Where We Live Podcast
1) Making Connecticut parks, forests and trails accessible to everyone - The 2025 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability
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2) Yale's Marc Brackett on the life-changing skill of emotional regulation
Success isn’t just about talent or intelligence – it’s about how we handle our emotions. Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, says emo...Show More
3) Food as medicine: How what we eat can nourish, support and even heal our bodies
There’s an old saying that goes “you are what you eat.” You might take that phrase with a grain of salt, but doctors agree: what we eat affects our blood pressure, blood sugar, cardi...Show More
4) New Haven author Anelise Chen explores art of retreat and how to 'clam' down
It all started with a typo. Anelise Chen was going through a difficult divorce. Her career and job security was tenuous. She just got into a bike accident leaving her with bruised ribs, and she receiv...Show More
5) Where We Read listens back to conversations with CT authors
Here at Where We Live, this was a big year for books. Not only did we get the chance to speak with some terrific authors, we also launched our Where We Read newsletter, a destination for die-hard book...Show More
6) Connecticut authors reflect on food’s power to connect us
What meal brings you back to childhood? This hour, two local children’s authors share how their young protagonists find meaning in the kitchen, using food as a tool to explore culture, loss, and...Show More
7) Music and memories: A game of musical chairs with host Catherine Shen
Cat Shen has been hosting Where We Live long enough for the show to use a fork, and yet very little is known about her. In this hour, technical producer and partner-in-mischief Dylan Reyes sits d...Show More
8) CT native Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on love and loss in new memoir 'All the Way to the River'
Connecticut native and bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir, "All the Way to the River," tells the story of her late partner, Rayya Elias. The two began as fast friends, then fell i...Show More
9) Amid ongoing gun violence, how are young people handling anxiety?
From a mass shooting in Australia that left 15 people dead, to a shooting at Brown University that killed two students, the world has been rocked by gun violence at the end of 2025. In the U...Show More
10) A celebration of Jane Austen, on her 250th birthday
Tuesday is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. This hour, we celebrate the beloved author's work, and look at why her six novels have endured for centuries. Plus, we hear from a horticultura...Show More