Brian & Company
3,887 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBrian 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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Ray and Joe D: May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
April 30, 2020 15:20 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBJen Pace is The President of the CT Brain Tumor Alliance and she talks to the guys about a new event coming up Saturday to benefit the CTBTA called Miles for May, which is a socially distanced event to replace the annual Path of Hope 5k
Ray and Joe D: Restaurant Recovery
April 30, 2020 15:04 - 10 minutes - 9.2 MBScott Dolch is The Executive Director Connecticut Restaurant Association. He Answers How CT Restaurants are coping during the COVID isolation And How do they bounce back from this.
Ray and Joe D: Church Offering Meals
April 30, 2020 14:55 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MBPastor Shawn Fisher for The Bloomfield Congregational Church is offering the town’s only source of free meals for people who are food-insecure. It offers meals every Saturday, and they’ve taken a lot of necessary steps to comply with all distancing and cleanliness guidelines.
Ray and Joe D: Is Federal Relief Coming?
April 30, 2020 14:53 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBJoe DeLong is the Executive Director of CCM. He discusses joining with seven national, state and local government associations to urge robust, flexible federal relief to cities & towns during a pandemic.
Ray and Joe D: Senior Health During Pandemic
April 30, 2020 14:52 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBLindsay Redin is The Executive Director of The Ivy at Ellington and The Ivy at Watertown Assisted living communities. She talks how the quarantine is creating isolation-induced depression in the senior population
Ray and Joe D: ONE Graduation Ceremony
April 29, 2020 14:10 - 9 minutes - 8.62 MBEric Person and his daughter Olivia Person, who is a senior at Tolland High School talk about: CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 ONE CLASS - ONE GRADUATION - ONE PLAYBOOK “Come participate in the largest, single, High School Graduation ceremony in the history of the United States of America”
Ray and Joe D: The Gengras Auto Group CT Biz Now Rewind (4/29/20)
April 29, 2020 14:09 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBJonathan Gengras from The Gengras Auto Group discusses how they are doing during this time.
Ray and Joe D: Virtual Gala
April 29, 2020 14:07 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBRuth Sovronsky is The Hartford Symphony Orchestra Director of Development. She tells the guys about their annual gala that will have an auction, musical performances, speeches and other things.
Ray and Joe D: Are Video Conferences The Future?
April 29, 2020 14:04 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBSuzanne Lucas is known as The Evil HR Lady. She explains how Zoom Meetings Are Exhausting and how there's something about video conferences that affect you differently than face to face meetings
Ray and Joe D: Sleeping Habits During The Pandemic
April 28, 2020 14:24 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBDr. Jennifer Kanaan is a pulmonologist from the UConn Health Sleep Disorders Center. She talks about how she has a specialized interest in pediatric and adolescent sleep.
Ray and Joe D: Hiring Event
April 28, 2020 14:21 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MBBryan Stolz is the CFO of Winterberry Gardens in Southington. He discusses a virtual job fair that people can attend as Winterberry Gardens is hiring.
Ray and Joe D: Caring For Children
April 28, 2020 14:20 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBVannessa Dorantes Is The Commissioner of Connecticut State Department of Children and Families. She Discusses Ways To Relieve Stress Of Caring For Children During COVID Crisis
Ray and Joe D: Beware Of Scams
April 27, 2020 13:16 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MBAndrew Lattimer is a Managing Partner of BlumShapiro's CT office and he lists some of the different scams that people are trying to do during this time.
Ray and Joe D: Can Transit Come Back From This?
April 27, 2020 13:14 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBTom Condon is a regional issues reported for CTMirror. He explains if the state's transit services can come back from this virus.
Ray and Joe D: Hangin Em Up
April 24, 2020 14:23 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MBHouse Speaker Joe Aresimowicz joins the guys to talk about his term ending in January, and why he didn't want to seek re-election.
Ray and Joe D: Help For Colleges
April 24, 2020 14:21 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBMark Ojakian is The President of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. He says with students facing significant hardships brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, college and university foundations throughout the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system have stepped in to assist.
