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
Seeking Wellness — Dr. Jennifer Pierre — Beat the Flu, Don’t Let it Beat You! — November 24, 2018
January 24, 2019 05:53 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWe are cycling back into another Cold/Flu season. The question that’s on everyone’s mind: “Should I get the flu shot?” Dr. J breaks down what the flu is, what the common cold is, how viruses work, how the flu shot is created, etc. Learn how to prepare for cold and flu season using natural medicine and nutrition.
Between The Lines - 1/23/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
January 23, 2019 15:27 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBTrump Offer of Temporary DACA & TPS Deal to End Government Shutdown Dead on Arrival Interview with Thomas A. Saenz, pres., general counsel of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Producer: Scott Harris * No More Deaths Isabel Guerra, a volunteer with the group No More Deaths Producer: Melinda Tuhus * L.A. Teachers Strike Continues Battle Against Education Austerity and Charter School Privatization Isabel Nunez, Professor of Educational Studies, and Director of the School of ...
Rufus Reid Interview January 2019
January 21, 2019 22:59 - 1 hourInterview with jazz legend Rufus Reid on his composition and album Quiet Pride.
Tara Cook-Littman on the fight against GMOs
January 20, 2019 22:26 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThe Fam Stand welcomes long-time anti-GMO activist, Tara Cook-Littman who talks about the latest GMO labeling rules just approved by Trump's USDA. Panel: Guy Beardsley, Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio
All Things Cannabis -- a conversation with Terry Hopper
January 19, 2019 23:49 - 43 minutes - 40 MBTerry Hopper, marijuana aficionado, talks with Richard Hill about the changing landscape regarding cannabis legalization, research and distribution.
Miles Okasaki Interview 2018 #1
January 19, 2019 14:48 - 32 minutesThelonious Monk’s 100th birthday in 2017 brought a flood of tributes, but the most monumental statement of devotion came a year late. Across six discs, the guitarist Miles Okazaki covers every known Monk composition, honoring the composer’s crooked style and getting his guitar to sound just as resonant and embodied as Monk’s piano did.
Mary Ann Assiff - For the Love of Difficult Dogs
January 19, 2019 14:01 - 2 hoursMary Ann discusses the joy of adopting difficult dogs. Lisa adds songs about dogs.
Interview With Maria Schneider 2018
January 19, 2019 13:05 - 48 minutesMaria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization.” She and her orchestra became widely known starting in 1994 when they released their first recording, Evanescence. There, Schneider began to develop her personal way of writing for what would become her 18-member collective, made up of many of the finest musicians in jazz today, tailoring her compositions to distinctly highlight the uniquely creative voice...
Stefon Harris Interview 2018
January 19, 2019 12:49 - 40 minutesVibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris is heralded as “one of the most important young artists in jazz” (The Los Angeles Times). He is unquestionably developing what will be a long and extraordinary career. Stefon Harris' passionate artistry, energetic stage presence, and astonishing virtuosity have propelled him into the forefront of the current jazz scene. widely recognized and lauded by both his peers and jazz critics alike, the 30 year-old is committed to both exploring the rich potential o...
Interview With Helen Sung Jazz Pianist
January 19, 2019 12:16 - 25 minutesHelen Sung has worked with jazz luminaries like Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter and Terri Lyne Carrington, but her latest project might end up being her most celebrated to date. Sung With Words merges jazz and poetry together to make a multi-movement work that explores themes of the human condition: love, betrayal, wonder, melancholy and mystery. "It's so funny because somebody asked me about the record and I said it's jazz and poetry and they're like, 'Oh great, two of the least popular things t...
Interview with Michael Leonhart, composer, musician and conductor.
January 19, 2019 11:46 - 40 minutesThe Painted Lady Suite, the debut album by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra (MLO) is inspired by the butterfly of the same name. While Leonhart was initially attracted to its flamboyant coloration and wing ornamentation, it was the butterfly’s incredible migration, which spans over six generations and 9,000 miles — twice that of the Monarch butterfly, that inspired the trumpeter/composer/bandleader to write his “Painted Lady Suite.” Leonhart’s path toward the creation of MLO began in his yout...
