WPKN Community Radio

WPKN Community Radio

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  • Westport Community Garden - Chairman Lou Weinberg
    My guest on this show of “Digging in the Dirt” has been Chairman of the Westport Community Gardens for 20 years. He also has been Director of Long Lots Preserve for the last 2 years and a Sixth grade science teacher for 20 years. In the past he has run programs in New York City for recycling and alternative fuels for transit buses The first time Lou was here we discussed the existential threat to the Westport Community Garden and apparently the situation has gone from bad to worse. The garden has been targeted by the towns politicians for destruction.
    29 min
  • Between The Lines - 5/29/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
    * Rightwing extremist network financed Moms For Liberty; Maurice T. Cunningham, author of "Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization”; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Green Workers Alliance Fights for a Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions for those in the Renewable Energy Industry; Matthew Mayers, Executive Director with Green Workers Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    * EPA Issues New Standards for PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water; Mary Grant, Public Water for All campaign director at Food & Water Watch; Producer: Scott Harris.
    29 min
  • Joe Gloria Garden Guru at Gilbertie's Nursery Westport.
    Up next on Digging in the Dirt is a local, guy Joe Gloria. Joe works for one of the gardening establishments just about everybody in the area has been to one time or another and that's Gilbertie's. They've always been at the forefront of organic from the beginning. Joe Gloria is a garden guru of plants, shrubs, and perennials alike. Joe Gloria has a passion for caring for plants and the people who love them! We going to learn about vermicompost teas.
    26 min
  • Alice Ely Master Gardener and Composter
    My next guest is Alice Ely. Alice is a UConn Advanced Master Gardener & Master Composter, and the creator of multiple public and private butterfly gardens in Fairfield County. She speaks frequently on the importance of gardening for habitat, food and not least of all, joy. In addition to promoting native plants through the Pollinator Pathway, and educating on sustainable gardening at Westport’s Wakeman Town Farm, and Weston’s Town Farm, when she's not out digging in the dirt of her own garden, she coaches homeowners on how to garden sustainably, through her business, Gardenwithalice.com
    28 min
  • LGBTQ Community Show April 24 2024
    Host: Andrew S. Ross
    Co-Host and Programming Coordinator: Bonna Sue Burtt
    A conversation with author Jeffrey L. Richards about his book "We Are Only Ghosts."
    Author website: www.jeffreylrichards.com
    53 min
  • Susan Bramhall And The Walk For Gaza CT
    On the Sunday May 19, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Susan Bramhall, an organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) New Haven, and a Board Member of Eyewitness Palestine.
    Susan discusses her life of activism, and the upcoming Walk for Gaza CT, taking place this Thursday thru Saturday, May 23 - 25, 2024.
    For more on the upcoming Walk for Gaza CT:
    linktr.ee/walkforgazact
    To register for the Walk:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0arMVj25nD9lQUiQlmy2joldt56h8zwUc7vDzX4cU4cPVyA/viewform
    For more on JVP New Haven:
    jvpnh.org
    For more on Eyewitness Palestine:
    www.eyewitnesspalestine.org
    22 min
  • Resistance Roundtable -- May 12, 2023 -- The Speech Belongs to the People!
    Guests:
    --Irene Mulvy, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), discusses the organization's protect of free speech by students and teaching staff on campuses;
    --Jeff Cohen, media critic, journalist and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), assesses the performance of the corporate media in covering the Israeli assault on Gaza and the campus protests that have swept the US.
    Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill
    47 min

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