Connections: Canada's Election and the Parliamentary System
In a stunning blow to incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada voted in its first new leader since 2006 on Monday. Liberal Justin Trudeau jumped from third place in the polls just days before...
View ArticleConnections: Rochester's "Greener" Future
How can Rochester work its way toward a “greener” future? The Greentopia Futures Summit held on Wednesday welcomed thought leaders from around the world who shared their stories of building sustainable...
View ArticleConnections: Rochester Association of Black Journalists
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has developed student journalists and promoted diversity in newsrooms for 40 years. The Rochester chapter of the organization (RABJ) has supported...
View ArticleConnections: New Film to Focus on Threat of Human Trafficking to Refugees
The EU refugee crisis is dominating headlines as hundreds of thousands of refugees (more than a quarter of them children) arrive in the EU in the months and years ahead.
View ArticleConnections: Breast Reconstruction Surgery and Mammogram Recommendations
An estimated 60,000-80,000 women in the U.S. have mastectomies each year, but only about 30 percent have reconstructive surgery. While some aren’t candidates for it, many others cite a wide range of...
View ArticleConnections: Lidia Bastianich, and Fringe Benefits with Katie DeTar
We spend the hour with the hosts of two PBS television series.First, Lidia Bastianich, host of Lidia's Kitchen and the matriarch of one of the most influential restaurant families in the country, joins...
View ArticleConnections: Playing an Instrument Changes Your Brain
Imagine loving a musical instrument, but one day, after years of practice, you wake up with a twitch. You can't play it anymore -- not like you used to. There is something involuntary in your body,...
View ArticleConnections: Candidate Free Air Time
One of the best resources WXXI provides for voters is Candidate Free Air Time. WXXI is proud to continue our commitment to inform citizens by offering candidates the opportunity to send a free message...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, October 30th
First hour: Candidate free airtimeSecond hour: Cheryl Dinolfo, Republican candidate for Monroe County Executive
View ArticleConnections: Candidate Free Air Time
One of the best resources WXXI provides for voters is Candidate Free Air Time. WXXI is proud to continue our commitment to inform citizens by offering candidates the opportunity to send a free message...
View ArticleConnections: Cheryl Dinolfo, Republican Candidate for Monroe County Executive
Cheryl Dinolfo, Republican candidate for Monroe County Executive, is in studio. We invited all three county executive candidates on the program prior to election day.
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, November 2nd
First hour: Pediatric depressionSecond hour: Monthly Science Roundtable looks at global cooling throughout history
View ArticleConnections: Understanding Pediatric Depression and Anxiety
We focus on depression and anxiety in children. According to researchers, an estimated 20 percent of children between the ages of 13 and 18 are living with some kind of pediatric depression or anxiety...
View ArticleConnections: Monthly Science Roundtable - What Caused Global Cooling 3.6...
In our Monthly Science Roundtable, we look at climate change and global cooling...3.6 million years ago.How did the northern hemisphere, which didn't have much ice four million years ago, end up with...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, November 3rd
First hour: NPR's Scott Horsley and a local media panel talking electionsSecond hour: Mapping Benjamin Franklin's social network
View ArticleConnections: Scott Horsley and Election Day Politics
On Election Day, we're talking politics.First, we go national in a conversation with NPR White House correspondent Scott Horsley. We'll talk about the endless presidential campaign, what it's like to...
View ArticleConnections: Digitally Mapping Social Networks of Historical Figures
Benjamin Franklin, it turns out, would have loved Twitter. How do we know? An investigative team has been piecing together Franklin's worldwide social network, poring through 20,000 letters sent and...
View ArticleConnections: Election Day Wrap-Up
Monroe County Executive-elect Cheryl Dinolfo joins us for a brief discussion following her victory. And we spend the hour looking ahead with leaders in the Democratic and Republican parties. Our...
View ArticleConnections: Service Learning in Local Schools
How can we create tomorrow’s engaged citizens? A new survey conducted by ACT for Education sums up the amount of charity work and volunteerism done by local students, and the results are inspiring....
View ArticleConnections: Gun Control Activist Nardyne Jefferies
Nardyne Jefferies' 16-year-old daughter, Brishell Jones, was killed by a bullet from an assault rifle in a mass shooting in 2010. Jefferies believes gun laws won't change until more Americans -- and...
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