Cranford Radio

11/20/2025

Cranford made a cameo on last week's Saturday Night Live. In a skit about AI photos they used the exterior of Atria Senior Living on Jackson Drive. Ironically, they probably used AI to change the name of the facility. Real life and as shown on SNL. As a side note, Atria is just a short distance from the Sunnyside section of Linden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtr81JWCl6c&t=1s

05/03/2025

Legally Blonde opened Friday night at the Cranford Dramatic Club. If you weren't there opening night (and even if you were), check out this week's Cranford Radio podcast to hear from the lead, the director and the choreographer about the show.

Legally Blonde: The Musical closes out the 2024/2025 season of the Cranford Dramatic Club with a run from May 2 to May 18. Three principles involved with the show are my guests this week on the po…

04/25/2025

Hear about the Cranford Film Festival in this week's Cranford Radio podcast!
https://cranfordradio.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/cranford-film-festival-to-showcase-films-from-around-the-world/

04/19/2025

Fighting crime is just one of the roles of a modern-day police chief. The latest to hold that title in Cranford is Matt Nazzaro. Learn a bit more about him in this week's podcast.

Often when I do an interview on the podcast I feel as if I’m introducing a person to the Cranford community. In this week’s episode, I don’t feel that’s necessary. Matt…

04/13/2025

The life of a playwright can be difficult but the creative juices flowing in some find their outlet on stage. John Patterson spent his childhood in Cranford and this week his play, The Last Supper, will have its debut in NYC. John is my guest on this week's podcast.

John Patterson grew up in Cranford. After high school he worked for about eight years at the Cranford Public Library. More recently, he’s lived in Brooklyn. On Thursday, April 17, his latest …

04/05/2025

This week on the podcast we celebrate UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ as they await word on the Aspen Prize. The award, one of the highest in community colleges, will be presented on April 17. UCNJ is one of ten finalists.

My guest on this episode is Dr. Bernard Polnariev, VP for Administrative Services at UCNJ.
https://cranfordradio.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/ucnj-finalist-for-aspen-prize/

03/24/2025

How Brown has been a guest on my Cranford Radio podcast. He's out with a new book about an 1890s murder that has a strong tie to Cranford.

An A to Z compendium containing over 200 entries on individuals, places, rarely seen newspaper articles, events, files, photographs and sketches, related directly or peripherally to the story of the 1891 murder of Carrie Brown, aka "Old Shakespeare", a crime which was a sensation in its time. The...

03/22/2025

The first time I remember being amazed at technology was at the 1964-65 World's Fair in NYC. It continues to make me say, wow.

On this week's podcast I have a conversation with a computer and we talk about Cranford. The AI still has a bit to learn about the town but it feels as if we're a lot closer to Star Trek's world than we were at the turn of the century.

In October 2024 Cranford Radio featured its first AI-hosted podcast. It was amazing and scary.  As the technology continues to evolve, there’s a new experimental program by a compan…

03/16/2025

Great turnout so far for Cranford’s first St. Patrick’s parade! ☘️

03/15/2025

Cranford not only lights up the screen as a filming location. It also contributes actors. Emilio DiFabio grew up in town and runs a construction business headquartered on South Avenue. He's my guest on this week's podcast.

Emilio DiFabio’s first line in a performance was “Chop the tree.” Since that inauspicious beginning, Emilio’s roles have become much more noteworthy. Most recently, he plays…

03/12/2025

This is a bit of a stretch, but a skit on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live had a brief video shot from Cranford. They used the Friendly’s in Clark for a skit. The video was shot from the Cranford side of Raritan Road.

A dinner at Friendly's gets intense when a group of friends (Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, Andrew Dismukes) lie about having a birthday to their wait...

03/08/2025

Cranford resident Lori Stahl Liegeois is my guest this week. She discusses her business, The Pitch Collective, and how they help companies and individuals be more effective in making a pitch.
https://cranfordradio.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/making-your-pitch/