WPKN Community Radio
1,887 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day 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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GaiaGram # 167 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
August 10, 2023 18:35 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MB-Polls show Americans want next president to aggressively address climate crisis -Texas electricity prices briefly spiked over 800% in cost -Heavy Rains pummel Beijing causing flooding -Iran announces a nationwide two-day holiday due to excessive heat -Fossil fuel industry spends big time on advertising and lobbying -The EPA closes loopholes allowing companies to emit toxic air pollution -Los Angeles is painting roads with a gray coating called “cool pavement” -Florida is becoming "uninsurab...
Antoinette Brim-Bell , Connecticut's Poet Laureate
August 10, 2023 04:32 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBState Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell joined WPKN's Valerie Richardson to talk about her work and her tenure as the state's Poet Laureate. She also spoke about an upcoming event where she will be joined by poets Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, and Rhonda Ward. The four poets partnered with the Witness Stones Old Lyme Project and created a verse cycle to capture the forgotten voices of the enslaved in Lyme, Connecticut. The poets will talk about their creative process including their work w...
Bill Lucey Sound Keeper for Save the Sound - Digging In The Dirt
August 09, 2023 13:45 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBMy guest this afternoon is Save the sounds Soundkeeper Bill Lucey. Bill is a fish and wildlife biologist with more than two decades of experience studying and conserving marine life. He is also an experienced commercial fisherman and environmental educator. As your on-the-water watchdog, Bill upholds Save the Sound’s mission to protect and restore Long Island Sound. Bill is backed by Save the Sound’s expert legal team and water monitoring program to help identify polluters and hold them accou...
Between The Lines - 8/9/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
August 09, 2023 13:05 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* US Democracy Hangs in the Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Federal Indictment; Sasha Abramsky, Nation Magazine contributor; Producer: Scott Harris. * Pen America & Penguin-Random House Sue a Florida County School District Over Book Bans; Nadine Farid Johnson, managing director of PEN America Washington and Free Expression Programs; Producer: Scott Harris. * Affordable Housing Crisis in the Adirondacks, Echo of a Pervasive Trend Across the U.S.; Tim Rowland, a freelance repo...
Evan Fritz Talks Climate Justice And The Upcoming March To End Fossil Fuels
August 07, 2023 16:40 - 24 minutes - 24.9 MBOn the August 6, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is joined by Evan Fritz of 350 CT to discuss the upcoming March to End Fossil Fuels, happening on September 17, 2023 in New York City. For more on the March to End Fossil Fuels: https://www.endfossilfuels.us/ For more on 350 CT: https://350ct.org/ To register to join 350 CT for the bus trip to the March: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-to-end-fossil-fuels-bus-tickets-to-nyc-tickets-691002967477?aff=oddtdtcreator
Nick Ferrauolo Osprey Nation Project Coordinator 2023-7-25
August 07, 2023 04:54 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBNick Ferrauolo is the Project Coordinator of Osprey Nation, a project of the Connecticut Audubon Society. Osprey Nation is Connecticut Audubon Society’s citizen science partnership, launched in the summer of 2014, to monitor the health of our state’s Ospreys. During the course of this effort, the numbers of successful osprey nests and human participants have continued to grow, showing the return of these magnificent "fish hawks" from near extinction in Connecticut. The goal of Osprey Nation...
WPKN Trump Indictment Special 08-05-23
August 06, 2023 18:10 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThis special WPKN public affairs program discusses former President Donald Trump’s most recent indictment on federal charges related to his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election and subvert the will of the nation’s voters. This panel discussion includes: WPKN’s public affairs director Richard Hill, longtime WPKN producers Ebong Udoma, Denise Manzari and John Lugo, Michael Zweig, professor of economics emeritus at Stony Brook University in New York, and host Scott H...
