Desiree Bassett is a Connecticut based singer/songwriter. She's traveled the world thanks to her music, has taken the stage with Sammy Hagar, played alongside Living Colour and has a ton of amazing stories about her journey and career. She shares those stories with Ken.

Jim and Dave Baulsir are a Father/Son duo whose relationship was strengthened through brewing beer together. It became so much of a passion that they teamed up to launch the Redding Beer Co, a brand new brewery in Redding. They sit down with Ken to talk about their relationship, their brewing experience and how beer strengthened their bond ...

Former WWE Superstar Austin Aries joins Ken Tuccio on this week's episode of the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast. The talk isn't wrestling though, it's much deeper than that. Austin sits down with Ken to discuss his brand new book Food Fight, which chronicles the unique journey that led to his adoption of a plant based diet.

H.K. Domino from The Domino Effect Podcast joins Ken Tuccio on Welcome To Connecticut to discuss the art of podcasting. Ken and Domino discuss the challenges in putting together a podcast that they want taken seriously and they also dive into why they fell in love with the medium to begin with ...

It's been close to two months since the last episode of the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast, the longest since the show started three years ago. Ken Tuccio returns to explain the reason for the lack of content and tell you what's going on with the show moving forward ...

Maybe you know Dennis Quaid from movies like Great Balls of Fire, The Rookie or The Day After Tomorrow. Perhaps you know him from TV shows like Vegas. No matter what you know him from, the guy's a star. He joins Ken Tuccio this week to talk about his passion for music and his band Dennis Quaid and the Sharks and how playing music for him flexes a different creative muscle than the one he uses while he's acting. The theme song for the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast is "I Know Where You've Been" by Forget The Whale (www.facebook.com/forgetthewhale).

Ken is off this week, but he still has something for you to check out!

Paul Mannion from The Green Grunion, one of Connecticut's most successful food trucks, joins Ken on the podcast to talk about his unique journey that ultimately led him to The Green Grunion. They also chat about their similar approaches to life and thoughts on what it takes to be successful in any field. The theme song for the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast is "I Know Where You've Been" by Forget The Whale (www.facebook.com/forgetthewhale).

Ken sits down with Joseph Bow and Mike Borruso from Fairfield Craft Ales for the second time on the podcast. The first time they chatted was a little over a year ago, so they catch up about how their brewery has grown over the last year. They also chat about Everyday, the brand new beer that Ken is collaborating with them on. The theme song for the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast is "I Know Where You've Been" by Forget The Whale (www.facebook.com/forgetthewhale).

Steve Wood was supposed to be one of the first 10 guests on Welcome To Connecticut but technical issues caused that episode to never see the light of day, but now he finally made his way back to the podcast. Steve is known for his amazing blog CTMQ, but he's also one of the organizers of CT Hops for Hope, an amazing beer festival which happens on September 2nd in New Britain and benefits SMS Research. Ken talks to Steve about SMS and his connection to it, how CT Hops for Hope came to be and his love of Connecticut beer. The theme song for the Welcome To Connecticut Podcast is "I Know Where You've Been" by Forget The Whale (www.facebook.com/forgetthewhale).