Coming up on Connections: Thursday, March 26th
First hour: Social media shamingSecond hour: Reducing the rate of c-sections
View ArticleConnections: When Social Media Causes Trouble
We've seen a remarkable range of headlines about social media nastiness: anonymous attacks on Yik Yak; ugly tweets about a former baseball star's daughter; racist chants shared on video. Even Monica...
View ArticleConnections: Why Is Giving Birth So Expensive?
Giving birth in the United States is far more expensive than in other countries, and the additional cost does not appear to come with additional benefits — Americans do not have more access to care or...
View ArticleConnections: Healthcare Innovations, ADA Housing is Expensive, and More
On Innovation Friday, we’ll sit in on a two-day healthcare innovation challenge where design students from RIT come up with solutions for real world medical dilemma.Then, we look at why 25 years after...
View ArticleConnections: Second Opinion LIVE! - Life After Cancer
Long after the shock of the diagnosis and the treatment has ended, cancer is still very much a part of a person's life. This hour, we discuss what "Life After Cancer" looks like--the physical,...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, March 30th
First hour: Will ethics reform work?Second hour: Boris Fishman on writing a hit novel
View ArticleConnections: Ethics Reform in the NYS Budget
Ethics reform is at the center of the budget deal that was drafted over the weekend. But is it the tough, game-changing reform that Governor Cuomo claims? There are reasons to doubt the claims that...
View ArticleConnections: Author Boris Fishman
It's one thing to get published as a first-time fiction writer. It's another to have the New York Times declare, "Is there room in American fiction for another brilliant young émigré writer? There had...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, March 31st
First hour: Brighton superintendent Kevin McGowan on state tests, funding, and moreSecond hour: Colon cancer
View ArticleConnections: Brighton Superintendent Kevin McGowan on State Tests
State English and math tests in grades 3-8 are coming in the next several weeks, and school districts across the state have debated how to handle them. Some districts are supplying parents with a...
View ArticleConnections: Colon Cancer
A first-of-its-kind study shows that achieving the goal of an 80% screening rate for people age 50 and older by 2018 would have a substantial impact against colorectal cancer – the third leading cause...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, April 1st
First hour: Climate change and the Great FilterSecond hour: RMSC's Science on the Edge
View ArticleConnections: Is Climate Change the Great Filter?
In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked, "Where is everybody?" He was talking about the nearly infinite sea of stars, but the lack of any evidence of other intelligence. Perhaps we can't see...
View ArticleConnections: Looking for New Ways of Detecting Alzheimer's
The Rochester Museum and Science Center is kicking off their Science on the Edge 2015 Series on Wednesday night. We get a preview with Mark Mapstone, researcher and clinician at the University of...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, April 2nd
First hour: Co-op economySecond hour: Indiana's new law
View ArticleConnections: Worker-Owned Businesses in Rochester
In Rochester, city leaders want to launch new worker-owned businesses in some of the poorest neighborhoods. Their goal is to create reliable jobs, and to eventually build wealth where there currently...
View ArticleConnections: Indiana's Controversial Religious Freedom Law
We're looking at Indiana's controversial new law and all that comes with it (before show time, Indiana lawmakers agreed to make changes to the law). with an agreement to make changes to the law, The...
View ArticleConnections: Rochester Music Hall of Fame
On this Arts Friday, the Rochester Music Hall of Fame is welcoming a new class of inductees. We preview the show and discuss this year’s inductees with our guests:Karl LaPorta, founder and and chairman...
View ArticleConnections: Fast Forward Film Festival
For this Arts Friday, The Fast Forward Film Festival is ready for launch, and we’ll meet some of the filmmakers. Their work focuses on stories of environmentalism, sustainability… one couple shows a...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, April 6th
First hour: Rape on campus and the Rolling Stone retractionSecond hour: Monthly Science Roundtable
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