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It wouldn’t be a pandemic Christmas without a little chaos/

Today, we want to hear about your holiday plans as we face another COVID surge and the omicron variant.

We talk to Dr. Albert Ko, a physician and Yale epidemiologist and take your questions about how to gather this holiday season.

We want to know, how are you planning to see your family safely? Do you have a custom Christmas mask to mark the occasion?

GUESTS:
Dr. Albert Ko - A physician and epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health
Rabbi Debra Cantor - B'nai Tikvoh-Sholom Synagogue in Bloomfield, Connecticut
Andrea Bonior - licensed clinical psychologist on the faculty with Georgetown University, and author of Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self Talk For Good and Discover the Life You Always Wanted

It wouldn&rsquo;t be a pandemic Christmas without a little chaos/
Today, we want to hear about your holiday plans as we face another COVID surge and the omicron variant.
We talk to Dr. Albert Ko, a physician and Yale epidemiologist and take your questions about how to gather this holiday season.
We want to know, how are you planning to see your family safely? Do you have a custom Christmas mask to mark the occasion?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Dr. Albert Ko -&nbsp;A physician and&nbsp;epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health</li>
<li>Rabbi Debra Cantor -&nbsp;B'nai Tikvoh-Sholom Synagogue in Bloomfield, Connecticut</li>
<li>Andrea Bonior -&nbsp;licensed clinical psychologist on the faculty with Georgetown University, and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084HPHTZJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self Talk For Good and Discover the Life You Always Wanted</a></li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Seeking joy despite another pandemic Christmas

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In this hour, Where We Live is passing the microphone to our colleagues at New Hampshire Public Radio. Hear a conversation from NHPR's 'By Degrees' 2024 Climate Summit.

In the past year, New England has experienced storms in July, December, January, and April, resulting in flooding and significant property damage from the coast of Maine to the river valleys of Vermont.

These events can be painful. But in our response, we can also catch glimpses of the future. As author and climate activist Rebecca Solnit writes, “Disaster offers a view into another world for ourselves.” But how do we do it? And how do we do it in a sustained, long-term way – around climate solutions that might take years? How do we – at a local level, with our neighbors and local governments — meaningfully create the world we want?

This panel was moderated by Outside/In podcast reporter Justine Paradis and featured:


Claudia Diezmartinez Peregina: Policy Fellow at the City of Boston’s Environment Department


Kari White: Director of Community Health Equity at Northern Counties Health Care in the Northeast Kingdom, VT


Brianna O’Brien: Conservation Coordinator for the Town of Hampton, NH

For more info, visitHow Local Communities are Planning for the Future

Connecticut Public and New Hampshire Public Radio are members of the New England News Collaborative. For more regional news and stories visit nenc.news.

In this hour, Where We Live is passing the microphone to our colleagues at New Hampshire Public Radio. Hear a conversation from NHPR's 'By Degrees' 2024 Climate Summit.
In the past year, New England has experienced storms in July, December, January, and April, resulting in flooding and significant property damage from the coast of Maine to the river valleys of Vermont.
These events can be painful. But in our response, we can also catch glimpses of the future. As author and climate activist Rebecca Solnit writes, “Disaster offers a view into another world for ourselves.” But how do we do it? And how do we do it in a sustained, long-term way – around climate solutions that might take years? How do we – at a local level, with our neighbors and local governments — meaningfully create the world we want?
This panel was moderated by Outside/In podcast reporter Justine Paradis and featured:
<ul>
<li>
Claudia Diezmartinez Peregina: Policy Fellow at the City of Boston’s Environment Department
</li>
<li>
Kari White: Director of Community Health Equity at Northern Counties Health Care in the Northeast Kingdom, VT
</li>
<li>
Brianna O’Brien: Conservation Coordinator for the Town of Hampton, NH
</li>
</ul>
For more info, visit <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/latest-from-nhpr/2024-06-26/watch-listen-2024-by-degrees-climate-summit-planning-for-the-future">How Local Communities are Planning for the Future</a>
Connecticut Public and New Hampshire Public Radio are members of the New England News Collaborative. For more regional news and stories visit <a href="https://www.nenc.news/">nenc.news.</a>

NHPR 'By Degrees' Climate Summit: How local communities are planning for the futre

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More than 200 Americans visit the emergency department for nonfatal firearm injuries each day. That now includesformer president Donald Trump who was shot in his right ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend and brought to the hospital.

Today, we talk about gun violence as a public health crisis. The U.S. Surgeon General recently published a health advisory on the far-reaching consequences of firearm violence. The divide on how to respond to gun violence is deeply polarizing. But seeing it through a public lens perspective could change the conversation. And it can also bring new solutions.

Surviving parents of gun violence victims join us and we also hear from James Dodington, Medical Director at the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention at Yale New Haven Health.

Mark Barden is the co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise. He lost his son Daniel in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. We hear from him.

Reverend Sam Saylor lost his son Shane Oliver to gun violence in October 2012.In April 2023, Shane’s daughter and Reverend Saylor’s granddaughter Sec’ret Pierce was killed by a drive-by shooting in Hartford. She was only 12 years old. He joins us as well.

