WPKN Community Radio

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  • Between The Lines - 8/31/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done; Cody Hounanian, executive director of the Student Debt Crisis Center; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Big Oil Donates Over $1 Million to GOP Seditionists; Jenna Grande, press secretary with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Adirondack Mountain Research Center Tracks Industrial Pollution and Climate Change; Paul Casson, operations manager, Whiteface Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Research Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min
  • Woody Tasch "Call To Farms" - Beet Coin/Slow Money
    My guest Woody Tasch makes his 2nd visit . I recommend going to the WPKN archives to hear our 1st conversation to get a more detailed look at what Woody is up to. Today he is here to talk about The Slow money Institute and Beetcoin's upcoming Zoom roundtable about their project .. Entitled “Call to farms” . Woody will be joined by a group of leading farmers and financiers for a roundtable discussion celebrating the print release of a Call To Farms: sub titled Some Thoughts on Food, Money and Nonviolence in Honor of Wendell Berry, in tandem with the launch of the Beetcoin 2.0 website.
    Call to Farms - A Conversation About Localism, Nonviolence, and Creating a Peaceable Economy
    Sunday, September 11, 2022 | 12-1:30 p.m. ET / 9-10:30 a.m. PT
    Registration is free
    15 min
  • Carl Safina Safina Center -A Lifelong Conversation with the Living World
    My next guest here on Digging in the Dirt is making his 2nd visit to talk to us about an upcoming event he is participating in on August 27th in Sag harbor. A Lifelong Conversation with the Living World in Words and Birds and Music where the urgency of life on Earth will be
    Expressed through various art forms. With a very intriguing group of guest speakers I believe the program is led by The performance artist Laurie Anderson, Grammy-winner Paul Winter a friend of ours here at WPKN will be there, noted nature writer and poet J. Drew Lanham (Sparrow Envy), and my guest Carl Safina.
    https://www.thechurchsagharbor.org/event/a-conversation-with-the-living-world-in-words-and-birds-and-music
    9 min
  • GaiaGram #117 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -Record rains cause record flooding across the U.S.
    -Floods and landslides killed at least 50 people in India
    -Summer of 2022 one of the driest in recent history
    -France's river Loire drying up
    -Cliffs along California’s northernmost coast eroding
    -The common lawn is the single largest irrigated "crop" in America
    -1 million square feet of L.A. roads covered with solar-reflective paint
    -9 whales swimming in New York harbor
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 8/24/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Investigation Exposes New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme; Greg Palast investigative reporter and author; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign; Jeff Schuhrke, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at Empire State College in New York City; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Governor Ned Lamont Touts State’s Healthcare Program and Climate Policies; Ned Lamont, CT Governor; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min
  • Dr. Zaki Lababidi, MD On The 9 Year Anniversary Of The Ghouta Massacre In Syria
    Sunday August 21, 2022 marks 9 years since authoritarian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill over 1,400 Syrians, including many children.
    Coinciding with in-person events happening in New York City and Washington DC, Connecticut-based organization Promoting Enduring Peace held a candle-lighting Zoom event, in honor of the victims of the 2013 Ghouta massacre.
    Dr. Zaki Lababidi, MD was born in Homs, Syria, graduated from medical school in Damascus in 1985, and has been working as an interventional cardiologist in Arizona. He is involved with the Syrian American Council and is engaged in lots of different work related to Syria.
    Dr. Lababidi, MD shares his story and work, and he contextualizes the Syrian Revolution and the significance of remembering the 9 Year Anniversary of the Ghouta Massacre.
    To learn more about the Syrian Revolution, and to support Dr. Lababidi's work:
    https://www.sacouncil.com/
    https://pepeace.org/changing
    https://arcsyria.org
    Books:
    https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/sam-dagher/assad-or-we-burn-the-country/9780316556705/
    Films:
    https://www.forsamafilm.com/
    https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/3405
    28 min
  • GaiaGram #116 - Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -First time, scientists have named a heat wave
    -"Extreme heat belt” expected for the Lower 48 states
    -California announces water supply actions
    -Centuries-old “Hunger Stones” warnings emerge in Europe's rivers
    -Yangtze river basin drought Crisis
    -Climate change is killing giant sequoia
    -Landfills are releasing far more planet-warming methane
    -BP Oil is seeking to get rid of its oil assets in Mexico
    -Wind and solar provide 67% of new US electricity
    -No-till farming increases agricultural land values
    5 min
  • GM Report Report to The Listeners Aug 2022
    Host: Steve di Costanzo GM of WPKN
    (separate podcasts for each guest listed below for copy and past to download)
    Luis Luna- WPKN’s Chair of Hispanic Heritage Planning Committee
    https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/gm-report-talks-with-luis-luna-podcast
    Christina Smith-Groundwork Bridgeport Executive Director
    https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/groundwork-bridgeport-podcast-wpkn-gm-report
    Joanne Hudson Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF)
    https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/riffpodcast
    Susan Clark- Founder and Publisher of Redding Sentinal
    https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/susan-clark-publisher-founder-and-publisher-of-the-redding-sentinel-on-wpkn-podcast
    57 min

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