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Lets Talk About It guests with Dennis O'Brien and Susan Johnson Fridays 5:10-6pm on 14/WILI

Upcoming guests:
May 17: Leigh Duffy and Norman Janes of the Windham No Freeze Shelter May 24: Elkin Espitia-Loaiza talks about the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance Rally in Hartford on June 1
Past guests:
May 10: UConn Professor Larry Goodheart & Bill Potvin talk about their support for Court Martial defendant Bradley Manning May 3: Representatives of the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum talk about this Saturday's Annual Grand Opening
April 26: Mike Nelson, Studio Supervisor, Charter TV, North Windham April 19: Norma Boujouen, co-author of "The Puerto Rican Experience in Willimantic" April 12: ECSU Associate Professor Ricardo Perez, talking about the Latino Migration Project Exhibit at the Windham Textile and History Museum.
April 5: Kevin Counihan, CEO of "Access Health Connecticut," the CT Health Insurance Exchange
March 29: Jean deSmet, Chair, Windham Energy Commission talks about "Solarize Windham & Mansfield"
March 22: Gary Osbrey, President & Morning Show Host, WINY Radio, Putnam
March 15: UConn Economics Professor Steve Lanza, Executive Editor of The Connecticut Economy, a UConn publication March 8: Windham Human Services Director Mary DeMarco talks about the Windham Senior Citizens Center March 1: Windham Town Counsilor Dawn Niles
Feb 22: Anne Hulick, Susan Eastwood and John Murphy of the Coalition For A Safe and Healthy Connecticut Feb 15: Windham Town Manager Neil Beets
Feb 8: Windham Town Councilors Mark Doyle and Tom DeVivo
Feb 1: Windham Board of Education members Murphy Sewall and Tracy Lambert
Jan 25: Downtown advocates Lynn Duval and Karen Gilbransen talk about Romantic Willimantic's Chocolate Festival Jan 18: Norwich City Historian Dale Plummer talks about the Emancipation Proclamation and Abraham Lincoln in Norwich, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 11: Doctor Fred Shapiro from the First Baptist Church in Willimantic, and local realtor and stained glass artist Jennifer Clark Jan 4, 2013: Representative Betsy Ritter of Waterford, Deputy Speaker of the State House of Representatives
Dec 28, 2012: Willimantic VFW Veterans Advocate and counselor Bill "Woody" Woodbury
Dec 21: Windham Mayor Ernie Eldridge and Santa Claus
Dec 14: Lynn Duval and Bruce John talk about the new Downtown Willimantic website
Dec 7: Becky McEnery of UConn and Director John Baine of the Windham Theatre Guild talk about "It's A Wonderful Life"
Nov 30: Photographer Harrison Judd and Curator June Bisantz talk about the "End Of An Era" exhibit now at Artspace
Nov 23: Windham Charter Revision Chair Dawn Niles
Nov 16: Windham Councilor Tom DeVivo, Chair of the Magnet School Building Committee
Nov 9: Post-election analysis
November 2: Election preview with Tom DeVivo and Mark Doyle
October 26: 47th District State Representative candidate Noah Enslow of Sprague
October 19: Windham Board of Education member Tracy LambertOctober 12: Canterbury First Selectman Brian Sear
October 5: Windham Democratic Registrar of Voters Bunny Lescoe
September 28: Norwich State Representative Chris Coutu
September 21: WILI afternoon newscaster John Silva
September 14: Denny Gates from Gates GMC/Nissan
September 7: Carol Santa Lucia and Barbara McClintock from the Windham Free Library
August 31: Susan Collins from the Windham Board of Education
August 24: UConn Professor Ken Noll discusses "The God Particle"
August 17: Sprague First Selectwoman Cathy Osten August 10: Steve Lanza, Executive Editor of "The Connecticut Economy," a publication of UConn August 3: Paula Stahl, Windham Planning and Zoning Commission Chair
July 27: J. Michael Callahan, Chairman of the Windham Water Commission
July 20: Chris McNaboe, Executive Director, Horizons of South Windham
July 13: Windham Players Alumni Jim Baran & Steve Kaminski talk about the SPARKS Summer Camp Program
July 6: Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen
June 29: Retiring Windham Public Library Director Ted Perch
June 22: WILI morning man and Boom Box Parade Grand Marshal Wayne Norman
June 15: Windham Town Councilor Tom DeVivo
June 8: Windham Town Councilor Mark Doyle
June 1: Pam and Bob Horrocks from the Willimantic Victorian Neighborhood Association
May 25: John Murphy, Democratic candidate for the 8th House District seat (Coventry, Columbia, Vernon, Tolland)
May 18: Jason Courtemanche, Director of the Connecticut Writing Project at UConn
May 11: Killingly State Representative Mae Flexer
May 4: Town of Sprague First Selectman Catherine Osten
April 27: Willimantic Fire Chief Marc Scrivener
April 13: Mark Doyle from the Windham Town Council
April 6: Luz Osuba from the Windham Board of Education
March 30: Jamey Bell, Executive Director, Connecticut Voices For Children
March 23: Robin Rice, Vice President of the Windham Theatre Guild
March 16: Dan Hill, President of the Willimantic Little League
March 9: Brian Anderson of Mansfield, lobbyist at Council 4 AFSCME
March 2: Kristin Fortier and Donna Nicolino: Opposing the Supreme Court Concept of the "Corporate Person"
February 24: Michalene Bedard, Director of the Windham/Willimantic Child Care and Family Development Programs, Inc.
