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Connecticut has been among the states leading the pack nationally on vaccinating its residents overall, but deep disparities remain. This hour, we get the latest from Connecticut Public Radio reporters about what’s driving the state’s racial inequities in vaccination rates.

And later, some teaching programs are seeing drops in enrollment. After a challenging year for educators, will the profession struggle to recruit young people to become teachers?

GUESTS:

• Nicole Leonard - Health Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio
• Frankie Graziano - Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio
• Jeff Leake - President of the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the largest teacher’s union in Connecticut

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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Connecticut has been among the states leading the pack nationally on vaccinating its residents overall, but deep disparities remain. This hour, we get the latest from Connecticut Public Radio reporters about what’s driving the state’s racial inequities in vaccination rates.

And later, some teaching programs are seeing drops in enrollment. After a challenging year for educators, will the profession struggle to recruit young people to become teachers?

GUESTS:

Nicole Leonard - Health Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio

Frankie Graziano - Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio

Jeff Leake - President of the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the largest teacher’s union in Connecticut

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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10% of Americans are living with diabetes. Are you one of them? Managing a chronic illness can already be difficult, but managing it during a pandemic can be nearly impossible.

This hour, we talk about the stigma and challenges that come with a diabetes diagnosis. We talk to Connecticut Public health care reporter Nicole Leonard, and physicians across our state to discuss this illness and what can be done to prevent diabetes. Type II Diabetes is closely linked to obesity, but there are several factors that can put someone at risk for diabetes beyond a person’s weight.

We want to hear from you. Do you or someone in your family have diabetes? What has it been like managing it during a pandemic?

GUESTS:

• Nicole Leonard - health care reporter with Connecticut Public (@ACPressNLeonard)
• Dr. Laura Nally - physician at Yale Pediatric Diabetes Center (@drnallypants)
• Dr. Melissa Pensa - clinical lead of health equity at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven
• Mari Montosa - Registered Nurse and Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinator at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven

Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired December 3, 2020.

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10% of Americans are living with diabetes. Are you one of them? Managing a chronic illness can already be difficult, but managing it during a pandemic can be nearly impossible.

This hour, we talk about the stigma and challenges that come with a diabetes diagnosis. We talk to Connecticut Public health care reporter Nicole Leonard, and physicians across our state to discuss this illness and what can be done to prevent diabetes. Type II Diabetes is closely linked to obesity, but there are several factors that can put someone at risk for diabetes beyond a person’s weight.

We want to hear from you. Do you or someone in your family have diabetes? What has it been like managing it during a pandemic?

GUESTS:

Nicole Leonard - health care reporter with Connecticut Public (@ACPressNLeonard)

Dr. Laura Nally - physician at Yale Pediatric Diabetes Center (@drnallypants)

Dr. Melissa Pensa - clinical lead of health equity at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven

Mari Montosa - Registered Nurse and Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinator at Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven

Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired December 3, 2020.

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Connecticut resident Martha Hall Kelly is back with a new book, Sunflower Sisters. This hour, she joins us to talk about the third and final installment following Caroline Ferriday’s family. This book centers on three women during the Civil War; Georgeanna Woolsey, Jemma and Anne-May. 

Later, we’ll hear from a member of Connecticut Landmarks to talk about some of the important historical sites around our state. And we want to hear from you. Have you read Sunflower Sisters yet? What questions do you have for Martha?

Learn more about Martha Hall Kelly's event with Conncecticut Landmarks here.

GUESTS

• Martha Hall Kelly - author of Sunflower Sisters and the Lilac Girls series
• Aaron Marcavitch - Executive Director with Connecticut Landmarks  

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Connecticut resident Martha Hall Kelly is back with a new book, Sunflower Sisters. This hour, she joins us to talk about the third and final installment following Caroline Ferriday’s family. This book centers on three women during the Civil War; Georgeanna Woolsey, Jemma and Anne-May. 

Later, we’ll hear from a member of Connecticut Landmarks to talk about some of the important historical sites around our state. And we want to hear from you. Have you read Sunflower Sisters yet? What questions do you have for Martha?

Learn more about Martha Hall Kelly's event with Conncecticut Landmarks here.

GUESTS

Martha Hall Kelly - author of Sunflower Sisters and the Lilac Girls series

Aaron Marcavitch - Executive Director with Connecticut Landmarks  

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The Hartford Courant is America’s oldest continuously published newspaper. But the proposed acquisition of the paper’s parent company Tribune Publishing by hedge fund Alden Global Capital has reporters worried about the newspaper’s future.

This hour, we look at the future of the Courant.  In a changing world, how will newspapers and other media companies survive?

GUESTS:

• Rebecca Lurye - covers the city of Hartford for the Hartford Courant; she is the chair of the Hartford Courant Guild union
• David Owens - was a longtime reporter for the Hartford Courant; he left last year
• Kerry Flynn - Media Reporter at CNN Business

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The Hartford Courant is America’s oldest continuously published newspaper. But the proposed acquisition of the paper’s parent company Tribune Publishing by hedge fund Alden Global Capital has reporters worried about the newspaper’s future.

This hour, we look at the future of the Courant.  In a changing world, how will newspapers and other media companies survive?

GUESTS:

Rebecca Lurye - covers the city of Hartford for the Hartford Courant; she is the chair of the Hartford Courant Guild union

David Owens - was a longtime reporter for the Hartford Courant; he left last year

Kerry Flynn - Media Reporter at CNN Business

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We look at the career of Ella Grasso. Known as the first woman in the country to be elected governor who did not follow her husband, and the person who led the state through the Blizzard of 1978.

She was also a state lawmaker, secretary of the state, and member of Congress from Connecticut, at a time when politics was mostly a man’s world.  

Guests:

• Jon Purmont --  A history professor emeritus at Southern Connecticut State University, author of a biography about Grasso, and a member of her staff. 
• Susan Bysiweicz -- Connecticut's lieutenant governor, who followed Grasso's path into state service and wrote about the Windsor Locks native.

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We look at the career of Ella Grasso. Known as the first woman in the country to be elected governor who did not follow her husband, and the person who led the state through the Blizzard of 1978.

She was also a state lawmaker, secretary of the state, and member of Congress from Connecticut, at a time when politics was mostly a man’s world.  

Guests:

Jon Purmont --  A history professor emeritus at Southern Connecticut State University, author of a biography about Grasso, and a member of her staff. 

Susan Bysiweicz -- Connecticut's lieutenant governor, who followed Grasso's path into state service and wrote about the Windsor Locks native.

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