For the People

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People chats with a Physician's Assistant who helps shed light on symptoms and treatments for spring allergy, sinus and respiratory issues.

Then it's Part 2 of a new series - 'OrganiConn Bites' - with plenty more coming featuring exhibitors and speakers from the latest CT NOFA​ OrganiConn winter conference. Today we'll feature a naturopathic vet and the Regeneration Northeast Alliance.

And we'll wrap replaying a segment from January with the CT Chapter of the ACLU and learn about their Smart Justice initiative, which is being deliberated now before the state legislature.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People launches a new radio series we're calling 'OrganiConn Bites' which will bring you several segments today and plenty more throughout the spring, featuring exhibitors and speakers who were part of the 2019 Northeast Organic Farming Association OrganiConn winter conference. Our guests will talk about greenhouses, tick control, and hear about what the state chapter of the Sierra Club has been up to lately.

And we'll visit with Wilton Go Green and invite you to their Zero Waste Faire next Saturday with all kinds of activities, discussions, products, and education that can help reduce and eliminate harmful waste from your household, your community, and our planet.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People visits with Jersey Mike's Subs to promote their March Month of Giving - and how it benefits four important charities across Connecticut.

Then we'll talk with a dental expert about how patients - especially adolescents - can avoid becoming addicted to prescription painkillers they might receive after procedures like wisdom tooth extractions.

And on the same subject, we'll ring up Ginger Katz of the Courage to Speak Foundation, hear about the expansion of her Parenting Through the Opioid Crisis program, how you can bring it to a school or community organization near you.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens talking about the 26th Annual Chocolate and Food Festival benefiting Easter Seals - and we'll hear about some of the great programs that will continue flourishing thanks to your support of this scrumptious event.

Then we'll meet the co-founder of the brand new Tax Policy Collaborative - a working group committed to finding ways to reduce your local property taxes.

Then we'll check in with Beth Bye, who is leading the CT Office of Early Childhood - we'll key in on the current legislative session, bills that can have a positive impact on our youngest residents, and a program to save infant lives through the OEC's Safe Sleep initiative.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with the last segment of our 'Heart Month Survival Guide' breaking down what heart disease is all about, and talking with a highly certified physician about some of the cutting edge procedures and technology available to those who are suffering cardiovascular ailments.

Then we'll have an extended visit with US Senator Richard Blumenthal and hit a variety of points from the latest on the President's emergency declaration, to the Green New Deal, the Russia election probe, and a brand new proposal to protect pets and animals from abuse.

And we'll wrap with the Connecticut Brewers Guild saying 'cheers' and talking beers — specifically how our state's rapidly expanding micro-breweries are poised to pump up Connecticut's economy.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People promotes how the 31st Annual Bowl-2-Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic and Violence Services plays a critical role in providing community programs serving more than 6,000 domestic violence victims and their children each year in Connecticut. 

Then it's time for Part 3 of our 'Heart Month Survival Guide.' What would you do if a loved one thought they were having a heart attack? How could you help someone suffering cardiac arrest? We'll answer all these and more questions with a cardiac specialist from Waterbury Hospital.

Then we'll sit down with the director of greater Bridgeport's Council of Churches Food Equity and Economic Development (FEED) center to learn how the agency is matching individuals and systems to resources throughout Park City faith based organizations to create jobs, new businesses, and healthier, more sustainable communities.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People touts the growing chorus of consumers and state officials who believe the time has come to eliminate third-party electric suppliers and better protect consumers – including our most vulnerable – from deceitful marketing.

Then we're going to zero in on the latest United Nations International Panel on Climate Change Report with the Conservation Law Foundation, and learn how global warming impacts us here in Connecticut, and how we can help further reduce carbon emissions.

And we bring you our next 'Heart Month Survival Guide' segment talking with a naturopathic physician about holistic and alternative ways we can all help make our hearts a little healthier, not just during Heart Month this February, but 365 days a year.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces a brand new grassroots organization called Shear Alliance, which is working to support the state's LGBTQ community with an upcoming Cut-a-Thon to benefit True Colors.

Then we'll hear about why our state is failing to fund proven-effective systems and lifesaving laws to protect residents from lung cancer - even though we have millions in grant funds to do it.

And we'll close with our first 'Heart Month Survival Guide' segment for February, dialing up a physician and educator from Yale New Haven Health to discuss one of the most misunderstood cardiovascular ailments, congenital heart disease.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People picks up the conversation with the CT Dept of Health about how that agency is helping employers coming to grips with how the opioid epidemic is affecting their employees and families.

Then we'll meet Connecticut's Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to talk about how his agency is responding to the current needs of state vets whether they are serving now, or have served in the past.

And we'll close introducing you to Aware Recovery Care and their unique and innovative In-home Addiction Treatment program - founded on the research-supported idea that recovery in the “real-world” leads to far better rehabilitation results.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with an encore play of a recent segment celebrating more than $2.7 million in grants recently awarded to the EPA and the Long Island Sound Futures Fund - and exploring how those grants are helping preserve and protect Long Island Sound here along Connecticut's shoreline and beyond.

And then we'll visit with the Girl Scouts of Connecticut to learn why February is the perfect time to think about engaging a young woman you know in this global sisterhood - even if they are as young as kindergarten.

And we'll close chatting with a field organizer from the CT Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and learn about the launch of their Smart Justice initiative that will be a key part of this year's state legislative session.