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On today's show, Amy Bourdon from Take Back CT talked about the growing Muslim population around the world, and here in the US. We are on pace to be a Muslim dominated country by 2060. Then Red Jahncke made his return to the show, and talked about the protests around the country in support of Palestine. Finally, J Michael Waller, author of Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went From Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villians. talked to Gary about how we got to this point.

JENNIFER STEADMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE AURORA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN GREATER HARTFORD, will talk about how the foundation invests $110,000 annually in programs that help women and girls complete college with the idea that this is the economic game changer for them. Aurora also encourages women and girls to engage in philanthropic efforts that benefit their communities. She spoke to Brad and Paul about it

Matt Fluery from the Connecticut Science Center joined Paul to talk about what CT policies have does to stoke innovation, the role of the Science Center and current collaborations, and what must be done to keep up the momentum.