Ray and Joe D: Youth Golf Events
April 24, 2020 14:19 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBMark Moriarity is The Executive Director of First Tee of CT. They had to cancel the spring session and are uncertain about whether their summer session will be able to happen. Additionally, it is a very hard time to fundraise as they’ve had to cancel several of the upcoming events.
Ray and Joe D: Relief For Small Businesses
April 24, 2020 14:17 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MBJoe Courtney Voted to Replenish Critical Small Business Programs, Authorize New Funding for Hospitals and COVID-19 Testing in New Bipartisan Aid Package. Congressman Courtney explains it all!
Ray and Joe D w Jeff Flaks 4/23/20
April 23, 2020 14:15 - 10 minutes - 9.61 MBJeff Flaks, President & Chief Executive Officer Hartford HealthCare. Re: Update on COVID from the hospital aspect. Quest is helping Hartford HealthCare and the state of Connecticut expand the ability to test patients for COVID 19. This partnership with Quest helps make testing available and accessible to thousands more people.
Ray and Joe D w Todd Director 4/23/20
April 23, 2020 14:11 - 9 minutes - 8.49 MBWhat CT Lighting is doing to help their customers during this pandemic.
Ray and Joe D w Randy Fiveash 4/23/20
April 23, 2020 14:10 - 9 minutes - 8.68 MBRandy Fiveash, director CT Office of Tourism. Re: Impact of COVID on the CT tourism industry. What events are going on around the state that we can still "attend" virtually.
Ray and Joe D w Allison Goodman 4/23/20
April 23, 2020 14:10 - 8 minutes - 8.18 MBAllison Goodman, Events Manager, Make-A-Wish® Connecticut. Re: Make-A-Wish Connecticut is committed to granting these wishes as soon as it is safe to do so, so our April 25 Evening of Wishes Gala is now a VIRTUAL event, able to engage and reach everyone from the comfort of their own living rooms
Ray and Joe D: Keeping The Streets Clean
April 22, 2020 14:21 - 8 minutes - 8.09 MBLarry Cafero is The President and Treasurer of Three Tiers for Connecticut and Executive Director of Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Connecticut, Inc. Today is Earth Day’s 50th Birthday, and although the “stay safe, stay at home” orders have cleared dozens of events from our calendars, it is more important than ever to keep clearing our land and waterways of litter and waste.
Ray and Joe D: Not Done Yet?
April 22, 2020 14:19 - 7 minutes - 7.34 MBThemis Klarides explains to Ray and Joe her decision to not run for re-election and what's next for her.
Ray and Joe D: CT Biz Now Rewind
April 22, 2020 14:17 - 8 minutes - 7.76 MBMichael Disapio Jr. from Pat's IGA in Wolcott calls in to update how they are doing with keeping the shelves stocked, how they are taking proper precautions and what to expect next.
Ray and Joe D: Act of God
April 22, 2020 14:16 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBBruce Newman from Brown Paindiris and Scott explains an Act of God clause that voids business contracts.
Ray and Joe D: How Local Retailers Are Coping
April 21, 2020 13:57 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBTim Phelan is The President of The Connecticut Retail Merchants Association. He tells us how local retailers are coping and adjusting during the COVID pandemic.
Ray and Joe D: Making The Best Of It
April 21, 2020 13:54 - 9 minutes - 8.44 MBSteve Weil is the President of Siftex. The South Windsor company is shifting regular operations to produce high-quality personal protection face masks to help fight the virus.
Ray and Joe D: Is The Virus Impacting Car Sales?
April 21, 2020 13:52 - 9 minutes - 8.64 MBJeff Berlant is the General Manager at Terryville Chevrolet. He talks to Ray and Joe about the effects of the virus on the automotive industry.
Ray and Joe D: Helping Small Businesses
April 21, 2020 13:51 - 9 minutes - 9.12 MBCongressman John Larson is calling for Immediate Action for Small Businesses and Frontline Workers
Ray and Joe D: Virus Update
April 20, 2020 13:48 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MBMayor Luke Bronin calls to update us on how the capitol city is doing
Ray and Joe D: Capitol Report
April 20, 2020 13:47 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBRepublican Political Advisor Liz Kurantowicz fills us in on the latest.
