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Rebecca Karb, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and House of Hope's Director of Outreach Sara Melucci join the show to discuss Lifespan's Street Outreach Program which seeks to provide direct care to vulnerable Rhode Islanders.

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Navigant Credit Union Vice President of Community Engagement Randy Sacilotto joins Bill Bartholomew for a discussion on the realities around credit scores, how to effectively build credit and steps to take for those who have less-than-desirable credit.  Financial Well-Being is a monthly series presented by Navigant Credit Union.

Learn more at NavigantCU.org

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Bill Bartholomew discusses the political reality that Gabe Amo's campaign factored to decide that he would only participate in one general election debate with his opponent, Republican Gerry Leonard.

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Ahead of October, which is Banned Books Month, The ACLU of Rhode Island's Steve Brown and Zoe Chakoian join the show to discuss the implications of censorship and an upcoming author's event that they are hosting that will discuss the exploding phenomenon of banning books.

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Brian Raymond is a former commercial fisherman and underwater videographer.  There has been some excitement around a new Rhode Island "shark" license plate, and its Brian's image that is used on the plate.

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Bill Bartholomew welcomes Rhode Islander John Gartner, who, at 92, just published his first children's book, The Foghorn.  Gartner shares his life  experiences, including appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show as a stuntman, and how an aspect of his youth influenced The Foghorn's storyline.

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https://www.amazon.com/Foghorn-John-Gartner/dp/1960505076

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Don Culp, drummer for John Cafferty and many other RI acts and founding member of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame, joins Bill Bartholomew to discuss Tune In and Tune up, an initiative that raises awareness and supports musicians with physical and mental health needs.

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Drew University's Dr. Maliha Safri is set to deliver a talk ‘Community Economies: Organizing for the Common Good’ Sept. 26 as part of of URI’s fall Honors Colloquium.

Maliha Safri’s areas of expertise are political economy, community and solidarity economies and migration. She has published journal articles, book chapters and book reviews, made dozens of conference presentations and won both a National Science Foundation grant and the Julie Graham Writing Fellowship (twice). She is a member of the N.Y.C. Worker Cooperative Development Initiative and leads its research team. Maliha is fluent in English, Gujarati and Spanish and proficient in Urdu and French. She earned a PhD and MA in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in economics from Knox College.

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Bill Bartholomew welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Dodge, founder/president, Rhode Island Oral Health Foundation, Delta Dental's President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Perroni and Delta Dental's Vice President of Communications and External Affairs Michelle Muscatello and  for a discussion on Mission of Mercy which provides oral healthcare to Rhode Islanders in need.

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Rhode Island Representative Lauren Carson joins Bill Bartholomew for a discussion about the impact short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO have on the state's ongoing housing crisis and how a legislative commission that she spearheaded could tackle those issues.

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