Where We Live

Superstorm Sandy hit Connecticut back in October of 2012. Since then, residents of Connecticut’s coastal towns have tried to rebuild, but some have also moved on.Today, we talk about the 10 year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and how climate change is impacting our aging infrastructure.We speak with a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, who’s home was flooded during the storm.If your home was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, or if you live on the coast now, we want to hear from you. How are you preparing for future hurricanes?GUESTS:

• Dick Dmochowski - resident of Fairfield, Connecticut
• Jim O’Donnell - Professor of Marine Sciences and Executive Director, of CIRCA at the University of Connecticut
• Jenn Marlon - Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment

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Superstorm Sandy hit Connecticut back in October of 2012. Since then, residents of Connecticut’s coastal towns have tried to rebuild, but some have also moved on.

Today, we talk about the 10 year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and how climate change is impacting our aging infrastructure.

We speak with a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, who’s home was flooded during the storm.

If your home was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, or if you live on the coast now, we want to hear from you. How are you preparing for future hurricanes?

GUESTS:

• Dick Dmochowski - resident of Fairfield, Connecticut
• Jim O’Donnell - Professor of Marine Sciences and Executive Director, of CIRCA at the University of Connecticut
• Jenn Marlon - Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment

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Dr. Emily Wang from the Yale School of Medicine was named a 2022 “MacArthur Genius.” The Chicago–based foundation recognized Wang for her research on health barriers for incarcerated people transitioning to the community, and for her work at the Transitions Clinic Network, which she co-founded. The clinic provides healthcare to people transitioning to civil society, often with chronic unmanaged health conditions.

According to Marlies Carruth, Director of MacArthur Fellows, MacArthur Fellows are “architects of new modes of activism, artistic practice, and citizen science. They are excavators uncovering what has been overlooked, undervalued, or poorly understood. Their work extends from the molecular level to the land beneath our feet to Earth’s orbital environment—offering new ways for us to understand the communities, systems, and social forces that shape our lives around the globe.”

This hour on Where We Live, we hear from Wang and her fellow researcher Dr. Lisa Puglisi, who heads the Transitions Clinic, on the struggles that formerly incarcerated people face to access healthcare.

We learn about new plans for the Transitions Clinic in Connecticut, and also look into new research on health outcomes in this demographic.

GUESTS: 

Dr. Emily Wang: Professor of Medicine and of Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine; Director at SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School to improve the health of individuals and communities impacted by mass incarceration. Co-founder, the Transitions Clinic Network.

Dr. Lisa Puglisi: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Director, the Transitions Clinic Network

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Yale Law School Professor Robert Ellickson explores the detriments of current zoning practices and possible means for reform in his new book, “America’s Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning.”

The book builds on an article Ellickson published in 2020 that provided "an empirical study of zoning practices in Silicon Valley, Greater New Haven, and Greater Austin," titled, "The Zoning Strait-Jacket: The Freezing of American Neighborhoods of Single-Family Houses."

Plus, Sara Bronin founded DesegregateCT in 2020, and helped develop the Connecticut Zoning Atlas. As Bronin explained in the article, "Zoning by a Thousand Cuts," the atlas is a "one-of-a-kind statewide data set" illuminating "the many hidden constraints on housing embedded in zoning codes" in Connecticut.

Bronin also discusses her efforts to create a national atlas at Cornell's Legal Constructs Lab, and how recent legislative reforms in Connecticut factor.

But first, how does a recent lawsuit filed against the town of Woodbridge fit into this larger conversation? Connecticut Public reporter Camila Vallejo and Sean Ghio with the Partnership for Strong Communities join us to discuss.

GUESTS:

• Camila Vallejo: Housing Reporter, Connecticut Public
• Sean Ghio: Policy Director, Partnership for Strong Communities
• Sara Bronin: Professor, Cornell University; Director, Legal Constructs Lab; Founder, DesegregateCT
• Robert Ellickson: Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School; Author, Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning

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New Haven resident Winfred Rembert was a civil rights activist, who survived a near-lynching in the 1960s and seven years on chain gangs.

Today, we talk about his 2022 Pulitzer Prize biography, Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South. We hear from co author Erin Kelly and talk with Rembert's wife, Patsy. Rembert passed in March 2021, and his Pulitzer Prize was awarded posthumously.

