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A Thursday edition of “Newsline” began with host Brigitte Quinn interviewing Yale Neuroscience Dr. Godfrey Pearlson, author of a new book called “The Science of Weed.” Dr. Pearlson broke down for Brigitte everything we want to know about marijuana, its use, and effect on the human body (00:00). Following that, Kevin Begley, co-host of the pizza podcast “Charred,” dropped by in-studio for a fun talk with Brigitte about all things pizza! (16:59)

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Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox has been elected to become the next State Senator representing the 22nd District following Marilyn Moore’s exit from the seat. We spoke about Gadkar-Wilcox’s goals in her new role.

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Senator Ryan Fazio was reelected to serve the 36th District State Senate seat representing Stamford, New Canaan and Greenwich. We spoke about his win and got his reaction to false narratives spread about the Connecticut Republican Party.

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Congressman Himes has been reelected to represent Connecticut’s Fourth District in Washington DC. We spoke with Himes about his win and got his reaction to post-election results.

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With former President Trump's election to another term, "Connecticut Today" host Paul Pacelli offered his own thoughts on the race (00:34), along with analysis from Sacred Heart University Political Science Professor and Scholar in Residence Dr. Gary Rose (07:16), Southern Connecticut State University Political Science and Urban Affairs Professor Dr. Jonathan Wharton (17:01), and Hearst Connecticut Media columnist and senior editor Dan Haar (24:09)

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Host Brigitte Quinn got a busy post-Election Day installment of “Newsline” started by examining the races and outcomes, and, of course, the Presidential race, in-depth with Professor Bilal Sekou, Associate Professor of Political Science at Hillyer College, University of Hartford (00:00). Connecticut State Police Sgt. Luke Davis also joined the program, where and he Brigitte went over crime statistics in the state and also discussed a new 136-page report put together by the CSP Crimes Analysis Unit (17:52)

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Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" reminding listeners that the U.S. is strong enough to survive any occasional political upheaval (00:45). Connecticut Inside Investigator Reporter Marc Fitch talked about the Fairfield County, big-money backer of an Election Day ballot question supporting "no excuse" absentee ballot (15:13). CBS News correspondent Alli Novelo joined us from the campaign trail in Pennsylvania (20:30), while Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio dropped by with her weekly update (24:29)

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Election day is finally here. A Tuesday Election Day edition of “Newsline” got underway with host Brigitte Quinn talking with political analyst and former New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Wisniewski, who provided some analysis on today’s election (00:00). After that, Alex Putterman, a reporter with CT Insider, dropped by to speak with Brigitte about the election but at both the state and federal levels, related to a recent article of his in CT Insider (14:24)

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Monday's pre-Election Day "Connecticut Today" opened with host Paul Pacelli reminding folks that what goes on in Hartford in the General Assembly has much more of an effect on their daily lives that what happens in Washington, D.C. (00:38). CTNewsJunkie columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill dropped by with his Election Day predictions (16:19), while Retired U.S. Army Colonel John Mills, author of, "War Against The Deep State," talked about the growing threats from China and Russia (26:14).

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Tomorrow is finally Election Day, so host Brigitte Quinn made Monday’s edition of “Newsline” all about “Campaign 2024.” Savet Constantine was the first up (00:00). She joined Brigitte in-studio and is the Democrat running for the 42nd State House seat, which represents Wilton, Ridgefield, and New Canaan. Following Savet was her Republican and Independent challenger Kim Healy who joined Brigitte in-studio as well (18:51)

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