In August 2019, we published a video mapping out all mass transit options available in Connecticut. Since then, we’ve heard from a number of great viewers with comments, questions, and constructive feedback. Rather than let these wonderful suggestions go unnoticed, we decided to update our video accordingly to better reflect the state of mass transit …
Continue reading Last month, we mapped all of Connecticut’s mass transit options. Here’s an update
Over the past decade or so, superhero films have been bringing in oodles of cash for Hollywood studios. Given that virtually all superhero films are inspired by comic books, has the “superhero trend” led to any uptick in business for local comic book shops? We talked to Scott Prentice, a long-time employee of A Hero’s …
Continue reading Superhero films break box office records. Have local comic book shops benefitted?
If you go to virtually any Connecticut-related message board and ask if you need a car in CT, the answer is usually an overwhelming “yes.” However, 77% of towns in the state have access to some form of mass transit. We decided to map out what this actually looks like. Even if these visual representations …
Continue reading Nearly 80% of Connecticut has access to mass transit. We mapped it out
While there will be a new episode of interseCTion on August 28, this week we have produced a number of videos explaining aspects of the Mieum Media channel. However, we are also proud to be announcing today that Mieum Media will be releasing an audio podcast in September 2019. Check out some of the new videos …
A halal meat shop in Bloomfield, Connecticut garnered controversy after extreme unsanitary conditions were discovered following an employee slaughtering a runaway cow in a Home Depot parking lot. An anti-Muslim vandal defaced the outside of the shop last week, writing “Muslims go home” in spray paint. Given the media coverage of these incidents, halal food …
Continue reading After anti-Muslim vandalism at a halal meat shop, we spoke to an imam about halal
For people who read print newspapers, political cartoons are often a staple of the experience. But for an increasingly large segment of the population who reads their news online, that is not always the case. Are political cartoons still relevant today? Should they be replaced with memes, tweets, or something similar? Would that really be …
When you think of the northeastern United States, “country music” is probably not the first thing that pops into your mind. But according to numerous metrics, country music is becoming increasingly popular outside of the midwest and southern U.S. We went to the tailgate of a popular country act called Florida Georgia Line to find …
Continue reading Country music is actually popular in Connecticut. Who knew?
