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{January 29, 2023 episode of Mic Check}

Host Mike Merli checks in with Lela Florel, founder of Preserve Remington Woods.

Lela shares her story, and speaks about the environmental justice movement she's been leading for …

Host: Rob Fried, Director
Guests: Joe Bouchard from Blue Oyster Cult and Joan Levy-Hepburn

Also Stephanie Campbell and Amy Dingwall from the …

My guest on this show is Linley Dixon back to DITD. Linley serves as a Farmer representative and Co-Director of the Real Organic Project. Linley …

-Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona water supply shut off
-Desert west of Phoenix not enough groundwater to build
-Western States must plan to safeguard …

Stephanie Campbell and Amy Dingwall from the nonprofit Kennedy Collective

Joe Bouchard from Blue Oyster Cult and Joan Levy-Hepburn musician and noted painter.

* New Oxfam Report on Rising Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich Nabil Ahmed, director of economic justice with Oxfam America Producer: Scott …

Steve Munno provides the Small Farm Report from Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT.
Laura Modlin talks about strategies for protecting our water supply.
Host: Richard Hill

Steve Munno provides his Small Farms Report.
Laura Modlin updates the effort to advance legislation restricting herbicide use on public land in CT.
Listener Jeff from Easton talks enviro issues.
Hosted by Richard Hill with …

California snowpack largest in over two decades,
The earths “stabilizing feedback” mechanism for climate warming
The oceans in 2022 were "the hottest ever recorded by humans."
2022 is third-highest number of …

* GOP Extremists Are Burning Down the House; Wajahat Ali, a Daily Beast columnist and author; Producer: Scott Harris.
* GOP Votes to Repeal IRS …

A House in Lahore -- Growing Up Jewish in Pakistan, is a just-released memoire by Hazel Kahan, WPKN's host of Tidings and North Fork Works.
Hazel …

Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover
Series of pounding storms in California
12 finance institutions accelerating use of fossil fuels
World’s smaller glaciers are in even greater jeopardy
Europe experiencing …

The panel interviews John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation Magazine, to discuss the bizarre new political landscape with the …

A conversation with Brenda Watson, Executive Director of Operation Fuel, and Kathy Fay, Director of Community Sustainability at Neighborhood Housing Services, about the huge jump in electricity bills in CT and how …

* Two Years After January 6th Insurrection GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy; Brett Edkins, Managing Director, Policy & Political Affairs …

MY Guest this afternoon on DITD is Mark Haubner.
Mark is currently president of the North Fork Environmental Council.
With a few other thoughtful …

Bassist, composer and band leader Jeff Fuller talks about his new CD release, Keep Hope Alive with host Richard Hill.

The year 2022 had many devastating storms and flooding
California’s Sierra expects the second-largest snowpack
western US states face powerful storm …

GaiaGram year end message
Financial nonprofits turn climate action dreams into realities.
European Union governments carbon border tax
3M, will stop use …

* International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Extremist Ultranationalist Far Right Government; Ofer Neiman, a member of the Israeli group Boycott from Within; Producer: Melinda Tuhus
* What Motivates Far Right …

* Will January 6th House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? Svante Myrick, incoming President of People for the American …

My guests today on Digging in the Dirt are a little different from other guests I've had. I have never had a philosopher here. Today I have two. They …

-Climate Change studies will be mandatory in Connecticut
-The Arctic transforming from snowfall- to rainfall-dominant climates
-Sea levels have risen over 8 inches since 1880
-COP15 conference faced “corporate capture” …

-Small Farm Report with Steve Munno from Massaro Farm
-Special guest Sal Gilbertie from Gilbertie's Organic Farm in Easton. CT
Hosts: Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio

Jon Weiss, a New York-based Jazz pianist, talks about his new CD release, Buddha of the Rain Forest. The interview includes airing
several tracks from the release along with Weiss' musical commentary.
Interview by …

* Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts Alex Lawson, Executive Director of the group Social Security …

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | December 19, 2022 | Symphonic Changes

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

In our …

Information about having happy holiday gatherings and New Year's resolutions that work

{December 18, 2022 Episode of Mic Check}

In addition to being Pastor of both Woodbury United Methodist Church and Watertown United Methodist Church in Connecticut, Reverend J Michael Cobb is an organizer with Justice …

The Panel interviews Adam Eichen, executive director of Equal Citizens, a non-profit, non-partisan organisation, about the continuing threats to democracy after the mid-term elections with specific focus on the Moore v. …

-European Union to impose a carbon tax on imports
-Accelerating pace of species loss threatens ecosystem breakdown.
-Rising sea levels threaten existence a Pacific Island nation
-Keystone pipeline has 588,000-gallon …

* Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S. Greg Palast, investigative reporter and author Producer: Scott Harris.
* Starbucks Continues Use of Anti-Union Tactics to Stop Worker’s …

Excerpts from the 2022 Day of Mourning, held every year since 1970 (except 2020) by the United American Indians of New England on Cole's Hill, in …

Michael Zweig, author, organizer and professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, discusses the rail workers' double cross by Congress and the president in their effort to secure a fair …

A House in Lahore -- Growing Up Jewish in Pakistan, is a just-released memoire by Hazel Kahan, WPKN's host of Tidings and North Fork Works.
She discusses the many facets of her remarkable story with host Richard Hill.

-Sea levels are likely rising faster than previously thought
-Nine of 10 U.S. counties experienced climate disasters
-UN: climate change is affecting …

* Israel's Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis; Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, …

MY next guest here on DITD is Ellie Coffey who, like me has been interested in gardening since she was a child. She has been a master gardener since 2010 and currently she is on the board of directors at the Westerly …

My guest today is Tianna Kennedy. She has been farming in the Northern Catskills for over a decade. She is the executive director of Catskills …

Puerto Rican cities sue fossil fuel giants under the RICO Act.
2 million Houston residents need to boil water to cook and clean
Mississippi River backs up 3,000 barges due to low water levels
The Irish Constitution may …

* The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy; John Nichols, The Nation magazine's national affairs …

COP27 - no progress towards the equitable phase-out of fossil fuels
Fossil-fuel companies fight for natural gas at COP27 climate summit
Parts of nine cities most likely to be underwater by 2030
wealthiest nations spend 30 …

On June 15, a pickup truck hit two teenagers riding a scooter on Kossuth Street here in Bridgeport. 17 year-old AJ DeJesus died days later from the …

* Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at New York University Producer: Scott Harris
* …

Kris Burbank Podcast on Band Central Radio WPKN-FM by WPKN Community Radio

My guest on this show is Rana Foroohar an American author, associate editor at the Financial Times and CNN's global economic analyst. We will be discussing her newest book Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a …

WPKN's News and Public Affairs team interviews ten journalists, policy experts and commentators about some of the critical issues confronting our …

Reports from the field on Election Day by Long Island reporter Hazel Kahan and WPKN News Director John Ianuzzi.

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | November 14, 2022 | Giving Thanks for Arts Support in Connectcut

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of …

-Ninety per cent of US counties suffered a weather disaster
-European temperatures higher than normal this winter
-Brazilian President-elect will crack down on illegal deforestation
-6 companies to plant 15,000 square …

* Midterm Election: A Major Battle in America's Political Cold War; Bill Fletcher Jr., racial justice and labor activist & author; Producer: …

Bill Carbone Podcast with Band Central Radio 10/22 by WPKN Community Radio

Cristina Smith Podcast on Band Central Radio 10/22 by WPKN Community Radio

Wife and husband Stephanie Fitzgerald and Frank Cochran have been living in an urban neighborhood on the west side of New Haven, CT, for decades, caring for their local park and the trees, river and people who frequent …

An interview with Drew Hudson about stopping Sen. Joe Manchin's dirty deal to turbocharge fossil fuel production, including the Mountain Valley pipeline, and and interview with Leif Taranta, a staffer for the Climate …

Steve Munno, manager of Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT, and Vincent Kaye, owner of Swords into Ploughshares Honey, talk about managing their respective operations in this warmer than normal November.
Hosts: Richard Hill …

-Climate change in the US is “far-reaching” and getting worse, but - hope if we act now.
-There is an escalating climate crisis in California.
…

* State Legislatures Are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy David Pepper, an attorney, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party Producer: …

-Earth’s vital signs have worsened
-Keeping global warming below 1.5C requires major transformations.
-Brazil's presidential election a crucial victory for global climate
-Gas-fired power plants have likely reached …

What A Story! with Ina Chadwick is a mostly spoken word program, integrating previous live recordings of themed short true tales, writings, poetry and plays from the event arm of MouseMuse Productions. Original readings …

* In Midterm Election Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans; Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org; Producer: …

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | October 10, 2022 | Double Header: Americans for the Arts & The Bridgeport Art Trail

Hosted by David Green of The …

Faisal Saleh, the Director and Founder of Palestine Museum US, speaks about the Museum's Collateral Event Exhibition at The 59th Venice Biennale, …

* Amid Haiti Crisis Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Intervention; Jemima Pierre, co-coordinator of the Black Alliance for Peace team on Haiti; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Big Oil Stock Buy Backs Must be Stopped; …

My guest today is a highly successful insurance agent Maureen Gallagher. I wanted to get Maureen's perspective on the the rise in Extreme weather …

-U.S. water bodies drying up
-Great Salt Lake shrinks to historic lows
-Amazon River reaches new low level due to drought
-Countries of the worlds Global South are furious
-Scientists want limits on fishing in Antarctica's …

Gretl Gallicchio, a member of the environmental stewardship group
10,000 Hawks, talks about the threats to the CT shoreline posed by the
proposed Tweed Airport expansion.
Interview by Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio

Host: Rob Fried.

