Tess Terrible

College can be a place of connection, but more students than ever are feeling isolated and lonely. We asked students how they navigate loneliness and hear from someone working at a student mental health center.

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, musicians' lives changed forever. Hear from members of a special ensemble of Afghan musicians working to preserve and play the music of Afghan composers.

Nearly one in five adults in the United States have low literacy skills. Today, we learn what this looks like in Connecticut and hear from a local student working to improve their reading and writing skills as an adult. Plus, it’s National Media Literacy Week. We’ll explore this area of literacy education too.

Over 900,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon. Today, Lebanese Americans living in Connecticut react to the war and destruction we’re seeing abroad. Plus, a conversation on Lebanese culture, hospitality and cuisine.

People with disabilities are less likely to vote than people without disabilities. This hour on Where We Live, we talk about some of the barriers they face and how we might expand access to the ballot box.

This hour, three Connecticut poet laureates join us in the studio to discuss what it means to be an ambassador of poetry. They share some of their work and talk about passing poetry on to the next generation.

This hour on Where We Live is our annual summer reading show, and we are taking a deep dive into the genre of romance novels. Romance might have a bad rep, but it’s one of the top-grossing genres of literature.

This hour on Where We Live, we hear from local filmmaker and writer TJ Noel-Sullivan. His first feature-length film, "Midas," is an epic heist film set in downtown Hartford that follows three friends as they take on the insurance capital of the world.

This hour on Where We Live, we get a preview of the new Connecticut Public documentary ‘Fighting For Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated.’ Plus, access to local pools is limited this summer. We hear why.

Recent studies are showing that microplastics could be impacting male infertility. This hour, we hear one couple’s journey navigating this and in vitro fertilization, better known as IVF.