Coming up on Connections: Tuesday, July 4th
First hour: Innovation Hub explores the American Dream Second hour: The Capitol Steps
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First hour: Social media, free speech, and the freedom to post Second hour: The therapeutic benefits of friendship for people with mental illness
View ArticleConnections: Social media, free speech, and the freedom to post
If you’re like most social media users, you want the freedom to post whatever you’d like and the opportunity to access materials that interest you. Yet, when the technology you use to enjoy those...
View ArticleConnections: The therapeutic benefits of friendship for people with mental...
Nearly 44 million American adults experience mental illness in a given year, yet only about 60 percent receive treatment. The stigma surrounding mental illness keeps many adults — and youth — from...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, July 6th
First hour: An update on Rochester's Black Lives Matter movement Second hour: Summer of Food - The Women for WineSense Grand Event
View ArticleConnections: An update on Rochester's Black Lives Matter movement
Saturday marks one year since the Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester. The demonstrations near East and Alexander Streets lasted hours, with more than 70 people being arrested by police in riot...
View ArticleConnections: An update on Rochester's Black Lives Matter movement
Saturday marks one year since the Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester. The demonstrations near East and Alexander Streets lasted hours, with more than 70 people being arrested by police in riot...
View ArticleConnections: Summer of Food - Women in the wine industry
We kick off our annual Summer of Food series with a conversation about women in the wine industry. We’re joined by organizers of an upcoming symposium hosted by the Finger Lakes chapter of Women for...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, July 7th
First hour: The opioid epidemic and overdose prevention Second hour: Access to records for adoptees in New York State
View ArticleConnections: The opioid epidemic and overdose prevention
Tens of thousands of Americans die from opioid overdoses each year. In March of 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced independent pharmacies in New York State would be able to provide Narcan -- a...
View ArticleConnections: Access to records for adoptees in New York State
We hear the adoption story of a local man. Caleb Shulman learned at age seven that he was adopted. As an adult, he set out to find his birth family and access his birth certificate. While he was able...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of July 3rd
Weekend Connections is a collection of some of the most noteworthy moments from the week on Connections with Evan Dawson. This episode includes conversations about: Access to birth certificates and...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, July 10th
First hour: How we teach students the Declaration of Independence and American history Second hour: Saudi disability rights activist Mohammed Saad
View ArticleConnections: How we teach students the Declaration of Independence and...
When NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence, a small but vocal set of Twitter users thoughts it was offensive. They didn't know what they were reading, and thought it was an anti-Trump...
View ArticleConnections: Saudi disability rights activist Mohammed Saad
An international disability rights activist known for his work in native Saudi Arabia is in Rochester. Mohammed Saad joins us to talk about his work to make a variety of every day life experiences more...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, July 11th
First hour: Discussing the future of the racist carousel panel Second hour: Erie Canal past and future
View ArticleConnections: displaying a former Denzel Carousel panel to educate
Remember that racist panel that became a public controversy two years ago -- the panel depicting so-called "pickaninny art" on the Denzel Carousel? That panel was taken down, and it's going to have a...
View ArticleConnections: the future of the Erie Canal
How often do you use the Erie Canal? Do you visit for recreation? Do you use it to transport massive tanks for beer fermentation? Okay, maybe not the latter. But hey: it's the Erie Canal Bicentennial,...
View ArticleConnections: Kindness in comedy in the era of Trump
We have a conversation with comedian Mike Birbiglia. You may know his work on This American Life , or his films, Sleepwalk with Me and Don't Think Twice . Birbiglia is a comedian who not only makes you...
View ArticleConnections: VoteTilla commemorates 100 years of woman suffrage in NYS
VoteTilla is a celebration of the 100-year anniversary of woman suffrage in New York State. Boats will take a week-long journey on the Erie Canal, stopping at a number of cities from Clyde to...
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