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Punks Go Acoustic Psycho

by | Mar 21, 2025 11:09 am | Comments (0)

Psycho Brat at WNHH FM.

Don’t mess with Ava.

You might treat her like dirt. But when the romance ends, she’s gonna write and deadpan-chant the following lyrics about you:

The silver hoop on my finger was a noose
Emotional suicide whenever I was with you
Why would you date me if you fucking hate me?
And why would you fuck me if you think that I’m ugly?

I hope it hurts when you think of me
I hope you know that you sicken me …
I’m choking on all the breath I waste
while blood and vomit’s all I can taste

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"Credible Messengers" Expand Street Outreach

by | Mar 19, 2025 9:39 am | Comments (6)

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CTVIP CEO Len Jahad at WNHH FM ...

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... and working on the agency's garden.

New Haven’s street outreach workers had a new challenge: dealing with kids as young as 11 caught up in community trouble.

They also took on the new challenge of focusing on teenaged girls whose group spats could lead to bigger trouble.

Those two challenges reflect the growing mission of the CT Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) project as it passes its fifth anniversary hitting the streets to defuse beefs and mentor young people in New Haven and Hamden.

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With Raids Looming, Rabbi Returns To Resistance Trenches

by | Mar 14, 2025 9:31 am | Comments (30)

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Rabbi Brockman Thursday at WNHH FM.

Kica Matos and Rabbi Herb Brockman (at left) with Nury Chavarria in 2017 at Fair Haven's Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, where she was being housed to prevent federal agents from arresting and deporting her.

Donald Trump is back at raiding immigrant communities and deporting people. So Herb Brockman is back at working with other religious leaders to step in to help targeted immigrants and their families.

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Love Made Real

by | Mar 6, 2025 2:40 pm | Comments (0)

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Operatic and concert soloist and recording artist Adriana Zabala at WNHH FM.

Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper-Chekhov never made it to a villa they dreamed of on Italy’s Lake Como. Adriana Zabala shed a tear about that the other day.

Zabala, a mezzo-soprano, also lifted her voice. You can argue that she helped make the Chekhovs’ dream come true.

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They Could Do It

by | Feb 28, 2025 10:40 am | Comments (1)

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Jennifer Klein, Rhoda Zahler Samuel, and Nicole Zador at WNHH FM; Ruth Grannick.

As men rushed off to war in Europe, Ruth Grannick took on a new mission back home — top-secret message decoding for the U.S. Navy. Laura Levine took a job as a lathe operator.

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AI Summary Omits AI Critiques

by | Feb 25, 2025 4:20 pm | Comments (2)

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Human brains at work: AI deployers Colleen Bielitz and Tom Goldenberg at WNHH FM.

Colleen Bielitz noticed something missing from the Otter AI summary of a discussion she had with colleagues: the ​“juiciest” comment one of them had made.

Thankfully Bielitz is a human being. She was able to think for herself about what she heard — and what seemed to matter most.

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Power To The Novelist

by | Feb 11, 2025 9:45 am | Comments (2)

Author Josaphat: The Panther story needed a novelist's eye.

Kingdom of No Tomorrow
By Fabienne Josaphat
Algonquin Books/Hatchette

Nettie Boileau had choices to make.

Should she sign up with the revolution taking shape in Oakland, the way her father fought back against Papa Doc in Haiti? Or should she pursue her dreams of becoming a doctor?

Which lover should she make a life with? Clia, who brought her into the Black Panther Party? Or Melvin, the magnetic rising party leader?

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Door Slammed On 20 Afghans Headed For New Haven

by | Jan 29, 2025 9:05 am | Comments (14)

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Former U.S. translator Serweri at WNHH: Brother's family stranded.

They risked their lives to help the U.S. They followed all the rules to win permission to come to the U.S. to escape death threats. They had their airplane tickets ready. Mohammad Daad Serweri was ready to welcome them to New Haven and help them start new lives.

Then the Trump administration slammed shut the door. What happens next to the Afghan families — and to the U.S.‘s ability to convince people in other countries to risk their lives to help us in the future — is suddenly in question.

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DOGE Days Ahead

by | Jan 10, 2025 9:39 am | Comments (6)

The Swamp isn't Twitter: Budget-watcher Prisinzano (at right) to Musk (left).

“DOGE” may be able to cut thousands of jobs. It will find fat to trim.

It won’t end up eliminating federal government departments or axing trillions of dollars in spending. Not even close.

So predicts a budget-watcher who’s monitoring the incoming Trump Administration’s effort to take a blowtorch to the ​“Deep State.”

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Walker-Myers Ready For Trump

by | Jan 2, 2025 5:02 pm | Comments (14)

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Board of Alders President Walker-Myers at WNHH: "I don't instill fear. I instill hope."

Don’t panic. Let’s see what happens and what doesn’t happen. Then we’ll make sound decisions the way we always do.

Tyisha Walker-Myers offered that strategy as she and New Haven walk into what may prove a stormy 2025.

Emphasis on ​“may.”

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