Darting in Middletown
Our Latest Dart Throw led us to Middletown and our great host Brew Bakers on Main Street in Middletown. The Manager Philipp Aigner welcomes us and talks about everything they do.
Mar 21, 2025•6 min
Brian & Company
Brian Shactman wakes Connecticut up with all the information you need to start your day. News, weather, traffic and sports plus, interviews with the people making the news each day. It’s the perfect way to start your day informed and entertained – Mornings with Brian & Company 5:30am-9am!
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Episodes
Will UConn Make A Run?
CT Insider's Mike Anthony is in North Carolina as the UConn Huskies look for the three-peat. Will they get past Oklahoma in their opener?
Mar 20, 2025•10 min
Will There Be A Bear Hunt In CT?
CT Insider Investigator Marc Fitch talks about the ongoing bear conflicts in our state and surrounding areas and will there ever be a bear hunt in our state.
Mar 20, 2025•8 min
Relegation In Sports
Bruce Mandell is the Chairman of the Hartford Athletic and he discusses about a big change in the world of soccer!
Mar 20, 2025•9 min
We Make Our Picks
We welcome back our friends at the FM to make our Final Four Picks of the Men's NCAA Tournament.
Mar 20, 2025•7 min
The Legacy of an Icon
Author Tom Santopietro joins the show to talk about his new book titled Audrey Hepburn - A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty. You can get the book at tomsantopietro.com or you can see him in person this weekend. He tells you where he will be signing his new book.
Mar 19, 2025•7 min
Checking in With Noah
A good friend of the show Noah Coon calls in from George Mason University to make his NCAA Tournament Picks and to predict if the Red Sox will make the postseason
Mar 19, 2025•5 min
CT Budget Inflating?
State Comptroller Sean Scanlon talks to Brian about the Budget and where it is headed.
Mar 19, 2025•10 min
Astronauts Finally Home
Lon Seidman discusses the Astronauts coming home and the splashdown in the water.
Mar 19, 2025•7 min
Tech Tuesday!
Erik Semmel from Tab Computer Systems and Computer Talk with Tab discusses this week's Tech news and answers some questions from Ray and Brian.
Mar 18, 2025•10 min
No More Leaf Blowers?
Sen Paul Cicarella discusses the proposed bill to ban gas powered leaf blowers..... yes, that's a real thing.
Mar 18, 2025•9 min
Yale Goin' Dancin'
Yale Head Basketball Coach James Jones talks about making the NCAA Tournament again and their opening round matchup! Yale faces Texas A&M on Thursday night at 7:25
Mar 18, 2025•6 min
CT Business Blend
Greg Bordonaro, editor of the Hartford Business Journal. A look back at the state's jobs performance in 2024, Barnes Group closing its corporate HQ, another CT company relocating its HQ elsewhere, and the state seeking to sell merchandise to raise funds for tourism.
Mar 17, 2025•6 min
CT Economic Outlook, Positive or Negative?
Director of Research Patrick Flaherty. Connecticut Department of Labor . " annual benchmark report for 2024 and the January 2025 monthly labor data. Revised 2024 data largely mirrored the job numbers and unemployment rates reported in the monthly labor situation releases. Employers showed continued growth in January 2025 adding 2,300 jobs. The state’s unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 3.3%."
Mar 17, 2025•8 min
March Basketball is Upon Us.
David Borges of CT Insider looks at the UConn hoops team heading into playoff time.
Mar 17, 2025•8 min
Markets recovering from last week?
Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News Business Analyst talks about the upcoming fed meeting.
Mar 17, 2025•8 min
D.C. Update
The Great David Lightman from McClatchy DC joins us to discuss the possibility of a Government Shutdown as well as what President Trump is planning next.
Mar 14, 2025•9 min
Changes with PURA
John Moritz from CT Mirror calls in to discuss the latest change at PURA. Is it good?
Mar 14, 2025•8 min
Dropping the Ball
CT Insider Investigator Brandon Whiting discusses the recent failures of the CT DCF and what should be done.
Mar 14, 2025•9 min
A Proud Father!
We Usually have Tim Restall of the Yard Goats on to talk baseball, but his son plays for Western New England and they are in the sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament tonight against Trinity. He discusses the pressure and what he is doing for the big game!
Mar 14, 2025•8 min
From State to Federal
Attorney General William Tong discusses State issues and of course Federal issues that are bleeding into and impacting the state of Connecticut.
Mar 13, 2025•31 min
What's Goin On In CT?
Chris VanDeHoef from Penn Lincoln Strategies discusses everything going on at the Capitol building in Hartford and what we can expect in the coming months.
Mar 13, 2025•19 min
Big Trucks Rolling In To Town
Monster Jam is rolling into the XL Center in Hartford at the end of the month and the driver of the most famous truck Grave Digger joins us. Matthew Cody is the driver of Grave Digger. How did he get the honor and what goes into being a monster truck driver?
Mar 12, 2025•8 min
AI Changing Things
Senator James Maroney wrote an Op-Ed in the courant about A.I. and how it is changing everything rapidly
Mar 12, 2025•9 min
A Connecticut Legend Continues
UConn Legend Jen Rizzotti is now the President of the CT Sun. She talks about everything from the upcoming draft, the state of the team during the rebuild, and if the team sees a move in the future.
Mar 12, 2025•14 min
No Room at The Dorm
Natasha Sokoloff from CT insider discusses her latest piece about UConn Students being waitlisted for housing.
Mar 12, 2025•8 min
A Legend in The House
Long time CT News Anchor Gerry Brooks joins the show to discuss retirement, the state of "The News" and more.
Mar 11, 2025•28 min
Tech Tuesday
Erik Semmel from Tab Computer Systems and Computer Talk with Tab discusses the latest tech and scares Brian and Gerry Brooks with some news.
Mar 11, 2025•8 min
What Is Going On With The Stock Market?!
Esha Dey from Bloomberg discusses the volatile market and if and when it will recover.
Mar 11, 2025•6 min
Making a Run toward the Tournament
The Fairfield Women's basketball team controls their own destiny.... if they win, they will be in the NCAA Tournament. It won't be easy, but their Head Coach Carly Thibault-Dudonis tells us how she is preparing her team for greatness.
Mar 10, 2025•8 min
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