Ray and Joe D: Travelers Championship
April 17, 2020 13:50 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MBNathan Grube is The Travelers Championship Tournament Director. He Announced that the 2020 Travelers Championship is currently scheduled as a TV-only event, broadcast by CBS and the Golf Channel, June 25–28. Conducting the tournament without crowds on-site is in the best interest of protecting everyone, and he explains why.
Ray and Joe D: Gardening During This Time
April 17, 2020 13:49 - 8 minutes - 8.22 MBSpring is coming and The Host of WTIC's Garden Talk Len Giddex talks about preparing your gardens.
Ray and Joe D: Will Sports Return?
April 17, 2020 13:47 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBDr. Dan O'Brien is a medical expert and futurist and he describes how we can get "back to normal" while still being safe.
Ray and Joe D: Students Thriving During Pandemic
April 17, 2020 13:46 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBEnid Rey is The CEO of Our Piece of the Pie. She says previously at-risk students are thriving amid new virtual learning environment necessitated by COVID-19 outbreak.
Ray and Joe D: Campaign Moving Forward
April 16, 2020 15:12 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBAna Radelat is a D.C. corespondent for CTMirror. She says there still is a Presidential Campaign despite the Coronavirus.
Ray and Joe D: Impact of Covid on Agriculture
April 16, 2020 15:11 - 8 minutes - 7.81 MBDon Tuller is The President of the Connecticut Farm Bureau Board. He provides some grim news about the state of the agriculture business.
Ray and Joe D: Paycheck Protection
April 16, 2020 15:09 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MBBruce Adams is The President and CEO of the Credit Union League of CT. He gives an update on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the stimulus CARES Act.
Ray and Joe D: Airlines Are Struggling
April 16, 2020 15:07 - 9 minutes - 8.46 MBBryan Del Monte is the President of The Aviation Agency. Right now, the airlines are probably earning somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.5 billion a quarter. The airlines went from making what they made in a week to making it in three months.
Ray and Joe D: Zoooooooom!
April 16, 2020 14:56 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBErik Semmel is The Vice President of TAB Computer Systems. He joins the guys to talk about video conferencing and zoom.
Ray and Joe D: Banking During The Pandemic
April 15, 2020 14:14 - 9 minutes - 8.73 MBKen Entenmann is The NBT Bank Wealth Management CIO. He says instead of waiting this out, people should be actively reviewing investment portfolios now and rebalancing as well.
Ray and Joe D: Chamber Update CT Biz Now Recall 4/14/20
April 15, 2020 14:12 - 9 minutes - 8.52 MBThe President of The Southington Chamber of Commerce Barbara Coleman-Hekeler calls in to explain what local business leaders are saying that are impacting them most.
Ray and Joe D: CT Biz Now Recall
April 15, 2020 14:12 - 9 minutes - 8.52 MBThe President of The Southington Chamber of Commerce Barbara Coleman-Hekeler calls in to explain what local business leaders are saying that are impacting them most.
Ray and Joe D: Covid-19 Testing
April 15, 2020 14:10 - 10 minutes - 9.43 MBU.S. Senator Chris Murphy joins the Morning Show to discuss Transparency On Coronavirus Testing Across Country
Ray and Joe D: Helping The Elderly
April 15, 2020 14:09 - 9 minutes - 8.58 MBHalley Allaire from Allaire Elder Law calls in to discuss the retirement and nursing homes during this time.
Ray and Joe D: Virtual Vacationing
April 14, 2020 15:31 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MBAmy Parmenter from AAA talks about virtual vacationing and walk-throughs and how you can take part.
Ray and Joe D: Selling Homes
April 14, 2020 15:30 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MBSandi Terenzi with Hergenrother Realty Group - Keller Williams Realty checks in to talk about selling homes and realty during the pandemic.
Ray and Joe D w David Martin 4/13/20
April 13, 2020 18:14 - 9 minutes - 9.08 MBDavid R. Martin mayor of Stamford. Re: Cases of coronavirus in Stamford surpass 1,000
Ray and Joe D w Jenny Dickson 4/13/20
April 13, 2020 18:14 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBJenny Dickson,Jenny Dickson, DEEP's wildlife division director. Re:Over the past several months, there have been 6,000-plus bear sightings reported in Connecticut. With less people out is wildlife on the rise