My guest today on DITD is Louise Harrison who is Long Island Natural Areas Manager for Save the sound. Louise is a conservation biologist who has served on Long Island in federal, New York State, and Suffolk County agencies as well as in leadership and consulting positions for not-for-profit environmental organizations. She has extensive field experience working in Long Island’s coastal communities and natural ecosystems, from the boroughs of New York City to Montauk and Orient Points and has re...
Sep 12, 2023•26 min
Host: David Green This is David's final show and WPKN will miss him for sure. He will be passing the baton to incoming ED Erika Wesley Cultural Alliance Executive Director, David Green sits behind the WPKN microphone one last time to share clips from some of his favorite Spotlight broadcasts over the years. He will discuss his choices with the incoming CAFC executive director, Erika Wesley. It's six years of highlight interviews with arts organizations, creatives, and cultural institutions. Cele...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr
WPKN's Labor Report featuring economist and labor historian Michael Zweig with an update on current and pending labor actions as well as negotiations and policy developments that will have an impact on working people. Host: Richard Hill
Sep 11, 2023•28 min
* Oxfam's "Best States to Work" Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson, Senior Research Adviser with Oxfam America Producer: Scott Harris * New Report Finds Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Japan's Dumping Fukushima's Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long Term Health Hazards Cindy Folkers, Rad...
Sep 06, 2023•29 min
Exxon Mobil, humanity will fail at halting a global temperature rise EU wants global deal on phasing out fossil fuels at the new COP28 A tiny Caribbean island is sinking due to sea level rise Florida governor DeSantis rejected millions in climate funding A judge overturns Trump-era rule change allowing logging of old-growth forests Panasonic is testing "power-generating glass" for buildings.
Sep 06, 2023•4 min
On the September 3, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is joined by Ameya Krishnan. Ameya grew up in New Haven and is currently based in Hamden, Connecticut. Professionally, she is a nurse practitioner in child psychiatry. And for The Art of Living foundation, she has been a meditation instructor for 8 years, and a volunteer for 15. Through The Art of Living foundation, Ameya is involved with the upcoming World Culture Festival, which will be taking place from September 29 through Octobe...
Sep 04, 2023•26 min
* Confronting Link Between GOP's Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes Peter Montgomery, managing director of People For The American Way's Right Wing Watch Producer: Scott Harris * New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma Dr. Ned Ketyer, retired pediatrician, Pres Board of PA Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy Allan Nairn, award-w...
Aug 30, 2023•29 min
- Idalia makes landfall in Florida - UN strengthening treaty on Rights of the Child. - GOP Candidate calls Climate change a hoax -The Dirty Dozen Invasive plants -California is for now, out of drought conditions - U.S. imposes a hefty penalty against polluting Shipping Company -German energy giant dismantles wind farm to produce more coal -Sustainability Standards Board & the G 20 will set worldwide sustainability reporting requirements - Nature getting legal rights
Aug 30, 2023•5 min
Host: Rob Fried A monthly show that talks with nonprofits, musicians and other guests. This week Andy Kadison returns to the show for a special cameo appearance
Aug 28, 2023•49 min
Journalist, Jim Clash discusses his personal experiences & experiences as a journalist with the Manhattan Project Trinity site & the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Including his interviews wit a Nagasaki Survivor & Manhattan Project Physicist & Father of the H Bomb, Edward Teller.
Aug 27, 2023•56 min
My guest this afternoon is Samuel Goldenberg. Samuel is a Grandfather, Gardener and most importantly for me a tomato grower. For 20 years, he has saved the seeds and grown them every year. They are very big Roma tomatoes and are tremendous. He even supplies some Italian restaurants in New Haven (Skappo, L'Orcio) with plants to grow ever season.
Aug 25, 2023•20 min
My guest on this segment of “Digging in the Dirt” is Chairman of the Westport Community Gardens for 20 years. He has been Director of Long Lots Preserve for the last 18 months. A Sixth grade science teacher for 20 years, has run programs in New York City for recycling and alternative fuels for transit buses. He is here to discuss the apparent existential threat to the Westport Community Garden.