My guest here today on DITD is Vincent Kay a lifelong resident of Connecticut. Vincent happens to be one of Connecticut's top garlic growers. So I contacted him to buy seed and come to find out he worked for Pacifica …

-Horn of Africa declaration of famine is imminent
-Widespread flooding caused by extreme rainfall in Nigeria
-Hurricane Ian is the 15th largest extreme weather event
-New Jersey sues ExxonMobil, Chevron over global warming …

* After Last January 6th House Committee Hearing Trump Continues to Escape Accountability; Sarah Kendzior author and co-host of the Gaslit Nation …

Old Cars in the Driveway hosts Peter Bush and Jim Motavalli interview Tom Cotter, author and star of Hagerty's Barn Find Hunter series on YouTube. We also talk about Cotter's latest book, Secrets of the Barn Find Hunter.

-Hurricane Ian water could stay above flood stage through Thanksgiving
-shrinking Mississippi River causes logjam due to low water
-Heatwaves will …

* Meet Italy's neo-Fascist Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni; Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Election Theft, Further …

Florida homeowners losses estimates as much as $47 billion
megadrought causing heavy pumping depleting underground aquifers
China is sweltering through a record-breaking heatwave
Global carbon emissions from power plants …

My guest today is a young woman who is very concerned about climate change and the water crisis in the west, in particular and elsewhere generally …

My guests on this segment are Thomas Iezin Marketing Communications, and Assistant Operations Manager of the Park City Compost Initiative And Andrew Tyrrell, the Operations Manager for Park City Compost Initiative …

-Hurricane Ian wrecks havoc
-Historic heat waves that roasted the U.S. and Europe warms oceans
-U.N. secretary general urges tax on the profits of …

Members pf S.O.S. -- Save our Shoreline -- discuss their push-back against the proposed Tweed Airport expansion (E. Haven, CT).
Participating are Gretl Gallicchio, Shirley McCarthy and Matt Leiber.
Interview by Richard …

* As Ukraine War intensifies, New Poll Finds Americans Want US to Pursue Talks to End the Conflict; George Beebe, Director of Grand Strategy at the …

* After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest; Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council; …

This month Live Culture offers a discussion with members of the exhibition Undue Burden: Privacy, Protection and Politics, a project and sale to …

First, a conversation with Adriane Jefferson, New Haven's Cultural Affairs Director and Slay Washington of The Breed Entertainment about The Black …

My guest on this show is Ned Sublette. Ned is an American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, and author. Sublette studied …

My guest is Bobby Sanabria, percussionist, teacher, musician, multi Grammy nominee and leader of many talented Latin big bands and other …

-Transitioning to renewable energy saves world "at least $12 trillion",
-Tropical forest lose forests due to mining
-Southern Ocean warming as it absorbs carbn
-Hanging glacier breaks off at Chile's Patagonia national park

-Rubberstamping fossil fuel permitting IRA side deal
-Greenland’s melting “zombie ice” could boost sea levels nearly a foot.
-Planet earth on the cusp …

* Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case; Dan Vicuña, National Redistricting Manger with Common Cause; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Massive Investment in Public Transit Needed to …

Laura Schleifer speaks about her work as Program Chair at Connecticut-based human rights organization, Promoting Enduring Peace, and her work as Co-Founder and Organizer with Plant The Land Team Gaza.

Earlier today …

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Resistance Roundtable panel interviews Adam Eichen, executive director of Equal Citizens, about his recent article in In These Times, "The Right Wing Is Going All Out to Unravel Our Democracy."
Panel: Ruthanne …

* Brazil's October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest Mel Gurtov, Prof. Emeritus of Political Science, at Hatfield School of Govt, …

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | September 12, 2022 | What Paier College Is Bringing To Bridgeport Arts & Culture

Hosted by David Green of The …

An interview with Leticia Colon de Mejias, an entrepreneur, social justice activist, educator, landscape designer, parent and more.

-Mega Flash floods and winds in California
-Antarctica's Thwaite glacier rapidly melting
-US Army climate change strategy
-Arizona water cuts to local Municipalities
-Panet’s ecosystems threatened by tree losses
-Great …

My guests on this segment are Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery Authors of a new book entitled "What Your Food ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. Far too many of us remain poorly nourished despite …

My guest on this segment of DITD today is Edwina Von Gal.
In 2013 she founded the Perfect Earth Project. Promoting toxic-free lawns and landscapes for the health of people, their pets, and the planet. Edwina is here …

-The weather is baking large swaths of China
-Dangerous late-summer heat wave in Western USA
-Massachusetts town bans all outdoor water use
-Greenland Ice Sheet is melting
-Severe storms swept through west and south
…

* Pursuing a Negotiated End to the Ukraine War; Branko Marcetic, staff writer with Jacobin magazine; Producer: Scott Harris.
* After 18 Months Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy; Christopher …

The first in a series of podcasts on classic cars, hosted by Jim Motavalli and Peter Bush. The guest is Craig Jackson, CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company.

* Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done; Cody Hounanian, executive director of the Student Debt Crisis Center; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Big Oil Donates Over $1 Million to GOP …

The blog is hosted by Jim Motavalli and Don Gibson, and the guest on this second show is Tom Moloughney, senior editor at InsideEVs.com and the …

My guest Woody Tasch makes his 2nd visit . I recommend going to the WPKN archives to hear our 1st conversation to get a more detailed look at what Woody is up to. Today he is here to talk about The Slow money Institute …

My next guest here on Digging in the Dirt is making his 2nd visit to talk to us about an upcoming event he is participating in on August 27th in Sag harbor. A Lifelong Conversation with the Living World in Words and …

-Record rains cause record flooding across the U.S.
-Floods and landslides killed at least 50 people in India
-Summer of 2022 one of the driest in recent history
-France's river Loire drying up
-Cliffs along California’s …

* Investigation Exposes New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme; Greg Palast investigative reporter and author; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign; Jeff Schuhrke, …

Sunday August 21, 2022 marks 9 years since authoritarian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill over 1,400 Syrians, including many children.

Coinciding with in-person events happening in New York City and …

-First time, scientists have named a heat wave
-"Extreme heat belt” expected for the Lower 48 states
-California announces water supply actions
…

Host: Steve di Costanzo GM of WPKN

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Luis Luna- WPKN’s Chair of Hispanic Heritage Planning Committee
…

Host: Steve di Costanzo

Guest:
WPKN's Luis Luna WPKN Chair of Hispanic Heritage Planning Committee

Host: Steve di Costanzo

Susan Clark, Publisher
Founder and Publisher of The Redding Sentinel

Host: Steve di Costanzo, GM of WPKN

Guest:
Joanne Hudson
Founder/Festiaval and Board Chair
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF)
Sunday August 21st,2022
The Ridgefield Playhouse

Host: Steve di Costanzo GM of WPKN Radio

Guest: Christina Smith
President & CEO
Groundwork Bridgeport

What a Story! hosted by Ina Chadwick | Saturday, July 30, 2022

Post Independence Day
First jobs

Bill Bosch
A young man takes an easy job as a lifeguard …

* Rising Tensions Between US & China Over Taiwan Risks Miscalculation or Accident; Joseph Gerson, President of the Campaign for Peace, …

Interviews with Janice Rotchstein about protecting town trees from aggressive cutting by Eversource, and with Stan Heller about his proposal that the State of CT ban the use of gas-powered lawn equipment on state …

10 financial institutions own nearly half of the unburned fossil fuels
Possible sea level rise 10-12 inches by the year 2050
North America's fifth-longest river went dry
Nebraska to siphon water off the South Platte River …

Salon.com's Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence

Ohio Democratic Party former …

Australian government commits to address climate change
US The Inflation Reduction Act passes
Widespread pressure on the rainwater available to plants
…

Daphne Dixon is Co-founder and Executive Director at Live Green Network in Ct. Daphne along with Alyssa Murphy went on a coast to coast EV road trip, going from one United States coast to another
in a Ford Mustang …

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | August 8, 2022 | The Levitt Pavilion + Other Great Free Concert Venues This Summer

Hosted by David Green of The …

* Proposed Senate Bill Requires Medicare to Negotiate a Short list of Drug Prices; Steve Knievel, Advocate with Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Program; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Senate Bill Proposes New 15% …

The Native Americans are the First People of the United States, yet they are forced to live on reservations on their own land. The Indigenous People seem to be the unseen, and uncared for citizens on their own land. …

Valerie Richardson speaks with Beth Caruso, Sarah Jack, and Laura Secord who are working to get exoneration for the women and men who were wrongly accused (and sometimes executed) for being witches in …

