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Joe Aguiar started the show off with a small rant about Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bob Stefanowski suing the Independent Party, which lead into a discussion about the political landscape with Libertarian Party Candidate to Represent the third district, Dr. Amy Chai (0:00). After that, Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz joined the conversation to talk about her and Governor Ned Lamont's campaign (42:22).

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On the Horizon: Halloween -- what do parents need to know about dangerous candies and street safety for trick-or-treaters? ((00:00))

Julie on the Job: Women are mass exiting their jobs at the highest rate we've seen in recent years. Why is that happening and what can be done? ((14:00))

We are in the midst of open enrollment for Medicare recipients. We took listener questions for Bob Vontell of Vontell Insurance in Stratford to help ((27:00))

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Joe Aguiar welcomed back Brooke Cheney, an NRA instructor and owner of A Great Start Shooting School in Harwinton to talk about gun legislation and instruction, as well as mental health (0:00). After that, Jessica Kordas, the Republican Candidate for Connecticut Attorney General joined the program to talk about her campaign, as well as what she hopes to accomplish if she wins her election bid (32:57).

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Over the past 2 weeks, marriage consultant, Bob Donovan, did a mini-survey to try and answer this: Marriage is (blank). He shares the answers and the significance behind those answers. ((00:00)) 

There is major price disparity depending on the relationship between your commercial health insurance and area hospitals. What's the deal and how do we combat the problem? Health Benefits firm managing partner, Paul Seegert, gave us his perspective on the daily occurrence plaguing Americans. ((14:33))

Some people are supportive of the charter revision in Fairfield. But opponents do not like some of the bigger changes and say the ballot question is misleading. We got the details from Kathy Braun on what's wrong with this single question. ((26:22))

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 Claud took a classic dish and put a Halloween twist on it! 

Friday's "Connecticut Today" with host Paul Pacelli featured live coverage - through our news partner WTNH News-8 - of the funeral for two slain Bristol police officers (0:36). Grownin.com marijuana industry reporter Zack Huffman updated us on Connecticut's marijuana license lottery (9:43). Brookfield GOP State Rep. Steve Harding talked about the growing black bear problem in the state (22:05). Paul also had some thoughts on the media's lack of consistency in presidential coverage (35:17).

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Joe Aguiar had two special guests from CT News Junkie. First, Barth Keck joined Joe to talk about this election period and the dangerous rhetoric coming from both sides of the aisle and threat it presents (0:00). After that, Terry Cowgill came on to talk about how the labor shortages in Connecticut, as well as some of the present issues facing the state (19:58).

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Connecticut has reached a record-high for bear break-in's. Many have debated bringing back bear hunts. Annie Hornish is the Connecticut State Director of the Human Society of the US. She explains why hunts "won't fix the problem." ((00:00))

A pair of artists are bringing decades of work to the public. Learn about a new exhibit next month celebrating the 100th year of two theaters in Bridgeport. ((14:26))

The Girl Scouts of America received the biggest donation in its history and Connecticut is getting $2.4 million dollars from it. Girl Scouts of CT CEO, Dianna Mahoney, shared what this money will mean for thousands for young girls. ((24:02))

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Thursday's "Connecticut Today" featured host Paul Pacelli wondering if critics were right months ago when they warned that the lottery system used to award recreational marijuana licenses was slanted toward major companies (0:25). Paul also talked about some new figures illustrating the impact that inflation is having on the average U.S. family (9:09).

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The state’s two children’s hospitals are overflowing with patients suffering from respiratory illnesses in what has become a national health crisis. Infectious disease doctors are concerned about the trend. Dr. Browne sheds some insight on this topic and what parents should know.

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