Third spaces are those social spaces that aren’t your home or your workplace. They’re those great in-between environments where you can come by just to hangout with your community.

They can act as the building block of a healthy, thriving community. Although many of these spaces have disappeared, there’ are efforts to bring them back.

Today, we take a look at third spaces in Connecticut and beyond. Plus, heading into the long Labor Day weekend, we get an update on a "Where We Live" favorite third space — Connecticut parks and forests!

Guests:
Mason Trumble: Deputy Commissioner with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Melissa Whitson: Professor of psychology and licensed psychologist at the University of New Haven
Michael Brown: Owner of Third Space in New Haven, a gaming lounge, creative community space and event venue
Sydney Williams-Brown: Co-owner of Third Space

Third spaces are those social spaces that aren&rsquo;t your home or your workplace. They&rsquo;re those great in-between environments where you can come by just to hangout with your community.
They can act as the building block of a healthy, thriving community. Although many of these spaces have disappeared, there&rsquo; are efforts to bring them back.
Today, we take a look at third spaces in Connecticut and beyond. Plus, heading into the long Labor Day weekend, we get an update on a "Where We Live" favorite third space &mdash; Connecticut parks and forests!
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Mason Trumble:&nbsp;Deputy Commissioner with the&nbsp;<a href="https://portal.ct.gov/deep">Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newhaven.edu/faculty-staff-profiles/melissa-whitson.php">Melissa Whitson:</a>&nbsp;Professor of psychology and licensed psychologist at the University of New Haven</li>
<li>Michael Brown:&nbsp;Owner of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thirdspacenewhaven.com/">Third Space in New Haven,</a>&nbsp;a gaming lounge, creative community space and event venue</li>
<li>Sydney Williams-Brown:&nbsp;Co-owner of Third Space</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.