Manchin and Democrats reach a deal on economy and Climate
Record rainfall hits many areas of the U.S.
Greenland Lost 6 Billion Tons of Ice in 3 Days
Himalayas to lose between one third and two thirds of its ice by 2100
U.S. …

* DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump & GOP Coup Attempt Ron Fein, legal director with the group Free Speech For People Producer: Scott Harris
* With Senate Stalled, Pressure Growing on Biden to Take Immediate Action on …

I’m pleased to welcome back to “Digging in the Dirt… Gardener, author, educator, podcaster blogger and frequent collaborator with Joe Lamp’l of the …

Extreme heat affects the entire Northern Hemisphere
Heatwave grips much of the US south and west
More extreme water cuts all but certain in the US …

GaiaGram #111 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis. by WPKN Community Radio

U.S. west needs to dramatically reduce their consumption of water
Toxic and stinky clouds of foam flood streets of the Colombian city
Three billion …

Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

On July 19, 2022 radio host Herman Olivera from 'ReHumanize Yourself Radio' on 89.5 WPKN was granted a rare phone interview with Ian Astbury. Ian is …

* President Biden's Recent Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy Short on Accomplishments; David Yaghoubian, Professor of History at California State University; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Christian Extremists' Embrace …

-U.S. west needs to dramatically reduce their consumption of water
-Toxic and stinky clouds of foam flood streets of the Colombian city
-Three billion …

-Texas is being hard hard hit by Climate Change
-Wildfires rage across Europe & UK amid a record heatwave
-80% of U.S urine samples contain Glyphosate
-5% of recent new U.S. auto sales were all-electric vehicles
-N.C. …

What a Story! hosted by Ina Chadwick | Saturday, June 25, 2022

The Last Late Night Show With My Father
Mark Greene
Recorded with the Goodmen Project’s “Finding My Voice” for MouseMuse Productions. A troubled father-son …

The Organic Farm Stand chats with Massaro Farm manager, Steve Munno about early vegetable harvest; Vincent Kaye talks garlic and gives a honey bee update; and Scott Nelson, a litigating attorney with Public Citizen, …

* Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists; Mark Green, the first elected public advocate for New York City and author; Producer: Scott Harris.
* As the War in Ukraine Escalates, a Diplomatic Path …

Host: Kathy Connor

Kathy interviews Dr. Candace Badgett, international speaker on Maharishi Ayur-Veda, Vedic Science and Consciousness. Candace …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Fairfield County Dance Festival

This month, we celebrate Dance in Fairfield County …

A trusted meteorologist in Illinois has jumped into the race for Congress. He's been talking about climate change for years. Plus, talks by local …

Gemini & Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell discusses his NASA Mission, including the 1st Mission to orbit humans around the Moon (Apollo 8), & the …

* Supreme Court Extremist Majority Deprives EPA of its Power to Protect Climate and Environment; Jason Rylander, Senior Attorney with the Climate Law …

- The Supreme court handcuffs Environmental Protection Agency
- Italy devastated by a recent drought
- Billions “directly exposed” to one-in-a-hundred-year floods
- Mormon crickets cause crop damage out west
- San Diego …

Stanley Heller is an activist, organizer, video host and producer with Promoting Enduring Peace, Middle East Crisis Committee, and The Struggle Video News.

For more on the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA's, "No …

LGBTQIA and Women's Reproductive Rights are under attack in the United States. The nearly fifty year old federal law, Roe V Wade has been struck down …

Three voices of people I met on my two-week Walk for Appalachia's Future against the Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline along its route in WV and VA.

Juanita James: Juanita is President & CEO of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation. Formerly, she was Pitney Bowes’ Chief Marketing & …

Heather LaTorra: Heather leads Marrakech in New Haven. She started there as a college intern 35 years ago, was offered an entry-level job upon …

Host: Rob Fried, Founder of Band Central

Heather LaTorra: Heather leads Marrakech in New Haven. She started there as a college intern 35 years ago, …

* Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now 2nd Class Citizens; Marjorie Cohn, prof. emerita Thomas Jefferson School of Law, past pres. National …

Economist and labor historian Michael Zweig talks about the Expanding Labor's Power webinar that he hosted earlier this month. The zoom session included representatives from seven union locals around the country all of …

My guest today on DITD is Arthur Davis a Director, researcher and Portable Toilet coordinator at the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro Vermont. The Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and …

The Resistance panel welcomes Henry Lowendorf, co-chair of the Greater New Haven Peace Council for a discussion about the hearings by the January 6 …

-Emergency cuts to western water use
-Chile's major reservoir has dried up
-Russia has world's largest methane leak
-glo-bal tomato production to declines due to drought
-Fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel …

This month on Live Culture, Martha is delighted to be in conversation with artist Suzanne Anker about her exhibit After Eden, up now at The Ely …

* Republicans & Christian Nationalists Embrace January 6th Insurrection and Political Violence Wajahat Ali, a Daily Beast columnist, public …

The Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler visits WPKN to talk about the release of their 8th album ‘Made of Rain’ and a 40+ year career as an outstanding musician, lyricist, singer and painter - a PURE special.
(photo …

-Yellowstone national Park floods and closes
-The U.S. West is drying out due to climate-driven changes
-Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is growing
…

On this Juneteenth Holiday, June 19, 2022, host Garnett Ankle speaks with Deadria Farmer-Paellmann. This conversation was previously added to the …

Doc Hardy has music and radio broadcasting in his blood. His father, Hal Hardy, was “DJ Soul on Ice” in the 1970’s, and was a pioneer in Connecticut …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

The Norwalk Art Space – Increasing opportunities and equity in the local arts …

A discussion with New Haven-based fashion designer Neville Wisdom and filmmaker Aaron Peirano Garrison. We chatted about Garrison’s documentary “The Wisdom of Fashion,” which is being shown at the 2022 International …

Monica Nichols, the self-described “Walking Bird Nerd,” discusses her deep interest in birds and other creatures of the natural world and her …

My guest here on DITD is Jessica Damiano AP gardening columnist, Journalist, Garden Coach, Community Educator and Author. Her news letter is called …

Interviews and recordings of people I met fighting the incomplete fracked gas Mountain Valley pipeline through WV and VA.

Interviews and recordings of three of the people I met on a walk/drive along the route in WV and VA of the unfinished fracked gas Mountain Valley pipeline.

* Will Jan 6th House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?; Sarah Kendzior author and co-host of the Gaslit Nation weekly podcast; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Scientist Rebellion Fights …

Sandy Hook Promise & Suicide Prevention. (24 min mark) Celebrating fathers for Father's Day.

Michael Zweig, historian, labor economist and author, discusses the "Expanding Labor's Power" webinar he chaired on June 1, 2022; as well as the Poor …

-carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits all time high
-Southern California imposes mandatory water cutbacks
-California judge halts of spraying …

* Groups Work to Stop Disinformation to Protect 2022 Midterm Election; Yosef Getachew, Media and Democracy Program Director with Common Cause; …

June being LGBTQ Pride Month, the focus of the conversation on this podcast is on the challenges of Black women including those in the LGBTQ community in American socety. Black women, both those within and outside the …

-ExxonMobil faces charges on Global Warming falsehoods
-Hurricane Agatha historic strongest May hurricane
-Massive Middle East Sandstorms
-Colorado …

* Biden Upends 'Strategic Ambiguity' Over US Response to a Future Chinese Attack on Taiwan; Chas Freeman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Texas …

- climate change – sets "alarming" new records.
- nation's power grid regulator issues dire warning
- extreme weather threats worldwide
-‘mouth to hell’ …

My guest today on DITD is the author of the new book entitled
The Home-Scale Forest Garden
How to Plan, Plant, and Tend a Resilient Edible Landscape
"Working with the natural world in our gardens has never been more …

This past Tuesday, May 24, 2022, an 18 year-old walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and shot and killed nineteen students and two …

Host Rob Fried from Band Central Radio on WPKN 89.5-FM interviews Amanda Meeson- the Executive Director of Sterling House

Band Central radio hour is MONDAY 5/23 - PODCAST

WPKN Community Radio features conversations with the incredible saxophonist Crispin Cioe, Amanda Meeson (Executive Director of Sterling House Community Center), Susan …

* GOP's Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy; Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at New York University; Producer: Scott …

Racism has become mainstream in politics these days, all over the world. In the United States, the scourge of racism is causing the deaths of many …

My guest today is Nick Skeadas a Connecticut man who has a business that makes him a living and helps the planet at the same time. Nick manages Curbside Compost, a resource recovery company in Southern Ct. Nick and …

-91 percent of the Great Barrier Reef's coral damaged by bleaching
-Two beach houses fell into the waves last week along North Carolina's coast.
…

I interview Christina See, one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion NYC, who describes the philosophy of XR and discusses some of the creative …

* Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability into Murder of Palestinian-American Journalist; Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Richard Klein - The Artist & The Museum

Our May interview was with Richard …

Mae Gibson Brown, co-founder of Salt and Pepper Gospel Choir and mother of Chuck Brown, talks about C.C.'s early years, his amazing musical talent and his career as a choir director, a lead singer with the New …

Host Mike Merli in conversation with Faisal Saleh, Chairman and Founder of Palestine Museum US, located in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Faisal discusses the Israeli Occupation Forces' recent murder of well-known …

Chuck Brown (aka Chucky or C.C.) was an incredible singer, dancer and choir director who passed away last Dec. 17 at the age of 57.
Chuck's career included his lead singing with the New Haven-based band Mikata, …

Four of the five artists from New Haven Artspace's exhibition "Footnotes and Other Embedded Stories" joined me for an hour-long discussion: Joseph …

-Oxygen-starved seas threaten sea life
-Hawaii requires coastal flooding disclosure to buyers
-True recycling could save a Trillion dollars
-Scientists …

* Goal to Degrade Russia's Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers George Beebe, Fmr Dir. CIA's Russia desk, now Dir. of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute Producer: Scott Harris
* CT Passes …

What a Story! hosted by Ina Chadwick | Saturday, April 30, 2022

Tune in, be moved!