Kathy’s Corner: Physician Wellness and Loyola Stritch School of Medicine.
January 18, 2019 20:49 - 53 minutesKathy’s Corner: Physician Wellness and Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. The first show of 2019, Kathy speaks with Dr. Jim Bray, alumnus of Chicago Loyola’s Stritch School of Medicine and Dr. Carla Brown, adjunct professor at Loyola Stritch on the value of medical students learning the TM technique. Dr. Bray, Dr Brown and others introduced MDED-400, Physician Wellness through the Transcendental Meditation Technique, a 2 credit elective --a first of its kind program to bring relief in the hig...
Interview WPKN 89.5 FM Miles Okasaki and Robin Kelley
January 17, 2019 17:35 - 3 hoursInterview WPKN 89.5 FM Miles Okasaki and Robin Kelley Miles Okasaki - Work “Exhaustive” is certainly a word that comes to mind for Work. Miles Okazaki was armed only with his solo guitar when he recorded all 70 known compositions by Thelonious Monk (70 being the number included in Steve Cardenas and Don Sickler’s Thelonious Monk Fakebook). It’s an undertaking of such ambition, even Monk never got there: Work includes “52nd Street Theme,” “Two Timer,” and “A Merrier Christmas,” compositions ...
Between The Lines - 1/16/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
January 16, 2019 16:34 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIn Declaring Emergency to Build Wall, Trump Would be Violating Law Marjorie Cohn, prof. emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, fmr Pres. National Lawyers Guild Producer: Scott Harris Prison Gerrymandering Challenged in Connecticut Lawsuit Doni Bloomfield, a student at Yale Law School's Rule of Law clinic Producer: Melinda Tuhus Green New Deal Could Unite Nation to Promote Renewable Energy & Advance Economic, Racial Justice Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organ...
CT Arts Culture and Tourism -- Daniel Fitzmaurice and Tina-Tison
January 16, 2019 05:02 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBDaniel Fitzmaurice of the Arts Council of New Haven and Tina Tison from the Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk. They are both members of the Arts, Culture, and Tourism Policy Committee of Governor Ned Lamont's incoming administration. This group is pushing for investments in the arts to spur the state's economic growth.
Spotlight on Arts & Culture: Theatre & Community | January 2019
January 15, 2019 15:53 - 59 minutesHost: David Green, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Michael Barker, managing director of Westport County Playhouse Michael Barker joined Westport Country Playhouse in September 2016 from Mill Valley, CA, where he was the managing director of Marin Theatre Company. Previously, Barker was general manager of Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, CA, and managing director for the Los Angeles classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company. Before moving to California, Barker was associate mana...
CT's environmental agenda for 2019
January 15, 2019 03:27 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBAmanda Shoen, deputy director of the CT League of Conservation Voters, discusses the renewable energy goals for 2019. She also addresses the issue of plastic pollution and the needed expansion of the Bottle Bill to include juice bottles and sports drinks. Interviewed by Richard Hill
Resistance Round Table -- Jan. 13, 2019
January 14, 2019 05:02 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBThe Round Table panel discusses Trump's government shut-down, the Green New Deal, and the new legislation coming out of the now Democratically-controlled House. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Guest panelist: Kraig Steffen
Westport Library Rennovation Project Interview
January 11, 2019 21:41 - 12 minutes - 5.88 MBJennifer Bangser, Director of Strategic Community Partnerships for the Westport Library and her colleagues at The Westport Library Rachel Pegnataro , Director of Marketing & Communications and Jennifer Keller, Program and Event Coordinator about the $19.5 million renovation project of the Library.
Interview with BPT Gen Now! founder and President Callie Heilmann
January 11, 2019 20:49 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBCallie Heilmann, President and Founder of Bridgeport Generation Now! (BPT Gen Now!) Founded in 2016, BPT is a grassroots, social action network dedicated to boosting civic engagement.