February 17: Dawn Niles, chair of the Windham Charter Revision Commission
February 10: State Representative Linda Orange of Colchester (D-48), who may represent portions of Windham and Mansfield next year
February 3: Dr. J. A. Camille Vautour, President of Project Opening Doors at EASTCONN
January 27: Allison Breault and Deb Hinchey of VNA East January 20: Windham High School teacher Vincent Iovine, leader of the Windham Players
January 13: UConn Professor Steve Lanza, Managing Editor of "The Connecticut Economy"
January 6, 2012: Murphy Sewall, Chairman, Windham Board of Education
December 30, 2011: Fifth District Congressman Christopher Murphy, Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate December 23: Sprague First Selectwoman Catherine Osten, Member of Governor Malloy's "Two Storms Committee" December 16: Susan Bysiewicz, Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate December 9: Bill Potvin from Hosmer Mountain Bottling Company December 2: UConn Microbiology Professor Ken Noll
November 25: Lets Talk About it broadcasts live from Willimantic's Festival Of Lights Parade November 18: Windham High School teacher Vincent Iovine with some of
Windham High School's Windham Players November 11: New Windham Town Council members Tom DeVivo and Mark Doyle November 4: Windham Town Council candidates Christel Donahue, Tom DeVivo, Mark Doyle, and Erika Haynes
October 28: Windham Board of Education candidates Luz Osuba, Nancy Tinker, Mary Gallucci, and Doug LaryOctober 21: Windham Board of Finance candidates Anna Crawford, Lynn Ide, Tom White, Charlie Kratt, and Dave Hemenway
October 14: Windham Town Council candidates Tom DeVivo, Charlie Krich, Christel Donahue, Mark Doyle, Erica Haynes, and Diane Rayhall
October 6: Windham Board of Education candidates Nancy Tinker, Doug Lary, and Luz Osuba
September 30: Steve Lanza, Executive Editor of "The Connecticut Economy"
September 23: Denny Gates of Gates GMC/Nissan
September 16: The Magnet School Building Committee talks about the 9/17/11 Groundbreaking
September 9: Barbara McGrath and Barbara McClintock from the Windham Free Library
September 2: Ray Alexrod talks about the 20th anniversary of the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Musuem
August 26: Connecticut 5th District Congressman Chris Murphy
August 19: Education issues with Windham Board of Education member Paula Haney August 12: UConn microbiologist and Windham Theatre Guild performer Kenneth Noll
August 5: Windham PZC Chair Paula Stahl and Windham Code Enforcement Director Matt Vertefeuille
July 29: Windham Ethics Board Chairman Doug Lary
July 22: Dr. Nancy Cappello, advocate for early detection and treatment of breast cancer
July 15: Former Windham First Selectman Jean deSmet talks about the Windham Neighbor To Neighbor Clean Energy Corps
July 8: Windham Town Manager Neil Beets July 1: WILI morning man and Boom Box Parade Grand Marshal, Wayne Norman
June 24: State Representative William Tong, Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate
June 17: Tom DeVivo and Nancy Tinker of the Magnet School Building Committee June 10: Second District U. S. Congressman Joe Courtney June 3: Windham Board of Finance Chair Barbara McGrath
May 27: Lourdes Montalvo of Willimantic, recently appointed as Statewide Coordinator of Constituent Services and Community Outreach of the Office of the Secretary of State
May 20: WINCOG Senior Planner Jana Butts talks about housing on Main Street, Willimantic May 13: Jeanette DeJesus, Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health May 6: Former State Representatives John Lescoe and Andy Carey remember Eugene "Jake" Lewis
April 29: ECSU President Elsa Nunez April 22: "Let's Talk About It" 6th anniversary show with Tom DeVivo and Mark Doyle
April 15: Chris Donovan, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives April 8: Former Romantic Willimantic "Cupid" Jason Altieri talking about an April 14th "Community Conversation on Education"
March 25: QVCC-Willimantic administrators Jose Aponte and Bob Fernandez March 18: Secretary of State Denise Merrill March 11: Roger Adams and Diane Nadeau from the Windham Region Chamber of Commerce March 4: Author, UConn English Professor, and Hartford Courant columnist Gina Barreca
