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Broadcasting live Monday-Friday at 9-11 am., Inner City News CT editor and host Babz Rawls-Ivy interviews the "beautiful people" of New Haven, exploring everything from prison reform to the latest cultural happenings. LoveBabz LoveTalk is part of the WNHH Community Radio family of podcasts. Learn more at wnhh.org.

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Up Early! Welcomes Autho Evan Faulkenbury
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#708
Today at 12:44 PM

Evan Faulkenbury, author of "Remembering Rebellion: A Public History of Slave Revolts Across America" (University of South Carolina Press)


Up Early! Welcomes Tiffany Chenault, Author of "Black Woman Runner" (NYU Press)
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#707
Yesterday at 12:56 PM


Lindsey Eichler for Ward 24
Lindsey Eichler for Ward 24 episode artwork
#706
10/27/2026


Up Early! 4th annual Youth Leadership Summit
Up Early! 4th annual Youth Leadership Summit episode artwork
#705
10/26/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Robert Sheiman & Roslyn Sotero, The People’s Place (Waterbury)
Up Early! Welcomes Robert Sheiman & Roslyn Sotero, The People’s Place (Waterbury) episode artwork
#704
10/22/2026

The People's Place | Incubator for Economic Growth and Social Change | Waterbury, Connecticut


Rachel Shapiro Alderman
Rachel Shapiro Alderman episode artwork
#703
10/15/2026

 A Broken Umbrella Theatre Revolutionary Haven Myths of America


Ifemichelle Gardin, Kulturally Lit and author H. Zahra Caldwell, PhD. Book “The Fiercest Kind”
Ifemichelle Gardin, Kulturally Lit and author H. Zahra Caldwell, PhD. Book “The Fiercest Kind” episode artwork
#702
10/14/2026


7th Annual Kulturally Lit Fest
7th Annual Kulturally Lit Fest episode artwork
#701
10/02/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Dr. Stephen Stanley
Up Early! Welcomes Dr. Stephen Stanley episode artwork
#700
09/15/2026

Fall Ball this Friday, September 18th, 5:30pm
Dr. Stephen Stanley ✨He is the recipient of the Dr. Richard S. Fleming Award! Dr. Stanley has dedicated his career to caring for his patients and his community.
Dixwell "Q" House
www.DixwellQHouse.org


Up Early! Welcomes Valencia Goodridge, President of the NCBW-NHMC
Up Early! Welcomes Valencia Goodridge, President of the NCBW-NHMC episode artwork
#699
09/09/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Dawn Ragsdale, Center for Inclusive Growth
Up Early! Welcomes Dawn Ragsdale, Center for Inclusive Growth episode artwork
#698
09/03/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Dr. Tamiko Jackson McAuthur
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#697
08/31/2026

The 2026 Dixwell Community "Q" House Fall Ball Distinguished Honoree "Dr. Myra Logan Award"


Up Early! Welcomes Rebecca Goodheart and Gracy Brown (Elm Shakespeare)
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#696
08/20/2026


Up Early! Welcomes LaRue A. Pierce Ed.D., Ed.S
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#695
08/12/2026

LaRue A. Pierce Ed.D., Ed.S.
Dean of Student Affairs| Deputy Title IX Coordinator
CT State Community College Gateway


Up Early! Welcomes IfeMichelle Gardin and Authors Victoria Buitron & Krystal Marquis
Up Early! Welcomes IfeMichelle Gardin and Authors Victoria Buitron & Krystal Marquis episode artwork
#694
06/23/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Alexis Robbins, The Mercy Velvet Project
Up Early! Welcomes Alexis Robbins, The Mercy Velvet Project episode artwork
#693
06/22/2026


Up Early! Welcomes the Connecticut Tenants Union (CTTU)
Up Early! Welcomes the Connecticut Tenants Union (CTTU) episode artwork
#692
06/17/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Ret. Firefighter Gary Tinney & Wendy Tabron
#691
06/16/2026

Lovebabz Lovetalk Welcomes Ret. Firefighter Gary Tinney & Wendy Tanton, National Red Cross. Training First Responders on Sickle Cell Awareness Training.


