The FDA currently estimates that 30 to 40 per cent of all food supply in America is wasted, making it the largest category of material that is sent to landfills. Organizations like Table to Table are on a mission to stop the waste. “We pick up from about 150 different donors, the food is distributed to about 250 partner agencies, and last year we picked up enough food for 23 Million meals. It’s an insane amount and if you think that most of it would have just been thrown away, that is the part

Francis "Spike" Doyle, Jr. is the reason that this host became a sports fan and played high school sports in Western Pennsylvania. My dad passed away in his sleep next to his loving wife Josie on May 29, 2020 at the age of 90. His wonderful life was honored in Delmont, PA with a military sendoff than included a gun salute and bagpipes. Spike and Josie celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in November of 2019 with family and friends. His three proud kids, Don, Jan and yours truly were all

I have to say, I went against my better judgement and I watched the video of the murder of George Floyd and it paralyzed me. I could do nothing for 2 days. Trying to understand how someone could take sadistic pleasure in seeing the life slip away from another human being while that person begged for his life to be spared. And then another surprise came, a few days later, protests erupted all across the United States and it didn’t stop there. People were demonstrating in Australia, Germany, Syria

Cancer affects many of us as about 8.8 million people die from cancer each year. Our family, friends, colleagues or even ourselves, with the best care, can be subjected to harsh side effects, lengthy treament durations, prohibitive costs and limited accessiblity. Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, founder of the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation , believes there's a better way . Dr. Green spoke with WBGO News Director Doug Doyle about her patent-pending cancer treatment that she says completely

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center , one of the largest non-profit cultural organization in the country is presenting the first-ever Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Live Online , a free special event that will stream live on Saturday, June 20 at 12 pm. A signature program of the Center, the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, is curated by AWAACC President and CEO Janis Burley Wilson, who created the event in 2011. She spoke with WBGO News Director Doug Doyle. "Because

This month's edition of Newark Today was an in-depth discussion on race, policing and police reform in New Jersey's largest city.

"Playing Through The Changes" is a one night only virtual benefit to support the Jazz House Kids Relief Fund. It's set for this Friday, June 19 at 7:30pm ET on the Jazz House website as well as the nonprofit oganization's YouTube and Facebook page. The President and CEO of Jazz House Kids, which has helped nearly 50-thousand young musicians and a NEA recipient, is singer Melissa Walker. She spoke to WBGO News Director Doug Doyle about the event. "It's an auspicious occasion June 19th and that is

This Sunday, June 14 at 4:30pm, The Summit Interfaith Council is sponsoring a virtual protest and rally with an in-person funeral procession through the streets of Summit to call attention to police brutality and extra-judicial killing of black and brown bodies. The Rev. Vernon Williams of Fountain Baptist Church in Summit, who is also the Vice President of the Summit Interfaith Council, spoke with WBGO News Director Doug Doyle about Sunday's event. "At Fountain, obviously we share with our

There’s no doubt that George Floyd’s brutal death in police custody last month has ignited a mass protest movement on a scale not seen since the 1960s. But it remains to be seen just what kind of change will come to pass. WBGO contributor Bob Hennelly, who is also a reporter with the City Hall reporter for the Chief Leader, has been covering the issue of race and policing for the last 30 years.   Hennelly spoke with WBGO News Director Doug Doyle. DOYLE:   In the Floyd case the officers were

In all his years reporting on cinema, our fim critic Harlan Jacobson has never seen 8.5 minutes of footage that has sparked a global call to action, as we’ve witnessed this past week with the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. He recalls a memorable moment of outrage for us now. HJ: When I was a young reporter at Variety in the 1970’s, it was the heyday of the mass market porn film, which Variety termed sexploitation films, with titles like Debbie Does Dallas, Behind the Green Door and the