Ronnie Cummins on the Green New Deal
January 10, 2019 23:52 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBRonnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association, assesses the Green New Deal proposal put forward by progressives. Interview by Richard Hill and Guy Beardsley
Home Page Radio - SACRED HOME
January 10, 2019 19:53 - 55 minutes - 126 MBThursday, December 27, 2018, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson House churches were the first places of Christian worship before Roman Emperor Constantine recognized the faith: paralleling that, worship happened in the early Puritan homes until the second generation of Christians began to build “Meeting Houses” Now, those who go to a separate place to worship are dwindling in New England: BUT the secular flood of THE HOLIDAYS overwhelms our homes as a culture. Huge dinn...
Youth and College Action Round Table: Rise Up!
January 09, 2019 22:21 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBIn this debut edition youth activists Bobbi Brown, Trenee McGee and Dayna Lindo discuss the issues that impact urban young people and consider the possibilities of building a youth coalition across racial and economic lines. Produced by Bobbi Brown and Richard Hill
Between The Lines - 1/9/19 Trump Holds Govt Workers Hostage Over Border Wall Funds
January 09, 2019 17:04 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB• Trump's Border Wall Government Shutdown: Trump takes Government Workers Hostage to Demand Border Wall Funding, Producer: Scott Harris • Democratic House Proposes HR1: Voting Rights, Campaign Finance and Ethics Reform Bill, Producer: Scott Harris • Sustainable Public Transit Planners Reject Auto Park Projects, Producer: Melinda Tuhus For more information, related links, transcripts and in-depth interviews, visit https://btlonline.org/between-the-lines-jan-2-2019-full-show-2/ #TrumpShutdown...
What's Happening New Haven! | Inaugural Jan 2018
January 09, 2019 16:12 - 1 hourHost Bonnie Lykes interviews dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck and special guests. She also presents her eclectic calendar of events in and around New haven for the coming month. *Movement artists Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, founders of MAI (Movement Art Is), perform Love Heals All Wounds with an ensemble cast. Through dance they address societal issues like racism, police violence, and immigration. What's Happening New Haven! is co-produced by Sean Bigler (pictured above)
The Hidden Connection - Kathleen DiChiara - Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist
January 07, 2019 17:20 - 31 minutesKathleen DiChiara is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, among other things and Author of the bestselling book, The Hidden Connection. Her personal journey through a major health crisis and "cure" has brought her to her current calling as a nutrition educator and researcher, Kathleen has dedicated her work to increasing the public’s knowledge about the connection between nutrition and patterns of disease. She advocates a wide range of nutritional wisdom, food savy and self-car...
Emotion Roadmap 1 2 19 Marijuana Laws And Successful New Year Resolutions
January 03, 2019 01:37 - 51 minutes - 94.9 MBWe talk about strategies for changing how people feel. I use the changing marijuana laws as an example. We also share last years New Year Resolutions that succeeded and we explore why. And finally I offer a strategy to insure you can talk to loved ones and friends, even when you disagree!
Between The Lines - 1/2/19 @2019 Squeaky Wheel Productions
January 02, 2019 17:12 - 29 minutes - 33.2 MBJust Passed Federal Criminal Justice Reform is Not Enough: Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project Punitive 1990s Welfare Reform Due for Overhaul: Felicia Kornbluh, Asst. Prof. of History & Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies at Univ. of Vermont Labor Movement Needs to Focus on Organizing not Elections: Tom Lewandowski, co-founder and director of the Workers' Project in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis: 46- Inside The Perfect Spiral- shorter version
January 01, 2019 14:29 - 55 minutesFor the final month of 2018, Live Culture offers a special look at two of the most unususal and inspiring art exhibitions on offer this season.This month's show features an audio visit to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York for the exhibitions Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future and R. H. Quaytman: + x, Chapter 34, with Curatorial Assistant David Horowitz. Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future is the first major solo exhibition in the United States of the Swedish artist Hilm...
Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis: 46- Inside The Perfect Spiral- long version
January 01, 2019 13:10 - 1 hourFor the final month of 2018, Live Culture offers a special look at two of the most unususal and inspiring art exhibitions on offer this season.This month's show features an audio visit to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York for the exhibitions Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future and R. H. Quaytman: + x, Chapter 34, with Curatorial Assistant David Horowitz. Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future is the first major solo exhibition in the United States of the Swedish artist Hilm...