Westport Library on WPKN PODCAST July 31, 2023
August 03, 2023 19:49 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThe Westport Library’s Open Book radio show today, co-hosted by Jennifer Bangser (Director of Community Partnership) and Alex Giannini (Associate Director of Programs) provided an overview of all the amazing events and programs happening at the Library, including new Verso University initiative and 6th Annual StoryFest, CT’s largest Literary festival. Guests included: Clay Chapman, author, podcaster, and screenwriter. Clay is the author of the horror novel Ghosteater and creator of the podc...
Between The Lines - 8/2/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
August 02, 2023 14:55 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They've Profited From; Jamie Henn, climate activist, strategist and director of Fossil Free Media; Producer: Scott Harris. * Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis; Dr. Robert Marsh, a professor of oceanography and climate at the University of Southampton in the UK ; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * 'Step Aside Joe' Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Joe Biden Runs for Reelecti...
Between The Lines - 8/2/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
August 02, 2023 14:42 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They've Profited From; Jamie Henn, climate activist, strategist, and director of Fossil Free Media; Producer: Scott Harris. * Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis; Dr. Robert Marsh, a professor of oceanography and climate at the University of Southampton in the UK ; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * 'Step Aside Joe' Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Joe Biden Runs for Reelect...
GaiaGram # 166 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
August 01, 2023 15:30 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MB-United Nations Says this is the era of Global boiling -Nevada “fire whirls” inundate Las Vegas with smoke -Surface ocean temperature around the Florida Keys soared to 101.1F -Antarctica's sea ice had hit its lowest summer level -Himalayan Mountains ice is melting rapidly -Warning of disasters that could occur as the climate crisis worsens -New Zealand becomes the first nation to ban plastic shopping bags -Automotive companies are teaming up for EV charging joint venture
George McGaffin And Agoraphobia Awareness
July 31, 2023 00:39 - 26 minutes - 21 MBOn the July 30, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks to George McGaffin about his advocacy work around Agoraphobia and panic attacks. To watch George's short film, The Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k6wfMAPcxg To watch George's podcast, Beyond the Walls: https://www.youtube.com/@anxiousdudeproductions To learn more about Bowlmates and George's work on that platform: https://bowlmates.cheechandchong.com/membership-options
Dan Martens V.P. Novamont NA Bio-plastics
July 27, 2023 13:31 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBMy guest this episode of DITD is Vice-President of Novamont N.A. Dan Martens. Not only are Dan and Novamont great friends of WPKN Novamont is a leader in the world of bioplastics and a long time supporter of WPKN radio. Novamont promotes a new model of bioeconomy in the logic of the circular economy, not only based on efficiency and sustainable use of renewable resources, but also as a factor for territorial regeneration.
GaiaGram # 165 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
July 26, 2023 13:28 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MB-Temperatures across the globe predicted to break records -Arizona under excessive heat warning -Washington State officials declare a drought emergency -100% coral mortality" found in coral reef restoration site off Florida -honeybees just had their second-worst year on record -Biden to reverse recent changes to the 1973 Endangered Species Act. -Fish Near Fukushima have Radioactive Cesium 180 Times Over Japan's Limit. -New Zealand first nation to ban both plastic shopping and produce bags
Between The Lines - 7/26/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
July 26, 2023 13:25 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights; Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: Scott Harris. * Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Oppose Nevada Lithium Mine on Sacred Site; Will Falk is an activist and an attorney who organized a protest camp at Thacker Pass; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Youth Activists Protest Regressive SCOTUS Rulings and Larger Attack on US Multi-Ra...
Jeff Masters Meteorologist Yale Climate Connection
July 26, 2023 13:12 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBI welcome back to DITD Jeff Masters of the Yale Climate Connection. Jeff Masters, worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. He has a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground weather channel. He also was creator of the Category 6 blog, one of the Internet's most popular and widely quoted sources of extreme weather and climate change. What with all this worrisome heat and rain and ex...
