Connections: Battling Addiction
More than 600 organizations from around the world are sending representatives to Washington for a show of solidarity in battling addiction. 22 million Americans are dealing with addiction and another...
View ArticleConnections: A Discussion With Sandy Frankel
We sit down with Sandra Frankel, the Democrat running for Monroe County Executive. We'll be bringing back all three county executive candidates separately in advance of the late-October Voice of the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, September 30th
First hour: The history of interfaith relations in RochesterSecond hour: Think Before You Pink
View ArticleConnections: Campus Sexual Assault
A new survey of thousands of college students finds that more than 1 in 5 women says she was sexually assaulted during her school-age years. Critics have attacked the methodology of the survey, but...
View ArticleConnections: How Effective Is This Year's Flu Shot?
Will the flu shot be effective this year? Last year, the strains mutated, rendering some of the vaccines ineffective. We'll get a preview of flu season, and examine why the medical community expects...
View ArticleConnections: A History Of Interfaith Relations In Rochester
Is Rochester a model for interfaith relations? We explore our own history with author and local professor Joe Kelly, whose new book traces Rochester's unique pact of mutual defense and understanding...
View ArticleConnections: A Look At Fundraising For Breast Cancer Programs
Think Before You Pink: we're entering Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means pink will be everywhere. You'll see it on NFL uniforms, on cars, on products in stores and on TV.The Breast Cancer...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, October 1st
First hour: The remarkable story of a photographer who quit the fashion industry to focus his lens on people with genetic differencesSecond hour: Live music to commemorate Hochstein's 95th anniversary
View ArticleConnections: The Positive Exposure Exhibition
This is the story of a high-end fashion photographer whose life changed when, by chance, he bumped into a girl with albinism in Manhattan.That moment changed Rick Guidotti, who went home and thought...
View ArticleConnections: A Program To Honor Hochstein's History
It was a strange and potentially magical discovery: sheet music from the 1920s, delivered to Hochstein as a gift. They contacted author and historian Michael Lasser to see if the sheet music was of any...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, October 8th
First hour: The impact of divorce on childrenSecond hour: Rochester's identity as an art and preservation town
View ArticleConnections: What is the Impact of Divorce on Kids?
On the same day that a wedding photo went viral showing a father inviting a stepfather to walk their daughter down the aisle, hundreds of kids were experiencing the negative impact of divorce. We're...
View ArticleConnections: Do We Really Like Arts and Preservation?
Is Rochester an arts town... that doesn't buy art? Are we a town filled with preservationists at heart... who don't know much about our history? These are uncomfortable but important questions. We'll...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, October 9th
First hour: Skeptic Magazine's Michael Shermer on the gun debateSecond hour: The evidence behind play-based curriculum
View ArticleConnections: Author Michael Shermer on Gun Control and Changing Opinions
Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic Magazine, and is a well known Libertarian author. For many years, Shermer's position on firearms was the same as many of his Libertarian counterparts: he...
View ArticleConnections: How Does Play Impact Intellectual Development?
On Education Friday, we hear often about the value of play early in life... but what does the research say? Our guests will explain how play impacts learning, and how physical activity can set the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, October 12th
First hour: An alternative approach to juvenile justiceSecond hour: Physicist and author Brian Greene
View ArticleConnections: A Different Approach to Juvenile Justice
Fifteen years ago this week, Ontario County Youth Court tried a new approach to juvenile justice. The rules said that young offenders would be treated differently, if they:1) volunteered to appear in...
View ArticleConnections: Physicist and Author Brian Greene
Who is the single best science communicator in the world today? On the short list of candidates is Brian Greene, whom the Washington Post calls the "single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, October 13th
First hour: Anti-poverty initiativeSecond hour: New eating disorder research
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