Weekend Connections: Week of October 17th

WXXI News | By Evan Dawson,

Megan Mack

Published October 21, 2016 at 6:20 PM EDT

Weekend Connections is a collection of some of the most noteworthy moments from the week on Connections with Evan Dawson. This episode includes conversations about:

The debate over Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature;
Helping people who struggle with mental illness, with WNBA superstar Chamique Holdsclaw;
The Korowai people of Papuan Indonesia, who live without technology;
Why it's dangerous and wrong for Donald Trump to say the presidential election is rigged.

Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections, every weekday from noon-2 p.m. You can listen to the program on WXXI-AM 1370 and WRUR-FM 88.5 in Rochester, WEOS 89.5 FM in Geneva, and online. Be part of the program with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255), email, Facebook, or Twitter.

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