One of my memorable interviews.

My 2013 Interview with Adventure Journalist Jim Clash.

Jim discusses his flight to the edge of space in a Russian Mig, driving a Bugatti Veyron to a top speed of 205 mph, Skiing to the South Pole, & several of his other adventure journalists experiences, including his future suborbital flight to space on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2.

Music:

Intro: "A Piece of Space History", Andy Poniros

Ending: "2001 Funk", Larry Benigno, Sonic Music

This week's show had Mary who called asking how to work better with her boss and Dennis who called about trying to save a relationship. Both of them got the answers they needed.

Singer-songwriter Rick Reyes was born on Bridgeport, Conn.’s rough-and-tumble West Side. Months later, his parents left the grit of the city and returned to their roots in the Puerto Rican countryside. It was here, listening to traditional Puerto Rican folk music, that Reyes forged his love of Jibaro—a music of the people full of wistful melodies, and steeped in longing.

Reyes’ father played cuatro, Puerto Rico’s beloved national instrument, and wrote decimas, a popular form of poetry. Father and son would often wake early to listen to Jibaros on the radio together. It was during these moments that the musician in Reyes began to stir. Reyes’ mother also loved music, and mother and son would spend hours listening to the Latin crooners of the day: Jose Jose, Roberto Carlos, Sandro, and others.

In 1998, Reyes founded The Cosmic Jibaros and began developing the sound he’s famous for today. This big sound—a mix of Latin and Caribbean rhythms blended with rock—is full of calculated observation, celebration, and is lush with socially-conscious lyrics. In 2007, they released their first album, Yo Soy Del Mundo. Reyes wrote all but one of the songs.

Last year Reyes released Novela Sin Tiempo (The Timeless Story), his first solo album.

Bob Giolitto a church member of St Paul's on the Green in Norwalk speaks about their special program providing tutoring and counseling help to refugees escaping from Honduras and Guatemala. It’s done through the auspices of The Norwalk International Academy who received a federal grant help tutor in ESL and also math skills. Tutoring is done at Brian McMahon High School in Norwalk for participants ranging in age from elementary school to high school.

Suzanne Kachmar, Executive Director of the City Lights Gallery. Speaking about The Fiber of Her Being, The Art of Karen Loprete, with an opening reception on October 13, 5:30 pm to 8:30 p.m. 855 Main Street, Bridgeport. Also Bridgeport Art Trails, a four-day event, November 10 to 13.

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http://www.karenloprete.com/

Ian Ganassi, New Haven-based poet, will discuss and read from his just published book, Mean Numbers; and Laura Bell, New York-based artist, will discuss her own work and her collaboration with Ian on a series of collages which integrate their respective artistic visions -- along with snippets of Ian's poems and a wide variety of found objects.

Listeners can view the collaborative collages by Ian and Laura at: www.thecorpses.com

Host: Richard Hill, First Tuesday Rainy Day Radio

Jennifer Siskind, CT coordinator for Food and Water Watch, discusses the dangers with fracking waste and the campaigns being waged by CT towns to pass their own bans on accepting the waste within their town limits. Jennifer also discusses the pressures being brought to bear on the State of CT by commercial interests as a way to off-set the large budget deficit.

Jiff Martin, an educator with UCONN Extension, talks about new funding to support small farms and urban start-up farming projects. Chelsea Gazillo, who works with the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, talks about her work with urban farmers markets and efforts to promote food justice in CT.

Panelists: Guy Beardsly and Bill Duesing

Host: Richard Hill

"......hosts both “Ask Me Another” and, frequently, “The Moth,” a popular storytelling show and podcast. She does stand-up whenever possible, and although she’s gained enough status to headline at larger clubs, like Manhattan’s Gotham Comedy Club, she hasn’t lost her love for slinging jokes at tiny boisterous audiences in cramped, dark spaces. The training from her years spent doing as many shows as possible in whatever seedy venues she could book is part of what sets her apart as a radio host, adding an equal does of sparkle and sharpness to her performances.

“I spent a lot of time in comedy club basements telling drunk people to shut the f—k up,” she said, “which is a little bit different than the NPR sensibility.” - Forward Binnie Klein interviews Ophira when she appeared in New Haven

"The summer precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve years old, they were kidnapped, driven across the country, and held in a cabin in the woods for two months by a charismatic stranger. Nearly twenty years later, Lois has become a professor, teaching British literature at a small college in upstate New York, and Carly May is an actress in Los Angeles, drinking too much and struggling to revive her career. When a movie script with a shockingly familiar plot draws the two women together once more, they must face the public exposure of their secret history and confront the dark longings and unspeakable truths that haunt them still. Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell beautifully defies ripped-from-the-headlines crime story expectations and announces the debut of a masterful new storytelling talent." (Macmillan Press) Binnie Klein talks with Maggie Mitchell about her 2015 novel