Band Together Radio on WPKN
December 31, 2018 21:49 - 55 minutes - 25.2 MBHosts: Andy Kadison and Jerry Vigorito Guests: Peggy, Emma Adler. Mission: Using Music with Purpose to Help CT Children and Families. Over $3.4 million raised for nonprofits.
Emotion Roadmap 12 12 18 Al Grieving The Loss Of His Dad
December 27, 2018 18:10 - 53 minutes - 98.5 MBAl lost his Dad and is struggling giving away his father's possessions. While Al continues to struggle throughout the call it generated lots of interesting conversations with other callers.
Bank On New Haven (Connecticut Association for Human Services) Interview
December 27, 2018 00:33 - 19 minutesIn this episode, I interview Samantha Savvidou, the Bank on New Haven Fellow from the Connecticut Association for Human Services. We discuss the Bank On New Haven Initiative, what does it mean to be “unbanked”, the importance of financial literacy and more.
Between The Lines - 12/26/18 @2018 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
December 26, 2018 16:44 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBLandmark Senate Vote Calls for End to U.S. Support for War in Yemen. Interview with Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action's Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs Producer: Scott Harris The New Sanctuary Coalition Supports Immigrants Targeted by Trump Administration. Interview with Ravi Ragbir, Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition Producer: Melinda Tuhus At UN Climate Summit Over 300 US Elected Officials Call for Nationwide Plan to Phase out Fossil Fuels. Interview with A...
Access Health CT Interview (November 2018)
December 26, 2018 10:15 - 21 minutesIn this Episode, I speak to Andrea Ravitz, Director of Marketing and Sales at Access Health CT. Access Health CT is Connecticut’s official Health Insurance Marketplace. We discuss Healthcare in Connecticut, Healthcare literacy, health inequalities and more. Please note that open Enrollment has been Extended to January 15, 2019
High School Radio from Waterbury, CT
December 21, 2018 23:44 - 26 minutes - 61.1 MBA show produced by the high school students in Radio Club at Waterbury Arts Magnet School (WAMS) in Waterbury, CT Round up of events and activities at WAMS College -- right after high school or taking a gap year Creative writing Grading the American president's first 100 days Interview with the Band director A memoir of personal evolution Produced by Richard Hill.
Road Kill Radio from New Haven, CT
December 21, 2018 23:16 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this edition of Road Kill Radio: High School Confidential Interview with a Hip Hop Poet Street interviews Interview: Students Teaching about Responsible Sexuality 7-word memoirs Satire: How cool are your parents? Personal essay: My Tiger Mother Student discussion: Racial profiling and Trayvon Martin Special features: Three students provide an inside look at their high school culture; Davon Edwards talks about the process of making Hip Hop poetry; opinions on the election and women's right...
Middle School Radio from Waterbury, CT
December 21, 2018 22:54 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBMiddle School students from Waterbury Arts Magnet School talk politics, cooking, holiday traditions and more. Produced by Richard Hill.
WPKN's GM Report- Peconic Land Trust Interview
December 19, 2018 17:50 - 11 minutes - 5.32 MBWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo does his monthly GM Report to the Listeners Steve talks with the Long Island-based Peconic Land Trust- John Halsey, executive director.
WPKN's GM Report- UB Women's Soccer team NCAA '18 Champs!
December 19, 2018 17:35 - 12 minutes - 5.88 MBWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo does his monthly GM Report to the Listeners Steve’s first guests in studio will be University of Bridgeport Women’s Soccer Head Coach Magnus J. Nilerud of the National 2018 NCAA National Champions (Division II) with players Mikayla Duhaime (Milford) and Valentina Florez (NY).
GM Report To The Listeners- CLASP Interview | December 2018
December 19, 2018 16:50 - 17 minutes - 7.94 MBWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo does his monthly GM Report to the Listeners Steve is joined by Tracy Flood, the President of the nonprofit CLASP. Clasp creates and supports family environments in special residences for people with autism and intellectual disabilities. Steve’s last guest will be from Long Island’s Peconic Land Trust- John Halsey, executive director.
