• American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action

• Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation

•Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Rice feeds 3 billion people—but also fuels climate change

• Corn, soy, wheat may not be harvested due to Midwest drought

•Will other racial, ethnic groups support California Black reparations?

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Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Solar/Lunar Report with Laura Modlin

Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm

Special guest Dave Chapman, co-director of the Real Organic Project speaks about a new initiative pushing back against hydroponics.

Hosts: Richard Hill and Laura Modlin

The Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm

The Farm Bill 2023 with special guest Alice Runde of the National Organic Coalition.

Host: Richard Hill

The Solar/Lunar Report

The Small Farms Report

The Honey Bee Update

Master Gardners with special guest Sandy Wilson

* A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access corresponden;t Producer: Scott Harris.

* Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence; Shelly Altman, chair of the New Haven chapter of the group Jewish Voice for Peace; Producer: Melinda Tuhus

* Billionaire Paul Singer's Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court; Greg Palast investigative reporter and best-selling author; Producer: Scott Harris.

-Parts of Texas have been roasting with temperatures of 119 degrees

-Microplastics are now ubiquitous.

-Australia allows destruction of a main koala bear habitat

-Desantis signs bill to study about sea-level rise

-The world’s oceans are heating up at an alarming rate

-Californians reporting sick, dying and dead sea mammals washing ashore

-Nearly 50% of US bee colonies died off last year

-Tens of thousands of Mormon crickets invade northern Nevada

-Lake Oroville California has rebounded and is filled to capacity

Barry Blumenfield is a musician and tech entrepreneur- member of Bone Dry Band.

Jennifer Bangser- Director of strategic Partnerships with the Westport Library.

Monday 6/26 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring Jennifer Bangser of The Westport Library and Barry Blumenfield of Bone Dry Band! Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried.✨

My guest today joins me for a 2nd time here on “DITD”. He is filmmaker John Feldman. I first met John when I discovered his film Symbiotic Earth about the renowned , unknown to the public, scientist Lynn Margulis. A wonderful film. Now he is out with his latest film. “Regenerating Life”. A three part documentary that highlights the importance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems in regulating the climate. The poem that follows, "Mama Nature," is written and performed by Naima Penniman