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Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR), CPTV, PBS, NPR and our local media partners are offering an array of reports on the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, and useful information about how to cope with the many challenges we face together during this historic pandemic.

Governor Lamont's Daily News Briefing On Coronavirus

Governor Lamont's Coronavirus response press briefings will be available each day.
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SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS PROGRAMMING
On Connecticut Public Radio & TV
 
TUESDAY MAY 26
LISTEN ONLINE: Where We Live - How Statistics Are Helping Us Navigate The COVID-19 Pandemic
LISTEN ONLINE: The Colin McEnroe Show - The Virus Is Still Here. The Only Thing That's Changed Is That We're Reopening.
 
WEDNESDAY MAY 27
LISTEN ONLINE: The Wheelhouse - Coronavirus Political Divide, Prominent Justice Retires
LISTEN ONLINE: The Colin McEnroe Show - An Hour With An Old Friend
 
THURSDAY MAY 28
LISTEN ONLINE: Where We Live - Reopening Restaurants And Re-examining The Food Supply Chain
LISTEN ONLINE: The Colin McEnroe Show - Between Two Worlds: The Liminal Nature Of Life During Crises
 
FRIDAY MAY 29
LISTEN ONLINE: We We Live - With COVID-19 Closing Pools, Will Drowning Risks Grow?
12:30PM: Governor Lamont's Coronavirus response press briefing
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LISTEN LIVE: Connecticut Public Radio
6PM: Governor Lamont's Coronavirus Response Briefing (re-airing) on CPTV
9PM: The National Conversation with All Things Considered
 
SATURDAY MAY 30
10AM: US In The Time Of Coronavirus - Episode 9

Connecticut Conversations: Coronavirus
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MORE CORONAVIRUS PROGRAMMING
 

US IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
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LISTEN: Phase One Frenzies; Provocative Predictions; The Bread Boom
LISTEN: Surviving Coronavirus; Guns And Fear; The Backyard Chicken Boom
LISTEN: Dating, Weddings, Howling
LISTEN: Helpers Helping Helpers During Coronavirus
LISTEN: Can Your Relationship Withstand A Pandemic?
LISTEN: Better Ways To Treat Heavy Hearts
LISTEN: Holy Week During Covid-19 - What Does It All Mean?
LISTEN: Feeling Anxious? You're Not Alone.
 

WHERE WE LIVE 
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LISTEN: A Meaningful (Socially Distant) Memorial Day Weekend
LISTEN: Xenophobia During Pandemic Hits Asian Americans In Connecticut
LISTEN: Reopening Connecticut Brings Looming Childcare Crisis
LISTEN: Preparing For The 2020-2021 Academic Year
LISTEN: Will Connecticut Be Ready On May 20? Governor Lamont Weighs In
LISTEN: Many Questions Remain On Reopening Connecticut And Its Schools
LISTEN: Voting During Coronavirus
LISTEN: From Online Board Games To Animal Crossing: Fun Goes Virtual During COVID-19
LISTEN: The Challenges of Online Learning
LISTEN: How the Pandemic Affects Our Food Supply And Worsens Food Insecurity
LISTEN: Connecticut Innovators Take On COVID-19
LISTEN: When Can We Go Back To Work?
LISTEN: COVID-19 Continues To Hit Connecticut's Nursing Home Population Hard
LISTEN: Taking Care Of The Disabled During Coronavirus
LISTEN: The Science Of COVID-19
LISTEN: Look For The Helpers
LISTEN: Senator Chris Murphy On COVID-19 Response
LISTEN: A Check-In with Governor Lamont & Coronavirus Reaches State Prisons
LISTEN: Worship in the Time of Coronavirus
LISTEN: Mayor Justin Elicker On How New Haven Is Responding to COVID-19
LISTEN: Coronavirus Upends Schooling For Millions of Kids (Call-In Special)
LISTEN: Pandemic Book Club
LISTEN: How Employers Are Responding To Coronavirus
LISTEN: Schools Respond To Coronavirus
LISTEN: Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic
LISTEN: Coronavirus' Toll On Workers
 

THE COLIN McENROE SHOW 
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LISTEN: Masks Maketh The Man (Women And Lions Too)
LISTEN: Searching For The Holy Grail Of Covid-19
LISTEN: The Nose Wants To Go To Dreamland
LISTEN: Holy Bats In A Pandemic!
LISTEN: Greenwich Republicans And Trump; This Week In Virology
LISTEN: The Sweatpants Maketh The Man (And Woman)
LISTEN: Pandemic And Moral Relativism; The Rush To A Vaccine; Asian Giant Hornets
LISTEN: The Nose Has The Hands Of A 70 Year Old
LISTEN: Did We Get The Dystopia We Were Promised?
LISTEN: How Do We Make Sense Of President Trump's Behavior?
LISTEN: The Scapegoat Is Not To Blame
LISTEN: Learning To Live In The Shadow Of Coronavirus
LISTEN: The Nose Hosts 'SNL' In Its Pajamas
LISTEN: Supermarket Shopping In The Time Of COVID
LISTEN: On Solitude And Hermits
LISTEN: When Will It Be Safe To Go Back In The Water?
LISTEN: The Nose Bought $100,000 Worth Of Anthony Fauci Bobbleheads
LISTEN: Sex and Coronavirus
LISTEN: America's Leaderless Pandemic
LISTEN: One Person's Boredom Is Another Person's Pleasure
LISTEN: The Importance of Trusting Science
LISTEN: Prioritizing Public Health; Grieving Coronavirus; Blaming "Others"
LISTEN: A Little Bit Of Soap
LISTEN: Restaurants and Coronavirus
LISTEN: The Politics Of A Pandemic
LISTEN:  The Scramble On Coronavirus
LISTEN: Sports In The Time Of Coronavirus
LISTEN: The Nose Self-Isolates
 

THE WHEELHOUSE 
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LISTEN: Happy Reopening Day!
LISTEN: Prepping For Reopening, Replacing The Public Health Commissioner
LISTEN: Distance Learning Continues In Connecticut
LISTEN: The Challenges Of Reopening Connecticut; Remembering Those We've Lost
LISTEN: What Would A Normal President Do?
LISTEN: Should Coronavirus Change The Way Legislatures Do Business?
LISTEN: Elected Officials And Regular People Grapple With Coronavirus Fears
LISTEN: Open For Business Or Stay Home, Stay Safe?
LISTEN: Coronavirus In Connecticut
 

SPECIALS

LISTEN: Call-In Special - Are New Englanders Becoming More Territorial During The Pandemic?
LISTEN: America, Interrupted (PBS News Hour)
LISTEN: Call-In Special - How Can New England's Economy Survive Coronavirus?
LISTEN: The National Conversation with All Things Considered
LISTEN: Call-In Special - Health Care Workers On The Pandemic's Frontlines
WATCH: Confronting Coronavirus: A PBS NewsHour Special
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