Between The Lines - 12/19/18 @2018 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
December 19, 2018 16:26 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBLandmark Senate Vote Calls for End to U.S. Support for War in Yemen Producer: Scott Harris The New Sanctuary Coalition Supports Immigrants Targeted by Trump Administration Producer: Melinda Tuhus At UN Climate Summit Over 300 US Elected Officials Call for Nationwide Plan to Phase out Fossil Fuels Producer: Scott Harris
WPKN GM Report to the Listeners | December 2018
December 18, 2018 11:56 - 56 minutes - 26 MBWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo does his monthly GM Report to the Listeners today from 12noon to 12:55pm. Steve will recap some event including the just finished WPKN Winter on-air drive, the recent Music on Film Series, next weeks film selection- Koyaanisqatsi also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, a 1982 American experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass. You will also hear about ‘Music Mash-Record Fair 2019’- coming up on Saturday March 2 in Br...
Home Page Radio - HOME at Thanksgiving
December 18, 2018 05:39 - 54 minutes - 126 MBThursday, November 22, 2018, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson This is about as early as Thanksgiving gets, just over 3 weeks into the 11thmonth. Thanksgiving, like July 4th, is an American Event (the Canadians already had theirs). It is also, somehow, spiritual without being overtly religious. Christmas and Easter may not be on the actual dates of Christ’s birth and death, and they have been fully grotesqued and revel in the down and dirty, but they are religious holida...
Mic Check - 12-16-18 - Housing Not Jails Collective
December 16, 2018 23:44 - 29 minutes - 55.2 MBDonny & Sade of the Housing Not Jails Collective shared their stories, talked about the powerful work they're engaged in, and highlighted tomorrow's Housing Not Jails: Pass the Homeless Person's Bill of Rights Now rally and press conference happening at 12pm in front of New Haven City Hall. For more information on the Housing Not Jails Collective's rally happening tomorrow, Monday December 17, 2018 at 12pm in front of New Haven City Hall: https://www.facebook.com/events/325066108308113/ To...
Street lighting: the good, the bad and the ugly
December 16, 2018 22:36 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBBob Pattison, Hamden, CT resident and expert in the art and science of street lighting, analyzes the hazards and health effects of high kelvin LED street lighting and describes his campaign to help CT towns to transition to a healthier and more cost effective lighting paradigm. Interview by Richard Hill
Felon Voting Restoration: how it happened and will it stick
December 15, 2018 04:21 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBNeil Volz, political director with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, describes the successful campaign to restore voting rights to 1.5 million ex-felons. He speculates on the fight ahead to implement Amendment 4 as the right-wing Florida political establishment confronts the reality of the biggest voter enfranchisement event since 18-years-olds were given the right to vote. Interview by Richard Hill
Between The Lines - 12/12/18 @2018 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
December 12, 2018 17:06 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMexicans Have High Hopes for their Newly Elected Progressive President Interview with Laura Carlsen, director of the Center for International Policy’s America’s Program Producer: Scott Harris * Campaign Aims to End Joint U.S.- Israeli Police Counter-Terrorism Training Interview with Rachel Weber of End the Deadly Exchange campaign from Northampton, Massachusetts Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Corporate Media Sanitizes Legacy of George H. W. Bush Presidency Interview with Arun Gupta, independent in...
Spotlight on Arts & Culture | Arts Councils: What Good Do They Do? | 12/18
December 10, 2018 18:56 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBHost: David Green Guests: Nancy Diamond- Westport John Varamo- Stamford Susan Walkerstein- Norwalk
Bobbi Brown, youth activist, on the fight ahead
December 10, 2018 02:01 - 20 minutes - 19 MBBobbi Brown, a youth organizer and mentor, talks about her work as youth coordinator for the CT NAACP and her 100 Girls Leading project which she plans to unveil in 2019. Interview by Richard Hill