Connections: Business Climate For Gay Americans
We look at the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement that he's gay. He's the only Fortune 500 CEO who is out, and already there are negative implications coming from Russia and China. In the...
View ArticleConnections: Prop 3
We look at the third proposition that New York voters will decide on Tuesday. It's all about schools and technology. How would the money be spent? Why aren't more schools backing it? Why has NYSUT come...
View ArticleConnections: Election Day Preview
Election Day is finally here. When the polls close tonight, what will be the races to watch? How many voters will turn out? Will there be any upsets? We discuss all the Election Day storylines with...
View ArticleConnections: Art as Reality
Two shows in Rochester can be seen as examples of art as reality. The first is Good People, a show about making in the tough neighborhood of South Boston, playing at Geva Theatre until November 16. We...
View ArticleConnections: Election 2014 Recap
We recap the winners, losers, and those waiting to be a winner or loser, from Tuesday's mid-term election. We will discuss how huge Repbulican wins will affect both the state and federal governments,...
View ArticleConnections: David Cay Johnston on Wage Dispartity and Safety Nets
Investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston joins us to talk about wage disparity and safety nets, especially after Tuesday night's election results.
View ArticleConnections: Celebrating The Treaty Of Canandaigua
Peter Jemison of Ganondagan State Historic Site and Michael Oberg, history professor at SUNY Geneseo and one of the country's leading historians on Native Americans are talking about the Treaty of...
View ArticleConnections: Frontline's Michael Kirk
Award-winning documentary Filmmaker Michael Kirk, who has produced more than 200 national television programs including documentaries that aired on the PBS show Frontline, talks with Evan Dawson.
View ArticleConnections: The Jewish Book Festival
We talked to Judith Frank, author of the new book All I Love and Know, who is coming to Rochester for the Jewish Book Festival next week. Her book focuses on a gay couple and their emergency adoption...
View ArticleConnections: The RPO Reaches Out To New Audiences
The RPO is reaching out to new audiences with two programs later this month. The first is Video Games Live. Jon Paul Dyson from the Strong Museum of Play joined us to talk about the history of music in...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, November 10th
First hour: Monthly Science RoundtableSecond hour: The policy of climate change, post-election
View ArticleConnections: Science Roundtable - Pharmaceuticals
It's our monthly science roundtable! A University of Rochester chemistry professor just received a $1.5 million dollar NIH grant to study an alternate method of manufacturing pharmaceuticals. The...
View ArticleConnections: Recent Elections and Climate Change
What do the election results mean for those who had hoped for more aggressive public policy relating to climate change? To say the least, advocates are disappointed. What's next? We discuss with our...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, November 11th
First hour: Mark AssiniSecond hour: Marking 25 years since the Berlin Wall fell
View ArticleConnections: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
It's 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. University of Rochester professor Randy Stone joins me in studio; he was there many times, including just a few months after it fell. Stone will talk...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, November 12th
First hour: What happened to the youth vote?Second hour: Previewing TEDx Rochester
View ArticleConnections: Why Don't Young People Vote?
Why don't young people vote? Yes, youth vote jumped in 2008, but it has flatlined once again in the years that followed. Why is that? Our panel of 20-somethings helps us understand, and they bring a...
View ArticleConnections: TedxRochester is This Weekend
TedxRochester is coming this weekend. We'll meet many of the participants as we preview the subjects they'll cover.
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Thursday, November 13
First Hour: Landing a probe on a comet; net neutralitySecond Hour: The cost of child care
View ArticleConnections: Philae Probe; Net Neutrality
We’ll spend the hour deep in the worlds of science and technology. First, we talk about this week’s amazing landing of a probe on a speeding comet– then, we come closer to home with a conversation...
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