CT Insurance Dept. - Shopping Anyway - Northern Middlesex YMCA
Today's For the People is going to put heavy focus on - and share a ton of accurately sourced details about insurance with the Connecticut Insurance Department's Interim Commissioner, who will be covering a range of related subjects and reminding you about his department's brand new online Consumer Information Center. Then - whether you work or volunteer at a nonprofit, or just like supporting...
1hr 3m Jan 25
1hr 3m
Local Food Count
For the People is visiting with a couple of old friends representing the CT Food System Alliance. If you work in a restaurant, grocery, educational or institutional food service, we need you to be part of the Local Food Count - a New England initiative tracking local food spending to build a stronger and sustainable local food system while working toward a regional goal of 30% food self-suffici...
17m Jan 20
17m
SCSU Modifying Adaptive Toys
Check out our chat with associate professor Lauren Tucker about her work and her graduate elective class at Southern Connecticut State University. They have taken up a mission to add easier-to-use switches on toys that are then presented to teachers to use in their classrooms. Listen and learn why these modifications are so important.
16m Jan 20
16m
Central Connecticut Coast YMCA
For the People is proud to join the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA in celebrating 175 years of community building in 2026, as we welcome their current executive to discuss the organization's past and where it's headed. Tune in and find out why the Y is far more than a gym - it's a lifeline, a gathering place, and a trusted partner through both life’s challenges and its celebrations.
19m Jan 20
19m
Central Connecticut Coast YMCA - SCSU Modifying Adaptive Toys - CT Food System Alliance / Local Food Count
For the People is proud to join the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA in celebrating 175 years of community building in 2026, as we welcome their current executive to discuss the organization's past and where it's headed. Tune in and find out why the Y is far more than a gym - it's a lifeline, a gathering place, and a trusted partner through both life’s challenges and its celebrations. Then, we'l...
56m Jan 18
56m
Fairfield U Cancer Research Breakthrough
Check out our conversation about breast cancer research, how one student at Fairfield University worked closely with her professor to discover how natural plant-derived compounds can help combat breast cancer, and how she will soon be presenting her findings on a national stage.
14m Jan 13
14m
McCall Behavioral Health Network
As we have been reporting - demand for youth mental health care is rising, and families are facing long wait times.  So we'll chat with a leader at McCall Behavioral Health Network about how they're utilizing a new grant to address treatment delays and shortfalls by expanding access for youths ages 8–17 who are at risk of emotional distress, self-harm, or substance use.
18m Jan 13
18m
AARP CT 2026 Legislative Agenda
We're opening our 2026 For the People program year with our community partners at AARP Connecticut. We'll clue you in on how you can access funds for a quick turnaround project to improve livability and quality of life in your community, and hear about AARP's agenda for the 2026 state legislative session.
21m Jan 13
21m
AARP CT 2026 Legislative Agenda - McCall Behavioral Health Network - Fairfield U Cancer Research Breakthrough
We're opening our 2026 For the People program year with our community partners at AARP Connecticut. We'll clue you in on how you can access funds for a quick turnaround project to improve livability and quality of life in your community, and hear about AARP's agenda for the 2026 state legislative session. Then, as we have been reporting - demand for youth mental health care is rising, and fami...
56m Jan 11
56m
ENCORE: Coastal Mix Barbershop Chorus - Griffin Hospital EmPATH behavioral health unit Pt. 1 & 2
This week we're wrapping up our look back at some of the key segments For the People presented during 2025. We don't do a lot of singing on the award-winning For the People, and when we do it's usually singing praises for great organizations and today is no different as we replay interviews and songs we captured during our visit with some talented and inspiring singers inviting you to lend you...
58m Jan 04
58m
ENCORE: Preservation Connecticut @50 - Women's Mentoring Network - Art Pharmacy
We're continuing our look back at some of the most important For the People segments of 2025 and we'll start with: Preservation Connecticut - which turned 50 this year. Tune in and check out how they're going to continue sustaining and preserving critical buildings, sites, even social and cultural practices that helped shape the state we live in. Then we'll replay our visit with the Women's Me...
51m Dec 28, 2025
51m
DataHaven Community Wellness Survey - ENCORE: SCORE Western CT - ENCORE: cARTie
Before we start rolling out our look back at some of the key segments For the People presented during 2025, we've got a new and important subject to open the show: DataHaven - the New Haven-based research non-profit recently released its latest community well-being survey, and it presents some really interesting counterpoints, bad news, and good news about how Connecticut is feeling  So, tune i...
