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For the People

The award-winning 'For the People', produced by John Voket, focuses on issues related to aging, veterans, youth, education, health and human services, public safety, workforce and consumer issues and the environment. Broadcast segments and guests explore concerns facing communities we serve, and detail how individuals and communities may respond to address and/or mitigate those concerns.

Society & Culture Government Local
Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
42 minutes
Episodes
538
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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USDA Invasive Species Lookout - Staying Safe From Data Breaches - Call Before You Dig

USDA Invasive Species Lookout - Staying Safe From Data Breaches - Call Before You Dig

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People enlists an invasive species expert from the US Dept of Agriculture to clue us in on the foreign flora and fauna we should be looking out…

00:58:02  |   Sun 28 Apr 2019
Childbirth Center @ Griffin Hospital - Family & Children's Aid - 2019 Housatonic River Cleanup

Childbirth Center @ Griffin Hospital - Family & Children's Aid - 2019 Housatonic River Cleanup

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces the Childbirth Center at Griffin Hospital, and touts their upcoming free annual Baby Fair and how Griffin offers high level p…

00:57:33  |   Sun 21 Apr 2019
AAUW 6th Tech Savvy Conference - Financial Literacy Month - NSC Distracted Driving Awareness

AAUW 6th Tech Savvy Conference - Financial Literacy Month - NSC Distracted Driving Awareness

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People chats with the American Association of University Women’s Connecticut Chapter about their upcoming 6th annual Tech Savvy Conference, for…

00:58:55  |   Sun 14 Apr 2019
Samples And Snippets Live From Connecticut Ag Day At The Capital

Samples And Snippets Live From Connecticut Ag Day At The Capital

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People was honored with our third Connecticut ​Agricultural Information Council - Agricultural Journalism Award on Ag Day at the State capital.…

01:01:26  |   Sun 07 Apr 2019
Spring Skin Saving Tips - Long Island Blue Plan - Teens & Vaping Dangers (encore)

Spring Skin Saving Tips - Long Island Blue Plan - Teens & Vaping Dangers (encore)

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People starts out reminding sun worshipers that you're more likely to get sunburn in the Spring when UV rays are most intense. We'll hear from …

00:59:17  |   Sun 31 Mar 2019
Treating Spring Allergies - CT NOFA's 'OrganiConn Bites' Pt. 2 - ACLU Smart Justice

Treating Spring Allergies - CT NOFA's 'OrganiConn Bites' Pt. 2 - ACLU Smart Justice

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People chats with a Physician's Assistant who helps shed light on symptoms and treatments for spring allergy, sinus and respiratory issues.

T…

00:59:30  |   Sun 24 Mar 2019
CT NOFA's 2019 OrganiConn Series Pt. 1 - Wilton Go Green Zero Waste Faire

CT NOFA's 2019 OrganiConn Series Pt. 1 - Wilton Go Green Zero Waste Faire

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People launches a new radio series we're calling 'OrganiConn Bites' which will bring you several segments today and plenty more throughout the …

00:57:27  |   Sun 17 Mar 2019
Jersey Mike's Month of Giving - The Dental/Opioid Connection - Courage To Speak Foundation

Jersey Mike's Month of Giving - The Dental/Opioid Connection - Courage To Speak Foundation

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People visits with Jersey Mike's Subs to promote their March Month of Giving - and how it benefits four important charities across Connecticut.

00:57:37  |   Sun 10 Mar 2019
Easter Seals - CT Tax Policy Collaborative - CT Office of Early Childhood

Easter Seals - CT Tax Policy Collaborative - CT Office of Early Childhood

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens talking about the 26th Annual Chocolate and Food Festival benefiting Easter Seals - and we'll hear about some of the great program…

00:57:43  |   Sun 03 Mar 2019
Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 4 - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal - CT Brewers Guild

Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 4 - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal - CT Brewers Guild

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with the last segment of our 'Heart Month Survival Guide' breaking down what heart disease is all about, and talking with a highly…

00:57:19  |   Sun 24 Feb 2019
Bowl2Benefit Umbrella - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 3 - Food Equity & Economic Development

Bowl2Benefit Umbrella - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 3 - Food Equity & Economic Development

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People promotes how the 31st Annual Bowl-2-Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic and Violence Services plays a critical role in providing co…

00:59:32  |   Sun 17 Feb 2019
Consumer Counsel Elin Katz - Conservation Law Foundation - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 2

Consumer Counsel Elin Katz - Conservation Law Foundation - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt. 2

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People touts the growing chorus of consumers and state officials who believe the time has come to eliminate third-party electric suppliers and …

00:58:25  |   Sun 10 Feb 2019
Shear Alliance/True Colors - State Of Tobacco Control 2019 - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt 1

Shear Alliance/True Colors - State Of Tobacco Control 2019 - Heart Month Survival Guide Pt 1

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces a brand new grassroots organization called Shear Alliance, which is working to support the state's LGBTQ community with an up…

00:57:53  |   Sun 03 Feb 2019
Opioids & Connecticut's Workforce - Commissioner of Veterans Affairs - Aware Recovery Care

Opioids & Connecticut's Workforce - Commissioner of Veterans Affairs - Aware Recovery Care

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People picks up the conversation with the CT Dept of Health about how that agency is helping employers coming to grips with how the opioid epid…

00:57:55  |   Sun 27 Jan 2019
Long Island Sound Futures Fund (encore) - Girl Scouts of CT - ALCU Smart Justice

Long Island Sound Futures Fund (encore) - Girl Scouts of CT - ALCU Smart Justice

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with an encore play of a recent segment celebrating more than $2.7 million in grants recently awarded to the EPA and the Long Isla…

00:57:06  |   Sun 20 Jan 2019
IRIS - Simsbury Free Library MLK Projects - Parent Leadership Training Institute

IRIS - Simsbury Free Library MLK Projects - Parent Leadership Training Institute

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People open with IRIS - Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services. We'll hear about the realities and challenges being faced by displaced, ofte…

00:57:39  |   Sun 13 Jan 2019
Nutmeg State FCU - Senator Tony Hwang - Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT

Nutmeg State FCU - Senator Tony Hwang - Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People roll into 2019 talking about the physical and financial health of Connecticut's young people and what may be in store for our entire sta…

00:57:36  |   Sun 06 Jan 2019
Farm Aid Special Report Pt 3 encore - Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement

Farm Aid Special Report Pt 3 encore - Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement

Last weekend, we featured an encore presentation of the first two parts of our Special Report from Connecticut's first Farm Aid. Since 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $53 million to help family f…

00:57:23  |   Sun 30 Dec 2018
Encore: Special Report from Farm Aid 2018

Encore: Special Report from Farm Aid 2018

As we gather with loved ones this holiday season, chances are it will be around a meal. But what would that meal be without farmers?

Connecticut hosted its first Farm Aid on the first day of autumn…

00:57:51  |   Sun 23 Dec 2018
CHRO - EPA Long Island Sound Grants - Community Foundation Greater New Haven

CHRO - EPA Long Island Sound Grants - Community Foundation Greater New Haven

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens the show celebrating more than $2.7 million in grants awarded to the EPA and the Long Island Sound Futures Fund. We'll learn how t…

00:57:29  |   Sun 16 Dec 2018
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