Chris Polansky
@chrispolansky.bsky.social
Public radio reporter in Connecticut. One-time Bart Harley Jarvis of the Oklahoma press corps. CUNY grad. Replacement-level infielder for the Hartford Dark Twains Sandlot Baseball Club. he/him
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
He added a show and I got tickets 🙂
Had tickets to see Jens last week but life happened and I had to go to a funeral instead. Still heartbroken!
Still get chills when Jens Lekman implores his lesbian buddy in Berlin—and all of us—not to let anything stand in our way.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
He added a show and I got tickets 🙂
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is hosting four listening sessions around western Connecticut this month to collect feedback on the management of the state’s bear population.
www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
Bear encounters are on the rise in CT. State officials want to hear from you about what to do
State data show bear home entries have increased in Connecticut over the past six years, outpacing Massachusetts, which has a much larger black bear population.
www.ctpublic.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is hosting four listening sessions around western Connecticut this month to collect feedback on the management of the state’s bear population.
www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
Everything I know about the Nuzzi thing I've learned against my will
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Everything I know about the Nuzzi thing I've learned against my will
Norwich has Connecticut's first Sikh mayor, per The Day: theday.com/news/818402/...
Swarnjit Singh sworn in as Norwich Mayor
Swarnjit Singh is the state's first Sikh mayor.
theday.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Norwich has Connecticut's first Sikh mayor, per The Day: theday.com/news/818402/...
Big year for the UP
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Big year for the UP
Sometimes I’m listening to a Mountain Goats song and I’m like “this might be it, this might be John’s best song,” and then I spiral out of control going through the catalog finding banger after banger going “okay maybe it’s this one” but I feel like more often than not I end up here
The Mountain Goats - Going To Alaska (WFMU, 2000)
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December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Sometimes I’m listening to a Mountain Goats song and I’m like “this might be it, this might be John’s best song,” and then I spiral out of control going through the catalog finding banger after banger going “okay maybe it’s this one” but I feel like more often than not I end up here
Vintage Heavyweight, this one -- so good
Good morning. We have a new episode: Kevin. omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Vintage Heavyweight, this one -- so good
Entering month two of cone life
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Entering month two of cone life
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Explain Humpty Dumpty then
November 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Explain Humpty Dumpty then
Can’t tell if the move is to read this one song per day over the course of 2026 or just devour it this week
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can’t tell if the move is to read this one song per day over the course of 2026 or just devour it this week
The vet says I can take the cone off the dog as long as he leaves his scab alone, but I won’t know if he’ll leave the scab alone until after I get the cone off, & the cone took like three vet techs considerable time to get on properly so I’m worried I wouldn’t be able to get it back on if I test it
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The vet says I can take the cone off the dog as long as he leaves his scab alone, but I won’t know if he’ll leave the scab alone until after I get the cone off, & the cone took like three vet techs considerable time to get on properly so I’m worried I wouldn’t be able to get it back on if I test it
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Currently sandwiched by dogs
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Currently sandwiched by dogs
Trout is not thrilled that Soup gets to play with his trout
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trout is not thrilled that Soup gets to play with his trout
Christmas music now acceptable, time to blast this banger youtu.be/0Gy6WyZQBtI?...
Titus Andronicus - "Drummer Boy" (Official Lyric Video with Fireplace for the Home)
YouTube video by Titus Andronicus
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Christmas music now acceptable, time to blast this banger youtu.be/0Gy6WyZQBtI?...
Soup-sitting on Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Soup-sitting on Thanksgiving
NJ Turnpike rest stop playing “Dashboard” by Modest Mouse. Be bolder. Play “Shit Luck.” Queue up “All Night Diner.” Let’s do the cockroach
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NJ Turnpike rest stop playing “Dashboard” by Modest Mouse. Be bolder. Play “Shit Luck.” Queue up “All Night Diner.” Let’s do the cockroach
Extremely good chicken parm in Washington, DC, today
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Extremely good chicken parm in Washington, DC, today
Extremely good car dog in Fairfax County today
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Extremely good car dog in Fairfax County today
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre — when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black — has died at age 111, the mayor said. She told Congress in 2021 that she lived through the massacre 'every day' reut.rs/4pt18LJ
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre — when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black — has died at age 111, the mayor said. She told Congress in 2021 that she lived through the massacre 'every day' reut.rs/4pt18LJ
I guess I’m in the minority here but I just won’t miss Brandon Nimmo that much
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I guess I’m in the minority here but I just won’t miss Brandon Nimmo that much
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.