57m Dec 21, 2025
57m
WCOG Comprehensive Climate Action Plan for Southwest Connecticut
In case you missed it, two of our state's regional Council of Government or COG offices recently hosted a public webinar presenting the final Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) for Southwest Connecticut - and there are still ways for you to offer public comment about it. So we visited the Western Connecticut Council of Governments to learn more about the basics on the plan, the resources ...
26m Dec 15, 2025
26m
Chapel Haven Schleifer Center's Kilimanjaro Adventurers
We recently visited the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center - a nationally accredited nonprofit in New Haven that empowers adults 18 and over with autism and other developmental disabilities to live independent, self-determined lives. We met the center's director, and got to chat with two inspiring residents on the spectrum who recently completed a journey to Africa where they both participated in cl...
25m Dec 15, 2025
25m
Chapel Haven Schleifer Center's Kilimanjaro Adventurers - WCOG Comprehensive Climate Action Plan for Southwest Connecticut
First, we headed out to the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center - a nationally accredited nonprofit in New Haven that empowers adults 18 and over with autism and other developmental disabilities to live independent, self-determined lives. We'll meet and hear from the center's director, and chat with two inspiring residents on the spectrum who recently completed a journey to Africa where they both par...
57m Dec 14, 2025
57m
Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation
For the People is reconnecting with folks from the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation to tell you about an upcoming holiday event they are holding, and to chat with a Hulley scholarship recipient about how this nonprofit is making a major difference in his pursuit of a career in the arts.
15m Dec 10, 2025
15m
PACE-People's Action for Clean Energy
Tune in as we pick up our conversation with a representative from PACE - Peoples Action for Clean Energy. There's a lot to know about the clean energy sector locally, and a number of issues at the national level that could negatively impact progress we are making here in Connecticut, so stick around to learn what you can do about it.
14m Dec 10, 2025
14m
MADD / CT State Police
Check out our discussion about the serious implications of driving while impaired with representatives from MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving - and our partners at the CT State Police. We'll share all the reasons why you should just say no to driving after you party, and some of the alternatives to help protect you and everyone else out on the roads this holiday season and into 2026.
24m Dec 10, 2025
24m
MADD / CT State Police - PACE-People's Action for Clean Energy - Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation
Today we're going to discuss the serious implications of driving while impaired with representatives from MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving - and our partners at the CT State Police. We'll share all the reasons why you should just say no to driving after you party, and some of the alternatives to help protect you and everyone else out on the roads this holiday season and into 2026. Then we'...
56m Dec 07, 2025
56m
CT Voices / State of Early Childhood
We have come to understand that high-quality early care and education is one of the most effective, evidence-based ways to support children’s long-term success. However, CT Voices’ new analysis of ECE data from 2014 to 2024 shows that the system has struggled to meet demand. So, we're bringing in the co-authors of the latest Connecticut Voices for Children 2025 State of Early Childhood report t...
19m Dec 01, 2025
19m
AARP Caregivers Study
As we arrived at the final day of National Family Caregivers Month this November, we're circling back with our partners at AARP Connecticut to unpack some key points from the organization's latest report on Family Caregiving. Nearly three out of every 10 Connecticut residents are family caregivers, and the numbers are growing - so stay tuned and learn what you need - or may need to know about t...
19m Dec 01, 2025
19m
Career Resources' Drone Academy
We're bringing you a bird's eye view of new career opportunities and training as we bring in a panel to talk about Connecticut's own Drone Academy - a pilot program developed in collaboration with The WorkPlace, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), and Career Resources to create a technology-oriented career pathway for out-of-school youth, aged 18-24, within the growing unmanned aerial...
19m Dec 01, 2025
19m
Career Resources' Drone Academy - AARP Caregivers Study - CT Voices / State of Early Childhood
We're going to open with a bird's eye view of new career opportunities and training as we bring in a panel to talk about Connecticut's own Drone Academy - a pilot program developed in collaboration with The WorkPlace, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), and Career Resources to create a technology-oriented career pathway for out-of-school youth, aged 18-24, within the growing unmanned ...
1hr 1m Nov 30, 2025
1hr 1m
New England Rural Health Association Pt. 2
For the People is circling back with the New England Rural Health Association. We'll recap their recent conference which was held here in Connecticut, and learn about how our state may benefit from the organization's recently announced Rural Health Transformation Program. Rural communities are closer than you think, so tune in and find out why their health needs are so unique.
