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Connections

What if political parties can’t save us?

Two people wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a woman at left has long brown hair and is wearing a black sweater with a green beaded necklace; a man at right has short dark hair and is wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with white lettering.
David Griffin
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WXXI News
Lauren Hall with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
WXXI News

Political scientist and author Lauren Hall recently wrote that political parties will not be the salvation that many Americans seek.

Instead, she prescribes a kind of coalition against authoritarianism — one that might unite many people who otherwise disagree on a lot of issues.

Hall joins us this hour to talk about how to accomplish that, and how to recognize the forces that might prevent such a coalition from forming.

In studio:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.