Connections: Cyber security in the modern age
Here's a timely subject: “Cybersecurity & Privacy in the Age of Terrorism." That's the topic for the upcoming Ewing Series lecture at FLCC. Yes, we discuss hacking, and how secure our own...
View ArticleConnections: Understanding muscular dystrophy
What would change if you found out, overnight, that your life expectancy had doubled? Maybe a lot. Maybe nothing. But for Gabe Weil, it changed everything: he had muscular dystrophy, and understood...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, January 25th
First hour: Assessing Governor Cuomo's budget plan with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Second hour: Understanding the crisis in The Gambia
View ArticleConnections: Assessing Governor Cuomo's budget plan with Assembly Minority...
Governor Cuomo released his 2017-2018 spending plan on Tuesday, and many lawmakers have criticized him for a lack of transparency. We sit down with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb , who feels that...
View ArticleConnections: Understanding the crisis in The Gambia
After weeks of crisis in The Gambia, is the small African nation on the precipice of stability -- or will the tumult exacerbate a refugee crisis? The short story is that The Gambia was ruled by a...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, January 26th
First hour: What would Susan B. Anthony say about the current social and political environment? Second hour: Reverend Myra Brown
View ArticleConnections: What would Susan B. Anthony say about the current social and...
What would Susan B. Anthony say about the current social and political environment? According to scholars, not “abortion is murder.” That was the final line in a sketch on Saturday Night Live last...
View ArticleConnections: Reverend Myra Brown
The third African American Roman Catholic female priest will be ordained on Saturday, and she’s in Rochester. Reverend Myra Brown is an associate pastor and deacon at Spiritus Christi Church. We talk...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, January 27th
First hour: Unleashed: The Pet Show Second hour: NPR's live coverage of President Trump's meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May
View ArticleConnections: Unleashed - Balanced Diets and "A Dog's Purpose"
In this episode of Unleashed, we discuss how to choose healthy, balanced diets for your pets. We also talk about the controversy surrounding the new film, A Dog's Purpose . Some animal rights activists...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of January 23rd
Weekend Connections is a collection of some of the most noteworthy moments from the week on Connections with Evan Dawson. This episode includes conversations about: Myra Brown's career in ministry, as...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, January 30th
First hour: "Inspiration porn" and how to create more inclusive environments Second hour: Art as a tool for social change
View ArticleConnections: "Inspiration porn" and how to create more inclusive environments
Have you heard the term, “inspiration porn?” A recent episode of the sitcom Speechless on ABC explored the subject. It refers to when able-bodied people characterize people with disabilities as objects...
View ArticleConnections: Art as a tool for social change
How can art be used as a tool to inspire change? We discuss how visual and performance art, satire, and other forms of creative expression can raise awareness of social and political issues. Our...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Tuesday, January 31st
First hour: Reactions to the Trump administration's order on immigration Second hour: Photographing The Who
View ArticleConnections: Reactions to the Trump administration's order on immigration
We discuss the Trump administration's order on immigration by focusing on who is impacted, both locally and abroad. We try to answer our listeners' questions, and we discuss the possible results. Our...
View ArticleConnections: Photographing The Who
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer William Snyder is known for his work capturing newsmakers, but it turns out that his passion isn't necessarily photographing world leaders. It's The Who. In 1993,...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, February 1st
First hour: Discussing the March for Life and the movement's next steps Second hour: Writer and photographer Chris Arnade, documenting the "forgotten Americans"
View ArticleConnections: Discussing the March for Life and the movement's next steps
Thousands of demonstrators marched on Washington last Friday in the annual March for Life. Our panelists discuss what it means to be "pro-life," regarding abortion and on other matters. We discuss...
View ArticleConnections: Writer and photographer Chris Arnade, documenting the "forgotten...
"There are thousands of people who feel that the country has left them behind." Those are the words of writer and photographer Chris Arnade , who has traveled the country to document the stories of...
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