Connections: How streaming services impact artists' careers and income
Do professional musicians want us to stop using Spotify and other streaming services? A fresh analysis of what artists gets paid paints a rather bleak picture. We'll talk to local artists who are...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of April 30
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: Racism, and the racist panel that...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, May 7
First hour: Feminism and the pro-life movement Second hour: Tom Nichols, author of The Death of Expertise
View ArticleConnections: Feminism and the pro-life movement
A new short film stakes a claim about feminism and the pro-life movement. Pro-Life Feminist tells the story of several women who consider themselves ardent feminists, and also passionate opponents of...
View ArticleConnections: Tom Nichols, author of The Death of Expertise
Tom Nichols is the author of The Death of Expertise , a book that has become a smash success. It explores the decline in respect for experts in American culture. Nichols was invited to speak at the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, May 8
First hour: How to meet the needs of bilingual students Second hour: Rochester Youth Climate leaders discuss environmental priorities
View ArticleConnections: How to meet the needs of bilingual students
The Rochester City School District has released its proposed budget, and it has slated an increase in funding for bilingual education staff and services. The Children's Agenda recently released its...
View ArticleConnections: Rochester Youth Climate Leaders discuss environmental priorities
We talk to Rochester Youth Climate Leaders about their recent Earth Day Summit. The students join us to share what they learned, what they hope to achieve with local environmental efforts, and their...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, May 9
First hour: Discussing the Schneiderman case Second hour: Using medical cannabis to treat Parkinson's disease
View ArticleConnections: Discussing the Schneiderman case
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned just hours after the New Yorker published a piece containing allegations of physical and sexual abuse. It's a #MeToo case that further shakes the public...
View ArticleConnections: Using medical cannabis to treat Parkinson's disease
Frank De Blase is a well known music writer and photographer, and he's using his pen to tell the story of his own struggle with Parkinson's. Frank writes about the new medical marijuana system: where...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, May 10
First hour: 25th Congressional District candidate Adam McFadden Second hour: How much influence do neighborhood groups have on shaping land use policies?
View ArticleConnections: 25th Congressional District candidate Adam McFadden
Adam McFadden is running for Congress. The longtime member of Rochester City Council is one of four Democrats on the ballot for the June 26th primary. He details his ideas. It's the third in our series...
View ArticleConnections: How much influence do neighborhood groups have on shaping land...
The debate over a proposed redevelopment at Cobbs Hill is just one example of the heated debates that can happen regarding land use, housing, and the rights of neighbors to weigh in. A newly formed...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, May 11
First hour: Why is the Democratic Party losing support among millennials? Second hour: How to change the identity of a neighborhood
View ArticleConnections: Why is the Democratic Party losing support among millennials?
A recent Reuters/Ipsos national poll shows the Democratic Party is losing support among millennials. The results of the poll, published last month, also show that millennials increasingly say the...
View ArticleConnections: How to change the identity of a neighborhood
What does it take to change the identity of a neighborhood? Residents of the Lyell Avenue neighborhood having been working to develop solutions to persistent challenges in the area, and now they want...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of May 7
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 allegations against former New...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, May 14
First hour: Discussing adjunct professors' efforts to unionize Second hour: Caring for caregivers
View ArticleConnections: Discussing adjunct professors' efforts to unionize
Three-quarters of American college professors are adjuncts, according to various recent studies. The Atlantic Monthly framed the issue in terms of a battle for not just working professors, but the...
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