The 2nd episode of "Live Boldly with Rev Sara Smith," features a lively conversation with two women who have broken down many barriers in the world of women's college athletics/sports.  Jessica E. Mannetti is the head coach of Fairfield, CT's Sacred Heart University women's basketball team, and Pam London, head coach of Sacred Heart University softball team who's entering her 38th season with Sacred Heart.   

Rev. Sara Smith is Senior Minister of the United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, President/CEO and Founder nOURish BRIDGEPORT, Inc., and Sacred Heart University’s Protestant chaplain. 

"Live Boldly" is broadcast on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7:00 am on Listener Supported Community Radio, WPKN, 89.5 FM, WPKN.org.

Interviews at the Sept. 2 Danbury community protest and march recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus.

On Wednesday Sept. 2, more than a 1,000 people from across Connecticut marched to support immigrants in Danbury, the epicenter of ICE raids the last week of August in which least 64 city residents were abducted.  Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus was at the march and talked to several protesters about why they had come.

Interview with Charlotte Dennett, author of Follow the Pipelines Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil, conducted by Scott Harris.

Charlotte Dennett discusses what’s really behind Trump’s six months of war in Iran, the role of Big Oil in fomenting endless wars in the Middle East and U.S. designs on oil and other natural resources in Venezuela, Ukraine, Greenland and Canada.

Interview with Tabitha Sookdeo, executive director of the youth-led organization, Connecticut Students for a Dream, conducted by Scott Harris.

Tabitha Sookdeo talks about the recent ICE raids in Danbury, CT over the past week where at least 62 individuals were abducted by ICE agents, leading to a major protest march and rally as well as community organizing to resist the Trump regime’s violent and cruel mass deportation campaign.

Interview with Steve Ellner, associate managing editor of Latin American Perspectives, conducted by Scott Harris.

Steve Ellner discusses his views on the recently announced oil deal between the Trump administration and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez. He focuses on the local response to the agreement by the people of Venezuela, political activists on the right and left and an examination of who will benefit from the oil agreement. Ellner is a retired professor of Venezuela’s Universidad de Oriente where he lived for over 40 years and is author of more than a dozen books.

Interview with Lawrence B. Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel, conducted by Scott Harris.

Col. Wilkerson discusses his views on growing public concern about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unprecedented purge of top military leadership and political interference in officer promotions, as well as charges of mismanagement and incompetence in the U.S. war on Iran. Wilkerson served a 31-year career in the U.S. military, was chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 to 2005, and is now a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network.

Interview with Nick Parker-Smith, Starbucks barista and member of Starbucks Workers United, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Nick Parker-Smith, a barista who’s worked at several Starbucks locations in Missouri for three years.  Here he discusses the current situation for Starbucks workers and the goal of the nationwide boycott.

Interview with Linda Pentz Gunter, author, founder and executive director of Beyond Nuclear, conducted by Scott Harris.

Linda Gunter discusses her work advocating for a phaseout of nuclear power and to educate the public about the links between nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Gunter will be speaking about her book at the Unitarian Church in Hamden, CT on Friday, Sept. 11. Gunter is editor of the news site Beyond Nuclear International and author of No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War. 

Interview with Carolina Bortolleto, a spokesperson for the group Danbury Unites for Immigrants, conducted by Scott Harris.

Carolina Bortolleto talks about the recent ICE raids in Danbury over the past week where at least 62 individuals were abducted by ICE agents, and a march and rally being organized in response, that will take place in Danbury this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 5 p.m. at the city’s Library Plaza.

Interview with Justin Glawe, an independent journalist and editor of the American Doom newsletter, conducted by Scott Harris.

Justin Glawe discusses his recent Zeteo columns in their ‘Start The Steal’ series, covering the many actions Trump and his regime have launched to interfere with and manipulate the outcome of this November’s midterm election.