• Andrew Patrick: After Latest School Massacre, Students Organize to Challenge NRA's Power

• Mary Sweeters: Opponents Challenge Trump Plan to Open 90 Percent of U.S. Coastline to Oil and Gas Drilling

• Nathan Schneider: Popular Social Movements Through History Needed Hope to Succeed

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Interview with Bob Roth- CEO of The David Lynch Foundation

Kathy interviews Bob Roth about his new book: Strength in Stillness- The Power of Transcendental Meditation.

On this Black History Month celebration show, host Garnett Ankle features two great Black men, South African internationally acclaimed jazz musician, Hugh Masekela, and The Reverend, Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. During the first half of the show, Garnett plays bits of some of Masekela's music and reads an article on the jazz icon. On the other half of the show, Garnett airs speeches of Doctor King.

Are private water companies free to bottle and export Connecticut's water?

Judy Allen, from Save Our Water CT (www.saveourwaterct.org, explains the vulnerability of Connecticut's water to private interests -- and suggests remedies for the problem.

Interview by Richard Hill

Entomologist Kim Stoner explains the science of pollination and discusses the full range of pollinators in our region.

Panel: Bill Duesing, Guy Beardsley and Richard Hill

•Lindsay Koshgarian: In GOP-Trump Budget, More for the Military Means Less for Other Vital Programs

• Dima Khalidi: Federal Judge Blocks Kansas Law Penalizing Supporters of Israel Boycott

• Dr. Liz Theoharis: New Poor Peoples' Campaign Challenges Nation's 'Distorted Morality'

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• Mel Goodman: GOP-Nunes Memo Part of Unfolding Constitutional Crisis

• Jacqueline Patterson: Women of Color Bear Brunt of Climate Change Effects

• Steven Rosenfeld: Supreme Court Rulings in Gerrymandering Cases Will Determine U.S. Election Map

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Cristina Sandolo, the Executive Director, of Green Village Initiative and Ellie Angerame GVI's Farm and Youth Program Manager, talk Urban farming and gardening with Kevin Gallagher.

These women are leading their organization towards creating social, economic and environmental change through a unified network of urban farms, community gardens and school gardens in Bridgeport, CT.  While cultivating young leaders of social justice and nurturing the farming and gardening movement across the city for maximum impact and creating a robust food culture that hopefully will lead to long-term change.

Food Justice vs Capitalism:

Doria Robinson, executive director of Urban Tilth, a food justice project based in Richmond, CA, describes her work creating a democratic food production and distribution network in that working class

community. Doria argues that there can be no end to hunger and deprivation without a radical economic transformation. Check out her work at www.urbantilth.org and www.foodfirst.org.

Interview by Richard Hill on WPKN

Feb. 6, 2018

Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, analyzes Trump's new nuclear posture proposal and warns about its dire consequences.

The panel (Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill) discuss Trump's military parade, Republican gerrymandering and the new Republican tax code.