A five-panel podcast remembers Carrie Fisher before launching into a heated debate over "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
SPOILER ALERT. Do not listen if you haven't seen Rogue One!
This episode is a Valley Navel Gazing/Mobile Horror Companion podcast hybrid.
The panel includes:
Independent filmmaker Glen Baisley
ValleyIndy.org reporter Eugene Driscoll
Independent film actor Mike Lane
Derby CT's David Lenart, host of the "2 Dudes Talking Disney" podcast
Special effects makeup artist Brian Spears
Derby Fire Commissioner Michael Kelleher talks about growing up in Derby, his years with the fire department, and what the array of community service projects Derby firefighters do behind the scenes.
In November, Jack Walsh retired as president of the Valley United Way.
In December he sat down with the Valley Indy for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in Derby, teaching and coaching in the Valley, and what it was like to change careers and lead the Valley United Way.
Photo by Markanthony Izzo.
Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller answers questions from readers on Facebook, weighs in on whether he is supporting Rob Kane, Mark Boughton or Mark Lauretti for governor, and uses a bell to "ding" the Valley Indy reporters for asking dumb questions
Derby's Larry Dwyer is once again planning to gross out the Valley with another installment of "Connecticut Cult Classics" at the Strand Theater in Seymour, CT.
Up next on FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2017:
Friday the 13th, Part 2
Friday the 13th, Part 3
Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll tries recording a Christmas-themed podcast with his 6-year-old son, Jack, and his 3-year-old daughter, Emma.
Driscoll's wife is there, at least in spirit, in the form of an angry voicemail played at the start of the episode.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everybody.
Ken Tuccio, a product of Ansonia, CT, hosts the 'Welcome to CT' podcast.
AND he's hosting "The Local Drinking Show," slated to launch on WTNH-TV in January 2017.
In this very special episode of "Navel Gazing," the Valley Indy podcast, reporters Ethan Fry and Eugene Driscoll talk about running a race, going to a parade and the worst movies on the IMDB top ten list
Back in the year 2000 or so, New York City real estate tycoon Donald Trump was trying to build a golf course on the shores of Byram Lake, the drinking water for the Village of Mount Kisco, N.Y. about 45 miles north of the city.
Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll, then a reporter with The Patent Trader, a weekly newspaper in Westchester County, N.Y., conducted a phone interview with Trump.
Driscoll found the cassette recording in a shopping bag in his basement in mid-November, and he and reporter Ethan Fry decided to turn the old recording into a podcast, complete with commentary.
Enjoy.
Valley Indy reporters record a podcast while using Facebook Live video.
Four readers ask questions.
It's easier to make money on Facebook by spreading fake news than doing community-oriented news like ValleyIndy.org.
Donald Trump won the popular vote in the lower Naugatuck Valley, and voters threw out two incumbent Democrats on the state level.
Yet they also voted for one of the most progressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives -- Rosa DeLauro -- and they chose to stick with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, another Democrat.
In this episode of "Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast," Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller, a Republican, and Ansonia's Tarek Raslan, a Democrat, join local reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry for a wide-ranging discussion on the state and federal races, and where the country goes from here.
Political newcomer Joseph Jaumann of Ansonia is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent state Rep. Linda Gentile in the 104th District.
In an interview with the Valley Indy, Jaumann talks about trying to get his name out there, the Connecticut economy, gun control, Donald Trump, taxes, and growing up in Mahopac, N.Y.
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State Rep. Linda Gentile (D-Ansonia) is up for re-election and she stopped by the Valley Indy office to address topics ranging from taxes to whether she’ll debate her Republican opponent.
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It's Halloween.
Makeup effects artist Brian Spears and Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll talk about Halloween, The Walking Dead, and Negan's hair gel.
Valley Indy reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry talk to Mike Cannici and Sean Morse about "The Game," a new documentary about the long-standing rivalry between the Ansonia-Derby football teams.
Sean and Mike are the filmmakers responsible for the documentary.
"The Game" premieres Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. on Comcast channel 10.
It replays Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 10 p.m.
Sean and Mike are also hosting a screening at the Derby Public Library Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 6:15 p.m. followed by a Q & A.
State Sen. Joseph Crisco is up for re-election in the 17th District, an area that includes Derby and Ansonia.
In an interview with the Valley Indy, Crisco accentuates the positive by running down a list of funding the state has provided for projects in Derby and Ansonia.
Election Day is Nov. 8.
Republican George Logan, an executive with Aquarian, is trying to unseat longtime Democratic state Sen. Joseph Crisco.
Logan, an Ansonia resident, talks about how he's trying to build name recognition among voters in the 17th District, which includes Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck and Woodbridge.
Nicole Klarides-Ditria, of Seymour, is challenging state Rep. Theresa Conroy for her seat in the state House.
Klarides-Ditria, a Republican, is the Deputy First Selectman of Seymour. Her sister is Themis Klarides, the state House Minority Leader.
In an interview with Valley Indy reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry, Klarides-Ditria talks about why she should replace Conroy in Hartford, and explains why she thinks the Democratic Party's policies are bad for Connecticut.
Election Day is Nov. 8.
State Rep. Theresa Conroy represents Beacon Falls, Seymour and part of Derby in the state legislature.
She is up for re-election Nov. 8.
Conroy, a Democrat, is being challenged by Nicole Klarides-Ditria, a Republican member of the Seymour Board of Selectmen (and sister of Republican Minority House Leader Themis Klarides).
The Valley Indy talks to Conroy about jobs, Gov. Malloy, tech schools and a host of other issues in this campaign 2016 podcast.
Leslie Creane, Derby Mayor Anita Dugatto's chief of staff, talks to Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll about a "community voices workshop" scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 33 Elizabeth St.
The workshop is part of new planning initiative underway to breathe life into the City of Derby's long-stagnant downtown redevelopment zone on the south side of Main Street near the Housatonic River.
Derby voters are being asked whether to delete a check and balance that prevents city employees from taking elected or appointed office without first getting a waiver from the Board of Aldermen.
Guests: Derby Aldermanic President Carmen DiCenso, Alderman Art Gerckens, Alderman Joe DiMartino, Walt Mayhew and Adam Pacheco.
Host: Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll