CTInsideOut

We talk about what happened in 2018 that will carry over into 2019 and what new things we can expect from the new session. We discuss who should be paying for crumbling foundations, what games they'll make you play to see if you're high, and whether Lamont might strike the balance needed in the perception olympics, among other items.

Since we're inbetween episodes for the holidays, here's a bonus episode featuring the kiddos that was recorded earlier in 2018 that covers all manner of subject matter- whether animals are better than people, what kind of food we would all be, quantitative easing, and Alice's radical realignment of the work week. #notallwolves

In this episode, we talk about good places to eat around the state, particularly in New Haven County. We discuss overall faves, good places to take the kids, finer dining/date night, and even sneak in some Disney talk.

In this brief episode, we talk way too early about 2020 and who the good candidates may be. This likely says more about us than about anything that will actually happen.

On this episode, we prove definitively that the state is in tip-top shop because we heard someone was happy here. We talk about people who've moved into the state, people who complain about leaving and don't ever do it, and people who've found other states far too expensive to live in. We examine the relative threats of snakes, bears, alligators, killer frost, Florida Man, and Spanish moss.

On this episode, we reheat some leftovers from our minor podcast siesta. We talk about the blue wave that was and the blue wave that wasn't, nominate some turkeys of the year, pontificate on why we shouldn't let the Joes into public life, and talk about a few things in Connecticut that we're grateful for.

CT Inside Out: With the election around the corner, are we getting our hopes up in terms of a blue wave? What does big data say and who speaks for the data and what do they want it to say? Are these rhetorical questions or are there actual answers? Cashier: Sir, this is a Wendy's...

In this episode, we talk about...what did we talk about again? Something about the lottery, and maybe zombies? Spoiling your kids, being homeless, Fairfield homes for big data, vacations with unlimited funds, the right amount of acres? None of this sounds like a real episode. Not sure this is a real episode.

In this episode, we discuss how millennials become the cause of and solution to all of our problems. In the process, we solve generation gaps and opine on manbuns and space age furniture. We get stranger danger and engage in self-think.

In this episode, we discuss CT's best and worst residents. Our long list includes Ebeneezer Don Carlos Bassett, Moses Austin, Roger Sherman, Kingsman Brewster, Eli Whitney, Amy Archer Gilligan, Mel Gibson, The Bush Family, George Reardon, Ella T Grasso, John Mason Oprah Winfrey, Mark Twain, Benedict Arnold, and Alden Mead. As usual with bonus tipsy asides and nonsequitors!

On this episode, we explore some CT urban legends and folklore, including Escher-esque haunted mansions, fruit-shaped cannibals, fashion-forward drifters, CT's most ill-advised cargo voyage, and more. Find out why New Haven could have been a bigger deal than NYC

Our very special guest, Theresa Ranciato-Viele, Democratic candidate for State Representative for the Town of North Haven (the 87th General Assembly District), joins us to discuss a number of topics: Sneers! Tacos! Drugs! Demographics! Tolls! Overpaid legislators! Audits! Rising tides! Moderation! Blight! Guns vs Knives! Why didn't you invite Theresa to your parties? She's not bitter, but we are.

In this episode, we discuss the recent article Malls R Us by Julia Hedges (https://yaleherald.com/malls-r-us-773085a08e94) on the closing of Toys R Us in North Haven, the effect of empty spaces, the retail apocalypse, the curse of Connecticut, and why the Whalers are not welcome back

After weeks of computer problems and ongoing recording issues, we return retooled and focused grouped in a more fast and loose format to see if a CT identity is necessary (hell no), trash talk other states, and question whether we're ok just being the state that people think just got back from dropping their child off at crew/dressage/cornhole/junior private equity training/boat surgery/bonded Apizza grandstanding. Jon Lovett debate us you coward.

In this episode, we discuss the (mostly non-political) reasons people who are not lifers decide to move to a town, including discussions on the convenience of being by a Target, why road congestion and parking are more contentious than politics, school systems and the CT curve, how millennials and boomers are playing home ownership chicken, and whether the distance to NYC/Boston means anything. We also start what we hope to be a prolonged rivalry with Nebraska.