Season 2: Self-Evident
In the run-up to the consequential November election, can we look at the biggest issues around so-called “unalienable rights” and find any common ground that is “self-evident?”
Season 2: Self-Evident
Untold: Who says we need gun control?
This episode we’ll learn what tackling gun violence in Connecticut’s cities looks like day-to-day from an intervention specialist with Hartford Communities That Care.
Untold: What’s it like to grow up trans?
This episode we’ll learn what it’s like to grow up trans in Connecticut, and why this moment is so dangerous for the LGBTQ community.
Untold: Why is it so hard to vote in CT?
This episode we’ll find out how one Black church is getting out the vote, and we’ll chat with a member of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Untold: Reproductive rights: Why don’t we talk about sex?
Connecticut doesn’t require public schools to teach sex education. This episode, we speak with two teenagers who stepped in to help educate their peers.
Untold: In the climate crisis, who’s really feeling the heat?
This episode we go inside Resilient Connecticut, one of the state’s biggest climate adaptation efforts, to find out how our towns are preparing for a hotter future.
Untold: We hold these truths to be self-evident
This season we look at the issues that matter to young people. What is self-evident? Where do we have common ground and where do we differ?
Season 1: Recovery
Whose recovery is this anyway? Our first season showcases stories from around Connecticut about how people are feeling two years into the pandemic. Listen to Season 1 →
Sponsors
Thank you to Leadership Greater Hartford and the University of Connecticut School of Public Policy, whose generous financial support helps to make Untold possible.
Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) is a proud sponsor of CT Mirror’s “Untold” Podcast. The landscape and needs of leaders are constantly evolving, and LGH strives to be a go-to resource in supporting community leaders who are navigating emerging and established leadership demands. Their lunchtime webinar series, Leading in the New Now, launches this May and features some of the best leadership minds locally and nationally to provide insights to leaders at every level. Learn more at leadershipgh.org.
Untold is sponsored by UConn’s School of Public Policy, a leader in public policy, public management, nonprofit management, and survey research education.
About The Podcast
Challenge assumptions, seek understanding, leave nothing untold.
In Untold we pass the microphone from the policymakers to the people, connecting with Connecticut’s communities to reframe familiar stories and explore those left untold. Read more in the Untold Season 1 Media Kit.
Meet The Team
Untold is hosted by Mercy A. Quaye and John Dankosky, and produced by Harriet Jones. The podcast’s music is composed by Mark Lyon.
Mercy A. Quaye
Mercy A. Quaye writes a monthly column called Sightlines for CT Mirror and is the editor of CT Mirror’s Community Editorial Board. In 2015 she founded and continues to lead The Narrative Project, a mission-driven communications consulting group providing communications support to non-profit organizations throughout the state.
John Dankosky
John Dankosky is CT Mirror’s Director of Events. A well-known and highly-regarded radio personality and moderator, he divides his time between CT Mirror — where he heads up our events program and serves as a multi-platform consultant — and the NPR / PRI program Science Friday.
Harriet Jones
Harriet Jones has 30 years experience in storytelling. She began her training with the BBC, taught journalism in Eastern Europe and has been a reporter, news editor and manager in both the commercial and public media worlds. Her work is heard on NPR’s Here & Now, American Public Media’s Marketplace and on local stations throughout the country.
Mark Lyon
Mark Lyon is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and music educator who lives in New Haven. Over the past 15 years, Lyon has been a freelance guitarist/bassist in the r&b, funk, reggae, and hip hop circuits. However, he is most recognized as the guitarist and musical director of original soul act, Phat A$tronaut.