscribe to WNHH’s “Dateline New Haven” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
On this episode, host Alisa Bowens talks to small business director Jackie James about the upcoming New Haven Food Truck Festival, and to regular contributor Tonisha Dawson about how to snag “the man of your dreams.” To listen, click on or download the audio above.
On “This Day In New Haven History,” hosts Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum learn that Samuel F. B. Morse — a great local painter in addition to inventor of the telegraph— wanted there to be war-averting instant communication across the Atlantic more than anything else in this good world. To listen, click on or download the audio above.