GUESTS:
Dr. James Dodington: Medical Director at the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention and Associate Professor of Yale School of Medicine
Mark Barden: co-founder and co-CEO of Sandy Hook Promise
Reverend Sam Saylor: community activist

<a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/research-reports/firearm-violence-in-the-united-states" data-cms-ai="0">More than 200 Americans visit the emergency department for nonfatal firearm injuries each day.</a> That now includes<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/g-s1-10343/up-first-newsletter-trump-attempted-assassination-fbi-rnc-republican-national-convention" data-cms-ai="0">former president Donald Trump who was shot in his right ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend and brought to the hospital.</a>
Today, we talk about gun violence as a public health crisis. <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/firearm-violence/index.html" data-cms-ai="0">The U.S. Surgeon General recently published a health advisory on the far-reaching consequences of firearm violence.</a> The divide on how to respond to gun violence is deeply polarizing. But seeing it through a public lens perspective could change the conversation. And it can <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2024-07-15/sandy-hook-group-navigates-divisive-politics-to-expand-school-gun-violence-prevention-program" data-cms-ai="0">also bring new solutions.</a>
Surviving parents of gun violence victims join us and we also hear from <a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/james-dodington/" data-cms-ai="0">James Dodington, Medical Director at the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention at Yale New Haven Health.</a>
Mark Barden is the <a href="https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/blog/stories/mark-barden/" data-cms-ai="0">co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise.</a> He lost his son Daniel in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. We hear from him.
Reverend Sam Saylor lost his son Shane Oliver to gun violence in October 2012.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-hartford-secret-pierce-74173049450d4915c71a25dc1b0c9f5c" data-cms-ai="0">In April 2023, Shane’s daughter and Reverend Saylor’s granddaughter Sec’ret Pierce was killed by a drive-by shooting in Hartford.</a> She was only 12 years old. He joins us as well.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Dr. James Dodington: Medical Director at the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention and Associate Professor of Yale School of Medicine</li>
<li>Mark Barden: co-founder and co-CEO of Sandy Hook Promise</li>
<li>Reverend Sam Saylor: community activist</li>
</ul>

From Trump's rally to Hartford's Asylum Hill, tackling gun violence as a public health crisis

Every year, we produce a summer reading hour to talk about some of our favorite books of this year, and give you recommendations of the best beach reads.

And this year, we’re diving into the illustrious, the notorious, the infamous paperback: the romance novel.

There’s a lot of stigma attached to romance reading, especially within the reading community. But this top grossing genre is actually one of the most popular book genres in the world.

Today, we go beyond harlequin bodice rippers and Fabio and dive into the world of romance with our panel.

Got a favorite romance novel or love story? We want to hear from you.

GUESTS:


AK Nevermore: president of the Connecticut Romance Writers of America and author living in Connecticut


Michelle Smith: President/Owner The BookSmiths Shoppe, LLC. in Danbury


Lauren Anderson: Founder of Possible Futures Bookspace in New Haven.

Authors featured in this broadcast:


AK Nevermore


Kristan Higgins


Amy Neff


JJ Graham


Krystal Marquis


Chloe Liese

Book recommendations from the staff at Connecticut Public


Normal People, by Sally Rooney


A Court of Thorns and Roses (series),by Sarah J Mass


Fourth Wing (Empyrean series),- Rebecca Yarros


Author Emily Henry


Author Casey McQuiston


The Selection,series by Kiera Cass


Bridgeton,series by Julia Quinn


The Princess Diaries, series by Meg Cabot


Conversations with Friends,by Sally Rooney


Persuasion by Jane Austin

Dylan Reyes contributed to this episode which originally aired May 24, 2024.

Every year, we produce a summer reading hour to talk about some of our favorite books of this year, and give you recommendations of the best beach reads.
And this year, we’re diving into the illustrious, the notorious, the infamous paperback: <a href="https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/liberal-arts/misconceptions-about-the-romance-genre">the romance novel.</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/romance-novels-diversity-lgbtq-cec/index.html">There’s a lot of stigma attached to romance reading,</a> especially within the reading community. But this <a href="https://wordsrated.com/romance-novel-sales-statistics/">top grossing genre</a> is actually one of the most popular book genres in the world.
Today, we go beyond harlequin bodice rippers and Fabio and dive into the world of romance with our panel.
Got a favorite romance novel or love story? We want to hear from you.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
AK Nevermore: president of the<a href="http://www.ctrwa.org/home.html"> Connecticut Romance Writers of America</a> and author living in Connecticut
</li>
<li>
Michelle Smith: President/Owner <a href="https://booksmithsshoppe.com/">The BookSmiths Shoppe, LLC</a>. in Danbury
</li>
<li>
Lauren Anderson: Founder of<a href="https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/"> Possible Futures Bookspace</a> in New Haven.
</li>
</ul>
Authors featured in this broadcast:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://aknevermore.com/">AK Nevermore</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.kristanhiggins.com/">Kristan Higgins</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://amyneff.com/">Amy Neff</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jjgrahambooks.com/">JJ Graham</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://krystalmarquis.com/">Krystal Marquis</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://chloeliese.com/">Chloe Liese</a>
</li>
</ul>
Book recommendations from the staff at Connecticut Public
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/normal-people_sally-rooney/19514700/#edition=25494028&amp;idiq=37058750">Normal People,</a> by Sally Rooney
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://sarahjmaas.com/a-court-of-thorns-roses-series/">A Court of Thorns and Roses (series),</a> by Sarah J Mass
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.empyreanriders.com/articles/empyrean-series/">Fourth Wing (Empyrean series),</a> - Rebecca Yarros
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/">Author Emily Henry</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.caseymcquiston.com/">Author Casey McQuiston</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.kieracass.com/books">The Selection,</a> series by Kiera Cass
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/item/kQHiZI37AAumWFQi09AUXQ">Bridgeton,</a> series by Julia Quinn
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.riverbendbookshop.com/book/9780061479939">The Princess Diaries,</a> series by Meg Cabot
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/conversations-with-friends-sally-rooney/11167655">Conversations with Friends,</a> by Sally Rooney
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6399/persuasion-by-jane-austen/">Persuasion</a> by Jane Austin
</li>
</ul>
Dylan Reyes contributed to this episode which originally aired <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2024-05-24/beyond-fabio-diving-into-the-world-of-romance-novels-and-literature">May 24, 2024</a>.

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