WPKN Community Radio
1,889 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWPKN is a nonprofit, freeform, community radio station (arts organization) that is more than 50 years old. The vision of WPKN is to build community, a loyal and growing audience, and an engaged and educated citizenry by providing the highest quality of free-form programming that broadcasts entertainment, music, news, thoughts, sounds, ideas and event listings that support free speech, diversity, and the interests of the local and global communities WPKN serves. Our radio frequency of 89.5-FM (Bridgeport)includes a coverage map of 1.5 million people in Farfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties in Connecticut and Suffolk county (The North Fork and Hamptons) in New York. WPKN also maintains an on-demand streaming and archive of WPKN programming as well as our WPKN PODCASTS that focus on 22+ 'talk-oriented' community, cultural and news programs. We also feature an expanding list of interviews with music personalities and artists from all over the world.
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Episodes
Emily Bernard -- Black Is the Body
March 07, 2019 02:51 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBEmily Bernard grew up in a black family in Nashville, went to Yale for undergraduate and graduate degrees, became a professor in Vermont, married an Italian man, and adopted two daughters from Ethiopia. In her beautiful book of essays "Black Is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine," Emily reflects upon this complex life of joys and sorrows, all the time exploring "blackness at its borders where it meets whiteness in fear and hope and anguish and love"
Between The Lines - 3/6/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
March 06, 2019 15:22 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBBETWEEN THE LINES Trump-Kim Summit Fails to Reach Denuclearization Agreement, Talks Continue; Tim Shorrock, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist; Producer: Scott Harris March 6, 2019 * BETWEEN THE LINES Climate Change Organizers Must Respect the Work Already Underway in Frontline Communities; Elizabeth Yeampierre, co-founder of Uprose, co-chair of the national Climate Justice Alliance; Producer: Scott Harris March 6, 2019 * BETWEEN THE LINES Tax Proposed on Social Media Ads to Fund En...
What's Your Point - Extended Black History Month 2019
March 03, 2019 23:05 - 59 minutesFor his extended Black History Month show, host Garnett Ankle features some of the speeches and interviews of revolutionary leader, civil rights activist, and Muslim Minister, Malcolm X. It is gripping. You should listen and understand a part of American history played out during the 1960s.
Black History Month: 3 under-appreciated Jazz Tenor Sax giants
February 28, 2019 00:13 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBIn this celebration of African American History Month: a focus on three great but under-appreciated Jazz tenor sax players -- Tina Brooks, Hank Mobley and Booker Ervin.
Live Culture 48: New Again
February 27, 2019 21:42 - 58 minutes - 76 MBThis Month on Live Culture I revisit two artist-run institutions going strong and brave in a difficult art economy: ODETTA Gallery and the Ely Center for Contemporary Art. The first guest is artist/gallerist Ellen Hackl Fagan about her art gallery ODETTA in Brooklyn, NY, which is now opening a second location in Chelsea. ODETTA has had many successful exhibits, participated in major art fairs, and is now onto a new iteration, partnering with 1st Dibs, as they open a brick and mortar flagsh...
Between The Lines - 2/27/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
February 27, 2019 15:53 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBCongress Urged to Open Hearings on Rise of Racist Hate Groups Coinciding with Trump Presidency; Scot X. Esdaile, member of NAACP National Bd of Directors & pres. NAACP CT State Conference; Producer: Scott Harris * Anti-Government Protests in Haiti linked with Venezuela's PetroCaribe Program; Kim Ives, an editor with the Haiti Liberté newspaper; Producer: Scott Harris * Portland Oregon’s Support for Biking, is a Shining Example to Cities Across U.S; Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Bicy...
Band Central Radio | February 2019
February 26, 2019 01:56 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBAndy Kadison and Rob Fried host Monday’s Feb 25 BAND CENTRAL RADIO program discussing how we are helping Bridgeport area youth stay engaged in school and connected in their families so that they are safe and healthy and can go on to live productive, happy lives. Our guest panel includes Mike Tetreau (Fairfield First Selectman), Deb Greenwood (President of Center For Family Justice) and Suzanne Kachmar (Executive Director of City Lights). Please check out our podcasts that originate from com...
