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For the People

The award-winning "For the People", produced by John Voket, focuses on issues related to aging, veterans, youth, education, health and human services, public safety, workforce and consumer issues and the environment. Broadcast segments and guests explore concerns facing communities we serve, and detail how individuals and communities may respond to address and/or mitigate those concerns.

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57:38

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Connecticut VA -...

For the People ·

2017/01/01

This week John Voket opens the first show of 2017 cluing you in on Connecticut's progress as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - which has helped cut carbon emissions across nine states by more than 37 percent. Then we'll speak with Helen Keller International - which just re-upped a significant grant to continue its ChildSight program. In between we'll check in with the the state's Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to learn what the VA is doing to serve, support, sustain and honor our

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58:27

Operation Fuel - Zero Energy Challenge - New England...

For the People ·

2016/12/18

This week John Voket visits with Operation Fuel to focus on the thousands of families and seniors facing challenges staying warm this winter, and how to help. We'll touch base with a couple of guests about the 2016 Zero Energy Challenge, including the developer of one of the state's newest homes with near zero-energy output. Then saddle up and take a radio tour of the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol - and make plans to visit.

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57:33

Everyday Hero Firefighter Recruitment - Sandy Hook...

For the People ·

2016/12/11

This week host John Voket visits with two representatives of Connecticut's Everyday Hero program - which is working to fortify local volunteer fire companies whose memberships are dwindling. And as we approach the 4th anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy, we'll visit Sandy Hook Promise to hear about the immense success the nonprofit is having with a recently released video designed to raise awareness about those who may be seeking to do others harm.

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56:28

Special Report: AAA Drugged Driving Summit - PLUS...

For the People ·

2016/12/04

This week host John Voket brings you a Special Report featuring three perspectives from the recent AAA Drugged Driving Summit. With voters in Massachusetts making marijuana available for recreational use, AAA convened the summit to help get law enforcement officials, prosecutors, lawmakers and traffic safety experts together to examine how our state will deal with the inevitable increase in drugged drivers heading back from Massachusettes in the near future. We're also replaying a segment with

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59:32

Special Report: Waterbury Regional Chamber...

For the People ·

2016/11/27

This week host John Voket brings you a Special Report, live from the Waterbury Regional Chamber’s 6th annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo in the Technology Hall of Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC). Learn why hundreds of hand-picked students, educators, and parents came out to chat with manufacturing and technology executives about job and career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields. We'll talk with a number of stakeholders including the

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57:51

Connecticut Fund for the Environment - BBB - EPA...

For the People ·

2016/11/20

This week host John Voket opens and closes the program with two different agencies engaged in the custodianship of Long Island Sound, learning about 25 new grants totaling $1.3 million going to to local government and community groups in New York and Connecticut through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund. Then it's time for our quarterly visit with Connecticut BBB, to get clued in on holiday season scams, concerns about e-receipts, spying billboards, utility imposters, and more.

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58:15

Spooner House Food Drive - Golden Opportunities -...

For the People ·

2016/11/13

This week host John Voket visits Spooner House - serving the greater Naugatuck Valley region's hungry and homeless this holiday season and year-round. Then we'll introduce Golden Opportunities, which is looking to boost its ranks of very special volunteers who provide seniors with critical social interactions. Then we'll return to the issue of hunger, and try to explain why so many state residents are going hungry everyday with a representative of Foodshare.

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57:42

ENCORE: GPP Absenteeism - CCM Opioid Toolkit -...

For the People ·

2016/11/06

This week host John Voket encores three segments starting with the Governor's Prevention Partnership talking about chronic absenteeism and the need for mentors to help at-risk students graduate. Then we replay a call with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities discussing how that agency is assisting municipal leaders coming to grips with the opioid epidemic with a new, useful toolkit. And we'll close replaying a conversation with the CEO of Trinity Health-New England, one of the growing

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57:25

CBIA Legislative Agenda - Better Halloween & Holiday...

For the People ·

2016/10/30

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket talks with Connecticut's largest business association about its 2017 legislative agenda, a series of policy proposals designed to put Connecticut on the path to a stronger, more competitive economy. Then we'll talk about food with a dietition from Bridgeport Hospital and Get Healthy CT - to learn how to select and prepare the best stuff, from Halloween treats to our Thnaksgiving and Holiday feasts. And we'll conclude with a replay

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57:31

New England Young at Heart - Oak Hill / HARC -...

