For the People

For the People

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For the People episodes

  • Heart Month Advice - Operation Fuel - New England Carousel Museum

    This week host John Voket opens celebrating Heart Month with a specialist in women's cardiovascular health from St Francis Hospital and health Center. Then we'll replay a brief call-in with Operation Fuel's brand new executive director, and learn why now more than ever, donating a dollar on each utility bill can help a Connecticut family or senior out in the cold. And we'll close taking a spin down to the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, to showcase this hidden gem of a destination right in the heart of Connecticut.

    57 min
  • Tech Savvy Conference - CT Council for Philanthropy - Giving Day 2017

    This week host John Voket invites girls from 6th to 9th grade, parents and educators to the American Association of University Women's 4th Annual Tech Savvy Conference March 4 at Trinity College in Hartford.

    Then, we'll find out if you're much of a philanthropist - chances are that you are, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy.
    And we'll close giving you a chance to put your philanthropy to work as the March 9 Fairfield County 2017 Giving Day approaches.

    58 min
  • Energy Sprawl in Connecticut - NBTS Brain Freeze - Marrakech, Inc.

    This week host John Voket opens with Marrakech, Inc., which is assisting disabled career-minded students and young adults facing barriers to securing employment with several innovative programs for partnering employers.

    Then we'll hear several affecting appeals from the National Brain Tumor Society - which is hosting its next benefit Brain Freeze March 5 in West Haven.
    And we'll close unveiling: 'Energy Sprawl in Connecticut' - a new report from the Council on Environmental Quality aimed at stimulating solar energy facilities in places other than farms and forests.

    58 min
  • Social & Emotional Learning Awareness - Hospice Medical Marijuana Study - Bowl-2-Benefit

    This week host John Voket opens celebrating Connecticut's 3rd Annual Connecticut Social and Emotional Learning Awareness Week by hearing how a mom's worst nightmare can inspire compassion in action across the country. Next, we check in with Connecticut Hospice, which is launching a first of its kind federal study to learn how medical marijuana helps ease patients' pain, anxiety and other discomforts.

    And we'll wrap up asking you to make a strike against domestic violence at the 29th Annual Bowl-2-Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services at BHcare - serving thousands of mostly women and children across south central Connecticut and the Naugatuck Valley.

    59 min
  • Social and Emotional Learning Awareness - Hospice Medical Marijuana Study - Bowl-2-Benefit
    This week host John Voket opens celebrating Connecticut's 3rd Annual Connecticut Social and Emotional Learning Awareness Week by hearing how a mom's worst nightmare can inspire compassion in action across the country. Next, we check in with Connecticut Hospice, which is launching a first of its kind federal study to learn how medical marijuana helps ease patients' pain, anxiety and other discomforts.
    And we'll wrap up asking you to make a strike against domestic violence at the 29th Annual Bowl-2-Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services at BHcare - serving thousands of mostly women and children across south central Connecticut and the Naugatuck Valley.
    1 hr
  • School Based Health Centers - Latest ACLU Report - CT Water Planning Council

    This week host John Voket headed to Newtown to learn more about School Based Health Centers and why one center at the local middle school earned its principal a Connecticut Institute For Communities Community Leadership Award this week.

    The we'll catch up with the director of Connecticut's ACLU to talk about their latest report, “Earning Trust: Addressing Police Misconduct Complaints in Connecticut."
    And we'll close with the Commissioner of Connecticut's Water Planning Council about upcoming public workshops and forums where YOU can help craft the our first comprehensive State Water Plan!

    59 min
  • Pediatric Cancer & Yoga - Goodwill of Western & Northern CT - JFS Therapeutic Foster Care

    This week host John Voket opens with a Connecticut oncologist pioneering a study using yoga to improve young patients' and their parents' well-being.

    Then we'll visit with Goodwill of Western & Northern CT to discuss several ways listeners can help raise funds for critical support and employment programs, as well as their own schools through the 2017 “Bag It Up Challenge.”
    And we'll close with a representative of JFS of Greater New Haven - recruiting individuals and families from across the region to become foster parents to a growing number of teens who need caring homes.

    58 min
  • Volunteers in Psychotherapy - CT Center for Economic Analysis - Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

    This week host John Voket catches up with Volunteers in Psychotherapy - a unique nonprofit providing no-cost services in exchange for clients volunteerism. Then we'll hear a bleak economic forecast for our state and a few ideas about how to turn those storm clouds away with the director of UConn's CT Center for Economic Analysis. And we'll chat with one of the miracle workers from Gaylord Specialty Healthcare and learn about a free community outreach program to help prevent critical injuries in children and young adults.

    59 min
  • HEMP-CT - Bye-Bye Mattress - St. Francis Hospital

    This week as state lawmakers are weighing bills to legalize marijuana - and consumer officials expand the types of ailments that qualify patients for medical marijuana - host John Voket will be opening and closing the show covering the issue.

    First, we'll chat with HEMP CT, which has supported several laws tied to medical marijuana, hemp use in manufacturing, and is lobbying to legalize pot for recreational use.
    Then we'll wrap learning about a hospital-based study using medical marijuana instead of opioids for post surgical pain relief.
    And in-between we'll catch up with the folks at Bye-Bye Mattress to find out how Connecticut's pioneering mattress recycling program is working, and putting residents to work while saving the planet!

    58 min
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Connecticut VA - Helen Keller International

    This week John Voket opens the first show of 2017 cluing you in on Connecticut's progress as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - which has helped cut carbon emissions across nine states by more than 37 percent. Then we'll speak with Helen Keller International - which just re-upped a significant grant to continue its ChildSight program. In between we'll check in with the the state's Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to learn what the VA is doing to serve, support, sustain and honor our Connecticut heroes past and present.

    58 min

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The award-winning 'For the People', produced by John Voket, focuses on issues related to aging, veterans, youth, education, health and human services, public safety, workforce and consumer issues…