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0684-Radi0: New Canaan 'Lifer' Sperry DeCew (May 15, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 18:19


This week, we interview 1965 New Canaan High School graduate Sperry DeCew. It's the fourth installment of our “New Canaan Lifers” series, profiling longtime residents of the town.

0684-Radi0: New Canaan ‘Lifer' Rick Crolla (May 1, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 14:56


This week, we talk to New Canaan's Rick Crolla (here's Laura Ault's "Who Knew?" on him). It's the third installment of our “New Canaan Lifers” series, profiling longtime residents of the town.

0684-Radi0: 'New Canaan Lifer' Janet Bouton Wood Karl (April 10, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 20:56


This week, we talk to Janet Bouton Wood Karl. It's the second installment of our “New Canaan Lifers” series, where we profile lifelong residents of the town.

Podcast: Circle of Care's Liz Salguero

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 29:52


This week, we talk to Liz Salguero, co-executive director of Circle of Care, a nonprofit organization with strong New Canaan ties that she launched more than 20 years ago when her then-3-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. Here on Facebook and here on Instagram, Circle of Care offers programs and services that meet the unique and challenging needs of childhood cancer treatment. The nonprofit organization will hold one of its main fundraisers— “CARE to Laugh”—on April 3 in Fairfield.

0684-Radi0: Waveny Playground Co-Chair Monica Capela (Feb. 27, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 19:45


This week, we talk to Monica Capela, a co-chair of the Waveny Playground Committee. Through a nonprofit entity under the New Canaan Community Foundation, the Friends of Waveny Playground group is now fundraising for the widely anticipated new facility. Note: If your family or business would consider a featured placement on the Waveny Playground Welcome Sign, prominently displayed at the playground entrance, please contact the Friends group for more information at ncwavenyplayground@gmail.com. 

0684-Radi0: ‘New Canaan Lifer' Beth Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 16:55


This week, we launch a new series with the 0684-Radi0 podcast. “New Canaan Lifers” will profile lifelong residents of the town, and we start with a personal favorite among New Canaanites: Beth Jones.  

0684-Radi0: Waveny LifeCare Network's ‘Navigator Adult Day Program (Feb. 6, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 15:19


This week, we talk to Kathleen Benevento, executive director of Navigation at Waveny LifeCare Network. The organization's Navigator Alzheimer's and Dementia at Home Initiative helps caregivers who are supporting loved ones with Alzheimer's and dementia. Now, the Navigator Adult Day Program offers a supportive environment for individuals with Alzheimer's or dementia while providing a daytime respite for caregivers. For more information, call Waveny's dedicated Navigator line at 203-594-5289 or email navigator@waveny.org.   

0684-Radi0: NewCanaanite.com Turns 11 (Jan. 23, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 36:29


This week, we've switched things up on our podcast. As NewCanaanite.com marks its 11th anniversary this month, Bob Doran, the head of NCTV 79, interviews me about the news site, its history and my own experience in running it.

0684-Radi0: New Canaan Resident at L.A. Wildfires (Jan. 15, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 19:03


This week, we talk to Stephanie Sambeat Odenath, a New Canaan resident who grew up in Pacific Palisades, Calif. This past weekend, she flew back to Los Angeles, where the childhood home where her parents were still living has been destroyed. Here are some vetted resources for those seeking to help: Local LA American Red Cross Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation Baby2Baby  World Central Kitchen (if you go to their site you can donate to California directly) Pasadena Community Foundation 211LA

0684-Radi0: NCHS Junior Michael Telesco's ‘Stargazing for Families' Set for Tuesday at New Canaan Library (Jan. 13, 2025)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 15:21


This week, we talk to Michael Telesco, a New Canaan High School junior (here on Instagram) whose passion for astronomy has led him to help found the school's astronomy/astrophysics club and launch a stargazing outreach program. Designed for students in grades 5 through 9 and their families, “Stargazing for Families” is a free presentation (register here) that Telesco is running from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the library.

0684-Radi0: Jeanne Gnuse's ‘The Red Mustang' (Dec. 12, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 15:48


This week, we talk to Jeanne Gnuse, a longtime New Canaanite who this year published her memoir, “The Red Mustang.”   

0684-Radi0: New Canaan YMCA's Chronic Disease Programs (Dec. 5, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 21:53


This week, we talk to Margaret Riley, executive director of the New Canaan YMCA, and Bridget Philipp, the Y's vice president of healthy living and membership, about the organization's chronic disease programs.   