Chauncey Robinson: Straight Talk!
February 25, 2019 22:35 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBChauncey Robinson, Social Media editor and reporter for the People's World (www.peoplesworld.org) discusses pop culture, Big Media, the elections, immigration, socialism, youth movements, intersectional politics and social media in this extended interview with WPKN's Richard Hill.
CR Lawn - Seeds - Keynote Speech Connecticut NOFA Organiconn 2019 - Digging in the Dirt
February 24, 2019 16:36 - 50 minutesRestoring Our Seed Commons: The Need for Clarity about Intellectual Property Rights In 1978 CR Lawn founded Fedco Seeds. He served on its management teams for forty years until his retirement June 2018. In his plots, CR looked at thousands of varieties for possible inclusion in the Fedco catalog. He wrote most of the seed catalog’s vegetable variety descriptions and its essays on food issues and economic policy, weather and climate, and changes in the seed trade. He and his wife Eli Rogosa...
CR Lawn - Seeds - Keynote Speech Connecticut NOFA Organiconn 2019
February 24, 2019 16:36 - 50 minutesRestoring Our Seed Commons: The Need for Clarity about Intellectual Property Rights In 1978 CR Lawn founded Fedco Seeds. He served on its management teams for forty years until his retirement June 2018. In his plots, CR looked at thousands of varieties for possible inclusion in the Fedco catalog. He wrote most of the seed catalog’s vegetable variety descriptions and its essays on food issues and economic policy, weather and climate, and changes in the seed trade. He and his wife Eli Rogosa...
Beinecke Library Curators Ray Clemens and Diane Ducharme discuss Bibliomania
February 20, 2019 04:35 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBRay Clemens and Diane Ducharme are two of the curators for the Beinecke Library's exhibition "Bibliomania; or Book Madness: A Bibliographical Romance" Friday, January 18, 2019 to Sunday, April 21, 2019. https://beinecke.library.yale.edu
Allison Miller Interview Excerpt
February 19, 2019 23:45 - 46 minutesInterview with the jazz drummer and composer, Allison Miller. We will be discussing her new album Glitter Wolf. Her bandmates are bassist Todd Sickafoose, pianist Myra Melford, violinist Jenny Scheinman, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, and cornetist Kirk Knuffke. She discussed music in light of her commitment to social justice.
John Bastone talks about MUSIC MASH '19
February 19, 2019 17:11 - 6 minutes - 2.87 MBJohn Bastone a co-founder of Record Riots who works with WPKN on Music Mash '19 discusses this year's event.
WPKN's Kevin Gallagher Talks about the film SYMBIOTIC EARTH
February 19, 2019 17:08 - 7 minutes - 3.42 MBWPKN’s Kevin Gallagher talk about the WPKN Film selection- SYMBIOTIC EARTH at The Bijou on Tuesday, March 5th- the first in a series of environmental films.
New Haven Reads on WPKN's GM Report to the Listeners
February 19, 2019 17:03 - 7 minutes - 3.52 MBFiona Bradford, Development and Communications Director and Keri Humpries, Outreach Director of NEW HAVEN READS
Laurie Pasteryak Lamarre, Curator of the Fairfield Museum & History Center
February 19, 2019 17:02 - 5 minutes - 2.68 MBLaurie Pasteryak Lamarre, Curator of the Fairfield Museum & History Center about their NEW exhibition ‘MARK YOUR MARK
Allison Wysota, Executive Director of Adam’s House a nonprofit in Shelton.
February 19, 2019 16:59 - 5 minutes - 2.49 MBSarah Domena Director of Community Outreach and Allison Wysota, Executive Director of Adam’s House a nonprofit in Shelton.
Kingsley Osei-Hip Hop Expression on WPKN's GM report
February 19, 2019 16:58 - 6 minutes - 3.09 MBKingsley Osei, founder of Connecticut Against Violence and producers of this months event along with City Hall called A Hip Hop Expression of Black History.
