Lucy Nalpathanchil

After nearly seven years of hosting Where We Live, today is Lucy’s last live show. This hour, we reflect on some of our favorite conversations and talk about the future of Connecticut’s flagship show.

This hour, a look at housing segregation with reporter Camila Vallejo, Sean Ghio with the Partnership for Strong Communities, and two zoning researchers, Sara Bronin, founder of DesegregateCT, and Bob Ellickson, author of “America’s Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning.”

Republican challenger George Logan is looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Jahana Hayes in the 5th District.

During Digital Inclusion Week, we hear from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, along with American Library Association Executive Director Tracie D. Hall. How do local libraries help bridge the digital divide? Local libraries also join us.

“You cannot win the 5th District with just Democrat votes or just Republican votes,” Hayes said. “You really have to have a much broader appeal.”

In this hour, Governor Ned Lamont joins host Lucy Nalpathanchil in the studio to discuss his campaign for re-election and take listener questions.

Speaking Thursday on Connecticut Public Radio’s Where We Live, Lamont said “we now have the ability to keep ourselves safe” and that on the first day of school this year, “everybody felt like we were back to normal.”

For Republican Bob Stefanowski, it’s his second time running for governor against incumbent Democrat Ned Lamont.

Nurse-midwife and researcher Dr. Lucinda Canty has been focused on racial disparities in reproductive health care. This hour, hear about why she launched Lucinda’s House in Connecticut, plus, journalist and author Linda Villarosa on her new book, “Under the Skin.”

In Connecticut, schools are now offering four mental health wellness days to K-12 students. This hour on Where We Live, we also talk about how Mental Health Wellness days should, and should not, be used.