February 25: Judy Donnelly & Nathan White, CT Optics & Photonics Association February 18: Windham Town Councilor Charlie Krich February 11: June Bisantz of "The Screen Project" and Windham Board of Education Member Mark Doyle February 4 Windham/Colchester Judge of Probate John McGrath
January 28: Windham Town Councilor Erika Haynes January 21: Brendan Sharkey, Majority Leader, State House of Representatives
January 14: UConn professor Steve Lanza, Executive Editor of "The Connecticut Economy"
January 7, 2011: WILI newscaster Lincoln Phillips
December 31, 2010: Tom DeVivo and Mark Doyle--Windham's year in review December 17: Windham Town Manager Neal Beets
December 10: Sara and Donald Hassler from WILI's "The Responsible Pet Owner" show December 3: UConn Microbiologist Ken Noll talks about microbes and Mark Twain
November 26: Commentary & coverage of "The Parade of Lights," with Dawn Niles November 19: ECSU Softball Coach Diana Pepin November 12: Local entertainers and philanthropists Bruce John and Jason Altieri November 5: Quinebaug Valley Community College President Ross Tomlin
October 29: State Representative Susan Johnson/Republican Candidate John French
October 22: Kevin Lembo, Democratic Party Candidate for State Comptroller October 15: Congressman Joe Courtney October 8: John Hallbergh, Independent Candidate for State Senate, 29th District October 1: State Senate President Don Williams
September 24: Attorney Phil Tegeler and Liz Dupont-Diehl of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council September 17: Mark Doyle, Tom DeVivo and Dennis O'Brien talk about the state of the town and take phone calls September 10: Windham Board of Finance Chair Barbara McGrath September 3: George Jepsen, Democratic Party nominee for Connecticut Attorney General
August 27: Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green August 20: Windham Superintendent of Schools Ana Ortiz and Natchaug School Principal Jeff Wihbey August 13: Windham Magnet School building committee member Mark Phelps August 6: State Health Care Advocate Kevin Lembo, Democratic Party candidate for State Comptroller
July 30: Danbury Mayor Mark Broughton, Republican Party candidate for Lt. Governor July 23: State Comptroller Nancy Wyman, Democratic Party candidate for Lt. Governor July 16: Mary Glassman, Democratic Party candidate for Lt. Governor July 9: Mark Doyle and Murphy Sewall from the Windham Board of Education July 2: New Windham High School principal Steve Merlino
June 25: West Hartford State Representative Andrew Fleischman, House Chair, Education Committee June 18: Hamden State Representative Brendan Sharkey, House Chair, Planning & Development Committee June 11: State Senator Edith Prague June 4: Commissioner of Consumer Protection Gerry Farrell, Republican candidate for Secretary of State
May 28: Second District U. S. Congressman Joe Courtney May 21: Windham Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Paula Stahl May 14: Windham Probate Judge candidate John McGrath May 7: Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy
April 30: Let's Talk About It's 5th anniversary show: Tom DeVivo from the Windham Board of Finance April 23: Mansfield/Chaplin Legislative candidate Gregg Haddad April 16: Coventry State Representative Joan Lewis April 9: Windham Board of Finance Chair Barbara McGrath April 2: ECSU Professor Dan Switchenko, who's a member of the Windham Board of Education
March 26: State Comptroller Nancy Wyman of Tolland March 19: WILI afternoon newscaster Jesse Collins March 12: Windham Town Manager Neal Beets March 5: Ned Lamont, Democratic candidate for CT Governor
February 26: Jim Baran and Lynn Sloan from the Windham Performing Arts Alumni, and Professor Steve Lanza, Editor "The Connecticut Economy" February 19: Local entertainer Bruce John February 12: Congressman Joe Courtney February 5: Joe Dinkin, Communications Director, CT Working Families
January 29: State Senate President Don Williams January 22: State House Majority Leader Denise Merrill of Mansfield January 15: Windham Selectman Kevin Donohue January 8, 2010: Mark Doyle and Bill Stover from the Windham Public Schools To see Let's Talk About It guests from 2009, click here. |