Podcasts

This week, we take a look into the future of Connecticut’s capital city.

If you talk with Scott Lewis, you hear a lot of things that sound like this: “When you go through a lot of challenges in life, you learn how to make the best out of the days that you’re given to live life.”

As we mark the one year anniversary of the pandemic impacting Connecticut, we’ve been asking what we’ve learned and what we’ve lost.

In a state that’s been almost entirely run by Democrats for years, Connecticut’s moderate Gov. Ned Lamont is getting a hard push from the left.

Connecticut is shifting to a strictly aged-based vaccine rollout. Who gets left behind under that strategy?

House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora says he’s looking for the state to take a “more active role” in some areas.

John Dankosky talks with Connecticut’s second-most powerful Democrat about possible new revenue to help struggling cities, towns and residents.

Budget reporter Keith Phaneuf joins John Dankosky to break down the status of the budget ahead of the governor’s proposal.

While Connecticut’s age-based COVID-19 vaccination plan makes efficiency a priority, is the vaccine rollout leaving behind Black and Latino residents?

Bill Curry and Liz Kurantowicz feel their parties are in better shape with Trump out of office. But what’s next?

Yale Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves doesn’t mince words about the nation’s response to COVID-19, either on Twitter, or in person.

In CT Mirror’s first conversation previewing the session, John Dankosky talks with Mark Pazniokas, Jenna Carlesso and Kasturi Pananjady.

Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, is Biden’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Education. Here’s how he might lead the department.

With the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Connecticut is set for what Gov. Lamont calls a “new spring.”