Aug 25, 2023•15 min
Organic Farm Stand line-up: --Laura Modlin's Solar/Lunar Report --Steve Munno's Small Farms Report --Dr. Roy Beckford, Dean of the U. of Vermont's Agricultural Extension reports on the impact of the catastrophic flooding on the farms in Vermont. Host: Richard Hill and Laura Munno
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr
We discussed the efforts to create a constitutional amendment guaranteeing environmental rights in CT with Dr. Kimberly Stoner, currently the Advocacy Director for the Connecticut chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (CT-NOFA). To sign up for more information, go to Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ctera
Aug 25, 2023•23 min
Artists Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez and Briana Williams discuss an event for artists who want to create a new creative movement in New Haven.
Aug 25, 2023•22 min
Organic Farm Stand line up: --Small Farms Report with Steve Munno from Massaro Farm --Report on effects of climate change in Australia with a sheep farmer from Coonambal in New South Wales --Report on Organic Land Care with Michael Nadeau
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr
-Tropical Storm Hilary hurricane remnants still causing issues -the wealthiest Americans cause half of planet-heating pollution in the US -weather extremes in South West Pacific caused four times more economic damage - severe drought in Panama is creating shipping disruptions -Austin Texas announces water restrictions due to drought -New York will pave the way for four-wheeled electric cargo delivery bikes, -The first cargo ship powered by 'green methanol' has begun its maiden voyage....
Aug 23, 2023•5 min
* Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction; Donald Sherman, CREW’s executive vice president and chief counsel; Producer: Scott Harris. * Georgia's RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell the Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion; Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Co-Director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Campaign; Producer: Scott Harris. * The Impact of Israeli Occupation and Colonialism on the Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystemp; Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor, director of Cytog...
Aug 23, 2023•29 min
On the August 20, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Stanley Heller. Stanley Heller is Administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, and is also involved with Middle East Crisis Committee, and is the host and producer of The Struggle Video News. Stanley joins Mike to discuss the 10 Year Anniversary of the Ghouta Massacre in Syria, at the hands of the Assad regime. Marking the occasion are rallies and vigils around the US and around the world, including tomorrow, Monday August 21...
Aug 21, 2023•27 min
The Resistance Roundtable speaks with two guests: -Eric Draitser, an independent journalist and host of the Counterpunch podcast (www.counterpunch.org) who addresses the threat of fascism in the US today; and -David Dayen, editor of the American Prospect Magazine (www.prospect.org), who talks about the indictment of Donald Trump and the rising progressive pushback against the radical rightwing. Hosts: Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner
Aug 18, 2023•52 min
-Montana court rules in favor of the youngs right to a “clean and healthful environment” -Climate & development has pushed Hawaii into a fiery new age -Pacific Northwest gets second major heat wave of the summer -Morocco temperature record tops 120 Fahrenheit -Spain declares a drought emergency -Wind and solar power and renewables are breaking records, -India's greenhouse emissions dropped by 33 per cent in 14 yr’s -New Jersey to get the nation's biggest offshore wind farm
Aug 16, 2023•4 min
* US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump 24' (Presidential) Campaign; Chris Lehmann is the D.C. Bureau chief with The Nation magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. * Civil Disobedience Actions at a European Air Base Links Threat of Nuclear Weapons with the Climate Crisis; Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford, CT, Catholic Worker Community; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Report Charges US Pressured Pakistan to Oust the Nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan; Abdul Jabbar, Emeritus Professor of Interdi...
Aug 16, 2023•29 min
Host: David Green We focused our August "Spotlight" on RiseUP for Arts, a member organization that, though based in Hartford, is active in organizing mural projects around Connecticut, including in our region of Fairfield County. We speak with executive director Matt Conway about how this organization trains artists, negotiates with municipalities and building owners, raises funds and coordinates the completion of amazing murals, often working with young people. Other guests include three artist...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr
A conversation with Rylee Haught, co-founder of Climate Defiance, a youth-led organization that has generated lots of buzz with its aggressive nonviolent direct action campaign against politicians and companies that are sending the planet into climate scorching territory.
Aug 13, 2023•29 min
-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 "uninsurable."...
Aug 10, 2023•4 min
State 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 with hi...
Aug 10, 2023•27 min
My 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 accounta...
Aug 09, 2023•34 min
* 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 repor...
Aug 09, 2023•29 min
On 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
Aug 07, 2023•25 min
Nick 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 is t...
Aug 07, 2023•27 min
