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Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast

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Now displaying: February, 2019
Former Howard Stern Show Head Writer Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling To Perform In Seymour 0
Feb 26, 2019

Click play to listen to an audio interview with former Howard Stern Show head writer Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, who is scheduled to perform 8 p.m. Saturday March 2 at The Strand Theater, 165 Main St. in Seymour.

Here's an episode guide for people who can't focus:

1 minute, 5 seconds: Intro and the plugs!
 
3 minutes, 57 seconds: Jackie says he's 1,000 years old and no longer knows how to travel.
 
6 minutes, 26 seconds: Jackie talks about how he managed to lose his beer gut
 
7 minutes, 22 seconds: CLASSIC JACKIE LAUGH
 
8 minutes, 9 seconds: Jackie interrupts to make sure the plugs get mentioned.
 
10 minutes, 18 seconds: Jackie about the strange convergence of dirty jokes, Alexa, and streaming-music services.
 
11 minutes, 45 seconds: I suggest that "The Joke Man" has been around so long he's now considered "alt-comedy."
 
13 minutes, 29 seconds: Jackie reminds listeners his views don't necessarily represent the views of me, the Online Journalism Project, or any sponsors.
 
13 minutes, 40 seconds: I admit I previously interviewed Jackie and tried to get him to bash Howard Stern but he would not take the bait.
 
14 minutes, 47 seconds: Jackie on something that bothers him from his Stern Show days.
 
16 minutes, 2 seconds: Jackie on whether he walked off the show.
 
16 minutes, 42 seconds: Jackie references a bloated attorney.
 
17 minutes, 59 seconds: Jackie reveals the name of the one guy who stood between him and a raise on the Stern Show.
 
19 minutes, 16 seconds: Jackie, responding to a question from listener Pete Gerner, talks about what the work week was like when he was doing both "The Howard Stern" radio show and "The Howard Stern" television show on WWOW in 1990. Some sketchy Ralph behavior mentioned.
 
24 minutes, 58 seconds: Jackie on the last time he talked or communicated with Connecticut-native Fred Norris.
 
26 minutes, 16 seconds: Jackie on the most underrated Stern Show staffer or personality.
 
28 minutes, 21 seconds: Did Jackie asking for writing credit wreck his relationship with Howard?
 
33 minutes, 33 seconds: Jackie on his career immediately after he was no longer a Stern Show staffer.
 
35 minutes, 55 seconds: Jackie on why he didn't want a gig with Anthony Cumia's Compound Media.
 
39 minutes, 39 seconds:How's Stuttering John doing?
 
42 minutes: Jackie teases a project he's working on with Billy West and Stuttering John.
 
45 minutes, 55 seconds: How sweet would a Stern Show-related convention be?
 
49 minutes: What is Jackie doing in California?
 
52 minutes: Jackie says goodbye. Show ends with a Jackie laugh compilation.
Derby Derby Derby Hops Company Derby! 0
Feb 25, 2019

Audio clips from the never-ending saga involving The Hops Co., a wildly popular beer garden in east Derby.

The business wants to renovate the back of its property, but a lawyer representing a neighboring landowner says the biz actually wants to expand, which is a no-no because the businesses is "grandfathered."

Also, Derby Mayor Rich Dziekan is guest bartending to raise money for a worthy cause, and this podcast is being downloaded 2,000 times a week.

Sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.org.

Gettin Creepy With GHOST STORM 0
Feb 22, 2019

Name another podcast where the host asked two Connecticut paranormal investigators which horror character they'd most like to get drunk with.

GHOST STORM's Nick Grossmann and Peter Cerow will be at Twisted Vine, a restaurant in Derby, on Feb. 22 to check out all things ghostly.

This podcast is sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.org.

A Seymour-Centric Episode With Kurt Miller And Stephan Behuniak 0
Feb 13, 2019
For this episode of "Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast," I'm joined by Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller and Stephan Behuniak for a wide-ranging discussion of issues in Seymour.
 
Press play to listen.
 
The conversation starts with Miller answering whether he's taken on a job with the City of Ansonia.
 
I then press the two elected officials on whether authorities in Seymour released adequate information connected to the locker-room sexual assault of a football player. Although a press release at the time of the arrest chose to point out the incident was not hazing, there was no information about whether adequate supervision policies in place at the time of the violence act, and, if there was, was anyone in a position of power held accountable for not following procedure?
 
Then Miller and Behuniak field a number of questions posed by Valley Indy-Facebook readers. The reader-generated questions range from paving roads to whether Behuniak, a leader in the local Democratic Party, supports a recent state push to nudge schools toward consolidation.
 
The discussion ends with a rundown of Miller's recently proposed budget, which is currently under review by the town's finance board and will go to voters in the spring.
 
This podcast is sponsored by ValleyGivesBack.org.
CT Cult Classics: Carrie And MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE 0
Feb 10, 2019

In this very weird episode of "Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast," reporter Eugene Driscoll joins a team of cult-movie buffs and movie professionals to preview Stephen King Night 2, the latest CT CULT CLASSICS screening at The Strand in Seymour, CT.

On Feb. 23, 2019 "Carrie" and "Maximum Overdrive" will be shown.

 

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