0684-Radi0: CinemaLab Co-Founder & CEO Luke Parker Bowles (Nov. 27, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 25:29


This week, we talk to Luke Parker Bowles, co-founder and CEO of CinemaLab, the company that operates The Playhouse movie theater, event space, pub and concession on Elm Street. Note that CinemaLab recently entered into a partnership with London's famed National Theatre and now has the ability to broadcast live select multi-award-winning plays on the big screen at The Playhouse. While “Hamlet” and “Frankenstein” (both starring Benedict Cumberbatch) already have been screened this month, future broadcasts include “Vanya” (Dec. 4), “The Motive and the Cue” (Dec. 11) and “Present Laughter” (Dec. 18).  

0684-Radi0: GetAbout President Bill Post (Nov. 21, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 13:15


This week, we talk to Bill Post, president of the GetAbout Board of Directors. Schedule a ride by calling 203-972-7433. Transportation services are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Here's an FAQ with the organization and here's information on how to support GetAbout.

0684-Radi0: Sheri West's New Book ‘Confidence Unleashed' (Nov. 14, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 16:24


This week, we talk to Sheri West, founder and CEO of LiveGirl, about her new book “Confidence Unleashed: 10 Kickass Strategies To Grow as a Leader (Without Changing Who You Are).” (Signed copies are available through Elm Street Books.)  

0684-Radi0: Dr. Andrew Gerber of Silver Hill Hospital (Oct. 31, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 15:17


This week, we talk to Dr. Andrew Gerber, president and medical director at Silver Hill Hospital, about the New Canaan Behavioral Health Alliance's Community Health & Well-being Survey.   

0684-Radi0: One Year After Rescue, Local Man Honors New Canaan's Emergency Responders (Oct. 24, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 17:40


This week, we talk to New Canaan John Walsh. One year after benefitting from life-saving efforts by emergency responders here, Walsh is honoring police, firefighters and EMTs on National First Responders Day (Oct. 28). He also is planning to take the all-volunteer New Canaan Emergency Medical Services training (it's being offered in January, details here) to pay it back.  

0684-Radi0: US Modernist CEO George Smart (Oct. 17, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 11:07


This week, we talk to George Smart, CEO of US Modernist, an award-winning organization that documents, preserves and promotes Modernist residential architecture, and serves as home to the nation's largest open digital archive of Modernist houses. Smart is giving a talk at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. Register here for “Accidental Archivist: Preserving America's Legacy of Modernist Houses.” (Sign up here for US Modernist's weekly newsletter.)

0684-Radi0: Rising Demand at ‘Person to Person' (Oct. 3, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 18:49


This week, we talk to Nancy Coughlin, CEO of Person to Person or “P2P,” a nonprofit organization known to many New Canaanites that supports families and individuals as they move toward stability with healthy food, clothing, housing assistance and a path to economic opportunity. Demand at the donor-supported organization, which recently launched its second mobile food pantry, has grown by 2.5 times since the onset of the pandemic.

0684-Radi0: ‘E-Bikes' in New Canaan (Sept. 26, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 9:12


This week, we talk to New Canaan Police Officer Nicole Vartuli about electric bikes or “e-bikes,” whose misuse here is causing serious safety concerns. Please also note that Officer Vartuli will be at New Canaan Library from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 to educate the community on scooter and motorized bike safety. During that event—details here—the organization Northeast Community Cycles will collect bicycles at an outdoor drop-off location. Please note that rusty bikes cannot be accepted, nor can scooters, plastic toddler bikes or skateboards.

0684-Radi0: ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes' Opens Friday at the Powerhouse (Sept. 5, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 11:30


This week, we talk to Heidi Xethalis, a New Canaan resident who is directing and acting in “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” which opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny (tickets here). It's presented by the Town Players of New Canaan and Norwalk's Crystal Theatre.  

0684-Radi0: Bristow Centennial Celebration Set for Sept. 7-8 (Aug. 29, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 15:56


This week, we talk to John Winter, executive director of the New Canaan Land Trust, about the Sept. 7-8 centennial celebration of Bristow Park, New Canaan's bird sanctuary and wildwood preserve (register here for free events). The centennial includes a silent auction (now live) and sale of limited editions of the new book, “A Songbird Heaven: The 100 Year History of Bristow Park.”

0684-Radi0: Waveny's ‘Navigator' for Alzheimer's Caregivers (July 17, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 12:43


This week, we talk to Rachel Takacs, director of Navigation at Waveny LifeCare Network. The program that she oversees for the nonprofit organization, called “The Navigator: Alzheimer's at home in New Canaan,”  provides services for caregivers, including assessments, education, insurance assistance, emotional support and more.  

