Hospitals and health care providers are under increasing pressure in the state and around the country. The Connecticut East podcast talks to Kyle Kramer, CEO of Day Kimball Health, about the pressures on rural health care providers like Day Kimball Health, which mostly serves communities in eastern Connecticut.

Plus we take a look at other stories from across the region.

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Talking PFAS With A Connecticut Farmer

His farm has never used biosolids, and only a very few pesticides over the years. So why does Preston, CT farmer Jerry Grabarek’s blood contain high levels of PFAS, also known as forever chemicals? He tells us what he thinks is causing it.

Talking Healthcare Costs And Companies For Nat’l Public Health Week

It’s National Public Health Week so we are talking about the healthcare industry with Sarah Worthy, CEO of Door Space, who gives us her frank opinions about where healthcare is going and why she believes we need to stop it.

Plus we take a look at other stories from around the region.

Podcast |Two Connecticut Doctors Talk About Their New Waterless Soap

A pair of entrepreneurial Connecticut doctors are on a mission to help us wash our hands without water as they launch the first truly waterless soap.

Helping Veterans Reconnect: Davey Edwards, Founder Of Open Doors Outdoors In Connecticut

Open Doors Outdoors Founder Davey Edwards is a military veteran on a new mission – to reconnect his fellow veterans, their families, and young people using the great outdoors. We talk to Edwards about his new organization and why he’s doing it on the Connecticut East podcast.

Plus we take a look at other stories…

Talking About Connecticut’s Nuclear Power Future And Millstone Power Plant

The two nuclear reactors at the Millstone Power Plant in Waterford generate around half the electricity we use in Connecticut each year. We’re talking about that and what the future of nuclear power looks like in the state on the Connecticut East podcast.

Connecticut East | Listen And Learn About The National Prison Debate League

They’re some of the brightest minds around and have taken on and beaten the best debate teams in the US. The Connecticut East podcast learns about the National Prison Debate League and its teams of incarcerated individuals.

Connecticut East | Talking To Veterans, Remembering And Honoring Those Who Served

It’s Memorial Day weekend and the Connecticut East podcast visits the Danielson Coffee House to remember and honor those who served and to talk with veterans who serve their community each month with their mobile food pantry.

Podcast | Osten, Somers Wrap Up 2024 Session

The Connecticut East podcast speaks with state Sens. Cathy Osten and Heather Somers about the 2024 legislative session.

Connecticut East | A Conversation With Anne Miller

Brian Scott-Smith sits down with Anne Miller, executive director of TEEG, which is a non-profit human services organization with a 40-year history helping families in the quiet corner of Connecticut.

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