Kurt Andersen's new book is Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire . It's a 500-year history "of America jumping the shark ." The idea, largely, is that our present post-fact, fake-news moment is... nothing new. This hour, we look back at the history. We look at our present -- which is to say, we look at our present president: "To describe [Trump] is practically to summarize this book," Andersen says in Fantasyland . And we wonder if there's any way to regain and retain reality in America.

When it comes to negotiating a way to fix the projected state budget deficit of $208 million, Governor Dannel Malloy had to go first. That statutory obligation was activated because the shortfall reached more than one percent of the general fund.

Donald Trump's election last November was the culmination of a venom-filled campaign that was nastier than almost any in recent memory. Mean-spirited comments fell just shy of the malicious rhetoric coming from Thomas Jefferson's presidential campaign in 1796. Jefferson's hatchet-man called John Adams a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman."

One of Connecticut’s most uncommon species of evergreen can still be found -- if you know where to look.

In October, WNPR told the story of an Avon-based writer and how she was raising money for plane tickets to help Puerto Rican evacuees. A New Britain native heard it. And then, she reached out to Carrie Firestone for help.

It's an important monthly cycle for half the world's population, yet even in 2017 many people aren’t comfortable talking about it. This hour, why is menstruation so taboo, even though it’s a basic part of human biology?

Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut, Lady Bird , is a coming-of-age comedy/drama that stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Lucas Hedges. Oh, and it's currently at 99% on the Tomatometer . So here's the question: Can a movie that's at 99% on the Tomatometer really ever be anything other than a letdown? And then: Is the English translation of the Lord's Prayer actually a mistranslation? The Pope thinks it might be.

A massive solar project in Simsbury is now one step closer to becoming one of New England’s largest clean-energy projects.

It’s the holiday season -- the perfect time to kick back and get lost in a new podcast... or two... or three... or four. But how do you decide what to listen to?

Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant, etc. These are just the beginning of what experts believe will be a future filled with verbally interactive, digital and robotic assistants. And as we become more accustomed to interacting with machines, the machines are becoming more life-like.