Hemlock trees in Connecticut have been having a tough go of it thanks, in part, to a small sap-sucking insect: the hemlock woolly adelgid.

Elections aren't for another nine or so months, but mayoral races are heating up across Connecticut. That includes those in the state's three largest cities where the top municipal leaders are Democrats, and challengers from within the party keep emerging.

Humans are great at making a mess of things. So far, however, that mess has been confined to Earth. But as we develop into a spacefaring species, our capacity for destruction, pollution, and prejudice (towards aliens of earthly and unearthly origins) threatens to have cosmic consequences.

Chronic pain sufferers want people to know that the opioid crisis is affecting the way they manage pain.

Where We Live producer Carmen Baskauf had been badgering us to do a show about The Good Place for months on end. (It had gotten kind of weird, to be honest. We were a little worried about Carmen, to be honest.) Partly to get her off our back, partly because The Good Place really is " a sitcom that's also a profound work of philosophy ," and partly because its Season Three season finale aired last Thursday night, last Friday afternoon we finally did a show about The Good Place . ...And then we

Election Day 2019 will feature mayoral races in Connecticut’s biggest cities. Candidates challenging established incumbents are beginning to emerge.

When you sit down to watch a favorite TV show, do you check the program schedule for a weekly listing? Or do you turn on Netflix or Hulu and start binging? This hour, we take a look at what the rise of internet-based streaming services means for the television industry. And we want to hear from you, too. Have you cut the cord on cable?

Connecticut drivers are the worst. At least when it comes to skipping out on highway tolls in neighboring Massachusetts.

There's a healthy debate going on about whether to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The Atlantic's Yoni Appelbaum and others say now is the time to begin the process . History tells us that the process of impeachment, not the outcome, is a vital protection against the dangers of a president who has not kept his promise to preserve and defend our Constitution. Others say Trump will need to be beaten at the polls in the absence of Mueller-stamped evidence .

What happens when a community comes together to talk about issues of race and racism? This hour, we find out how one Southington, Connecticut group is helping facilitate conversations between residents and town officials. Erica Roggeveen Byrne, founder of Southington Women for Progress, joins us. We also sit down with Oliver Scholes of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Connecticut. And we want to hear from you.