0684-Radi0: NCHS Grad Ted Grogan and ‘The Serenity Project' (May 23, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 31:40


This week, we talk to Ted Grogan, a 1988 New Canaan High School graduate who works as executive director of The Serenity Project. A nonprofit organization that helps people recover from all forms of trauma, The Serenity Project will hold its annual spring fundraiser—”Gallop for Good: A Night at the Farm”—on Saturday, June 1 (tickets here).

0684-Radi0: The Life and Times of Poppa Blue (May 16, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 16:41


This week, we talk to Bobby Troup, who at 7 p.m. Friday at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny is performing “The Life and Times of Poppa Blue.” Presented by the Town Players of New Canaan, the show includes anecdotes shared by Troup about his own father, Robert Troup or “Poppa Blue” as scores of New Canaanites knew him. 

0684-Radi0: New Canaan Unplugged (May 9, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 17:50


This week, we talk to Dr. Raquel Harrison, a New Canaan resident who is one of the founders of a new initiative. New Canaan Unplugged is a parent-led effort to help families navigate the social media and smartphone landscape, with a focus on thoughtful boundaries around technology. (Their newsletter sign-up is here.)  

0684-Radi0: Vin Farrell's Architectural Photography at Gores Pavilion (May 2, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 27:05


This week, we talk to Vin Farrell, whose architectural photography goes on display this week at Gores Pavilion in Irwin Park. The New Canaan Museum & Historical Society is hosting an opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at the Gores Pavilion. The show will run through October, and after the reception visitors can book an appointment with NCM&HS to view the exhibition.

0684-Radi0: Scottish Heritage Sunday Set for May 5 at First Presbyterian Church (April 30, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 19:40


This week, we talk to two committee members helping to organize the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan's 50th annual Scottish Heritage Sunday, Rab Ker and Steve Van de Graaf. Free and open to the public, the festive event will be held this coming Sunday, May 5, following the church's 10 a.m. service.

0684-Radi0: ‘Alice In Wonderland' Opens April 26 at Powerhouse Theatre (April 11, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 11:06


This week, we talk to Peter Green, director of “Alice In Wonderland”—and a different version than many are familiar with—which opens April 26 at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny (tickets here). Presented by the Town Players of New Canaan, the show runs weekends through May 12. 

0684-Radi0: New Canaan CARES' Upcoming Programs and ‘2024 Home Tour (March 7, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 14:15


This 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 nonprofit organization's 2024 Home Tour on May 31. Sign up here for the CARES newsletter.

0684-Radi0: New Canaan's John Kao To Present ‘The World According to Jazz' on March 3 (Feb. 29, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 20:07


This 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 Saturday, March 9 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Presented by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and the church, it is free and open to the public.  

0684-Radi0: Second Annual ‘Farm-To-Barn Brunch' Set for March 3 (Feb. 22, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 8:31


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 9:54


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 18:31


This 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 March 10, more info here).

0684-Radi0: Acting Classes at Town Players of New Canaan (Jan. 18, 2024)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 14:47


This 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 especially its acting classes. 

0684-Radi0: New Canaan Poet Gwen North Reiss Reads Her Work (Dec. 7, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 6:20


New 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 20:43


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 31:29


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 28:35


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 15:03


This 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 with critical illnesses, along with local Make-A-Wish parents and Dr. Stephanie Massaro, Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Make-A-Wish CT Chapter Medical Advisor. I will be moderating the panel, to be held 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 24 in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library.

Podcast: The Dress That Rocked the ‘50s—The Scandal with the Sack (Oct. 12, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 9:26


This 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, to be held 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society (tickets here). It's part of the NCM&HS's October4Design celebration—here's a calendar of events and here's an overview of related programming from Executive Director Nancy Geary.

0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Campbell (Oct. 5, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 41:19


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 27:43


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 14:06


This 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 Toxic—And What We Can Do About It,” moderated by New Canaan Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi. However, CARES is running two follow-up book talks, on Oct. 10 (for parents of middle and high school students) and on Oct. 17 (for parents of preschool and elementary school- aged kids).

0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Matt Wexler (Sept. 21, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 30:26


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 27:13


This 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 term. 

0684-Radi0: Board of Ed Candidate Josh Kaye (Sept. 14, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 29:22


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 37:49


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 33:15


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 24:48


This 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)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 13:52


This 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 advocates for the Cam Hutchins Pollinator Garden currently are fundraising (details for donating here).

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