Up Early! Welcomes Amanda Ekery, GRAMMY® nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer
Up Early! Welcomes Amanda Ekery, GRAMMY® nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer episode artwork
#690
06/05/2026


Welcomes Katrina Rice President of New Haven Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Welcomes Katrina Rice President of New Haven Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. episode artwork
#689
06/04/2026

The 14th Annual Free Market Saturday, June 13, 2026


Up Early! Welcomes Pastor Kevin C. Hardy
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#688
06/03/2026


Up Early! Yale Schwarzman Center Transforms into Youth Art Hub Showcasing 53 Artists
Up Early! Yale Schwarzman Center Transforms into Youth Art Hub Showcasing 53 Artists episode artwork
#687
05/08/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Rino Ferrarese President, Affinity Grow
Up Early! Welcomes Rino Ferrarese President, Affinity Grow episode artwork
#686
04/17/2026


Up Early! Welcomes Author Terry Borton
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#685
04/14/2026

Terry Borton is the author of Magic Lantern Art: The American Screen's First Great Narrative Artist, Joseph Boggs Beale


Up Early! Welcomes King Kenney (Grails Record Store)
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#684
04/09/2026


Jennifer Heath, United Way of Greater New Haven
Jennifer Heath, United Way of Greater New Haven episode artwork
#683
04/02/2026


Up Early! Collective Consciousness Theatre
Up Early! Collective Consciousness Theatre episode artwork
#682
03/05/2026

LoveBabz LoveTalk welcomes Jenny Nelson and Tamika Pettway from Collective Consciousness Theatre to discuss their new production (Trouble

TROUBLE IN MIND

MARCH 12-29

By Alice Childress

Directed by Jenny Nelson

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Set during rehearsals for a major Broadway production, Trouble in Mind illuminates the inner life of a Black actress struggling with her career. Alice Childress's 1955 play – which finally premiered on Broadway in 2021 – is a funny, moving and heartbreaking look at racism, identity and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre.

 In Mind)


Up Early! LoveBabz LoveTalk Welcomes Cheyenne Barboza
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#681
03/03/2026

Written by August Wilson
Directed by Cheyenne Barboza

Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, Gem of the Ocean begins at the home of Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old spiritual healer and former slave believed to carry the memory of the African diaspora. When Citizen Barlow, a newcomer from the South, arrives haunted by guilt, Aunt Ester sends him on a spiritual journey to the mythical City of Bones to confront his past and ancestry. As the community wrestles with protest, injustice, and the cost of resistance, Citizen must choose the legacy he’ll carry forward. The first in The American Ce...


Up Early! Welcomes NHTC (New Haven Theater Company
Up Early! Welcomes NHTC (New Haven Theater Company episode artwork
#680
02/26/2026

https://www.newhaventheatercompany.com/


Up Early! Welcomes Patti Russo & Ron Thomas
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#679
02/24/2026


Rod Kelly Hines, Beth Willer and Shelly Quaila
Rod Kelly Hines, Beth Willer and Shelly Quaila episode artwork
#678
02/23/2026

Cantus & Lorelei Ensemble: 'Land That I Love'
Presented by Yale Schwarzman Center and The Yale Glee Club
March 01, 2026 | 4pm–5pm


Up Early! Claire Criscuolo & Shamain Mcallister
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#677
01/21/2026

https://nhfpl.org/about/foundation/events/


Up Early! Corey Sorenson
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#676
01/20/2026

https://www.rosettevillage.org/
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/unitarian-society-of-new-haven-brunch-to-benefit-rosette-neighborhood-village


Up Early! MLK Day Special
Up Early! MLK Day Special episode artwork
#675
01/19/2026


Up Early! - Letter from Birmingham City Jail, (MLK)
Up Early! - Letter from Birmingham City Jail, (MLK) episode artwork
#674
01/15/2026

Babz reads MLK's "Letter From Birmingham City Jail"


Up Early! Welcomes Michael Morand
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#673
01/07/2026


Bryan “Luv” Jordan and Shelly Henderson Griffith, The Coalition for Communal Healing and Justice Reform
Bryan “Luv” Jordan and Shelly Henderson Griffith, The Coalition for Communal Healing and Justice Reform episode artwork
#672
12/17/2025

“A Community Conversation: On the Intimacy of Urban Violence” of 2025 in New Haven, CT.

When: Thursday, December 18th, 2025
6–8 p.m.
Where: New Haven People’s Center
Address: 37 Howe Street, New Haven, CT


Welcomes Marcus Harvin, Newhallville Fresh Starts
Welcomes Marcus Harvin, Newhallville Fresh Starts episode artwork
#671
12/15/2025


Up Early! Welcomes back Caroline Nobo, Research Scholar in Law
Up Early! Welcomes back Caroline Nobo, Research Scholar in Law episode artwork
#670
12/03/2025

Up Early! LoveBabz LoveTalk Welcomes back Caroline Nobo, Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School


Up Early! Welcomes Alexis Robbins, The Mercy Velvet Project
Up Early! Welcomes Alexis Robbins, The Mercy Velvet Project episode artwork
#669
12/01/2025