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WNPR’s small business coverage elevates understanding of the challenges faced by small business, educates policy-makers, and highlights the vital role of small business to the state’s economy.

Phase One Frenzies; Provocative Predictions; The Bread Boom

May 20th was the long-awaited date in ǻ when the first phase of reopening began after the Coronavirus caused life as we know it to be put on hold. Offices and malls were allowerd to open with precautions; restaurants, museums and zoos could open outdoor areas as well.

Salons and barbershops were initially part of Phase One, but with no less than 48 hours before they were to open, Governor Ned Lamont announced that the decision to include them in that phase had been reversed. This hour, you'll hear reactions from three stylists, and three restaurateurs who readied their patios for the reopening.

Then, you’ll hear from three big thinkers about , and how those predictions have stood up over all this time. 

Finally, in our "Comfort" segment, you’ll meet a bread baker who tells us about One Bread to Rule Us All, and an 11-year-old on whether or not she sees this pandemic as a defining point in her life.

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GUESTS:

  • Bo & Gosia Barczyk are co-owners of in Cromwell
  • Thomas Mitchell is the co-owner of in Manchester
  • Sophie Tong is a stylist at in West Hartford
  • Doug Grabe is the co-owner of in Fairfield, Cos Cob, Old Saybrook, Wilton, and Stratford
  • Stella Jagne is the owner of in Hartford
  • John Harris is the owner of in New Preston
  • Astra Taylor is a documentarian, a writer, and the founder of
  • is the co-host of , and she’s a writer for the LA Times and Wired
  • is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
  • of West Hartford has been teaching the art and science of bread baking for 35 years
  • Haley is an 11 year-old from New Haven

Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on ǻ, spotlighting the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de ǻ, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

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