Ina Chadwick dedicates the show to her recently departed heroic grandson, Charles Anthony Capalbo, age 23, who inspired a community with …

Henry Lowendorf, director of the Greater New Haven Peace Council, dlscusses the war in Ukraine and provides the history and context that is absent from corporate media coverage.
Interview by Richard Hill

Christina Badaracco, co-author of The Farm Bill - A Citizen's Guide, joins the Organic Farm Stand to discuss some of the intricacies of this massive bill that effects so many aspects of our lives.
Interview by Richard …

We are at a period in history when we are losing many of our vintage reggae musicians, singers, and song writers to violence or illness. It is good …

Legendary musician, poet, and free spirit Rickie Lee Jones spoke with WPKN's Cheryl Magoveny about Jones' recent memoir "Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour." The interview first aired on February …

-Lake Mead has fallen to an unprecedented low.
-California limits watering of outdoor lawns and gardens
-Possible extinction of most marine life
-Reptiles of the world threatened
-Devastating losses for the world’s forests

*Effective Ways to Fight the Republican's Culture War Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow with People For the American Way Producer: Scott Harris
…

This month on Live Culture the tables get turned as Yale Quantum Institute Manager Florian Carle interviews Martha Willette Lewis about her work in …

-Severe heatwave hits India and Pakistan
-Number of insects on the planet halved
-Water conflicts increasing worldwide
-UK to get clean energy via subsea cables from Morocco
-Capturing CO2 emissions with algae ponds
-Trees …

Woody Tasch is the author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered Chelsea Green Press
SOIL: Notes Towards the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital, and
AHA!: …

* 70 Groups Call for End to US Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War that's Killed Nearly 400,000; Jehan Hakim, Chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Groups Working to Unfreeze Billions of …

Host: Rob Fried
Guest: Carla Miklos ED of Operation Hope of Fairfield

Host: Rob Fried from Band Central

Guest: Karen Brown VP of Development and Philanthropic Services at Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Band Central Radio on WPKN Community Radio 89.5 at noon to hear from our AMAZING guests Karen Brown VP of Development and Philanthropic Services at Fairfield County's Community Foundation 💛 Carla Miklos ED of Operation …

Interviews with key organizers of April 22 and April 23 Earth Week actions. Sena Wazer, director of Sunrise CT, and Tenaya Taylor, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Accountability Group talk about "nothing about us …

Mark Potok, formerly of the Southern Poverty Law Center speaks on the dangers of radical right wing extremism in the United States and to a lesser extent in Europe. The radical right wing extremism expert focuses on …

-Long Island sound threatened by nitrate levels.
-Lake Powell and Colorado river dangerously low levels
-UN - 75% of crop diversity has been lost …

* Russia's War in Ukraine Exposes Double Standards in International Law and Human Rights; Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics at the University of …

Roger Steffens (born June 17, 1942) is an American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer and, producer.[1] Six rooms of his home in Los Angeles house reggae archives, which include the world's …

ICON-Interviews Roger Steffens
Roger Steffens (born June 17, 1942) is an American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer and, producer.[1] Six rooms of his home in Los Angeles house reggae …

WPKN celebrates Peter Tosh

WPKN celebrates Peter Tosh

Portland has 1st April snow storm in 82 years
Greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount
North Carolina to harness offshore winds
Austin installs …

My guests on this episode of Digging in the Dirt are The authors Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass who have written a new book entitled Half - Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change …

Mai Malkawi is a journalist and social justice activist living in Fairfield, Connecticut. She’s a mother of three and a volunteer with local …

*Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine  Alan Zibel, research director with Public Citizen  Producer: Scott Harris.
*Climate Activists Blockade Coal Plant Owned by WV Senator Joe Manchin Donna Shaunesey, …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Shining A Light - Greenwich Historical Society Uncovering Lost Voices in Local …

Steve di Costanzo: I’m honored to be part of a VERSOFest '22 (Westport, CT) LIVE broadcast as I sit with Chris Frantz (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club) from 12 noon to 12:55. Billed as a mini SXSW at the Westport …

The Roundtable panel interviews labor historian and economist Michael Zweig about the successful union organizing campaigns at Amazon, Starbucks and …

With so much going on in the world today, many people feel burdened with the pressures of life and living. Talk can be a great escape valve. When we talk it may ease the pressure somewhat.

On this broadcast of What's …

-The U.N. says humanity failing to limit global warming
-Climate Revolution scientists protest failure to act
-WHO says the planets air is entirely …

-Conger Ice shelf collapses
-Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has mass bleaching event
-California tightens water conservation rules
-Companies phase out …

My guest today is Mary Swander is an Author, Dramatist, Performer, Speaker, Teacher. An emerita Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Swander taught creative writing for thirty years at Iowa State …

This month's Live Culture features an interview which originally aired March 26, 2022, with artist Richard Pasquarelli about his current work in the …

* Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund Producer: Scott Harris
* Biden’s New …

Host: Kathy Connor

Kathy’s Corner continues the series of talks by Dr. Tony Nader, author of One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness, as he explains the nature of Consciousness.

* Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, former CIA Analyst …

Host: Rob Fried
Guests:
Jim Naughton
Mark Argosh
Paula Murphy
Steve di Costanzo

HOST: Rob Fried, Band Central Radio on WPKN 89.5-FM
Mark Argosh has been an SVP Partner since 2014 and has served as Executive Director since December 2016. Since 2016, SVP has tripled in size to almost 200 members, …

Host: Rob Fried on WPKN 89.5-FM
Jim Naughton won two Tony Awards for his starring roles in City of Angels and Chicago on Broadway. He directed the …

Host of WPKN's Radio Base Camp, Steve di Costanzo interviews band founder Aaron Duff. Hector Gannet with ties to environmental issues and the band The Animals heads to the USA for a series or gigs and other …

Not many, if any Jamaican music band can boast being in existence for over fifty years. They have watched bands come and go. On this broadcast, Garnett speaks with a founding member, current manager, and bass guitarist …

-Massive New Orleans Tornado
-Arctic and Antarctica heat up
-Western U.S. drought intensifies
-50 % of U.S. fresh water polluted
-SEC to require …

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

We all want a home. For some that means an anonymous apartment, others a McMansion, but for some, that means creating your own place. As an …

* To End the War US Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks; Marcus Stanley, advocacy director at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris.
* New International Agreement on the Global …

A continuing conversation with the Vice-President of Novamont N.A.
NOVAMONT is a leader in the world of bioplastics. It promotes a new model of …

-Saharan dust from North Africa blows across Europe.
-The impact of plastic pollution is far worse than we think
-Californian water restrictions
-Enset …

Host: Steve di Costanzo
My guests are:
Bill Harmer, Executive Director Westport Library
Alex Giannini · Associate Director, Programs & Events at The …

Stanley Heller of Promoting Enduring Peace and Middle East Crisis Committee speaks about local solidarity efforts to support Palestine and Ukraine.

…

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Liz Squillace: Bridgeport Artist

Meet Bridgeport artist extraordinaire, Liz …

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

We have spent two years cacooning, chaffing, isolating, segregating, …

“Reaching Deep” Black History Month 2022

“The Big Shot,” written by Jim Gordon. Louis, a Black man on his way home from his factory job at 2AM on a freezing night, and Carl, an elderly, well-dressed White man sitting on …

The Resistance Roundtable explores the question: What was the US role leading to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Independent journalist Bryce Greene …

* Dangers of Enforcing Ukraine 'No Fly Zone', and Urgent Need for Viable War Exit Strategy William Hartung, Senior Research Fellow Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft org Producer: Scott Harris
* Amid Ukraine …

-The EPA to allow continued use of neonicotinoids for 15 more years
-Connecticut to allow the state’s first new reactors in decades
-Lake Powell reservoir is about to hit a new dangerous low.
-2021 was a record-breaking …

It is no joke to say the world could be on the eve of destruction: World War Three. The world is faced with wars and strifes all over. The one that …

The Organic Farm Stand features the CSA report with
Steve Munno of Massaro Farm; Vincent Kaye's Honey Bee Update; and
a report by Ron Whitehurst of Rincon-Vitova Insectaries on how beneficial insects can protect our …

* Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation; Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Climate …

HOST: Rob Fried
Radio Station: WPKN 89.5-FM Community Radio
Guest: Deb Greenwood, CEO, Center for Family Justice

HOST: Rob Fried

Guests: Steve di Costanzo, GM WPKN
Deb Greenwood-, CEO of Center for Family Justice
Lyndsay Stone, musician

This Month on Live Culture!
My Guests are Jay Kemp and Victoria McCraven from NXTHVN to talk about Their Black History's NXT Future: an ode to black …

I have been interested in Black Garlic ever since two fans of DITD Anne and Jim suggested I check out Black Garlic and do a show about it .Then my …

An interview with Erin Kelly, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, and co-author of "Chasing Me To My Grave: An Artist's Memoir Of The Jim Crow South."

