The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

09/20/2024

🍎🍠🍁Fall harvest! Check out the local farm where Marty gets her eggs and veggies.

Have you been going to farmers markets in your neck of the words? I frequent the one in Old City with an occasional trip to headhouse square (apple season!!) Have a great weekend
— Producer Paige

09/19/2024

Paige here...being part of a group can lead to great things, like cooperation, sacrifice and generosity. It can also result in destructive mob-like behavior.

At a time when a lot of hate and fear directed at immigrants is being stirred up across the country, we'll talk about the psychology of identity, belonging, and where our fear of 'others' comes from.

Marty's guest this week is social psychologist Jay Van Bavel, co-author of “The Power of Us." Tune in at noon!

The Republican vice presidential nominee continues to rail against Haitian migrants living in Ohio, though many have Temporary Protected Status, as the GOP escalates its hardline immigration stance.

09/13/2024

We got to ✨connect✨ with many of you at last night’s Open House & Sustainer Summit at WHYY. It was a blast! Marty, Debbie and I were lucky enough to see some new faces & familiar ones too.

Thank you for your support and for tuning in! HAGW (my acronym for have a good weekend)

- Producer Paige

09/06/2024

Here’s our guest Kandi Wiens with Marty this week! If you missed today’s episode on burnout, check it out wherever you get your podcasts. And have a good weekend…relax and don’t get burned out.

09/05/2024

Kandi Wiens literally almost died from stress a dozen years ago.

She was juggling work, family and getting a PhD. The high-pressure cycle of perfectionism, overwork, self-doubt and people-pleasing landed her on bed rest.

We should take burnout more seriously! It can sneak up on you, leaving you feeling depleted, dispirited, anxious and cynical. It can also make you physically ill like Kandi.

She's talking to Marty this week about her book, 'Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work.' Tune in tomorrow & Sunday at noon! https://whyy.org/episodes/how-to-protect-yourself-from-burnout-at-work/

08/30/2024

Saying goodbye to the summer of 2024 with my grandsons.

08/29/2024

The news we didn't know we needed!!

Do you like to sleep in? Or maybe the better question is, does your body NEED to sleep in because you don't catch enough ZZZs at night?

This week on the show, it's all about sleep: what our brains are doing, how it affects our memory and mood, what sleep cycles look like, and how to sleep better. Plus, do we really need 8 hours?! Join us at noon 90.9FM and WHYY.org Friday & Sunday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/heart-disease-risk-sleep-debt-weekend-rcna168648

A study being presented at a European cardiology meeting evaluated the link between heart disease and “compensated sleep.”

08/23/2024

Check out the two instudio guests for today’s show about biracial identity and belonging.. journalists Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley. Psychologist Sarah Gaither joined us remotely. It was a terrific conversation.

08/22/2024

Tomorrow at noon: Biracial Identity and Belonging

Mixed race people are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. On this week’s edition of The Connection, the challenges of being biracial.

We are joined by three guests. Psychologist Sarah Gaither heads Duke University’s Identity and Diversity Lab. Journalists Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley are cohosts of the podcast On Being Biracial.

Tune in at noon tomorrow & Sunday:
https://whyy.org/episodes/biracial-identity-and-belonging/

08/17/2024

This is Sunday's show.....

Marty here. Did you have a favorite stuffed animal or blanket when you were a kid?

I had a beloved teddy bear that I still have today. Why would I hold on to him (and he is a him) after so many years? Childhood possessions are filled with memories and meaning. On the next edition of The Connection we explore the uniquely human behavior of owning things and why we become attached to our belongings.

