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On this episode, the Rev. Samuel T. Ross-Lee speaks to drive time radio host Joe Ugly about the current trial of Dylann Roof, who murdered nine people and injured several others during a prayer service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015.

Host and WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman talks to Yale students Aaminah Bhat, Stella Shannon and Rashid Akbari about the recent formation of Students of Salaam, a community-focused group at Yale, and their upcoming part in a cooking class with two Syrian refugee moms at the New Haven Free Public Library.

On this episode, host Babz Rawls-Ivy talks to Ann Hartman Massaro, organizer for both national and local meetings of the group Women & Allies Strike Out, about the local chapter's upcoming 12/12/16 protest on the New Haven Green.

A clip from Ben Carson's talk in New Haven Thursday night.

Today's interview-only episode of the show is all about student documentaries that explore the elusive and contentious nature of American identity. Host Tom Breen is joined in the studio by Rena Tobey, who teaches an Honors College-level course at Southern Connecticut State University called “Shaping the American Identity.” As the semester nears its conclusion, she has given her students the opportunity to satisfy their final project requirements by creating short documentaries that explore some of the themes covered in the course. We’ll talk with Rena and two of her student documentarians, Evie Jenkins and Emory Farb, about the scope of this course, some of the challenges of being a student filmmaker, and trying to use documentaries to better understand what it means to be an American.

Host Alisa Bowens Mercado discusses relationships with Treamell Lawrence, and Tonisha Lavonne.

Host Dan Fitzmaurice interviews guest Paulette Rosen and Lisa Hess Hesselgrave about their exhibition Double Vision: Paintings and Works on Paper at the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library.

Host Mubarakah Ibrahim welcomes Ann Massaro, Head of the New Haven chapter of Women and Allies Strike Out! to talk about a nationwide rally the organization is hosting on Dec 12th. The New Haven Chapter will be meeting on the New Haven Green at 12pm Dec 12th.

The rabbi of Temple Beth Tikvah speaks about breaking boundaries.

Host Shafiq Abdussabur welcomes Shayna Kendall, detective with the New Haven Police Department and a semi-professional bodybuilder, to talk about the changing face of law enforcement. The two discuss Kendall's choice to enter law enforcement after the murder of her brother, how she has dealt with being a woman of color on the force, and why she makes time for bodybuilding each day.