Carmen Baskauf
Producer, Where We LiveCarmen Baskauf was a producer for Connecticut Public Radio's news-talk show Where We Live, hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil from 2017-2021. She has also contributed to The Colin McEnroe Show.
Carmen produces shows on a wide variety of topics for Where We Live; she especially loves producing shows about science and history. Some highlights include producing a full hour about menstruation (recipient of a national PRNDI award) and meeting a real-live glowing axolotl in studio for a show on bioluminescence and biofluorescence.
In 2020, Carmen and Where We Live host Lucy Nalpathanchilreceived a national Gracies Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for their conversation with a Connecticut mother and her trans son.
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More than two thirds of Connecticut residents have received at least one shot of the covid vaccine.At the same time, a new and fast-spreading “delta…
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For years, Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones have hoped for new medical treatments for an incurable disease.This hour, we talk about the FDA’s…
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We all communicate in our daily lives, but how do languages actually work?Read a transcript of this program here.This hour, we talk with linguist Nicole…
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In 2018, Connecticut announced it would be part of an ambitious multi-state program to cut carbon emissions from transportation. In December 2020,…
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From 24-hour-long zoom public hearings to a Capitol closed to the public, 2021’s legislative session was like no other.This hour, we recap what happened…
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One hundred years ago, a Connecticut-born forester came up with a wild idea, creating a trail that stretched through the Appalachian Mountains, from…
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Bicycles helped inspire modern cars, paved roads...even airplanes! But did you know they were also an inspiration for the women's movement?This hour we…
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Dogs are man’s best friend, but what’s really going on inside of their heads?This hour, we talk with canine cognition researcher Brian Hare.Hare runs Duke…
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Did you know 75 percent of animals in the ocean glow?From single-celled organisms to terrifying creatures like the anglerfish in the Pixar movie “Finding…