Band Central Interviews Marc Donald
July 24, 2023 21:32 - 12 minutes - 5.78 MBHost: Rob Fried Marc Donald is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Ryasap
Band Central Interviews Carla Miklos
July 24, 2023 21:26 - 10 minutes - 4.73 MBCarla Miklos is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Operation Hope
Band Central Podcast July
July 24, 2023 21:10 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBWPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring Carla Miklos (Executive Director of Operation Hope of Fairfield), Matt McNulty (Guitarist), and Marc Donald (Executive Director of RYASAP (Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership)). Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried.✨
Jeff Pevar EXTENDED Interview with host Binnie Klein July 2023
July 23, 2023 22:48 - 48 minutes - 44 MBAn in-depth interview with virtuoso guitarist Jeff Pevar, who has played with Ray Charles, David Crosby, Laura Nyro, Joe Cocker, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Phil Lesh, Donald Fagen, and many more. He is a sought after session musician and composer for tv and movies, and has co-written many songs that have appeared on recordings of David Crosby, Graham Nash and other artists. Jeff is a great storyteller and shares exceptional musical moments and tales of collaborations.
Ray Nayler Author - The mountain under the sea
July 20, 2023 14:25 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBToday I have a little something different for DITD. Most who follow me know me as a hardcore environmentalist, but something you may not know is I’m also a big Sci-fi reader. That is why I have author Ray Nayler here today . He has written the critically acclaimed novel THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA, that covers a lot bases with me. Winner of the LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA was A FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK AWARDS', THE RAY BRADBURY PRIZE AND THE NEBULA AWARD.
GaiaGram # 164 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
July 20, 2023 14:14 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MB-Heat waves everywhere -Iran airport reported a heat index of 152 degrees Fahrenheit. -Extreme Atlantic hurricane season may be in the offing -Texas city is under the highest level of water emergency possible -Right whale population is in worse shape than previously thought. -Sixty-four percent of Iowa's energy production now comes from wind -world’s largest shipping company, first container ship to run on methanol
Between The Lines - 7/19/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
July 19, 2023 14:59 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* Ohio GOP’s August 8th ‘Issue One’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party & Author Producer: Scott Harris * Teamsters Union Prepares for Historic Strike Against UPS Alex N. Press, staff writer at Jacobin Magazine Producer: Scott Harris * Long COVID Patients Band Together to Share Data on Effective Treatment Yochai Re’em, a psychiatrist in private practice in New York Producer: Melinda Tuhus
WPKN GM Report to the Listeners- July'23- Vita Muir Litchfield Jazz
July 18, 2023 14:52 - 15 minutes - 7.17 MBPODCAST: Vita West Muir is the founder and executive/artistic director of Litchfield Jazz Festival (July 28-30, Washington, CT at Frederick Gunn School);
GM Report to the Listeners: July '23 with Mike Roer
July 18, 2023 14:29 - 10 minutes - 4.7 MBMike Roer, Director of Entrepreneur Foundation Inc. Owner of The Emporium
WPKN GM Report to the Listeners: Suzanne Katchmar + Jason Coombes
July 18, 2023 14:26 - 9 minutes - 4.56 MBPODCAST Suzanne Katchmar, director of City Lights Gallery and the Bridgeport Art Trail. Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services and Jason Coombes- Greater Bridgeport Pride (Bridgeport July 29-30), Bridgeport Film Fest and WPKN show ‘Jay in the City’.
GM Report to the Listeners: . Lauren Coakley Vincent
July 18, 2023 14:24 - 7 minutes - 3.56 MBPODCAST with Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services
WPKN GM Report to the Listeners - July 2023
July 18, 2023 14:13 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBWPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo hosts his July ‘GM REPORT TO THE LISTENERS’ today at 12noon to 12:55. His guests include: Suzanne Katchmar, director of City Lights Gallery and the Bridgeport Art Trail. Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services and Jason Coombes- Greater Bridgeport Pride (Bridgeport July 29-30), Bridgeport Film Fest and WPKN show ‘Jay in the City’.; Mike Roer, Director of Entrepreneur Foundation Inc. Owner of The Emporium; Vita Muir, Vita Wes...
