Connections: Healthy Friday - Public Health Week
We take a trip to the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions for their recognition of National Public Health Week. The field takes a wider view of the health a...
View ArticleConnections: Healthy Friday - Research Funding; Peer-based Mental Health...
State medical schools use a variety of funding sources for research, but officials are not getting as much money as they’d like in the state budget. Universities say this limits their ability to...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, April 20th
First hour: James Hansen on climate changeSecond hour: David Roediger on race in American history
View ArticleConnections: Climate Change With James Hansen
James Hansen in our guest, and he's considered one of the most significant voices in the call for action on climate change. In fact, Hansen's testimony before a U.S. Senate committee in 1988 is...
View ArticleConnections: "White Advantage" With David Roediger
David Roediger is considered one of the leading voices in the public discussion of white privilege or, as he prefers to call it, "white advantage." Roediger is a historian who has examined race...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, April 21st
First hour: Debating the opt-out movementSecond hour: Previewing Imagine RIT
View ArticleConnections: State Testing Standoff...What's Next?
What's next in the state testing standoff? Opt-out numbers have soared; in some school districts, more students (grades 3 through 8) were opted out of the testing than the students who took the tests....
View ArticleConnections: Imagine RIT 2015
We preview Imagine RIT Innovation and Creativity Festival. 2015 marks the eighth year for Imagine, with an annual draw of around 30,000 visitors. In studio:Barry Culhane, chairman of the eventDavid...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, April 22nd
First hour: Understanding Start-Up NYSecond hour: Songwriter and former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi
View ArticleConnections: Is START-UP NY in Trouble?
Is the governor's START-UP NY program in trouble? Critics on both sides say it looks like a flop, but the governor says that's being unfairly hasty. Companies participating in the state's START-UP NY...
View ArticleConnections: How Do You Write a Hit Song?
Kara DioGuardi knows something about writing a hit song. She's a songwriter who has worked with Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Christina Aguilera, and many others. DioGuardi was also a judge on...
View ArticleConnections: Journalist Mahir Zeynalov
Deported Turkish journalist Mahir Zeynalov joins me in studio. He was deported from his home country after a tweet. Zeynalov is one of a group of reporters who focused on corruption in Turkey,...
View ArticleConnections: The Etiquette of Tipping
Hillary Clinton didn't tip at Chipotle. So what? It's an international scandal now? We're going to have a discussion about what this says about the American news media, and then we're going to talk...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Innovation Friday, April 24th
Hour One: A slight departure from the usual Innovation Friday topics to acknowledge a major anniversary related to America’s involvement in the war in Vietnam.In 1975, 2700 Vietnamese babies and...
View ArticleConnections: Innovation Friday - Reflecting on Operation Babylift 40 Years On
We take a slight departure from the usual Innovation Friday topics to acknowledge a major anniversary related to America’s involvement in the war in Vietnam.In 1975, 2,700 Vietnamese babies and...
View ArticleConnections: Innovation Friday - Crumbling Infrastructure Across NYS
Yes, the state’s roads and bridges are in a mess, and at the moment we can’t afford to replace them. The Cuomo administration has yet to explain the details of how it’ll fund the new Hudson River...
View ArticleConnections: Bicycling as a Vehicle for Economic Development
Bicycling as a vehicle for new economic development. How can it work? We'll learn the story of Wenzday Jane, who heads an urban movement to replace trucks with cargo bicycles for local delivery,...
View ArticleConnections: The Cost of Higher Education
Deadline day for high school seniors who are committing to colleges for the fall is Thursday. If they're getting financial aid, they have to decide by then. It's a high-pressure week, and the rising...
View ArticleConnections: Why Do We Believe Things We Shouldn't?
Why do people believe things that are so clearly dubious? Millions believe climate change is a hoax. Even more believe they can talk to ghosts, that Area 51 has aliens, that man has never walked on the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, April 29th
First hour: RTS center deals with security and looks aheadSecond hour: Talking nonviolent activism
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