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Steady Habits
Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast is hosted by John Dankosky. We dig into Connecticut’s biggest stories in policy and politics. Our goal is to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them.
PODCAST: Getting employees back to the workplace
In the first of a series for Steady Habits sponsored by CT Rides, John Dankosky invites experts to look at the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, their employees, and Connecticut’s roadways and transit systems.
PODCAST: Would shrinking the Supreme Court help build consensus?
In part two of our conversation, Linda Greenhouse considers whether a smaller, even-numbered future Court might help build more consensus.
PODCAST: Linda Greenhouse considers the new, conservative Supreme Court
The longtime Supreme Court reporter and columnist for the New York Times sees the justices expanding their role in religious issues and further damaging the Voting Rights Act.
PODCAST: Wrapping up a session that said “yes” to legal marijuana, “no” to new taxes
The legislative session has concluded. It seems in some ways this “Land of Steady Habits” has emerged a changed place.
PODCAST: Redistricting gives CT chance to draw a better map
How can Connecticut use redistricting to create an electoral system that serves its people? The Brennan Center’s Michael Li joins John Dankosky to discuss.
PODCAST: Finding mental health solutions for CT kids
This last year, spent in a pandemic, has changed the lives of so many. But those changes might be felt most acutely by children.
PODCAST: Single moms in CT hit hardest by pandemic
Job insecurity, housing insecurity, and food insecurity are all realities, on top of the stress of living through a pandemic while raising children.
PODCAST: Transforming Hartford with trains, parks, bikes
Hartford 400 calls for a linear park called The Hartline, a brand-new urban district in East Hartford and a main thoroughfare that reconnects Hartford to the Connecticut River.
PODCAST: The plan to transform Hartford’s highways, riverfront and fortunes
This week, we take a look into the future of Connecticut’s capital city.
PODCAST: Exoneree says compassion, legislation important for those leaving prison
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.”
PODCAST: Journals tell story of a pandemic year filled with sadness, loss and joy
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.
PODCAST: Porter says Lamont’s ‘austerity budget’ will worsen inequality
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.
PODCAST: Geballe answers critics of CT vaccine rollout
Josh Geballe talk about the reasons for the state’s shift in plans, how Connecticut is addressing the questions of vaccine equity and the rollout for educators in an effort to open all schools.
PODCAST: New CT vaccine plan ‘disappointing’ to equity advocates
Connecticut is shifting to a strictly aged-based vaccine rollout. Who gets left behind under that strategy?