For the People ·

2016/10/23

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket touches base with New England Young at Heart, a grassroots Service Network for seniors and their caregivers to review a few free events being planned - including the agency's first-ever Senior Prom. Then we'll talk with Oak Hill and HARC - two agency's serving physically and developmentally challenged clients going through the current transition from state residential to nonprofit facilities. And we'll close revealing Connecticut's Top

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57:40

Walk Like MADD - Adam's House - 'The Good Adoptee'

For the People ·

2016/10/16

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket talks with MADD CT, along with two surviving victims whose lives and families were shattered by drunk drivers - and we'll invite everyone to support the cause at next Saturday's Walk Like MADD. Then we'll return to Adams House to learn how their grief education programs are helping families with empathy, guidance and support after the loss of a loved one through tragedy, illness or accident. And we'll wrap inviting you to 'The Good

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57:55

Encores: Diabetes Alert Day - Healthiest Cities &...

For the People ·

2016/10/09

This week the award-winning For the People encores three previous segments digging into why diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death here in Connecticut - chatting with the the New Haven Health Department's exec talkng about why the Elm City is among the latest to engage in the national Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge - and vivting My Sister's Place - a thrift store has been the primary revenue stream for the Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services for over 30 years.

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58:55

Journey Found - 5th Annual Pineapple Classic -...

For the People ·

2016/10/02

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket catches up with Journey Found - a Hartford area agency supporting state residents on the autism spectrum, and with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Then we'll talk with a couple of renowned blood cancer researchers whose agencies will benefit from the 5th Annual Pineapple Classic Obstacle 5K Returning to the Greenwich Polo Club on October 8. And we'll close talking with the director of Connecticut's first in the nation long

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57:49

SNAP - CT Electric Car - Teen Legal Advocacy Project

For the People ·

2016/09/25

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket is on a mission to reach millions of state seniors 60 and over who qualify for the financial and health benefits of SNAP - but have yet to apply. Then we'll get up to speed on the latest news about electric cars, and invite you to a free upcoming event to get you into the driver's seat. And we'll close chatting up a different kind of vehicle - the Connecticut's Teen Legal Advocacy Project 's Mobile Legal Clinic - and learn how it's

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59:07

Believe 208 - Outpatient Palliative Pilot - Making...

For the People ·

2016/09/18

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket opens paying tribute to the memory of East Hartford police officer Paul Buchanan and 'Believe 208' - the nonprofit established in his honor. Then we'll visit with a Western CT Health Network physician administering a highly successful outpatient palliative care pilot at Danbury Hospital. And we wrap inviting you to to spend October Making Strides Against Breast cancer at one or more of these benefit walks happening across the state all

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57:54

The Governor's Prevention Partnership - The 29th...

For the People ·

2016/09/11

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket chats up organizers and recipients of two upcoming activities - the expanded 29th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, and the annual Bike The Beach/Hike The Beach for the Probus Club of Greater Bridgeport, supporting agencies enhancing the lives of people with disabilities. In between we'll take on the serious subject of truancy, and get a very real look at how many kids are skipping school, and how it's affecting them and their

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58:38

The Workplace Veterans Awards - Sterling House...

For the People ·

2016/09/04

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket hosts two very different conversations about how local initiatives at The Workplace and through Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are serving those who served. And we'll check in with Sterling House to learn how they are serving thousands of families, and planning to get you 'Down & Dirty' next weekend to help their cause.

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57:49

20th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup - Connecticut's...

For the People ·

2016/08/28

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket takes care of Mother Earth by getting you involved with the Connecticut River Watershed Council's 20th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup; reviewing the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality's annual report with all the things we're doing wrong - and right - to keep our state's environment thriving; and providing a crash course on invasives while promoting the CT Invasive Plant Working Group and its upcoming Invasive Plants Symposium

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57:40

A New CEO @ High Watch - CCM's Opioid &...

For the People ·

2016/08/21

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket introduces the brand new CEO of High Watch Recovery Center in Kent; learns how the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is assisting municipal leaders challenged with promoting sustainability, while coming to grips with the opiod epidemic; and checks in with the President of the Southern CT Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to help promote their work and the Out of the Darkness community walk coming up in

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58:26

The Pantry @ Norwalk CC - Medicare Oncology Care...

For the People ·

2016/08/14

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket replays a segment with the founder of The Pantry - a student food pantry at Norwalk Community College; checks in with Starling Physicians to learn how participation in Medicare Services nationwide oncology care model will benefit cancer patients across the nation; and we'll circle back to hear about some of the important points and key takeaways from last month's the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corp's conference in

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