Luis Lopez and Greater Bridgeport Pride 2023
July 17, 2023 00:53 - 29 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Luis Lopez, a visual artist and leader in the newly formed Steering Committee for Greater Bridgeport Pride. Luis provides an overview of the upcoming Greater Bridgeport Pride 2023, and offers deep, personal reflections on why Pride matters. For more on Luis' art: www.instagram.com/luis_lopez_art For more on Greater Bridgeport Pride (taking place July 29 and 30): https://www.bridgeportpride.com https://www.facebook.com/GreaterBridge...
Resistance Roundtable -- July 8, 2023 -- SCOTUS Kills Affirmative Action
July 14, 2023 20:14 - 50 minutes - 52.2 MBThe Resistance panel interviews Horace Campbell, professor of African American studies and political science at the University of Syracuse, about his recent Counterpunch article, "U.S. Military, White Supremacy and Affirmative Action," in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action in college admissions. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill
GaiaGram # 163 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
July 14, 2023 14:02 - 4 minutes - 4.1 MB-Devastating Flooding slams United States’ Northeast -Spain ravaged by raging flash floods -Deadly flooding ravaged parts of Europe -The world must preserve 79% of remaining terrestrial vegetation -The climate crisis has changed weather patterns -Brazil's Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6 percent -US has a new industry called "agri-solar." -Chinese solar + salt + shrimp farm solar power station
Cultural Alliance: Good to Great Grants in Fairfield County
July 12, 2023 19:43 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBHost: David Green Our July "Spotlight" shined a light on 9 quite different organizations in our region who received the highly competitive "Good to Great" grant, jointly administered by the CT Office of the Arts and CT Humanities, designed to help transform the visitor experience at their institutions. The grant is awarded to "organizations of all sizes who demonstrate deep thinking about who they are as organizations, and what they could be if granted access to capital funding." We thought...
Between The Lines - 7/12/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
July 12, 2023 15:16 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden's Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine; Daryl Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association; Producer: Scott Harris. * Biden Believes Right Wing Extremist Supreme Court 'Not Normal,' But Resists Calls for Reform; Ben Burgis, Adjunct Philosophy Professor at Rutgers University and Jacobin magazine columnist; Producer: Scott Harris. * After Supreme Court Rejects Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Public Service Workers Have Another...
CT's Green Amendment
July 09, 2023 02:26 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBA discussion with Kim Stoner and Maya van Rossum, leaders, respectively, in CT and nationally to get state legislatures to pass so-called Green Amendments, which guarantee residents the right to clean air, clean water, clean soil and climate protection. Kim is a leader of the CT Climate Crisis Mobilization and is director of advocacy for the CT Chapter of NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, working on the CT Environmental Rights Amendment. Maya is founder of For the Generations, ...
CT's Green Amendment
July 09, 2023 02:26 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBA discussion with Kim Stoner and Maya van Rossum, leaders, respectively, in CT and nationally to get state legislatures to pass so-called Green Amendments, which guarantee residents the right to clean air, clean water, clean soil and climate protection. Kim is a leader of the CT Climate Crisis Mobilization and is director of advocacy for the CT Chapter of NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, working on the CT Environmental Rights Amendment. Maya is founder of For the Generations, ...
GaiaGram # 162 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
July 05, 2023 18:51 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBMonday, July 3, was the hottest day ever recorded globally U.S. is experiencing Extreme heat that exceeds the historical average China’s experiencing severe flooding from extreme weather rising temperatures are shifting snow to rain in the mountains Iraq is experiencing reduced access to water. Blue Ocean foods are vulnerable. Biden earmarks Biden $7 billion grant for residential solar energy Detroit to achieve 100% solar power for municipal buildings. Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes EV’s
Between The Lines - 7/5/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
July 05, 2023 14:18 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB• American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action • Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation •Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis B...