GM Report(Complete) with Steve di Costanzo, WPKN | Feb 2019
February 19, 2019 16:00 - 1 hourWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo with his monthly PODCAST: GM Report to the Listeners. Steve will be talking about some recent WPKN news and upcoming events such as : The $7,000 grant from the State of Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund; the billboard on I-95 for the upcoming Music Mash-Record Fair 2019 and a chat with John Bastone from Record Riots who helps WPKN produce this event; ; this weekend’s LIVE remote on WPKN with Mark Naftalin & Friends from the Pequot Library’s Mid-Winter Book Sale in So...
Organic Farm Stand - Feb. 7, 2018
February 19, 2019 01:05 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBSuzanne Duesing joins the Farm Stand panel to talk about CT NOFA's Winter Conference (OrganiCONN) which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport. More info about the conference at: www.ctnofa.org Panel: Guy Beardsley and Richard Hill
BPTTalks Black History Month Special Episode - 2 17 19
February 18, 2019 18:43 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBBPTTalks Black History Month Special Episode - 2 17 19
Black History Month 2019
February 18, 2019 00:12 - 1 hourOn this Black History Month edition, Garnett features Doctor Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and other United States Black leaders of the 20th Century. Speeches and a documentary are aired along with commentary from Garnett.
2-17-19 - Stanley Heller
February 17, 2019 23:57 - 29 minutes - 58 MBHost Mike Merli in conversation with activist and organizer Stanley Heller, of the groups Middle East Crisis Committee and Promoting Enduring Peace. Stan discusses Ilhan Omar, Palestine, Venezuela, the University of New Haven's ties to the Saudi government, and Promoting Enduring Peace's plans to hold a conference in Bridgeport in April. For more information on Middle East Crisis Committee: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community-Organization/Middle-East-Crisis-Committee-MECC-199...
Winning Championships Patriots And Helping Your Partner
February 16, 2019 19:26 - 59 minutesThe heart of a champion. Help for a loved one. This show is about professional sports and family relationships.
Growing Organic Mushrooms - Tradd Cotter
February 13, 2019 17:48 - 32 minutesMy guest on this episode of DITD is Tradd Cotter author of the book 'Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation' His book is an exploration of the best organic mushroom cultivation practices, Whether the goal is to help a community clean up industrial pollution or simply to grow your own mushrooms to enjoy in your meals...Tradd's book is geared toward readers who want to grow mushrooms without the use of pesticides. Cotter takes "organic" one step further by introducing an entirely new wa...
Between The Lines - 2/13/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
February 13, 2019 15:57 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBYouth-Led Immigrant Rights Group Demands Congress Defund Trump Deportation Force Agencies, Sanaa Abrar, Advocacy Director with the group United We Dream, Producer: Scott Harris New York Inmates Without Heat, Linked to Wider Struggle for Climate Justice, Panagioti Tsolkas, an organizer with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, Producer: Melinda Tuhus Campaign Pushes Green New Deal Legislation in Oregon Anthony Rogers-Wright, of the Center for Sustainable Economy Producer: Scott Harris For m...
Spotlight on Arts & Culture | The Future of History | Feb '19
February 12, 2019 16:53 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBThis month, we talk with three new directors of very established historical societies: Ramin Ganeshram (Westport HS), Nancy Geary (New Canaan HS) and Margaret McIntire (Darien HS). How are they bringing change to established ways of doing things? How can an historical society bring history alive to the young members of their communities? Hear what these new directors have to say about the challenges and their plans for their historical societies and their communities.
BPT Talks | January 2019
February 12, 2019 15:58 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBDrew Eccleston fills in for Dayna-Liana Lindo. Several UB Students talk about student gov.'t activities and changes in Bridgeport.
