*Prisons and the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Deadly Risks for Both Inmates and Staff Amy Fettig, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project in Wash., D.C. Producer: Melinda Tuhus

* Health Insurers Decline to Support Coronavirus Fight, Resorts to Corporate Greed Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry exec, turned whistleblower and author Producer: Scott Harris

* Demands for Accountability Target U.S. Senators Accused of Coronavirus Market Crash Insider Trading Craig Holman, Public Citizens Capital Hill Lobbyist on Ethics Lobbying and Campaign Finance Rules Producer: Scott Harris

Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic side effect improves air and water quality

Fracking and plastics manufacturing hit hard by COVID-19

coronavirus may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions

seagrass meadows reduces CO2-induced warming

European Union to ban a wide range of single-use plastic items

Billy proclaims...Billy Never Idles, Neither Should You; Shut your engine off.”

Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

The first participant in a clinical trial for a vaccine for Covid-19

co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba donates 500,000 coronavirus test kits to the U.S.

handheld device for 10 min COVID-19 Test

Oregon's orderes the state to lower greenhouse gas emissions

Musk’s Australian solar and wind farm ... total success

solar-powered barge to intercept plastic pollution before the Ocean

wax moths can survive solely on polyethylene

Alaskan judge rules against a Trump administration for forest logging.

My guest on this epiisode of "Digging in the Dirt" is Michael Astera, author of “The Ideal Soil: and small businessman in the business of providing Agricola 4-8-4, a top quality Mineralized organic fertilizer with an array of minerals, minerals and more minerals. Listen in to really tweak the quality of your soil and grow quality vegetables. http://www.soilminerals.com/

On today's "Digging in te Dirt" my guest is Craig Floyd Farm Manager of the Giving Garden at Coogans Farm of the Denison Peqoutsepos Nature Center in Mystic CT. Craig is  passionate about using his extensive farming experience creating a sustainable, healthy no-till, no-spray garden in order to give quality food to the needy. 

Today I asked Craig here to talk to us about the current dilemma we find ourselves in and specifically talk with me about your backyard garden. How we can spend this extra time we have to make our gardens better, or how to start one if you don;t have one.

Craig knows how to grow food and he does it with love for his plants, the earth and the people he grows it for.

The Farm Stand welcomes special guest Suzanne Duesing along with regular panelists Guy and Janelle Beadsley, Chris Ferrio and Richard Hill.

Gary Dunning is director of The Forests Dialogue, housed at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, which describes itself as "a platform and process" for focused dialogue among all interested parties on "the most pressing local and global issues facing forests and people." We talked about the rights of indigenous people to their lands and how that's being challenged by other players -- including governments and private enterprises -- and how his group's efforts have played out. We also talked a little about REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) as a way to address the climate crisis.

Resistance Round Table, broadcast on WPKN Radio (wpkn.org) the 2nd Saturday of each month where hosts Richard Hill, Ruth Anne Baumgartner and Scott Harris engage in conversation about local and nationwide opposition to the Trump regime agenda.

On this program Resistance Roundtable hosts are joined by guests Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Oliver Fein, who discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the government response and how moving the U.S. to a universal health care system would be more effective in managing the health care crisis. They discuss dealing with the global pandemic that is now sweeping the U.S.

Dr. David Himmelstein is a distinguished professor of public health and health policy in the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, adjunct clinical professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Himmelstein is co-founder of the group Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. Oliver Fein is a professor of clinical medicine and clinical public health at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he serves as associate dean responsible for the Office of Affiliations and the Office of Global Health Education. Dr. Fein is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and chairman of the New York Metro Chapter of PNHP.

*The Alarming Inadequacy of the US Social Safety Net Cripples Response to Coronavirus Pandemic Sasha Abramsky, freelance journalist and author Producer: Scott Harris

* Media Coverage of Trump's Coronavirus Disinformation Shouldn't Eclipse Sound Crisis Reporting Neil deMause, journalist and author who formerly served as news editor at the Village Voice Producer: Scott Harris

* Indigenous Nations and Allies Continue Campaign to Stop Construction of Coastal GasLink Pipeline Eriel Tchekwie co-founder and executive director of Indigenous Climate Action, Producer: Melinda Tuhus

Mariam Soulemane reflects on the personality, heart, and dreams of her brother Mubarak Soulemane, who at just 19 years old was murdered by CT State Police in West Haven on January 15th.

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