WPKN Community Radio

WPKN Community Radio

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  • Resistance Roundtable -- Sept. 10, 2022
    Resistance Roundtable panel interviews Adam Eichen, executive director of Equal Citizens, about his recent article in In These Times, "The Right Wing Is Going All Out to Unravel Our Democracy."
    Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Richard Hill and Scott Harris
    54 min
  • Between The Lines - 9/14/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Brazil's October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest Mel Gurtov, Prof. Emeritus of Political Science, at Hatfield School of Govt, Portland State University Producer: Scott Harris
    * Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and “Manchin’s Dirty Deal” Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson, Speakers at Sept. 8th Stop MVP Washington DC Rally Producer: Melinda Tuhus
    * Reduced US Life Expectancy Tied with For-Profit Health Insurance System Failure Dr. James G. Kahn, Professor at the Inst. for Health Policy Studies at the Univ. of Calif., San Francisco Producer: Scott Harris
    29 min
  • Spotlight On Arts & Culture | September 12, 2022 | What Paier College Is Bringing To Bridgeport
    Spotlight On Arts & Culture | September 12, 2022 | What Paier College Is Bringing To Bridgeport Arts & Culture
    Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.
    Our September “Spotlight on Art & Culture” interview is with President Joseph Bierbaum, President of Paier College, that last year took over the Arnold Bernhard Center for Arts & Humanities, formerly owned by the University of Bridgeport.
    We will also talk with Khanlar Gasimov, an Azerbaijani sculptor with an international reputation, who is the new director of the Schelfhaudt Gallery, one of the largest in the region, founded in 1968, and to Ian McDonald, Technical Director & Event Coordinator at the Mertens Theater. Both the Schelfhaudt and Mertens are part of the Arnold Bernhard Center.
    Discover what Paier College is bringing to Bridgeport Arts & Culture
    55 min
  • GaiaGram #119 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -Mega Flash floods and winds in California
    -Antarctica's Thwaite glacier rapidly melting
    -US Army climate change strategy
    -Arizona water cuts to local Municipalities
    -Panet’s ecosystems threatened by tree losses
    -Great Pacific Garbage Patch is offshore fishing plastics
    -San Francisco has harmful algae bloom killing fish
    -Climate-related risk disclosures from companies is smart capitalism.
    5 min
  • What Your Food Ate - Authors Anne Bickle and David Montgomery
    My guests on this segment are Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery Authors of a new book entitled "What Your Food ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. Far too many of us remain poorly nourished despite eating more than enough food.
    It's your premise that the soil health is so poor that the food is not nutritious. Something that modern nutritional analysis overlooks are things like phytochemicals, micro minerals and other nutrients. My guests explain why and what we should do to address the problem.
    25 min
  • Edwina Von Gal - 2 Thirds For The Birds - from the Perfect Earth Project
    My guest on this segment of DITD today is Edwina Von Gal.
    In 2013 she founded the Perfect Earth Project. Promoting toxic-free lawns and landscapes for the health of people, their pets, and the planet. Edwina is here today to talk to me about her latest project. “ 2/3s for the birds.” Its an initiative launched by this environmental activist her nonprofit to help us move toward
    Healthy Landscapes, Healthy Birds, Healthy Us.
    28 min
  • GaiaGram #118 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -The weather is baking large swaths of China
    -Dangerous late-summer heat wave in Western USA
    -Massachusetts town bans all outdoor water use
    -Greenland Ice Sheet is melting
    -Severe storms swept through west and south
    -Pakistan monster monsoon of the decade
    -Thousands of fish were killed in the Polish River Oder.
    -Arizona "Winter Salad Bowl” Capital feels the drought
    -Europe using Fog collectors for watering
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 9/7/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Pursuing a Negotiated End to the Ukraine War; Branko Marcetic, staff writer with Jacobin magazine; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * After 18 Months Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy; Christopher Vials Professor of English and Director of American Studies at the University of Connecticut; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Alaska’s First-Time Use of Ranked Choice Voting Demonstrates a Sound Option for Electoral Reform; Rob Ritchie, Founding President and CEO of Fair Vote; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min

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