CT State Senate considers total ban on fracking waste
February 12, 2019 06:34 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBJennifer Siskind, CT coordinator for Food and Water Watch, explains SB 753 which would ban fracking waste state-wide. To urge state senators to support this bill call 800-842-1421 (Republican senators); 800-842-1420 (Democratic senators). Interview by Richard Hill
Read To Grow Interview
February 11, 2019 00:39 - 20 minutesIn this episode, I speak to Kyn Tolson, Executive Director of Read to Grow. We discuss the topic of childhood literacy.
Connecticut Audubon Society Interview
February 11, 2019 00:30 - 12 minutesIn this episode, I speak to Tom Andersen, Director of Communications at The Connecticut Audubon society. We discuss the conservation of the state’s birds and their habitats through land management, and education.
Resistance Roundtable -- Feb. 9, 2019
February 10, 2019 01:24 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBMedea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink, discusses the Trump administration's plan for 'regime change' in Venezuela. Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill
Sunrise Movement keeps on pushing!
February 08, 2019 00:22 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBNora Heaphy, a climate activist with the Sunrise Movement and Fossil Free Yale, discusses how this youth-led initiative has sparked a national conversation about the radical systemic change needed to address impending climate catastrophe and many other crises threatening American society. Interview by Richard Hill
What's Happening New Haven! | February 2019
February 07, 2019 17:45 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBHOSTS: Bonnie Lykes and Sean- Our February broadcast opens with an interview with sister indie duo, Lily & Madeline—due to perform 2/18, 8 PM, at Cafe Nine in New Haven. Their new release Canterbury Girls on West End records is available this month. Next, we dive into the calendar for the month ahead —covering things such as art exhibits at the New Haven Pride Center, live music at the Space Ballroom with headlining post punk rockers Gang Of Four, the ongoing East Rock concert series at the M...
Between The Lines - 2/6/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
February 06, 2019 16:57 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBTrump, Putin Set Stage for Dangerous & Costly New Nuclear Arms Race Dr. Robert Rosner, chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board Producer: Scott Harris * Movement Revives Campaign to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment Bettina Hager, Washington director and chief operating officer of the ERA Coalition Producer: Scott Harris * Home Grown Food Recovery Program Thrives in New Haven Lori Martin and Caleb Martin Mooney founders of Haven's Harvest Producer: Melinda Tuhus
The Worm Handbook Author Rhonda Sherman Interview
February 05, 2019 17:00 - 40 minutesKevin speaks with Rhonda Sherman one of the leading experts on Composting and Vermicomposting (Worm poop) about her new book 'The Worm Handbook'.
Annette Szczesiul and Irish singer/spiritualist Owen O'Suilleabhain Jan. 26 2019
February 03, 2019 23:24 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBAnnette Szczesiul spoke with Irish singer and spiritual teacher Owen O'Suilleabhain ahead of several gigs in the region in early 2019. Owen and his brother have a website athttps://www.owenandmoley.com/
Judith Berkan Puerto Rico 16 months after Hurricane Maria
February 03, 2019 16:48 - 32 minutesI spoke again with Civil Rights Lawyer and Law Professor Judith Berkan who has lived in Puerto Rico for many years. The first time we spoke was 4 months after hurricane Maria made land fall wreaking her destruction on Puerto Rico. Since I loath the 6 day news cycle of the mass media , I asked Judy to return to the airwaves to find out whats going on 16 months later.
Interview with Apollo 7 Astronaut Walter Cunningham
February 03, 2019 04:08 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBNASA Apollo 7 Astronaut Colonel Walter Cunningham explains the challenges of landing a man on the Moon, including the fire on Apollo 1 that took the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, & Roger Chaffee, the 1st manned mission after the tragedy, Apollo 7, the first manned mission to the Moon & back, Apollo 8, & Neil Armstrong & the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Zach Lupetin of The Dust Bowl Revival
February 02, 2019 22:56 - 10 minutesZach Lupetin Lead singer, song writer and a founder of the band Dust Bowl Revival joins Kevin to talk about what;s up with The Dust Bowl Revival.