The late Winfred Rembert was a New Haven-based artist and …

-Worlds wildfires will be more frequent and intense
-Due to drought California won’t deliver water to farmers
-Intense rain and record-breaking floods hit eastern Australia
-climate change coming to fast for plants and …

-United Kingdom hurricane strength
-Facebook climate change misinformation
-World spends $1.8 trillion annually.. worsening climate crisis.
-Somalia refugee crisis due to Climate change
-Australia’s largest coal-fired …

* After Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine, can a Wider More Dangerous War with Russia be Averted? Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for …

On this the penultimate day of Black History Month for 2022, host Garnett Ankle speaks with Deadria Farmer-Paellmann. This lady is a revolutionary! …

* How War Can be Averted in Ukraine; Lawrence B. Wilkerson, dist. adj prof of Govt & Public Policy at the College of William and Mary; Producer: …

CT -based alternative band from Willimantic is heading OUT-OF-STATE on a national tour which will wind up at a 2-day recording session at one of LA's premier studios. Band members Joe Lemieux (drums), Cory Farnsworth …

- Mudslides and floods hit Rio de Janeiro state
- Western U.S. and Northern Mexico hit driest period in 1,200 years
- Sea levels along the coastal United States will rise by about a foot.
- massive methane cloud over …

Haddiyyah Ali shares her story of growing up in a Black Muslim family in the Hartford area, and she speaks about the larger history and legacy of the Black Muslim Radical Tradition in the United States, as well as her …

New Haven artist Winfred Rembert survived a hard life in rural Georgia where he was almost lynched as a young adult and spent years in prison working …

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | February 14, 2022 | Exploring Fairfield County's Traditional Arts

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of …

* Nord Stream 2 Pipeline & Europe’s Need for Russian Gas, Key Elements in the Ukraine Crisis John Foster, author and Canadian petroleum economist …

Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of History at the U. of Houston, discusses the role of the slave trade in the declaration of independence from the …

Malcolm X was a mis-understood Black Civil Rights Leader of his time. He believed freedom for Blacks should come by any means necessary - by the …

-Rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations
-World’s glaciers contain less water than thought
-Arctic winters are getting warmer
-Beijing …

Activist/scholar Kat Morris describes her 10 Environmental Justice resolutions for 2022, through an equity lens (of course)

Today we talk with our honey bee specialist Vincent Kaye and then welcome Werner Heider, an engaged community member from Colorado, who shares his …

* There is a Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine; Producer: Scott Harris.
* …

My guests today are Hector Gerado and Liz Guerra owners of SeaMARRON Farmstead near Danbury CT. They have been community and union organizers and They are BIPOC NYers from the Bronx turned #homesteaders #hempfarmers …

Bishop John Selders, co-founder of Moral Mondays CT, talks about the evolution of MLK's political philosophy from one that focused almost exclusively …

-Billions of fresh water from Iceberg melt into oceans
-Climate change will cause the nation’s flooding losses to jump
-Louisiana offers flooding buyout
-Reno, Nevada,no rain in January
-Saudi Arabia Temps dip to minus 6 …

Host Mike Merli in conversation with Michael Braham, a formerly incarcerated activist fighting for criminal justice reform in Connecticut.

Michael shares his story, and discusses the important legal advocacy work he is …

*Escalation of Rhetoric in Ukraine Crisis Risks Conflict; Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island; Producer: …

-Tropical Storm Ana devastates southern and eastern Africa
-Austin Tx huge sulfuric acid waste spill
- New South Florida storm and flood infrastructure …

Host Mike Merli in conversation with Reverend D. Stanley Lord, President of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP. The conversation includes discussion of COVID testing and vaccination in Bridgeport; environmental justice; …

Owner Mark Turocy has over 30 years of restaurant industry experience, from the west coast where he created California's The Comedy Store's first food program, to the east, in Connecticut, where he was General Manager …

Prof. Gary Leupp discusses the situation in Ukraine and presents an alternative view to that in the US political class and mainstream media.
Interview …

Ukraine, Russia and the US: by WPKN Community Radio

On this edition of What's Your Point? are stories of Nelson Mandela, and Marcus Garvey.

Nelson Mandela, the Black African freedom fighter who later became President of a democratic South Africa spent twenty seven years …

Thursday, January 27, 2022, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

The successor architectural firm to that created by the deceased designer Zaha Hadid has paid $16,000,000 to use her name. …

*Effort Underway to Challenge Insurrectionist's Right to Run for Public Office; Ben Horton, a legal fellow with the group Free Speech for People; …

Host: Rob Fried
Guests: Tim DeHuff, Musician
and Lorraine Gibbons, Executive Director of the Carinal Shehan center

My guest on Digging in the Dirt is Linley Dixon a Colorado organic farmer with a Ph.D. in plant pathology and co-director of the Real Organic …

- Kuwait has the highest temp readings on Earth
- Fed chair says Fed’s role in the climate emergency is “limited”
- Coke and Pepsi call for a global …

- Ocean Temps Hotest ever
- 129 degree heat wave for Argentina
- New heat record for Austrailia
- Englands waters have major pollution problems
- New see …

GM of WPKN and host Steve di Costanzo interviews Sarah-Jane Henry Ed.D. the Director of Performing Arts and Visual Arts for the Bridgeport Public …

Gus Speth, the ultimate "insider" in the halls of government, international NGOs and U.S. nonprofits when it came to environmental issues, discusses …

A powerful interview with Sikowis Nobiss, an indigenous woman from Canada now living in the U.S., about her efforts to expose and heal from the …

An interview with Orielle Osprey Lake, executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network, who describes the six-day, global women's assembly that took place shortly before the Glasgow climate summit

*Canadian Scholar Warns that America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Rightwing Dictatorship; Thomas Homer-Dixon, executive director of the …

*Trump & GOP Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election Greg Palast investigative reporter and author Producer: Scott Harris.
*Dissecting the GOP's 'Big Lie' and Other Toxic …

On this the first edition of What's Your Point? for 2022, host Garnett Ankle wishes you all the best for the year.

On the show today, Garnett speaks with Professor & Historian, Dr. Uhuru Williams.

The attempted coup …

• Greg Palast: Trump & GOP Planning to Use the Constitution’s 12th Amendment to Steal the 2024 Election
• Amanda J. Crawford: Dissecting the GOP’s ‘Big Lie’ and Other Toxic Conspiracy Theories
• Ellen Yard: Is …

An interview with Dr. Kinari Webb, who established a clinic in the rainforest in Borneo called Health in Harmony, with the goals of providing health care for the residents and thus allowing them to not cut rainforest …

OccupyBiden was a weeklong, 24/7 encampment a mile from President Biden's home in Delaware between Christmas and New Year's to press him to declare a climate emergency and then take executive action to stop approvals of …

An interview with two of the main organizers of OccupyBiden, a weeklong, 24/7 encampment a mile from President Biden's private home in Wilmington, …

Steve Munno offers the CSA update from Massaro Farm; and Vincent Kaye talks about the bees in winter,
Hosted by Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio

Host: Kathy Connor

Kathy’s Corner includes a talk by Dr. Tony Nader on What is Consciousness. Dr. Nader is a medical doctor trained at Harvard …

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

2021 is ending. Perhaps we sense that the 20th century is (finally) ending, too. In any event, the growing hours of daylight trigger the …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Art Councils Lead The Way

This month we focus on our local arts councils and …

Norman wants help with his unvaccinated adult daughter and Bob wants journalists to be held accountable.

My guest today on Digging in the DIrt is the founder and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association Dan Kittridge. Dan has been here many times before . He is a good friend of WPKN and Digging in the Dirt. …

- 15 inches of snow in Virginia

- California mandatory water restrictions
- Chile to rewrite Constitution for ecological concern
- South China seas …

- 15 inches of snow in Virginia
- California mandatory water restrictions
- Chile to rewrite Constitution for ecological concern
- South China seas …

*Halting NATO's Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve US-Russia Ukraine Crisis; Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, …

-Devastating Boulder Colorado Wildfire
-Alaska hits 67 degrees in December
-Over 200 inches of snow in 48 hours in California
-Bird flu outbreak kills …

Jim Motavalli and Don Gibson, the dean of the business school at Manhattan College, speak about about electric cars.

