Who says we need gun control?

When it comes to tackling gun violence in Connecticut’s cities, questions over gun control go hand-in-hand with a whole raft of other problems caused by racism, poverty and disinvestment. This episode of Untold, we’ll learn what that looks like day-to-day from Tyrone Bynum Jr., an intervention spe…

LGBTQ Rights: what's it like to grow up trans?

Transgender children have been put in the middle of a political battle they never asked for, as lawmakers across the country introduce bills that roll back protections, and even criminalize medical care.  This episode we hear from one Connecticut family about navigating the education system for th…

Voting Rights: why is it so hard to vote in CT?

The state of Connecticut has a progressive reputation, but its record on voting access is actually pretty atrocious. We’re one of just four states that doesn’t allow early voting, and until the pandemic, absentee ballots were hard to get. This episode we’ll find out how one Black church is getting …

Reproductive Rights: why don't we talk about sex?

Despite its progressive image on reproductive rights, Connecticut doesn’t require public schools to teach sex education. This episode we speak with two teenagers who have stepped in to help educate their peers on this most intimate of topics  – and we find out what questions they get asked the most…

Climate Crisis: who's really feeling the heat?

The planet’s getting warmer, but we’re not all feeling the effects in the same way. This episode we go inside Resilient Connecticut, one of the state’s biggest climate adaptation efforts to find out how our towns are preparing for a hotter future. And we meet Kat Morris to learn how the climate cri…

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

"We hold these truths to be self-evident..." 246 years since those words were first written in the Declaration of Independence, what truths do we all still hold to be self-evident? In just a few weeks many of us will go to the polls for the 2022 midterm elections.  In the midterm elections of 201…

Trailer: Untold Season 2

Coming soon: What truths can we all still hold to be "self-evident"? Young voters and activists from around Connecticut explore the issues that matter most to them this election season. Mercy Quaye and John Dankosky challenge assumptions, seek understanding and leave nothing Untold.

Incarceration

Leaving prison and trying to re-establish life in the community comes with an incredible set of challenges – housing, employment, family relationships – and under it all, recovering from the trauma of incarceration itself. Thousands of people were released from prison in Connecticut in 2020 as the …

Opioids

The opioid epidemic that has been devastating many communities in Connecticut for the last several years was only exacerbated by the stress and isolation of the pandemic. And that’s on top of the influx of fentanyl that has truly led to an epidemic of overdose deaths. But the pandemic has also show…

Education

If you had to think about a key area of life where the pandemic truly exposed the enormous divisions that already existed in this state – education would be pretty close to the top of the list. We were already the state with the largest achievement gap in the nation. A state where half-a-million pe…