Live Culture 47: Art As News
February 01, 2019 14:55 - 29 minutesFor January, the first month of 2019, Live Culture offers a discussion with Lucy Gellman and Brian Slattery, two Journalists who cover the arts, to discuss their insights on writing about art and culture in an increasingly fraught moment for News Publications, artistic ventures and venues. Lucy Gellman is the Editor of The Arts Paper, a venerable publication produced by The Arts Council of Greater New Haven which she has dynamically transformed into it's new, lively digital iteration. Accord...
Tribute to Mary Oliver
February 01, 2019 11:21 - 2 hoursBinnie Klein, Martha Willette Lewis, Bob Johnson, Annette Szczesiul, Ina Chadwick and Pauline Yeats join me for this tribute to Mary Oliver. These WPKN programmers read her poems and discuss their love for Mary Oliver's work. I programmed a jazz music tribute to Mary Oliver.
Between The Lines - 1/30/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
January 30, 2019 17:04 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBBETWEEN THE LINES • Trump Intervention in Venezuela's Economic, Political Crisis Could Trigger Civil War Miguel R. Tinker Salas, Leslie Farmer Professor of Latin American Studies, History Producer: Scott Harris •A Roadmap for Moving from Fossil Fuels, to 100 Percent Renewable Energy, excerpt of presentation by Mark Jacobson, director of the Atmosphere and Energy Program at Stanford University Producer: Melinda Tuhus • Energy Efficiency Critical to Reducing Carbon Emissions, Reducing Costs ...
The Baltimore Compost Collective - Marvin Hayes Interview - Digging in the Dirt
January 30, 2019 14:53 - 21 minutesMy guest on this Digging in the Dirt is Marvin Hayes the Program Manager of the Baltimore Compost Collective A youth-empowered food scrap collection service serving the Curtis Bay, Federal Hill, Riverside Park & Locust Point neighborhoods of Baltimore Compost...Learn so we don't have to burn...Compost Baltimorecompostcollective.org
Band Central Radio- Kick Off Show | Jan 2019
January 29, 2019 15:17 - 59 minutesThe “new” BAND CENTRAL RADIO…with hosts Rob Fried (the founder of Band Together CT) and Andy Kadison. Guests include Anne Miles from SAVE THE CHILDREN; Joan Panagos from Fairfield County Leadership Council- to talk about the work Save the Children (celebrating its 100th anniversary) is doing in the world. Also on the show is the musician FUZZ a long time participant in the FUNLANTHROPY projects of the former Band Together efforts (now reconstituted as BAND CENTRAL RADIO to continue efforts to...
Seeking Wellness — Dr. Jennifer Pierre — New Year, New You! What’s In Your Diet? — January 26, 2019
January 26, 2019 19:45 - 54 minutes - 126 MBDr. J broadcasts live with Certified Holistic Health coach Chinyere Williams https://helpingbodiesheal.com to discuss what you need to know about the latest dietary trends. Discussion includes Keto, Vegetarian/Vegan, Intermittent fasting, and Juicing. They will also discuss the benefits of a seasonal detox.
Home Page Radio - HOME TRENDS
January 24, 2019 22:14 - 53 minutes - 122 MBThursday, January 24, 2019, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson We change our homes. We see what others are doing – on the web, in books, in person: We keep up with the Joneses. Why? The hype of media drives all fashion, but working on your home takes the largest parts of our wallets, and time. Entire chains of big box stores respond to huge trends from “color of the year” to Hygge http://hyggehouse.com/hygge. But humans have always changed their homes: since they have ha...
The Worm Farmers Handbook - Rhonda Sherman Interview - Digging in the Dirt
January 24, 2019 17:09 - 40 minutesMy guest here is Rhonda Sherman leading Composting and vermicomposting expert and author of The Worm Farmer’s Handbook Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions.Techniques and systems for processing food scraps, manure, yard debris, paper, and more Chelsea Green Publishing
Seeking Wellness — Dr. Jennifer Pierre — Shaking the Winter Blues — December 22, 2018
January 24, 2019 06:19 - 1 hour - 137 MBDr. J discusses depression: what it is, its impact, commonly prescribed medications and naturopathic treatments.