We hear about his life, his work as a leather artist and the legacy he leaves behind.

Later, we hear about the Open Source, a visual arts festival taking place this fall.

Have you seen Winfred Rembret’s work? We want to hear from you. Check out the event happening at NXTHVN and sponsored by the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School

GUESTS:

• Erin l. Kelly Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University and co-author of Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
• Patsy Rembert - Winfred Rembert’s wife of 46 years and a youth advocate
• Lisa Dent  - Executive Director of Artspace New Haven

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How is plastic pollution changing our oceans?

Elizabeth Ellenwood addresses this pressing question through art, capturing images of pollution that are both formally beautiful and conceptually shocking. She recently worked alongside scientists at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute to produce a book and photography exhibit titled "The Interweaving of the Synthetic and Natural World."

This hour, we hear from Ellenwood ahead of the U.S. debut of her "Interweaving" series. You can learn more here about the exhibit, opening November 3 at The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at UConn Avery Point.

But first, University of Hartford Professor Bilal Sekou joins us for analysis of Thursday's 5th Congressional District debate.

GUESTS:

• Dr. Bilal Sekou: Hillyer College Associate Professor of Politics and Government, University of Hartford
• Elizabeth Ellenwood: Artist

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Online harassment takes many forms, and victims often have limited ways to protect themselves.Today, we explore we explore this form of harassment.We hear about how an online forum called Kiwi Farms served as a platform users to dox and torment transgender and neuro-divergent people for years. Kat Tenbarge, Tech and Culture Reporter at NBC, joins us.We also hear from Nina Jankowicz, author of How To Be A Woman Online: Surviving Abuse And Harassment, And How To Fight Back.We learn about how the Alex Jones verdict might influence how people behave online.Have you experienced online harassment? We want to hear from you.GUESTS:

• Nina Jankowicz - Vice President at the Center for Information Resilience, a UK based nonprofit that focuses on countering misinformation, documenting human rights abuse and combating online harms against humans and minorities.
• Kat Tenbarge - Tech and Culture Reporter at NBC

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A deadly combination of Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, and fentanyl, resulted in 221 overdose deaths up to August this year, up from 141 deaths for the full year 2020, according to the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s Office.This hour on Where We Live, we look at the fentanyl crisis. Data from the state Department of Public health show that 86% of the 1,524 overdose deaths in 2021 were caused by fentanyl.We hear from a mother turned activist about her son Alec, who died of a fentanyl overdose four years ago, and the ongoing struggle to overcome stigma and barriers to care, including insurance coverage.We also talk about how synthetic opioids are being packaged in ways that appear attractive to children and youth, including colorful candy.What are hospital ERs doing to get people the care they need at a time of bed shortages?Later, we hear about a soon-to-be-launched school program aimed at preventing substance misuse by teens and children.

GUESTS: 

• Dita Bhargava: Ambassador at Shatterproof. Mother of Alec, who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2018.
• Dr. Kathryn Hawk: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Public Health and the Program in Addiction Medicine.
• Bianca Irizarry: Consultant, State Education Resource Center, and Coordinator of the school- based Center for Preventive Education and Advocacy.

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This hour, George Logan joins us to discuss his campaign against incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Jahana Hayes.

The 5th District face-off has attracted national attention. With three weeks to go until Election Day, we sit down with the Aquarion executive and former state senator, to hear more about his stance on issues like education, inflation and what he has referred to as "the energy crisis," and even his take on 2020 election denial. Logan will take your questions.

Republican-American reporter Paul Hughes provides analysis.

GUESTS:

• George Logan: Republican Nominee, Connecticut's 5th Congressional District
• Paul Hughes: Capitol Reporter, Republican-American

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The pandemic led to a decline in the incarcerated population, and many states have been re-evaluating the purpose of prisons.In this hour, Bill Keller, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project, joins us to talk about his new book, What’s Prison For? Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration.Keller details how the United States prison population became so massive and what we can learn from how other countries treat and house people in prison.GUESTS:

•  Bill Keller - Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project and author of What’s Prison For? Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration
• Mike Wessler - Communications Director for the Prison Policy Initiative based out of East Hampton, Massachusetts 
• State Senator Gary Winfield - Democrat representing the tenth district in New Haven and West Haven.

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