Where We Live: Best of 2021
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<p>As the year comes to a close we continue our tradition of re-airing some of our best Where We Live shows from 2021. They include conversations with explorers like NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron who is currently orbiting the earth, deep-sea explorer and Connecticut resident, Dr. Robert Ballard, and underwater ocean photographer Brian Skerry. We also talked to two amazing athletes, Paralympians Matthew Torres of Fairfield and Laura Goodkind. And before we say goodbye to 2021, our show December 31 reminds us to reflect on the winter season; it’s okay to slow down and take time to be gentle with yourself and others, some of what author Katherine May shares in our conversation about “Wintering.”</p>
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December 31, 2021
Author Katherine May On Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat
<p>New England winters are a good time to lean into our favorite winter activities or get more sleep!</p> <p>Author, Katherine May writes the act of wintering goes beyond the season. It can be a period of reflection and down time when life throws the worst at us. </p> <p>Before we close out the year, we listen back to my conversation with May about her book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times.</p> <p>She writes we “must learn to invite the winter in. We may never choose winter, but we can choose how.” </p> <p>How are you wintering?</p> <p><strong>GUEST:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Katherine May</strong> - author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N3MXHZ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times </a></li> </ul> <p>Cat Pastor contributed to this program which originally aired <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/mental-health/2021-02-19/author-katherine-may-on-wintering-the-power-of-rest-and-retreat">February 19, 2021</a>.</p><p><a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
December 30, 2021
Grit And Games: Getting To The Paralympics, A Connecticut Story
<p>Six athletes with disabilities — and with ties to Connecticut — <a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/article/Six-athletes-with-ties-to-Connecticut-will-16396315.php">represented</a> the U.S. at the Tokyo <a href="https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020">Paralympics 2020</a>, bringing home four medals.</p> <p><a href="https://fairfieldstags.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster">Fairfield University</a> trained two medaling para swimmers, <a href="https://www.teamusa.org/usparaswimming/athletes/Colleen-Young">Colleen Young</a> and <a href="https://www.teamusa.org/usparaswimming/athletes/Matthew-Torres">Matthew Torres</a>, while Laura Goodkind,10th in the trunk and arms mixed double sculls in the 2016 Paralympics, most recently won the PR2 mixed doubles sculls at the 2020 Olympic Trials.</p> <p>Children with disabilities are placed with integrated sports teams, designed by the <a href="https://www.soct.org/">Special Olympics Connecticut</a>, in nearly all schools across the state.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Matthew Torres </strong>- Para-swimming Bronze Medalist, Paralympics Tokyo 2020; Junior at Fairfield University</li> <li><strong>Anthony Bruno - </strong>Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s, Swimming and Diving, Fairfield University </li> <li><strong>Laura Goodkind </strong>- Two-time Paralympian, Para-rowing (2016, 2020). Graduate of The Forman School, Litchfield</li> <li><strong>Maggie Vanoni </strong>-Sports Reporter, Hearst </li> <li><strong>Beau Doherty </strong>- President, Special Olympics Connecticut </li> </ul><p><a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
December 29, 2021
Beneath The Surface With Photojournalist Brian Skerry
Sharks. They’re among the apex predators of the ocean, swimming with stealth and agility across our blue planet. But more than that, they’re sources of myth and fear, stirring imaginations with their serrated jaws and cutting dorsal fins. So what, then, does it take to photograph these -- and other -- awe-inspiring marine creatures? This hour, we talk with underwater photojournalist Brian Skerry and preview his upcoming appearance at The Connecticut Forum.
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<p>As the year comes to a close we continue our tradition of re-airing some of our best Where We Live shows from 2021. They include conversations with explorers like NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron who is currently orbiting the earth, deep-sea explorer and Connecticut resident, Dr. Robert Ballard, and underwater ocean photographer Brian Skerry. We also talked to two amazing athletes, Paralympians Matthew Torres of Fairfield and Laura Goodkind. And before we say goodbye to 2021, our show December 31 reminds us to reflect on the winter season; it’s okay to slow down and take time to be gentle with yourself and others, some of what author Katherine May shares in our conversation about “Wintering.”</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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