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  • GaiaGram #91 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -United Kingdom hurricane strength
    -Facebook climate change misinformation
    -World spends $1.8 trillion annually.. worsening climate crisis.
    -Somalia refugee crisis due to Climate change
    -Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant will close
    -Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication project
    -Bat falcon spotted for the first time in the U.S.
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 3/2/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * After Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine, can a Wider More Dangerous War with Russia be Averted? Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, former CIA Analyst Producer: Scott Harris
    * In War with Russia Ukraine’s 15 Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Attack & Catastrophic health impacts Harvey Wasserman, journalist, author, and anti-nuclear movement activist Producer: Scott Harris
    * Combating the Systemic Devaluation and Disregard for the Lives of Women of Color. CT State Sen. Marilyn Moore Producer: Melinda Tuhus
    29 min
  • The Case For Reparations For Slavery: A Conversation With Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
    On this the penultimate day of Black History Month for 2022, host Garnett Ankle speaks with Deadria Farmer-Paellmann. This lady is a revolutionary! She is a legal strategist, Founder & Executive Director of the Restitution Study Group, and is Co-Chair of the Organization of Tribal Unity, OTU - an instituttion which unites families separated by the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Farmer-Paellmann has been fighting for reparations for twenty two years. She tackled some of the huge corporations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Listen to this very interesting conversation as Ms. Farmer-Paellmann fields questions on: The case For Reparations For Slavery.
    1 hr
  • Between The Lines - 2/23/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * How War Can be Averted in Ukraine; Lawrence B. Wilkerson, dist. adj prof of Govt & Public Policy at the College of William and Mary; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Families of Sandy Hook School Massacre Victims Win Historic Suit against Remington Arms Company; Po Murray, chair of Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    * The Danger of Extremists Inside Canada's 'Freedom Convoy;' David Hoffman, associate professor of Sociology at the Canada's University of New Brunswick; Producer: Scott Harris.
    29 min
  • CT Boy Band Heads West
    CT -based alternative band from Willimantic is heading OUT-OF-STATE on a national tour which will wind up at a 2-day recording session at one of LA's premier studios. Band members Joe Lemieux (drums), Cory Farnsworth (lead guitar), Violet Volkowski (guitar and vox) and Rex Thurston (leader and lead vocalist) all talked on 1st Tuesday Rainy Day Radio about their upcoming projects and played selections from their forthcoming vinyl release, "The Greatest Movie of All Time."
    Interview by Richard Hill
    1 hr 6 min
  • GaiaGram #90 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis
    - Mudslides and floods hit Rio de Janeiro state
    - Western U.S. and Northern Mexico hit driest period in 1,200 years
    - Sea levels along the coastal United States will rise by about a foot.
    - massive methane cloud over Louisiana
    - five million Legos were lost at sea keep washing up in England
    - British Petroleum, Lord Browne warns about Climate change
    - Maryland proposes a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
    5 min
  • Haddiyyah Ali And The Black Muslim Radical Tradition
    Haddiyyah Ali shares her story of growing up in a Black Muslim family in the Hartford area, and she speaks about the larger history and legacy of the Black Muslim Radical Tradition in the United States, as well as her own work as a co-founder of Abolition Ummah, a Muslim Women led organization in Connecticut that supports incarcerated Muslims and seeks abolition of all systems in the prison industrial complex.
    For more information on Abolition Ummah:
    https://www.instagram.com/abolitionummah
    https://twitter.com/AbolitionUmmah
    https://linktr.ee/abolitionummah
    2 recent articles by Haddiyyah Ali on conditions facing prisoners in Connecticut:
    "PROTECT ACT, S.B. 1059 must be signed into law in the 2022 legislative session" by Haddiyyah Ali, February 17, 2022, The Hartford Times:
    https://hartfordtimes.com/hartford-political-news/protect-act-s-b-1059-must-be-signed-into-law-in-the-2022-legislative-session/
    "Connecticut’s Incarcerated Population Needs a Comprehensive COVID-19 Response" by Haddiyyah Ali, January 17, 2022, The Hartford Times:
    https://hartfordtimes.com/hartford-political-news/connecticuts-incarcerated-population-needs-a-comprehensive-covid-19-response/
    26 min
  • An interview with artist Winfred Rembert and documentary filmmaker Vivien Ducat_2012-5-12
    New Haven artist Winfred Rembert survived a hard life in rural Georgia where he was almost lynched as a young adult and spent years in prison working on a chain gang. Decades later, after settling in New Haven, he returned a skill he had learned in prison: painting and carving leather. He went on to become renowned for his colorful paintings in leather that tell the stories of his life in Georgia.
    Filmmaker Vivian Ducat documented Winfred Rembert's life in the award-winning documentary "All Me." This interview with Winfred and Vivian was recorded in 2012, when the film was scheduled to be shown at New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Spotlight On Arts & Culture | February 14, 2022 | Exploring Fairfield County's Traditional Arts
    Spotlight On Arts & Culture | February 14, 2022 | Exploring Fairfield County's Traditional Arts
    Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.
    Exploring Fairfield County's Traditional Arts
    This month's program explores what folk and traditional arts practices are alive and kicking across coastal Fairfield County. Meet Janet Evelyn the “Folk & Traditional Arts Community Impact Coordinator" for coastal Fairfield County - a short-term position created and funded by Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) and the CT Office of the Arts (COA). Hear Tamara Dimitri from COA, and Kate Schramm, Director of CCHAP, talk about why this program came about and hear highlights of what Janet has discovered so far, with clips from some of her interviews.
    55 min
  • Between The Lines - 2/16/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Nord Stream 2 Pipeline & Europe’s Need for Russian Gas, Key Elements in the Ukraine Crisis John Foster, author and Canadian petroleum economist Producer: Scott Harris
    * Critical Race Theory is Target #1 in GOP Culture War Angela C. Robinson, Judge (Ret.) Visiting Professor at Quinnipiac University Producer: Scott Harris
    * Connecticut Activists Continue Campaign to End or Restrict the Use of Solitary Confinement Ramon Garcia, a formerly incarcerated man and Connecticut prison reform activist Producer: Melinda Tuhus
    29 min

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