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The Top Left Corner — 2021/03/17
Hey, Greylock Nation —
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We’re delighted to be broadcasting this morning to all of our live listeners out there in Greylock Nation on the luckiest day of the year.
Our commonwealth’s fair capital, Boston, is often heralded as the largest Irish city west of Dublin. As a couple of Massachusetts rabble-rousers, your hosts are proud to be inspired by and carry on the tradition of refusing to sit down, shut up, and accept an unacceptable status quo that was so courageously exemplified by the Irish Rebellion.
The Irish Free State was declared on December 6, 1922. After centuries of oppression, Ireland finally severed formal ties to its English colonizers with the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949. That piece of legislation, among other things, permanently ditched the British Monarchy as having any role in Irish affairs.
If you’re here for the first time, the Top Left Corner is a locally focused weekly live internet radio show and podcast based in Williamstown, Mass. We do our best to wade through the spin and biases and cowardice and bring back the important stuff that most of us really care about. Every Wednesday, we’re going to tell you what we think about local current events and the national stories that directly affect the people of Williamston and Berkshire County. We also interview amazing guests.
–Jay and Steve
P.S. We want to hear from you! Participate live during the show by using the chat box on our show page or email us at [email protected].
OUR GUEST THIS WEEK
Robbie Leppzer; Skype screenshot by Jason Velázquez.
Robbie Leppzer is a lifelong filmmaker whose most recent film, Power Struggle, documents the 40 year-long grassroots effort to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt.
Leppzer joined us for a wide-ranging interview about his latest film, the amazing series of events he chronicles, and the astounding courage and persistence of the grassroots activists he profiles.
Leppzer’s film will be featured at Images Cinema in Williamstown for two weeks starting on Friday, March 19.
As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the triple meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan, this nuclear disaster had a profound effect in the small state of Vermont, as it occurred in the midst of a years-long citizens’ campaign to close down an aging nuclear power plant located on the banks of the Connecticut River in southern Vermont.Filmed over five years by director Robbie Leppzer, Power Struggle portrays a heated political battle to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The film follows the unfolding drama as citizen activi...
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Hey, Greylock Nation —
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We’re delighted to be broadcasting this morning to all of our live listeners out there in Greylock Nation on the luckiest day of the year.
Our commonwealth’s fair capital, Boston, is often heralded as the largest Irish city west of Dublin. As a couple of Massachusetts rabble-rousers, your hosts are proud to be inspired by and carry on the tradition of refusing to sit down, shut up, and accept an unacceptable status quo that was so courageously exemplified by the Irish Rebellion.
The Irish Free State was declared on December 6, 1922. After centuries of oppression, Ireland finally severed formal ties to its English colonizers with the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949. That piece of legislation, among other things, permanently ditched the British Monarchy as having any role in Irish affairs.
If you’re here for the first time, the Top Left Corner is a locally focused weekly live internet radio show and podcast based in Williamstown, Mass. We do our best to wade through the spin and biases and cowardice and bring back the important stuff that most of us really care about. Every Wednesday, we’re going to tell you what we think about local current events and the national stories that directly affect the people of Williamston and Berkshire County. We also interview amazing guests.
–Jay and Steve
P.S. We want to hear from you! Participate live during the show by using the chat box on our show page or email us at [email protected].
OUR GUEST THIS WEEK
Robbie Leppzer; Skype screenshot by Jason Velázquez.
Robbie Leppzer is a lifelong filmmaker whose most recent film, Power Struggle, documents the 40 year-long grassroots effort to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt.
Leppzer joined us for a wide-ranging interview about his latest film, the amazing series of events he chronicles, and the astounding courage and persistence of the grassroots activists he profiles.
Leppzer’s film will be featured at Images Cinema in Williamstown for two weeks starting on Friday, March 19.
As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the triple meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan, this nuclear disaster had a profound effect in the small state of Vermont, as it occurred in the midst of a years-long citizens’ campaign to close down an aging nuclear power plant located on the banks of the Connecticut River in southern Vermont.Filmed over five years by director Robbie Leppzer, Power Struggle portrays a heated political battle to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The film follows the unfolding drama as citizen activi...