*Joe Manchin Derails Biden's Build Back Better Human Infrastructure; Bill Scott Desnoyers Medicare4All activist & a leader in the NY chapter of the Poor People's Campaign; Producer: Scott Harris.
* New Report Finds …

- The artic ice is melting rapidly

- AntarticThwaites Glacier melting rapid

- official record high of 38 degrees C for the Arctic

- Exxon lobbyist denies climate change poses "catastrophic risk.”

- One million turtles …

-Biden administration approves two major solar projects
-National Forest for Wales.
-Houston is planting Trees
-first Seawing [kite] to tow container …

*Corporate Media's Distorted Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research Producer: …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

The Arts, Culture and The Future of Bridgeport

Join Phil Kuchma, Lauren Coakley …

In a few years, one may not be able to recognize the United States, as undemocratic forces are fighting to gain political power by any means. Does …

Rich and Frank both ask about finding purpose in retirement for themselves, partners, and others.

Robbie Shakespear the bass player of the famous reggae rhythm section of 'Sly and Robbie' is the subject of a discussion with Amy Wachtel on her WPKN radio show ROCKERS ARENA with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club member, …

On this episode of Seeking Wellness, Dr. Pierre interviews Dr. Kathryn Firisin, ND, MSPT, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and Physical Therapist in Connecticut and Arizona. With over 22 years in healthcare, Dr. Firisin …

In this episode of Seeking Wellness, Dr. Pierre is joined by Dr. Sheryl Barnes to discuss the intersection of spirituality and health. Dr. Barnes is …

On this episode of Seeking Wellness, Dr. Pierre is joined by Naturopathic Doctor and trauma specialist Dr. Gaynel Nave. Dr. Nave explains the body's …

Dave Chapman, executive director of the Real Organic Project, discusses the virtual symposiums they will conduct on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 from 3 to 5 PM. The theme of the sessions is "Milk and Money," or how giant …

Nancy DeBrule. Mike Nadeau, Janekke Beardslsy, Vincent Kaye, Kevin Gallagher, Kim Stoner and others relate memories of their ow their friendship and …

Chris George, executive director of IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services) discusses the Afghan resettlement program in Connecticut.
Interview by Richard Hi;;

* NATO Expansion Key to Understanding Rising Russia-Ukraine Tensions David Gibbs, Professor of History at the University of Arizona Producer: Scott Harris
* Jeopardizing Press Freedom, UK Court OKs WikiLeaks Founder …

-Kentucky Tornado
-The weather is weird
-Humanity adding carbon to the atmosphere, fast
-Florida feeds malnourished Manatees
-global sustainable investment assets grew

My guest on this "Digging in the Dirt" is Vicki Hird. Vicki is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food …

Thursday, November 25, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

14 of this year’s Home Page guests from Minnesota, Los Angeles, New Hampshire, Brooklyn, and even Connecticut offer their perspective on …

-Greater fwater run off from the ice melt

-Amazon Deforestation jumps 15%

-California’s fruit trees effected by drought

-Biden administration to incorporate traditional Indigenous knowledge

-Rewilding projects are …

My guest on this program is my friend John Conroy, whom I went to H.S. with. He was telling me about his new interest as a Docent for Elepahant seals in the San Louis Obispo California area. Some of the males can be …

*Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s right to Abortion Jenny Ma, senior attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights Producer: Melinda Tuhus
*Sounding the Alarm: Trump-Era Program Threatens …

Tom had a commitment from his adored wife and his wife can't honor her commitment, A Mom is trying to help her alcoholic adult son, and a Husband is …

Joe likes his job, his colleagues a lot but he struggles with the toxic conversations about politics.

Mark Potok, formerly of the Southern Poverty Law Center speaks on the dangers of radical right wing extremism in the United States and to a lesser extent in Europe. The radical right wing extremism expert focuses on …

Host Mike Merli speaks with Lela Florel, founder of Preserve Remington Woods.

Remington Woods is a 422 acre forest community in Bridgeport and Stratford, that for several years, has been threatened with destruction in …

-San Francisco declared a water shortage emergency
-Portugal shuts down its last remaining coal plant
-Canada issues its first "red alert" for dangerous weather system
-Critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise
…

My guest on this episode of DITD is Sefra Alexandra. Her web site describes her as a "The Seed Huntress," …....an endurance race ethnobotanist on a …

My next guests on DITD are Ellie Angerame the Executive Director, of Green Village Initiative   leading her organization towards creating social, economic and environmental change through a unified network of urban …

My guest on this program is Dave Carr Lead organizer for Pollinator Pathways West Haven. The goal of this group is to install native perennial plants …

*December Deadline Looms for Senate Democrats to Pass Critical Voting Rights Legislation; Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way; Producer: Scott Harris.
*The US Tax Code Must be Re-Written to Compel …

Host: Jennifer Bangser

Taking a look at the VERSO STUDIOS

Brendan Toller: Verso Studios Marketing Manager

David Bibbey: Verso Studios Video Production …

Joining host Rob Fried is former Band Central Radio host and Executive Producer Andy Kadison to chat about music, giving and Thanksgiving.

* GOP's Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of Italian and History at New York University Producer: Scott Harris
* …

Host Garnett Ankle speaks on the issue of the missing Chinese lawn tennis star, Peng Shuai; the political challenges of the United States and other …

Host Mike Merli speaks with Lela Florel, founder of Preserve Remington Woods.

The Bridgeport Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday November 16th, attended by over 100 people from all across …

Guy Beardsley's friends and family share their thoughts and memories
about his life, his work and his tireless work in support of the the organic …

Well that's a wrap. WPKN has made the move from what was the University of Bridgeports Student Center to Bijou Square in downtown Bridgetport. To …

Massive storm batters British Columbia
Pacific island nation is sinking due to sea level rise
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bayis sinking
Rare November …

40 countries to phase out coal-fired power
world is facing a dramatic shortfall in fertilizer
Hunting Trophies Found in an Undercover Investigation in Iowa.
French astronaut global warming alarm from space
new …

* Youth Climate Activists in Glasgow Demand More; Delger Erdenesanaa, a fellow and reporter with the award-winning publication, Inside Climate News; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Let Joe Biden Know Trump’s Postmaster …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Bridgeport Moving Forward: Bridgeport Art Trail 2021

For the last 12 years, …

* Climate Activists Decry Lack of Progress at Glasgow’s UN Climate Summit; Reynard Loki, Editor/Chief Correspondent with Earth/ Food/ Life at the Independent Media Institute; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Residents Rise Up …

We mourn and celebrate the life of Guy Beardsley who died Tuesday at St. Vincent's Hospital in BPT. I am joined by Suzanne Duesing, Bev Corvino and …

Host Mike Merli speaks with Civil Rights Attorney Alex Taubes and Bryan "Love" Jordan.

After spending 15 years in prison, a judge found cause to question Bryan's original conviction, and call for Bryan to get a new trial.

During the first half of the show, Garnett speaks live with Hartford, Connecticut's own Top Model, Samantha Bass. The Top Model fields questions pertaining to her modeling career, among other endeavors, including one …

My guest on this episode of "Digging in the dirt" is farmer Craig Floyd,
a wise old farmer. Craig is the farm manager of the giving Garden at Coogan …

Bob Halstead is president of two community garden groups, one statewide, and one for Bridgeport: Connecticut Community Gardening Association (CCGA) and Bridgeport Community Land Trust (The Trust), respectively.
Bob …

Dems. and RepS view causes of Global warming differently
Countries are “utterly failing” on goals of the Paris climate accord
Mega drought effecting Arizona water supply
Lake Tuz in central Turkey has dried up
Atmospheric …

*Troubling Signs of Inaction From the January 6th Insurrection Investigation Ron Fein, Legal Director with the group Free Speech For People Producer: …

Host Mike Merli talks with Stanley Heller of Promoting Enduring Peace, Middle East Crisis Committee, and The Struggle Video News.

For more info on the New England Network for Justice for Palestine, and the upcoming …

This month on Live Culture, Martha is in discussion with two members of VozTerra, an experimental sound project based in Bogotá, Colombia, which …

Thursday, October 28, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

The last year has seen the Real Estate Industrial Complex on Blast: Sell, Sell, Sell – a seller’s market, a housing consumer nightmare. …

*Billionaires Tax May Win Support in Congressional negotiations on Biden's Build Back Better Plan; Frank Clemente, executive director Americans for Tax Fairness; Producer: Scott Harris.
*Joe Manchin Succeeds in Killing …

Host: Rob Fried

Guest: Dave Sigworth, Associate Director of Communications
Norwalk Aquarium.

Host Rob Fried talks with guests John Torres from the band Colorfields and also discusses the Torres' family project at the old Acoustic in Black …

Governments still planning to extract huge amounts of fossil fuels
TotalEnergies Knew fossil fuels threatened the global climate
9.9% of scientists agree fossil fuels cause of climate change.
Venice faces increased …

climate change "single biggest health threat facing humanity."
This year is the second-largest global carbon emissions jump
Arctic sea ice has been steadily decreasing
Planet needs everyone buying electric vehicles
…

After the passing of singer, and producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, Garnett decides to share a conversation he had with the enigmatic one, twenty years ago while he worked at another radio station.

