Coming up on Connections: Monday, April 9
First hour: Updates from Puerto Rico Second hour: Can games be effective tools for learning and education?
View ArticleConnections: Updates from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's Department of Education announced last week that it will close nearly 300 schools due to a decline in enrollment. The news comes as more families leave the island, seeking better lives....
View ArticleConnections: Can games be effective tools for learning and education?
Can games be effective tools for learning and education? Think of board games like Monopoly, card games that teach math or vocabulary, and video games, which are popping up in classrooms across the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, April 10
First hour: How parents of color are shielding their children from negative stereotypes in the media Second hour: Special re-broadcast: Poet Sara Holbrook, who couldn't answer standardized test...
View ArticleUpcoming special programming: The Opioid Crisis - The Ripple Effect
WXXI News is partnering with ideastream in Cleveland and Oregon Public Broadcasting to bring you special coverage of the opioid epidemic in America. Evan Dawson hosts a panel that will discuss pain...
View ArticleConnections: How parents of color shield their children from negative...
A recent piece in the Atlantic Monthly explores the efforts parents of color are making to shield their children from negative stereotypes. It highlights how many parents curate books, entertainment,...
View ArticleSpecial programming: The Opioid Crisis - The Ripple Effect
WXXI News partnered with ideastream in Cleveland and Oregon Public Broadcasting to bring you special coverage of the opioid epidemic in America. In this broadcast, Evan Dawson hosts a panel discussing...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, April 11
First hour: Are TV ad boycotts an effective way to protest speech? Second hour: Debating the proposed trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes
View ArticleConnections: Are TV ad boycotts an effective way to protest speech?
Are TV ad boycotts an effective way to protest speech? The question comes after a survivor of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida called on advertisers to boycott Laura Ingraham's show on Fox News...
View ArticleConnections: Debating the proposed trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes
Is a trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes a good idea for economic reasons or is it a bad idea to keep more garbage in a tourism-centered place? The debate focuses on a proposed project that some say...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, April 12
First hour: Reviewing the Zuckerberg testimony Second hour: The state of equal pay in 2018
View ArticleConnections: Reviewing the Zuckerberg testimony
Do you know someone who has left Facebook out of concerns about privacy? Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress over how his company handled user data and privacy, and the...
View ArticleConnections: The state of equal pay in 2018
National Equal Pay Day just passed, and we’re taking a look at the state of inequality in pay between genders. We also look at new legislation related to sexual harassment in the workplace. In studio:...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, April 13
First hour: Discussing New York's proposed Reproductive Health Act Second hour: The College of Collectible Knowledge
View ArticleConnections: Discussing New York's proposed Reproductive Health Act
Under New York State law, women seeking abortions have 24 weeks to terminate their pregnancies. Otherwise, women are required to carry their pregnancies to term. A bill before the New York State Senate...
View ArticleConnections: The College of Collectible Knowledge
The College of Collectible Knowledge is back! We’re gearing up from the annual WXXI Appraisal Fair , so we bring you our version of Antiques Roadshow…on the radio. We’re joined by appraisers in studio...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of April 9
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 opioid epidemic and pain...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, April 16
First hour: Major General Volodymyr Havrylov, defense attaché of Ukraine Second hour: When could we see the next flu pandemic?
View ArticleConnections: Major General Volodymyr Havrylov, defense attaché of Ukraine
We talk to Major General Volodymyr Havrylov, the defense attaché of Ukraine. He is in town to give a lecture at the University of Rochester, but first, we talk to him about the U.S. and NATO's role in...
View ArticleConnections: When could we see the next flu pandemic?
This year marks the 100th anniversary of what's called the "greatest pandemic in history. -- the 1918 flu virus, also called the Spanish flu. That flu lead to the deaths of between 50 and 100 million...
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