16m Nov 25, 2025
16m
Abilis' Medical Model Home
We're reconnecting with our community partners at Abilis, and celebrating the opening of the agency's first medical model residential home in Fairfield County for adults with complex medical needs and developmental disabilities. Tune in and hear about the journey toward completion of this fully accessible residence and why Connecticut will need a lot more of them in the near future.
15m Nov 25, 2025
15m
Wheel It Forward
One of the last things you need to worry about if you or a loved one needs expensive durable medical equipment or certain medical supplies is out of pocket costs. So, we want to introduce you to the founder of Wheel It Forward, an innovative Fairfield County nonprofit that provides a durable medical equipment lending service and more - all at no direct cost.
22m Nov 25, 2025
22m
Wheel It Forward - Abilis' Medical Model Home - New England Rural Health Association Pt. 2
One of the last things you need to worry about if you or a loved one needs expensive durable medical equipment or certain medical supplies is out of pocket costs. So to open the show today, we want to introduce you to the founder of Wheel It Forward, an innovative Fairfield County nonprofit that provides a durable medical equipment lending service and more - all at no direct cost. Then we'll r...
57m Nov 23, 2025
57m
LifeBridge Community Services
Meet the leader of LifeBridge Communty Services - a Bridgeport based human services nonprofit. During these uncertain times, and with the holidays quickly approaching, we want to help highlight the critical behavioral health resources that may be helpful to those in the LifeBridge service community.
16m Nov 18, 2025
16m
Backyard Beekeepers Assoc.
Catch the latest buzz from our friends at the Backyard Beekeepers Association. Thie next session of Bee School is taking applications now, so if you've ever entertained an interest in keeping and raising these important pollinators, tune in!
19m Nov 18, 2025
19m
CT DOT Winter Advisories
As much as we may dread the onset of winter driving conditions, there are a number of ways to help ensure we all make it through alive. So, we are inviting back our resource at the CT DOT to get us up to speed on what to know so you and you loved ones are getting around safely on our roads and highways until spring.
17m Nov 18, 2025
17m
CT DOT Winter Advisories - Backyard Beekeepers - LifeBridge Community Services
As much as we may dread the onset of winter driving conditions, there are a number of ways to help ensure we all make it through alive. So, we are inviting back our resource at the CT DOT to get us up to speed on what to know so you and you loved ones are getting around safely on our roads and highways until spring. Then we'll hear the latest buzz from our friends at the Backyard Beekeepers As...
55m Nov 16, 2025
55m
CTData Collaborative
While data touches out lives in so many ways, virtually every day - you may not really even think about it until it's gone. So we're bringing back one of the leaders from the Connecticut Data Collaborative to talk about what's going missing, what her team is doing about it, and to invite you to be part of the upcoming Data For Democracy Conference - even if you have no idea how data impacts you...
20m Nov 13, 2025
20m
CTData Collaborative - Arts for Learning CT (encore) - CT Dept. of Labor (encore)
While data touches out lives in so many ways, virtually every day - you may not really even think about it until it's gone. So we're bringing back one of the leaders from the Connecticut Data Collaborative to talk about what's going missing, what her team is doing about it, and to invite you to be part of the upcoming Data For Democracy Conference - even if you have no idea how data impacts you...
1hr Nov 09, 2025
1hr
EnergizeCT Community Partnership initiative
Tune in as EnergizeCT unpacks details of their Community Partnership initiative - a collaboration with local organizations to connect with and educate residents and business owners about energy efficiency programs available with Energize Connecticut Sponsors.
15m Nov 07, 2025
15m
Greater Bridgeport Symphony 80th Season Preview
The Greater Bridgeport Symphony's Board President is on board with For the People trumpeting the symphony's upcoming concert - which is being held in a brand new venue, and will include a number of ways to engage both musically, and creatively with greater Bridgeport's rich cultural offerings.
18m Nov 07, 2025
18m
CatalystCT 'Amplifying Resident Voices' Project
We're reconnecting with For the People community partner CatalystCT to tout their “Amplifying Resident Voices” project - a collaboration with Fairfield University’s Center for Social Impact and PT Partners - which is expanding on previous research and will assess, design, and implement evidence-based solutions to persistent community violence.
19m Nov 07, 2025
19m
CatalystCT 'Amplifying Resident Voices' Project - Greater Bridgeport Symphony 80th Season Preview - EnergizeCT Community Partnership initiative
We're reconnecting with For the People community partner CatalystCT to tout their “Amplifying Resident Voices” project - a collaboration with Fairfield University’s Center for Social Impact and PT Partners - which is expanding on previous research and will assess, design, and implement evidence-based solutions to persistent community violence. Then we'll connect with the Greater Bridgeport Sym...
