Community Conversation

Community Conversation, a production of WSKG Public Radio, is a live "town hall" forum exploring topics of interest and importance in our local communities. It airs bi-weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. Call or email with your questions: 1-888-359-9754 or communityconversation@wskg.org.

Climate Change: Agriculture and Policy Issues

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The record heat and ongoing drought in parts of the country this past summer is helping to change public opinion on climate change. A July poll found that 70% of respondents now think the climate is changing. If climate change is becoming an accepted fact, then what happens next in terms of climate...
Student Loan Debt

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The concern over rising student loan debt has been major news in the past few months. Today, the average college graduate leaves school with over twenty-thousand dollars in student loan debt. Default rates have spiked, and the national student loan debt burden just topped 1 trillion dollars. In one...
Hoarding

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The word hoarding conjures up an image of a home filled to the brim with piles of stuff. Many of us can’t imagine living like that, but we now know that hoarding is much more widespread than previously thought. What lies behind the need for some people to surround themselves with stuff?...