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The nation’s fourth postmaster general, a Connecticut native, encouraged Congress to prevent Black people from carrying the mail, out of fear of rebellion.

It's a true story.
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Brenton Graveley is one of 500 scientists working on taking the next step toward eradicating congenital disease. On this episode of Exit 43, Graveley discusses the ENCODE project, and his work in understanding how damaged human genes might be repaired in the not-so-distant future.
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Three hundred dogs. That’s how many pitbulls Anya Kopchinsky has fostered in her five years rescuing them from dog-fighting rings.

These are criminal cases, she explained on the latest episode of the Exit 43 podcast, even though most of the time the perpetrators get light sentences for unrelated crimes like drugs or money laundering.

“It's a lot of work for little payoff for sure,” Kopchinsky said.

On the latest episode of Exit 43, Kopchinsky details the conditions in which these animals are forced to live, and what it’s like to foster them, to help them recover enough to become family dogs, with a happy future.

Why is the podcast called Exit 43? As anyone who drives the Merritt Parkway knows, there is no exit 43, and the reasons why touch on issues of privilege, access and the history of the state itself. Each week we’ll dive into a local news issue, examining an aspect of life in and around Connecticut you probably didn’t know about.
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There are too many parallels between the summers of 1919 and 2020 to ignore.

There are inferences to make and parallels to draw, but it’s important, according to historian and author Kenneth C. Davis, to remember that history doesn’t repeat itself.

In both cases, racially charged civil unrest followed a global pandemic. In both cases, conservatism was on the rise. In both cases there was economic fear and ongoing cultural shifts.

And, in both cases, blame for the civil unrest — or “race riots” as they were called in 1919 — fell on anarchists and communists.

On this week's episode of Exit 43, we conclude our mini-series in an attempt to examine solutions to the overarching issues of racist inequity. Are there economic solutions? Is political upheaval the only way forward? Or does it come down to community-level, kitchen-table solutions?

Why is the podcast called Exit 43? As anyone who drives the Merritt Parkway knows, there is no exit 43, and the reasons why touch on issues of privilege, access and the history of the state itself. Each week we’ll dive into a local news issue, examining an aspect of life in and around Connecticut you probably didn’t know about.
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COVID-19 is killing three times more black people than their white neighbors, as protests against police brutality continue across the nation.

On this week's episode of Exit 43, we conclude our mini-series in an attempt to examine solutions to the overarching issues of racist inequity. Are there economic solutions? Is political upheaval the only way forward? Or does it come down to community-level, kitchen-table solutions?

Why is the podcast called Exit 43? As anyone who drives the Merritt Parkway knows, there is no exit 43, and the reasons why touch on issues of privilege, access and the history of the state itself. Each week we’ll dive into a local news issue, examining an aspect of life in and around Connecticut you probably didn’t know about.
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Can trauma be passed down from generation to generation? Where do environmental factors and public policy fit in?

COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting communities of color, but the factors that make that true have been around for hundreds of years.

On this week's episode of Exit 43, we connect the coronavirus to the police brutality that sparked nationwide protests.
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