Middletown Mayor Dan Drew discusses his candidacy for governor, including his support for single-payer health care and free state university tuition. Today's program was made possible in part thanks to support from Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Dateline New Haven | Police Accountability
WNHH resident policing expert John Velleca weighs in on the controversial proposal to create a new civilian review board in New Haven.
Dateline New Haven | Mission Of Mercy Dental Clinic
Dr. Jerry Alexander talks about why he and 100 fellow dentists are volunteering Friday and Saturday beginning at 6 a.m. to offer free dental care to everyone who shows up at Hillhouse High School's Floyd Little Athletic Center, 480 Sherman Parkway. This episode was made possible in part thanks to support from Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Chai Haven | Passover Preview
Rabbi Mendy Hecht of Orchard Street shul explains why we're doing all that work in our homes to prepare for Passover, and why the holiday continues to resonate so deeply with Jews of all varieties of religious observance.
Mayor Monday April 3, 2017
Mayor Ton Harp covers latest developments at City Hall and the community, at the Board of Education, and at the state legislature in Hartford.
Friday Pundits March 31, 2017
Babz Rawls-Ivy, Joe Ugly, Markeshia Ricks, Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, and Harry Droz weigh in on the latest tempest at City Hall ("Let's take this outside"), efforts to find guardians for children of undocumented immigrants, and the anti-LGBTQ hate bus.
Chai Haven | The CT Catskills
Mary Donohue and Len Honeyman explore the legacy of Connecticut's version of New York's famous Jewish summer resorts.
Baby Boomer Blowout | Sunny Songs For A Cloudy Day
Music I love, unapologetically drawn from my generation's playlist.
Mayor Monday March 27, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp updates listeners on the police chief search, crowd control training, downtown development, and Arts & Ideas and Freddie Fixer event planning efforts.
Pundit Friday | March 24, 2017
Police misconduct, marijuana legalization, and rotting lampposts prompt a lively discussion with pundits Babz Rawls-Ivy, Joe Ugly, Markeshia Ricks, Harry Droz, and Norma Rodriguez-Reyes.
Dateline New Haven | The Police Expert Is In
Retired top New haven cop John Velleca weighs in on the discipline of a school-based cop who sexually harassed a student, on the proposed new civilian review board, and the takedown of a murderous New Haven drug gang.
Afro Semitic News Hour March 22, 2017
Recordings from local musicians James Velvet, Steve Mednick and the Afro-Semitic Experience are interspersed with commentary on the latest news, from the convictions of leaders of a New Haven drug gang and proposal for a police civilian review board to the state-city fight over Union Station and a shooting at the British Parliament.
Mayor Monday March 20, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp discusses her push for longtime city control of Union Station, the city's response to the latest snowstorm, and the future of the expanded day programs at city schools.
Pundit Friday | March 17, 2017
Pundits Babz Rawls-Ivy, Joe Ugly, Harry Droz, Markeshia Ricks, and Norma Rodriguez-Reyes weigh in on the week's headlines, from the mysterious $200,000 surplus at the registrar of voters office, to snow plowing and the suspension of a school-based cops.
Dateline New Haven | Velleca Visits
Retired top New Haven cop John Velleca weighs in on state proposals to legalize marijuana and punish bad cops, on Donald Trump's wiretapping allegations, and on plans to upgrade local police riot training.
Dateline New Haven | Conspiracy Theories In America
SCSU profs Troy Rondinone and Jeremy Chandler chart conspiracies real and imagined from the Revolutionary War era through UFOs in New Mexico to the Trump era.
Mayor Monday March 13 2017
Mayor Harp weighs in on plans for the big storm, on the controversy at the City Clerk's office, prospects for increased state aid to the city, on the changing of the guard at the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Proprietors of the Green,
Pundit Friday | March 10, 2017
Pundits Babz Rawls-Ivy, Markeshia Ricks, Harry Droz, and Joe Ugly weigh in on the marijuana legalization debate, suspensions at charter schools, and other hot topics in the news.
Dateline New Haven | Vets who "VETT"
U.S. military vets James Roy and Nicole Bradley discuss their work stopping gang fights and working with teen girls contemplating suicide or wrestling with other crises, as mentors with "VETTS" -- Veterans Empowering Teens Through Therapeutic Support.
Afro Semitic News Hour March 8, 2017
Trump fan Harry Droz and Trump critic Paul Bass mix it up on the latest headlines interspersed with tracks by New Haven musicians the Afro-Semitic Experience, Steve Mednick, and Groovski.