Filling in for Melissa, host Paul Pacelli welcomed Quinnipiac University Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Dr. Ari Perez – a self-proclaimed “Swiftie” – to chat about Taylor Swift’s announcement of her new album, “The Life of a Show Girl.” Dr. Perez teaches the popular course “Taylor Swift: Cultural Mirrorball,” examining her work through multiple academic lenses, including gender studies, business, songwriting and music production.
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Filling in for Melissa, host Paul Pacelli chatted with Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences and Director of the Medical Student Home (MeSH) Program at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, about recent news that Connecticut Third District Congresswoman Rose DeLauro underwent a procedure to treat a case of spinal stenosis.
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Host Paul Pacelli welcomed Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio to Tuesday’s “Connecticut Today” to discuss a little-known regulation in a recently-passed education bill in Hartford (00:32). CBS News reporter Linda Kenyon (07:47), Landmark Legal Foundation Vice-President of Legal Affairs Mike O’Neill (12:39), and Paul (19:12) all gave their takes on the Trump White House law enforcement plans for Washington, D.C.
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A state senator wants to be incarcerated in solitary confinement for 72 hours. That was the opening lines of a recent Hartford Courant article. It’s talking about Senator and Doctor Saud Anwar and we welcomed him to the show for the first time to talk about this and his thoughts about Governor Lamont potentially running for a third term.
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We are just weeks away from the start of the new school year. But did you know that one Connecticut town has actually been in session this summer? Apparently, New London set out to challenge the typical summer vacation model and is currently offering classroom instruction all year long with shorter, more frequent breaks. We got feedback about this from Joslyn DeLancey, Vice President of the Connecticut Education Association.
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In wake of recent water-related deaths in the Housatonic River, some residents are calling for better signage around the shores. But we’ve also heard people compare Long Island Sound to the Atlantic Ocean and how it’s ‘nowhere near as dangerous.’ We tackled these misconceptions with DEEP Deputy Commissioner Mason Trumble.
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Host Paul Pacelli kicked off a new week on “Connecticut Today” talking – from a strategy point of view – about a proposed Trump White House takeover of policing in Washington, D.C. (00:45). Former FBI agent and current University of New Haven Senior Criminal Justice Lecturer Ken Gray talked about that White House order regarding law enforcement in the U.S. Capitol and how it could be implemented (17:07). Former Time Magazine Senior Reporter and Professor Emeritus of political science at St. Peter’s University Alain Sanders shared his thoughts on this Friday’s upcoming meeting in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (24:46)
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