Connections: Evaluating the 2016 Super Bowl Ads And The Changing Face Of...
It has been nearly one month since Super Bowl 50. Which commercials do you remember? At $5 million for 30 seconds of airtime, is a Super Bowl ad still worth the price? Our panel of advertising experts...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Thursday, March 3rd
First hour: How would a more robust public transit system change Rochester?Second hour: National Urban League president, Marc Morial; The Joint Collegiate Black Students Summit
View ArticleConnections: How Would A More Robust Public Transit System Change Rochester?
How would a more robust public transit system change Rochester? And what would it look like?The Community Design Center's Reshaping Rochester Series continues next week with the theme, Transportation...
View ArticleConnections: National Urban League President, Marc Morial
Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League will be in Rochester on March 29 as a guest of the Urban League of Rochester. He joins Connections to talk about race in America and the...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Friday, March 4th
First hour: "Talia's Letter" and perceptions of millennialsSecond hour: Tony and Renee Colon of Fuego Coffee Roasters
View ArticleConnections: "Talia's Letter" And Perceptions Of Millennials
25-year-old Talia Ben-Ora was an employee at Yelp in San Francisco when she published an open letter to the company's CEO about her struggle to make ends meet. She wrote about the need for a livable...
View ArticleConnections: Tony And Renee Colon Of Fuego Coffee Roasters
We sit down with a couple that is creating an unlikely small business success story. Tony failed out of college; Renee nearly died in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Neither event...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Monday, March 7th
First hour: Assessing Trump's chances to win the NY primary -- and to win crossover DemocratsSecond hour: Monthly Science Roundtable explores gravitational waves
View ArticleConnections: Assessing Trump's Chances To Win The NY Primary
Can Donald Trump win crossover Democrats in a general election? And will he dominate upstate New York next month in the primary, as he predicts?Pundits of all stripes have been wrong about Trump since...
View ArticleConnections: Monthly Science Roundtable - Gravitational Waves
Our Monthly Science Roundtable looks at gravitational waves. The remarkable story of the first detection of gravitational waves confirms that Einstein was right, which is not exactly news, but in this...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Tuesday, March 8th
First hour: How news departments cover political scandalsSecond hour: The impact of for-profit higher education
View ArticleConnections: How News Departments Cover Political Scandals
When is a scandal worth reporting? And when is a politician's sex life his or her own business?Members of our media panel discuss how they (and their colleagues) decide which stories should be covered,...
View ArticleConnections: Should We Eliminate For-Profit Higher Education?
Is it time to get rid of for-profit higher education? Former University of Rochester student Kevin Connell makes some provocative arguments in his new book about the industry. He looks at marketing,...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Wednesday, March 9th
First Hour: Social media and privacy protection lawsSecond Hour: Author Sonja Livingston and “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book”
View ArticleConnections: Social Media And Privacy Protection Laws
Students in a South Carolina high school are petitioning for the return of a teacher who resigned after a student shared nude pictures of her on social media. The student found the unlocked phone on...
View ArticleConnections: Author Sonja Livingston And “Rochester Reads”
Author and Rochester native Sonja Livingston discusses her memoir, Queen of the Fall. The book was selected for this year’s “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book” program at Writers & Books....
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Thursday, March 10th
First hour: Republican Congressional candidate Mark AssiniSecond hour: Ethics reform and ending "three men in a room"
View ArticleConnections: Republican Congressional Candidate Mark Assini
Which presidential candidate do Republican Congressional candidates want at the top of the ticket? We find out when we sit down with Gates Town Supervisor Mark Assini, the Republican who is once again...
View ArticleConnections: Ethics Reform And Ending "Three Men In A Room"
Governor Cuomo has been in a spat over ethics reform. Cuomo says he's made it clear that he wants further reforms; pro-reform groups want more than lip service. In fact, they want to end "three men in...
View ArticleComing Up On Connections: Friday, March 11th
First hour: Can Bernie Sanders win the New York primary?Second hour: Religious tolerance and the Global Citizenship Conference at Nazareth College
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