Host Garnett Ankle returns to live radio today after twenty months. His last recorded talk show was on Independence Day, Sunday, July 4, after which …

Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center for Cuban Studies, reviews the progress the Cuban health care system is making toward getting 90% …

*Campaign Demands AT&T End Support for Extremist One America "News" Network; Evan Feeney, Campaign Director with the group Color Of Change; …

Host Mike Merli checks in with Lela Florel of Preserve Remington Woods in Bridgeport, a local group and movement fighting to save the Remington Woods from development and destruction.

The Remington Woods are 422 acres of …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

This month we celebrate INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY – a transformation of what we have …

The Resistance panel interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols about what strategies the Dems can use to pass the progressive Build Back …

Sandra Levinson, exec. director of the Center for Cuban Studies, reports on Cuba's ambitious plan to vaccinate children as young as 2 years old and …

Guy Beardsley's Small Farm Report
Vincent Kaye's Honey Bee update
Katy Poole with the fall harvest report from Massaro Farm in Woodbridge.
Host: Richard …

* Unlimited, Unaccountable Money in Politics is killing Biden's Human Infrastructure Bill; Tiffany Muller, President & Executive Director End …

-The ozone layer hole is bigger
-Record temp reading in Northern Hemisphere
-South Pole has coldest winter on record
-Humanity will have to adapt to …

*Progressives Win Round One in Infrastructure Showdown; William Rivers Pitt, senior editor and lead columnist with Truthout.org; Producer: Scott …

My next guest on Digging in the dirt is my colleague of many years Binnie Klein. Binnie is a long time programmer here at WPKN hosting the show “A …

Host: Rob Fried
Marvin McNeil is an educator, musician, founder of The Funky Dawgz brass band and a board member of SpreadMusicNow.org.

Host: Rob Fried, Band Central Radio

Host: Rob Fried
Guests:
Marvin McNeill- musician, teacher, band founder of The Funky Dawgz
Tracy Flood, ED of the nonprofit CLASP.

Global farm subsidies “harmful”
extreme sea levels will become more common
top 11 cities most likely to disappear by 2100
Hundreds of birds fatally …

* It's Past Time to Address the Global COVID Vaccination Shortfall Crisis; Peter Maybarduk, Director of Public Citizens Global Access to Medicines …

Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

We all have to rest our heads somewhere. As universal as eating or sleeping, having a place is part of being human. But around New York …

* Unhinged Trump Drove Top US General to Take Steps to Prevent Nuclear War; Tom Collina, Director of Policy with the Ploughshares Fund; Producer: …

-California wildfires are being “supercharged”
-2.6 million acres of grassland plowed up
-jet stream shifting due to climate change
-millions six could …

Max Cisneros discusses the work of Connecticut Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.

For more info on Connecticut Familia:

CTFamilia on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/connecticutfamilia

CTFamilia on Insta:
…

Interview with Grammy award winning jazz vocalist, Gregory Porter on listener supported, community radio, WPKN 89.5 FM.

* January 6th Insurrectionists and GOP Allies Pose Clear and Present Danger to Democracy Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Producer: Scott Harris
* Right-Wing Protests with …

* January 6th Insurrectionists and GOP Allies Pose Clear and Present Danger to Democracy Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Producer: Scott Harris
* Right-Wing Protests with …

A discussion with artist/curator Richard Klein about his new project The Understory. You can see some of the images from the exhibition on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/richardklein67/

The exhibition is taking …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

This month we turn to thinking about how the history of our communities is made – …

-Droughts are the leading cause of worlds deaths
-Sea-level rise not just coastal
-Climate change will significantly alter flooding patterns
-California’s transition to 100% zero-emission cars moved up to 2030
-Increasing …

On this “Digging in the Dirt” my guest is environmentalist, entrepreneur and author Paul Hawken. Paul is a leading voice in the worlds …

* In Texas Abortion Law Ruling Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Roe v. Wade Jenny Brown, author, activist and member of National Women’s …

August's Live Culture- a discussion with artist and author Lynne Stein about her new book "Shedding the Shackles" out now via Bloomsbury. we discuss …

-Huricane Ida
-Ferocious wildfire threatens South Lake Tahoe
-Syrian oil spill threatens Cyprus
-Israel and Jordan cooperate on water and solar.
-Judge …

*Afghanistan and the Long History of War Profiteering; Sam Pizzigati, author, and associate fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: …

I like to tackle the big picture stories on the issues of the day, but I also like to talk gardening with the people I run into because of Digging in …

Bridgeport resident Lela Florel speaks about the Remington Woods, and her fight to preserve this living forest community from commercial development.

For more information on Preserve Remington Woods, and ways to take …

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

For most homes are the place of familiar settings, of comfort, of …

-Rain on Greenlands Summit for the first time
-Record temperatures in the Middle East
-Deadly record rains and floods in Middle Tennessee
-Plugging …

*Afghan-American Community & Allies Demand Joe Biden Ensure the Safety of the Most Vulnerable Arash Azizzada, a co-founder of the group Afghans …

-July was the hottest month ever recorded
-Sicily, all-time high temperature record
-Worlds largest Russian wildfire reaches North Pole
-Valdimir …

-Global warming close to spiralling out of control
-Greek wildfires
-Turkey's wildfires
-Gulf of Mexico dead zone
-Controlled fires bring Yosemite …

*What the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Means for Afghans and the US; Mel Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy; Producer: …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

Our August Spotlight on Arts & Culture celebrates the totally new and …

Host Mike Merli speaks with Stanley Heller of Middle East Crisis Committee and Promoting Enduring Peace.

For more information on the No Rugers 2 Israel campaign here in Connecticut:

https://norugers2israel.org/

For more …

Share insights from a panel presentation on equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Discuss the role of emotions in transformational change.

*Investigating Trump's Attempted Coup, Protecting Democracy Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale Univ and author of “How Fascism Works” Producer: Scott Harris
*World Must Unite to Address Global …

My guest today is Zach Loeks author, educator, designer and grower who specializes in edible ecosystems around the world. He is also the director …

-California to restrict water access for Farmers
-Powerplant at Lake Oroville in California goes off line
-Greenland's vast ice sheets are melting away

*As Federal Eviction Moratorium Expires Millions at Risk of Homelessness; Sarah Saadian, vice president of Public Policy with The National Low Income …

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

We have all been in our homes and our neighborhoods more in the last …

-Turkish fires
-American west continues to burn
-Iran water shortages
-Scientist issue climate emergency paper
-macroalgae food source & mitigates climate change

-Torrential rain in China brings Floods
-Oregon fire created its own weather.
-Mexican fisherman illegally catch red snapper
-Russia and U.S agree to climate change talks
-Madrid is building a green wall around the city.

-European-American ocean-monitoring satellite Sentinel 6
-Torrential rain causes severe floods in western European countries
-heatwaves, will likely kill nearly all juvenile Chinook salmon
-first-ever water shortage …

-drought-stricken Western states face new heat wave
-Montana’s Governor withdraws State from climate agreement
-Italy's Lake Como evaporating
-China has vows to attain carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030
-EU proposes …

*Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Deals Death Blow to 1965 Voting Rights Act; Steven Rosenfeld, editor with Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute; Producer: Scott Harris.
*U.S. Drone Program …

Successful change benefits from an understanding and management of emotions in oneself and in others.

Host: Rob Fried

Carla joined Operation Hope in 2007 and is a long-term advocate for affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and economic opportunity.
During the height of the pandemic, those in CT experiencing …

Host: Rob Fried

Marc E. Jaffe, CEO of Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County! Since the onset of the pandemic, Marc has dedicated himself to providing critical nurturing and education for the community's young …

Host: Rob Fried

This month's guests:
• Tommy (Sophistafunk + Funky Dawgz Brass Band) was born in CT and has been playing the sax since he was 11 …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

This month we hear from a wide range of our theatres in Fairfield County as they …

* Senate Nearing Critical Stage of Negotiating Medicare Expansion Legislation Alex Lawson, Executive Director of the group Social Security Works Producer: Scott Harris
* Cuba's Economic Crisis Provokes Protests & US …

Bridgeport native Jason Coombs discusses growing up in Bridgeport, his love for the arts, and the journey of creating and organizing the Bridgeport …

Two interviews from our Walk for Our Grandchildren to visit climate justice fights across PA and an interview with a soil scientist who is a panelist …

Interviews with Zulene Mayfield, head of a group fighting the biggest garbage incinerator in the U.S.; Tracy Carluccio, of Delaware Riverkeeper …

Mike Horyczun Interviews Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's Anne Saunders in a conversation that aired on WPKN on July 7, 2021.

