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WPKN Community Radio

WPKN Community Radiowww.wpkn.org
WPKN 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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May 07, 202529 min

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Apr 16, 202529 min

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Apr 09, 202529 min

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Apr 09, 202529 min

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Apr 02, 202529 min

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*Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter the Progam Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable; Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. *Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of Lawlessness; Lisa Gilbert, Co-President of Public Citizen; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist; Sam Carliner a journalist and edito...

Mar 19, 202529 min

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Mar 12, 202529 min

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Mar 12, 202529 min

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Mar 12, 20251 hr 29 min

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Mar 12, 202529 min

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Mar 05, 202529 min

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* Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid Healthcare; Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk Coup; Maria J. Stephan, Co-Lead and Chief Organizer with the Horizons Project; Producer: Scott Harris. * As NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shut Down; Michael Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Cente...

Feb 26, 202529 min

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* Back in the White House Trump Launches Vicious White Supremacist Policy Agenda Steve Phillips, columnist, host of the Democracy in Color podcast, and bestselling author Producer: Scott Harris * After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in the Occupied West Bank Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University Producer: Melinda Tuhus * RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to US Public if Senate Confirms him as HHS ...

Feb 05, 202529 min

Between the Lines for January 22, 2025

* Protests in Washington D.C., and Nationwide Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Speeches and Interviews from the Washington D.C. People’s March, Jan. 18, 2025 Producer: Scott Harris * Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump’s Energy Secretary Alejandro Sobrera Barboza, an activist with the Sunrise Movement and US Rep Delia Ramirez of IL. Producer: Melinda Tuhus * The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in ...

Jan 22, 202529 min

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*Israel’s Brutal Gaza War has Exacted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children; Kieran King, Global Head of Humanitarianism with the group War Child Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law; Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Co-Director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Campaign; Producer: Scott Harris. *Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy; Michael Richardson an activist with Third Act; Produce...

Jan 15, 202529 min

How road salt impacts the environment & wildlife

Laura Modlin interviews Olivia DiPalermo from Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition on the negative impacts of excessive road salt and what you can do about it. Aired January 5, 2025.

Jan 06, 202530 min

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* Trump's Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Frightened GOP Senators; Heather Digby Parton, a contributing writer to Salon.com; Producer: Scott Harris. * Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats' Multiple Failures; Ralph Nader America’s leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris. * Human Rights, Religious Groups Call on Biden to Clear Federal Death Row Before Trump Takes Office; Robin Maher, Executi...

Dec 18, 202429 min

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* Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years; David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party & Author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President; Wajahat Ali, author and creator of The Left Hook Substack; Producer: Scott Harris. * Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Costs; Sheldon Pollock, Retired Professor at Columbia University an...

Dec 04, 202429 min

A town with four reservoirs

Laura Modlin interviews Andrew Kupinse about preserving zoning in Easton, CT to protect the water supply in the town’s four reservoirs. They serve 100s of thousands of customers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Originally aired December 1, 2024.

Dec 03, 202428 min

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* How To Explain Voter’s Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent; Producer: Scott Harris. * Women's March Organizing first major Protest Jan 18th to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0; Tamika Middleton, Managing Director of Women's March; Producer: Scott Harris. * Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate Regulations; Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker, Climate Activis...

Nov 27, 202429 min

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Nov 27, 202429 min

GaiaGram #236 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

-Delhi’ India’s air quality the equivalent of 49 cigarettes daily -Storm Bert wreaks havoc on Ireland, flooding, downed trees, power outages nationwide. -U S Northwest battered by storms -Mexico’s Vanilla producers estimate they lost about 80 percent of this year's crop. -Greece, expecting 90% reduction in Chestnut crop yield -10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea -Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, works against climate agreement

Nov 23, 20244 min

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* How Democrats' Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years; Rachel Bitecofer, political strategist, analyst and author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Merrick Garland's Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime; Sarah Kendzior author and co-host of the Gaslit Nation weekly podcast; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Continues US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People; Sultana Hossain, Recording Secretary Amazon Labor Uni...

Nov 20, 202429 min

Barbara Fair On The Fight For Justice For J'Allen Jones

On the October 20, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is in conversation with Barbara Fair, LCSW, a community organizer and founding member of Stop Solitary CT. Barbara and Stop Solitary CT are currently calling for justice for J’Allen Jones, a 32 year-old community member who died in Department of Correction custody in 2018, in a horrifying and devastating situation. Barbara Fair can be reached at: barbfair848@gmail.com. More info on Stop Solitary CT at: www.stopsolitaryct.org/ x.com/st...

Oct 21, 202426 min
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