Organic Farm Stand - June 15, 2023
June 29, 2023 23:27 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe Solar/Lunar Report with Laura Modlin Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm Special guest Dave Chapman, co-director of the Real Organic Project speaks about a new initiative pushing back against hydroponics. Hosts: Richard Hill and Laura Modlin
Organic Farm Stand -- May 2, 2023 -- The Farm Bill 2023
June 29, 2023 23:18 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm The Farm Bill 2023 with special guest Alice Runde of the National Organic Coalition. Host: Richard Hill
Organic Farm Stand -- June 2, 2023
June 29, 2023 02:57 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe Solar/Lunar Report The Small Farms Report The Honey Bee Update Master Gardners with special guest Sandy Wilson
Between The Lines - 6/28/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc
June 28, 2023 12:54 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access corresponden;t Producer: Scott Harris. * Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence; Shelly Altman, chair of the New Haven chapter of the group Jewish Voice for Peace; Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Billionaire Paul Singer's Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court; Greg Palast investigati...
GaiaGram # 161 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
June 27, 2023 19:49 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MB-Parts of Texas have been roasting with temperatures of 119 degrees -Microplastics are now ubiquitous. -Australia allows destruction of a main koala bear habitat -Desantis signs bill to study about sea-level rise -The world’s oceans are heating up at an alarming rate -Californians reporting sick, dying and dead sea mammals washing ashore -Nearly 50% of US bee colonies died off last year -Tens of thousands of Mormon crickets invade northern Nevada -Lake Oroville California has rebounded and ...
Barry Blumenfield on Band Central Radio
June 27, 2023 14:42 - 10 minutes - 4.91 MBBarry Blumenfield is a musician and tech entrepreneur- member of Bone Dry Band.
Jennifer Bangser on Band Central Radio Podcast
June 27, 2023 14:28 - 15 minutes - 6.91 MBJennifer Bangser- Director of strategic Partnerships with the Westport Library.
Band Central Radio on WPKN | June 2023 Full Show
June 27, 2023 14:19 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBMonday 6/26 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring Jennifer Bangser of The Westport Library and Barry Blumenfield of Bone Dry Band! Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried.✨
John Feldman - Filmmaker "Regenerating Life" Documentary
June 27, 2023 13:56 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBMy guest today joins me for a 2nd time here on “DITD”. He is filmmaker John Feldman. I first met John when I discovered his film Symbiotic Earth about the renowned , unknown to the public, scientist Lynn Margulis. A wonderful film. Now he is out with his latest film. “Regenerating Life”. A three part documentary that highlights the importance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems in regulating the climate. The poem that follows, "Mama Nature," is written and performed by Naima Penniman
GaiaGram # 160 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
June 21, 2023 14:49 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MB--Trillions of dollar subsidies for fossil fuels cause “environmental havoc -Climate tech has been a fast-growing sector for venture capital -Cork Ireland announces no new oil and gas leases will be issued -New Mexico to ban new oil and gas leases near protected areas -Austin, Texas company, is plugging old oil and gas wells -Florida Insurance premiums are skyrocketing -Swiss voters approve a global minimum tax on businesses. -The UN adopts a Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty
Between The Lines - 6/21/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
June 21, 2023 13:40 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB* Opponents Gear up to Fight GOP's Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare; Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal; Elizabeth Yeampierre, Exec Dir of Uprose, & Board co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Ensuring Juneteenth Federal Holiday Remains Radical and Relevant to Today's Civil Rights Struggle; Robert Greene II, A...
Ramon Garcia And The Fight For Education Equity In Connecticut
June 19, 2023 17:45 - 24 minutes - 55.7 MB{This episode was first broadcast live on June 18, 2023 on WPKN} Host Mike Merli sits down with Ramon Garcia, a New Britain resident and Parent Advocate with ConnCAN engaged in education equity work here in Connecticut. For more on ConnCAN: https://conncan.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ConnCAN/ https://twitter.com/conncan
THE ACE Awardees: The Role of the Arts & Culture in Building Community
June 16, 2023 19:42 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBAs we celebrate our ACE Awardees (see details here), we interviewed them on our June show about the role that community plays in their work. At our June 21 awards breakfast we will focus on how the arts and culture is the glue for our communities, highlighting the significant role that artists and arts and cultural institutions play in connecting communities across government, businesses, nonprofit agencies, educational institutions and municipalities. This connection activates communities, o...