Weekend Connections: Week of October 23rd
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: The value of socioeconomic and...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, October 30th
First hour: Former Amazon employee weighs in on the Rochester-Buffalo joint HQ2 proposal Second hour: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon
View ArticleConnections: Former Amazon employee weighs in on the Rochester-Buffalo joint...
Rochester and Buffalo have teamed up to offer a joint regional proposal to Amazon to be the site of the company's second headquarters, but is it the right move? A man who understand's Amazon's culture...
View ArticleConnections: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay , and a strong proponent of genre fiction. His new book, Moonglow , blends elements of memoir and...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, October 31st
First hour: Where are the women in politics? Second hour: The Agitators goes inside the stormy friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
View ArticleConnections: Rochester City Council candidate Anthony Giordano
Throughout the campaign season, Connections has offered voters the chance to hear candidates at length. We believe in equal time. In this segment, we have a short conversation with Green Party City...
View ArticleConnections: Where are the women in politics?
We discuss the issues raised by WXXI's Tianna Manon in a recent City Newspaper piece: " Where are the women? " We're talking about women in politics, and why so many women decide not to run. Our...
View ArticleConnections: The Agitators goes inside the friendship of Susan B. Anthony and...
The Agitators tells the story of sometimes-difficult friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. Both wanted equality; on occasion their work pitted themselves against each other. The...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, November 1st
First hour: Updates on U.S./Mexico relations Second hour: Is there a "craft beer bubble?"
View ArticleConnections: Updates on U.S./Mexico relations
The Trump administration has brought in six companies to build prototypes for a border wall on the US / Mexico border. The prototypes will be built over the next two months, giving Republicans momentum...
View ArticleConnections: Is there a "craft beer bubble?"
The closure of a local brewery sparked questions about whether the Rochester/ Finger Lakes region is facing a “craft beer bubble.” Will Cleveland of the Democrat & Chronicle explores that issue in...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, November 2nd
First hour: How Rochester is assisting with recovery efforts in Puerto Rico Second hour: Philanthropist Tom Golisano on the property tax assessment system
View ArticleConnections: How Rochester is assisting with recovery efforts in Puerto Rico
Six weeks after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, 70 percent of the island is still without power. When Governor Andrew Cuomo visited last week, he was critical of the federal response to the...
View ArticleConnections: Philanthropist Tom Golisano on the property tax assessment system
Paychex founder and local philanthropist Tom Golisano is calling for changes to the property tax assessment system. This comes after he challenged the assessment of one of his properties on Canandaigua...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, November 3rd
First hour: Mayoral candidate debate Second hour: What is nonviolent communication?
View ArticleConnections: Mayoral candidate debate
It has been a long campaign season, and on November 7, voters in Rochester will head to the polls to choose their next mayor. The odds are incumbent Lovely Warren will be elected to another term; she...
View ArticleConnections: What is nonviolent communication?
Here's a strange question: Is empathy a good thing? Paul Bloom is a psychology professor at Yale and he wrote a book called Against Empathy . He says we're getting it wrong when it comes to empathy,...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of October 30th
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: The property tax assessment system,...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, November 6th
First hour: Why Kevin Spacey's announcement furthers dangerous stereotypes Second hour: Thriller author Todd Moss, and his book, The Shadow List
View ArticleConnections: Why Kevin Spacey's announcement furthers dangerous stereotypes
Members of the LGBTQ community are blasting actor Kevin Spacey, saying he conflated homosexuality with pedophilia. Late last month, actor Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed that Spacey made a sexual advance...
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