My gueston this "Digging inthe Dirt" is regenerative Farmer, author and host of the popular "No till Market Garden podcast'" Jesse Frost. Jesse …

-Study suggests 90% cut in energy use
-Earth has lost 33,000 square miles of ice since 1979
-one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves killed by humans
…

Michael Zweig, labor economist and historian, describes the mission of the National Labor Relations Board, traces its history from its formation in 1936 and assesses what it might accomplish with a Democratic majority …

Host: Kathy Connor

Summer Shorts — enjoying balance in the summer time

Neal wants to feel better and the key is being more loving towards his wife. Marijuana is legal in many states and questions about about how to use the revenues in a constructive way. Use the funds to focus on social …

*Supreme Court Once Again Erodes Voting Rights Act, Affirming GOP Voter Suppression Laws; Marjorie Cohn, prof. emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of …

-Study suggests 90% cut in U.S. energy use needed
-Earth has lost 33,000 square miles of ice since 1979
-One-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves killed by …

-Florida reverses clean energy revolution.
-America’s petroleum industry faces reckoning
-Drought stricken West now faces plague of grasshoppers.
…

Guy and Janelle Beardsley's Small Farm Report gives some new perspective on harvesting blueberries.

Vincent Kaye steps up with his always intriguing Honey Bee Report.

Hosts: Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio

The Emotion Roadmap is used to help Lea to gain independence and emotional maturity and Doug to deal with his loneliness without committing to a suspicious relationship developed on the internet

-Florida reverses clean energy revolution.
-America’s petroleum industry faces reckoning
-Drought stricken West now faces plague of grasshoppers.
…

*Georgia GOP Continues Campaign to Purge Black Voters from Voting Rolls; Greg Palast investigative reporter and author; Producer: Scott Harris.
*Poor …

My guests on this episode are from the organization Save the Sound, Soundkeeper Bill Lucey and Climate & Energy Attorney Charles Rothenberger. As the Long Island Soundkeeper, Bill protects water quality and the …

-Heat being trapped by Earth has doubled since 2005
-“Record-Breaking and Dangerous Heatwave”
-Western national parks Threatened by climate change
-New York City plans sustainable waterfront projects
-Manaus. Brazil’s …

Alexandra Lage, Waltersville School

The Beard Inspiration Award ceremony recognized eight Bridgeport
educators with the Bridgeport Public Education …

AimeeTurner, Executive Director of Woofgang & Co.

What are you doing TODAY on our PODCAST? Tune into Band Central Radio on 89.5 WPKN Community Radio! Listen to hear from a wonderful group of guests …

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

In this early summer the weather has been bizarrely fair, and all our thoughts turn to the outdoors. We have probably raked out, mowed, …

-"Dangerously hot" and record-breaking conditions
-California watersheds at their lowest ever
-Keystone pipeline contruction abandoned
-Biden suspends …

*Sen. Joe Manchin Signals he may be Open to Negotiation on 'For The People Act' and Filibuster Reform Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause Producer: Scott Harris
*Teacher, Campesino, Union Leader Pedro Castillo …

June 22, 2021 interview with Anthony Coron, a participant in the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion which launched the Gay Rights movement.

The panel interviews Luke Savage, jacobin Magazine staff writer about his recent article "If Democracy Is Dying, Why Are Democrats So Complacent?"

*Trump DOJ Subpoena of Journalists and House Members Phone Data Provokes Demand for Investigation; John Bonifaz, co-founder and President of the group Free Speech For People; Producer: Scott Harris.
*Leak of …

My guest on this episode of Digging in the Dirt is President & CEO of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and Co-founder of the Half-Earth …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

MAKE MUSIC DAY IS JUNE 21. Hear our interview with the organizers from the six …

The Emotion Roadmap helps Emily understand how to change and alter her feelings and Jeanine to move on from frustration.

- Global carbon dioxide 50% higher than pre industrial age.
- World needs 10-year push to restore ecosystems to reduce carbon
- Gulf of Mexico dead …

Patrick Comins, Executive Director of the Connecticut Audubon Society, describes his organization's history and mission and talks about some of the activities being planned for the summer of 2021.

Juan Diego Mazuera Arias works on government affairs at The Century Foundation. Prior to his work at TCF, he completed a fellowship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, working first at the Aspen …

*Fragile Coalition Forms to Oust Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Philip Weiss, Senior Editor of Mondoweiss.net Producer: Scott Harris
*Case Now …

Guy Beardsley's Small Farms Report followed by Vincent Kaye's honey bee update as we head toward the summer solstice.
Hosted by Richard Hill

Waterbury-based Alyssa Hughes on art and social justice.

Alyssa's music can be heard at:
https://soundcloud.com/mcstress/tracks

Valerie Richardson -- Radio Something

An interview with Lisa Dent, the Executive Director of New Haven's Artspace, about the exhibition "W.E.B. …

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

If you are older than 40, you remember the first seven years of this …

- Sri Lankan container ship fire = environmental disaster
- Australia copes with a major “mouse plague”
- California to truck 17 million salmon to the …

*Trump-GOP Insurrection Never Ended Sarah Kendzior author and co-host of the Gaslit Nation weekly podcast Producer: Scott Harris
*Indigenous Communities Lead the Fight to Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota …

Jazmarie Melendez speaks about the 4th and latest lawsuit against the officer who murdered her brother Jayson Negron, Bridgeport Police Officer James …

The Maldives could disappear by 2100
Enormous iceberg breaks off Antartica
Top 20 plastic waste producing companies identified
2021 will be another …

Host: Rob Fried
Guests: P.J. Pacifico
P.J. is Singer/Songwriter and Recording Artist with multiple releases on Viper Records. After touring the US …

Guests:
Noah Gotbaum, CEO
Doris Latorre, Deputy Director
Charlie Griggs

Guests:
Duo Dickinson, Architect
Noah Gotbaum, CEO and Doris Latorre, Deputy Director of Building Neighborhoods

*Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace; Jehad Abusalim, Education & Policy Assoc w AFSC's Palestine Activism; Program …

- Water crisis at the California-Oregon border
- Top 15 countries with highest carbon dioxide emissions
- 100 cities facing the greatest environmental risks
- Rising ocean waters threaten Connecticut coastline
- “Fast …

The Resistance Roundtable interviews radical economist and commentator Doug Henwood, the abrupt shift from 40 years of a so-called conservative supply side/austerity economic model to a more progressive free-spending …

*U.S. 'Blank Check' Aid Feeds Israel's Impunity and Gaza Horror; Josh Ruebner, adjunct lecturer of Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University; Producer: Scott Harris.
*Worldwide Protests Decry Israel’s …

Host Mike Merli in conversation with Faisal Saleh, founder of Palestine Museum US, in Woodbridge, Connecticut.

Faisal speaks about Israel's escalating …

This month on Live Culture Martha is in discussion with Beatrice Galilee and Cyra Levenson about the residency of The World Around throughout 2021 at …

My guest today is Author David Pogue. David talks to me about his new book "How to prepare for climate change." A practical guide to surviving the …

-microorganisms are endangered -Electric cars and vans Will be cheaper …

-Invasive Jumping Worms …

• Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: How We Can Stop Massive Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest

• Giniw Collective's Tara Houska: …

For the program's final edition, we’re delighted to welcome back Astrologer Matthew Kenney.

He offers insights to what we can likely expect looking …

Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.

This show spotlights our own “Collective Action Against Racism and Inequity” …

In a wide-ranging conversation with Garnett Ankle, lead singer of Steel Pulse Reggae Band, David Hinds, speaks on the adverse impact COVID-19 is …

With over fifty years as a reggae singer, songwriter, and musician, Ernie Smith reflects on the sad passing of his wife, and manager; his life; and his music with Garnett Ankle. One of the pride and joys of Jamaica, …

*Why Biden May Finally Be Ending Reagan's 'Rancid Legacy' William Rivers Pitt, Senior Editor and Lead Columnist with Truthout.org Producer: Scott …

My guest on this DITD is J. Todd Fernandez Executive Director of the organization Climate Crisis Policy and The newly formed Earth Bill Network, a …

Host: Rob Fried
Guests: Rick Reyes- a local Bridgeport musician who plays in the bands Cosmic Jiberos and Noselo Sin Tiempo- a Puerto Rican Songbookj Project.

Alicia Robinson- Director of Performing and Visual Arts at …

Mike Merli, filling in for Cheryl Palmer, in conversation with Evan Fritz from the Stamford Mass Defense Coalition, formed after the Stamford Police …

On this episode of Seeking Wellness, Dr. Pierre is joined by fitness expert Shana Schneider, the creator of FitStyle by Shana. The Fitstyle Your Life approach to fitness brings fitness into everyday life. By using habit …

- Carbon Sucking Vacuums
- Miami Storm water master plan
- Western States Water …

*Lawsuit Challenges Florida's "Anti-Riot" Law that Criminalizes Protest Civil Rights Aaron Carter Bates, Attorney, representing the group Lawyers Matter Task Force Producer: Scott Harris
*Mine Workers Union States its …

Host: Steve di Costanzo
Discussion with all the stake holders of the WPKN Benefit Concert: Including: Gary Petterson - The Bijou Theatre, Rex Fowler …

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

The New (Old) Lure of The Small House:

A dozen years ago we had the McMansion Overdose that crashed the world economy in the Great Recession …

An interview with Natalie Mebane of 350.org about President Biden's American Jobs (infrastructure) Plan, followed by a conversation with Mikey …