Connecticut Show

A new look at New England, as hosts Travis Poppleton and Terrance Abney discuss what it’s like to experience moving to the Northeast. Whether you’re planning to visit or relocate to this bucolic part of the world, the Connecticut Show will help you navigate the in’s and out’s.

Episodes

Mar 20, 2024

55 min

This week we're talking to Chapal Bhavsar about how to get around in New England. Should you fly into JFK or Logan airport? Which train, bridge, or highway should you take from Boston to Manhattan. Moving to New England and want to pick the perfect location? Chapal has the answers as well as an idyllic New England vacation route by way of public transportation.

Mar 15, 2024

27 min

We often keep chatting after an episode, on the car ride home or while we wait to upload files, and sometimes we think, "We probably should've brought this up as well." So, this week, we kept the mic live and captured that conversation for this, our first ever Connecticut Show Addendum. 

Mar 14, 2024

58 min

Tour business extraordinaire, Darran Ganter, joins us all the way from Dublin to give us the what's what concerning a proper St. Patrick's Day. We chat the day Travis and Darran became friends, Irish stereotypes in American celebrations, and the sad demise of one of Boston's legendary Irish pubs. All that and something about narrow roads on this week's the Connecticut Show.  

Feb 27, 2024

53 min

Felix and Hillary are in studio this week to discuss mushrooms and quarantine life. We also explore where to go to med school and of course, when you should or should not hike up Mt. Washington. 

Feb 11, 2024

58 min

Travis takes Terrence down a rabbit hole of colleges, films festivals, and income disparity here in Connecticut on this, the 36th episode of the Connecticut Show. Can school districts with fewer resources compete with the Greenwiches of the world? We'd love your feedback on this one. Please hit us up at info@connecticut.show to tell us what you think.

Jan 25, 2024

1hr 53 sec

Welcome to season 4! On this episode, we're back from the holidays and if you've been wondering what Martin Luther King Jr., Maryam al-Khawaja, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe have to do with the state of Connecticut, well you're in luck. We cover that, and some Snoop Dog lyrics in this, the 35th episode of the Connecticut Show. 

Dec 14, 2023

57 min

In this, our 34th episode, we talk religion and politics (kind of) while we explore some of Connecticut's most famous failures... (kind of). Back in the 1960s, Connecticut gave the world Highway 11 and a religious theme park called The Holy Land? What happened next? We eventually find out before Bon Bon Vivant plays us out. 

Dec 9, 2023

56 min

Did you know there's an unofficial list of state drinks? Neither did Travis. In this 33rd episode, Travis and Terrence are back in studio and this time, we talk state beverages and the most historic cities of the US. Spoiler: Drinks means any drink -- even milk. 

Dec 2, 2023

43 min

I'm going to be honest, I have no idea what this episode is about! Terrence is in studio at WHUS while I am down and out. I'll be listening along with the rest of you, and am just as excited. 

Nov 18, 2023

55 min

Terrence and Hillary are in studio this week to discuss New England celebrities, lake winnipesaukee, and the dire effects of Daylight savings. 

Contact us

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