On the one hand, it is about connecting to a special person or experience and seeing that “thing” as part of our identity. On the other hand, how much is too much? Many garages are so stuffed with our stuff that there’s no room for a car. There are more than 50,000 self storage facilities in the country filled with our overflow. Our guest is psychologist Bruce Hood, author of "Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need."

https://whyy.org/episodes/why-we-are-so-attached-to-our-stuff/

08/07/2024

On The Connection this Friday and Sunday… what do screeches, howls, whistles, snorts and other sounds and calls in the wild mean? Tune in and find out…

08/01/2024

On The Connection this Friday and Sunday noon: How to be more emotionally intelligent.

07/25/2024

Here’s what on The Connection this Friday and Sunday at noon on WHYY.. also available as a podcast..

07/19/2024

This week on The Connection… redefining the aging process. Tune in Friday and Sunday at noon for the live show or listen to the podcast

07/12/2024

On Thursday I taped the interview for this Friday’s and Sunday’s show… author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger about his near death experience. It’s powerful stuff! You can also listen via podcast.

07/05/2024

How to win over your colleagues! Welcome back Kevin McCorry.. thanks for the donuts

07/04/2024

Happy 4th from the folks who bring you The Connection! On the next edition of the show..... what Inside Out 2 tells us about embracing all our emotions, including anxiety.

06/28/2024

I don’t know about you but after an intense and busy week… I’d like to be out in a boat on the Delaware. What are your fantasy getaway plans for the weekend?

06/27/2024

Paige here - Can you think of a time you were criticized for something you said or did? Criticism sticks, and it can be hard to forget. Maybe it's unwarranted or mean, or maybe it's actually constructive and fuels us to make a change.

This week's show is all about how to handle criticism -- and also how to give it. It happens at work, at home, and even among strangers. It happens to ALL OF US, so how do we deal with it?

Tune in tomorrow at noon. Also - NAME THIS MOVIE...

(bonus if you get the name of the character).
Hint: yes, he's a critic.
(photo via Pixar Animation Studios)

06/20/2024

The average person tells about one lie a day, while chronic liars fib ten times a day. This week we're delving into the psychology of deceit, what we are learning about people who lie as a way of life and how to be on the look out for signs of lying. Some of these folks have told some pretty big lies. Who is missing from these pictures? Quite a few politicians here...

06/14/2024

It was wonderful to meet so many listeners and plant lovers at our Doug Tallamy event on Tuesday! See if you spot yourself in any of these photos.

If you didn't know about the event, or wish you got tickets, make sure you're subscribed to the weekly Connection newsletter! It's a preview of the upcoming week, behind the scenes photos, a note from Marty herself, and of course -- events! Click this link & enter your email, then you're in! https://support.whyy.org/page/48430/subscribe/1

06/13/2024

What's in your yard? This is the milkweed in Debbie's garden and Marty's garden -- a native plant that's great for pollinators like this friendly monarch dropping by Debbie's.

Tomorrow on the show, University of Delaware Ecologist Doug Tallamy talks about replacing some of your lawn with native plants...then, watch the birds, bugs and pollinators return. It will connect you with nature and help make the planet a better place for everyone.

Marty sat down with Doug Tallamy on Tuesday night at WHYY, we're playing that conversation tomorrow.

Listen at noon: https://whyy.org/episodes/creating-a-native-landscape-in-your-own-backyard/

06/07/2024

Meet today’s wonderful guests… poets Patrick Rosal, Nzadi Keita and Trapeta Mayson.

Trapeta has the Healing Verse 24/7 hotline where you can call and hear a hopeful poem every week. Try it out!! Here’s the number:
1-855-POEMRX2 (1-855-763-6792).

06/06/2024

Paige here...sharing my favorite poem. If you've never read it, I hope you like it. The imagery is so relatable and hopeful about changing bad habits and learning from our mistakes. Do you have a favorite?

Tomorrow on the show, Marty has a fantastic roundtable of local poets who will talk about why we NEED poetry. For me, it's important for self reflection and relating to other people.

Our guests are Patrick Rosal, M. Nzadi Keita and Trapeta Mayson. ✍️ LIVE at noon: https://tinyurl.com/5h5xhx2c