57m Nov 02, 2025
57m
PACE - People's Action for Clean Energy
Meet the leader from from PACE - People's Action for Clean Energy. Learn more about how PACE is working throughout Connecticut to promote the development of alternative, renewable sources of energy and encourage others to join in on the conversation.
13m Oct 28, 2025
13m
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: CCADV
The third and final segment in our Domestic Violence Awareness Month series featuring the leader of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence - the agency that helps support a wide network of domestic and interpersonal violence prevention agencies, shelters, judicial navigator programs and a statewide hotline and text service so you or someone you know in a toxic relationship can get ...
20m Oct 28, 2025
20m
CT Foodshare
We are reconnecting with CT Foodshare on the important topic of food insecurity. With the federal government shutdown taking its toll on food support programs for our most fragile and needy neighbors, we'll talk about how easy it is for you to help through food contributions, volunteering, or by turning your donated dollar into $5, $7, even $10 of nutritious food.
20m Oct 28, 2025
20m
CT Foodshare - Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: CCADV - People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE)
First, we are reconnecting with CT Foodshare on the important topic of food insecurity. With the federal government shutdown poised to throw food support programs for our most fragile and needy neighbors into overdrive, we'll talk about how easy it is for you to help through food contributions, volunteering, or by turning your donated dollar into $5, $7, even $10 worth of nutritious food. Then...
56m Oct 26, 2025
56m
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series Pt. 2: The Center
Are you - or do you know an interpersonal violence survivor in western Connecticut looking for help? For the People's Domestic Violence Awareness Month series continues, this time highlighting The Center for Empowerment & Education - an agency bringing interpersonal violence prevention education, front line response, and support to thousands across central western Connecticut for over 50 years!
14m Oct 21, 2025
14m
The Thomas Merton Family Center
Meet the leader of the Thomas Merton Family Center in Bridgeport, currently serving thousands of individuals and families each year through their soup kitchen, food pantry, and supportive community programs. Find out how your help might just be just a PBJ away!
21m Oct 21, 2025
21m
Impact Fairfield County
Our For the People partners at Impact Fairfield County are touting their Fall Kick-off November 5th for members - and to invite qualifying nonprofits to apply for their current round of grants. Learn how this collective giving organization is empowering women of Fairfield County in local philanthropy - and what a difference those contributions are making in our own neighborhoods.
18m Oct 21, 2025
18m
Impact Fairfield County - The Thomas Merton Family Center - Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: The Center
Today, our For the People partners at Impact Fairfield County will join us touting their Fall Kick-off November 5th for members and those who want to be - along with inviting qualifying nonprofits to apply for their current round of grants. Learn how this collective giving organization is empowering women of Fairfield County in local philanthropy - and what a difference those contributions are ...
57m Oct 19, 2025
57m
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: Safe Haven
The first segment in our 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month series, this week focusing on Safe Haven - serving the greater Waterbury region. Find out how Safe haven is there for you if you are a victim and need support making a safe break toward a violence and abuse-free next chapter for you and your children.
17m Oct 14, 2025
17m
CT Active Transportation Plan
For the People is bringing in a Connecticut DOT representative to remind you that your voice matters when creating a safer, more accessible transportation network for all Connecticut residents and visitors alike. Learn about the development of a statewide Active Transportation Plan and where you can show up in the coming days to help make it even better.
18m Oct 14, 2025
18m
Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay
Check out our conversation with Marine, author and Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay about the opportunities for fellow veterans interested in creative writing - and what the university offers to those who served, or anyone interested in its unique MFA program.
16m Oct 14, 2025
16m
Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay - CT Active Transportation Plan - Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: Safe Haven
Today we're hosting a conversation with Marine, author and Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay about the opportunities for fellow veterans interested in creative writing - and what the university offers to those who served, or anyone interested in its unique MFA program. Then, we'll bring in a Connecticut DOT representative to remind you that your voice matters when creating a safer, more...
54m Oct 12, 2025
54m
UConn Plants & Pollinators Conference
There's lots to learn about environmental stewardship as we tell you all about this year's  UConn Plants & Pollen Conference. There's a lot of networking and important information to be shared if you care about the role you, your yard, and a simple pollinator garden can play in helping sustain our fragile environment.
15m Oct 06, 2025
15m