Catherine Shen

Have you seen a bear where you live? Today, we talk about what you need to know about being bear aware. And it starts at home - the vast amount of bear-related conflicts start with bird feeders and trash. Got a question about the bears?

Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel is vice chair of the council of elders and tribal historian for the Mohegan Tribe – a sovereign and federally-recognized Indian tribe in Connecticut. This hour, she joins Where We Live to talk about the importance of storytelling.

Lebanese displaced from the Dahiyah southern suburbs of Beirut by three weeks of Israeli airstrikes, there and in other parts of Lebanon, still camp for their safety in the central Martyrs Square, on October 13, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. Officials say that more than one million people have been forced to flee their homes as Israel targets strongholds and positions of the Iran-backed Shiite Hezbollah militia, such as Dahiyah, in an air campaign that since Sept. 23 has cost more than 1,400 lives in Lebanon.

Early voting starts next week across Connecticut. This means voters can cast their ballots ahead of Election Day in November. Each town and city will have at least one early voting location, and voters can even cast their ballots over the weekend.

This hour on Where We Live, we dive into political advertising in 2024. Erika Franklin Fowler of the Wesleyan Media Project answers our questions. She also gives advice for improving our media literacy skills.

Nearly one in five adults in the United States have low literacy skills. Today, we learn what this looks like in Connecticut and hear from a local student working to improve their reading and writing skills as an adult. Plus, it’s National Media Literacy Week. We’ll explore this area of literacy education too.

Composer and conductor Arson Fahim started playing the piano after watching the movie The Pianist

A woman being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Illustration published 1895.

How do art and politics interact? This hour, we listen back to a panel discussion between educators, journalists and artists. They explain how art informs their politics, and how politics inform their art.

Election Day is finally here. Today, we’ll get updates on how Election Day is unfolding in our state and across the nation.