Jason Stanley: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One Morgan Fox: Although Federal Agencies Recommend Changes to Marijuana Classification, Major Reforms Unlikely Carrie Baker: U.S. Courts Uphold States’ Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary • Somalia attempts to nullify Ethiopia’s Red Sea port plan • Most states don't warn about "forever chemicals" in fish • Los Angeles landlords forcing rent-stabilized dwellers out
Jan 24, 2024•29 min
Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians Climate Defiance organizer Maxwell Downing: Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen, Joe Manchin as “Climate Super Villain” Stand Up America's Tishan Weerasooriya: Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • 4 ways to ease Cuba's humanitarian crisis • NYPD faces backlash as it plans to ...
Jan 24, 2024•29 min
Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians Climate Defiance organizer Maxwell Downing: Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin as “Climate Super Villain” Stand Up America's Tishan Weerasooriya: Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • 4 ways to ease Cuba's humanitarian crisis • NYPD faces backlash as it plans to ...
Jan 24, 2024•29 min
My guest now is Raju Rajan. Raju describes himself as a technologist with a strong communitarian ethic. Raju is one of the founders of ReWild Long Island and currently serves as Board President. Raju is an avid gardener and amateur tree-enthusiast, he also owns and manages a small agroforest in India dedicated to rewilding and permaculture. ReWild Long Island is accepting applications from community groups to join their ReWild LI Gardens program.
Jan 22, 2024•20 min
I'd like to welcome in here to digging in the dirt, my friend Joe Magazzi, president of Green Earth Ag And Turf a company that is a leader in wholesale distribution of organic products for plants, trees and turf with thirteen years of experience and expertise in the green industries. Their motto is All we do are organics. He's here to talk about his First annual Green Earth Ag & Turf Webinar dedicated to teaching more natural and organic application programs and promoting sustainability.
Jan 22, 2024•19 min
-EPA will have 1 Billion to clean-up the Great Lakes -U.S. plans to conserve and steward old-growth forests on national forests -Miami septic tanks leaking Nutrients and fecal bacteria -California to enforce laws on over-pumping of groundwater -The Bering snow crab season will be closed for 2023-2024 -Egyptian government approves incentives for green hydrogen projects -It's official 2023 was Earth’s warmest year in a century and a half
Jan 22, 2024•5 min
-Blinken says Healthy soil is increasingly an issue of national security -Federal rule will force crack down on methane gas emissions -One of the largest coal plants to be be replaced by the nation’s biggest solar farm -Kashmir India’s mountains having snowless winter -India to achieve 65 percent of its power capacity from non- fossil-fuel sources -US Department of Defense will install rooftop solar on the Pentagon
Jan 22, 2024•5 min
The January 21, 2024 episode of Mic Check was a re-broadcast of host Mike Merli's January 1 interview with Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian activist based right here in Connecticut. Mahmoud shares his story, and speaks as an organizer with Bridgeport for Ceasefire, a diverse and inclusive grassroots campaign, led by local Palestinians and Muslims, that organized for a Ceasefire Resolution at the municipal level here in Bridgeport. The resolution was conceived by, and put forth by, City Council Membe...
Jan 22, 2024•30 min
Michael Zweig, economist, labor historian and author of the just released book "Race, Class and Gender -- Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism," discusses the momentous labor action in 2023 and offers his forecast for labor in 2024. Interview by Richard Hill
Jan 20, 2024•26 min
The Resistance panel interviews India Walton, the Black woman who rocked the political establishment in Buffalo, NY, when she beat the centrist mayor in that city's primary. She is currently an activist and writer with Roots Action (www.rootsaction.org), a progressive advocacy and action group. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill
Jan 20, 2024•49 min
Special guests, Louise Lasher and Lisa Shanahan, discuss how they successfully passed an ordinance restricting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Norwalk, CT. Panel: Steve Munno, Laura Modlin and Richard Hill
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr
-Storm brings record coastal flooding in Maine -Reduced snowpack in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere -Iranians accusing its Neighbor Turkey Of Stealing Rain Clouds, -A quarter of humanity living under drought in 2022 and 2023 -Bottled water has 10 to 100 times more bits of plastic than - previously estimated -A battery system has replaced Hawaii’s very last coal power plant.
Jan 15, 2024•4 min
* South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza Robert L. Herbst, is a human rights lawyer in New York Producer: Scott Harris * Protest at US Holocaust Museum Demands Response to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza Michael Beer, Director of Nonviolence International Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Two States Rule Insurrectionist Donald Trump Ineligible to Appear on 2024 Ballot Nikhel Sus, Senior Counsel, Dir. Strategic Litigation, Citizens for Responsibility and Et...
Jan 10, 2024•29 min
My guests today are all doing great things for the Long Island sound. Dr. Sarah Crosby, who is a marine ecologist trained in conservation science with extensive experience in coastal and marine ecosystems. Kat Cuzco of the Lobster trap team has worked as a marine science educator at Project Oceanology since 2019. At Project O. She also works on the Lobster Trap Recovery and Assessment Partnership (L-TRAP). Also Bill Lucey, a sound keeper for Save The Sound. We are here to discuss the problem of ...
Jan 09, 2024•31 min
* Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024; Dr. Dana Elborno, MD, OBGYN, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology physician practicing in Illinois; Producer: Scott Harris. * Group Challenging America's Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support; Christopher Pearson, Secretary of the group National Popular Vote, former Vermont legislator; Producer: Scott Harris. * CT’s Clean Slate Law Seals Criminal Records of People Convicted of Misdeme...
Jan 03, 2024•29 min
-EXIM approved nearly $1 billion in fossil fuel lending -New York just became the first state to restrict seeds coated with bee-killing pesticides. -a declaration signed to boost health-related climate finance -San Mateo sea-level rise planners propose building an off-shore tidal lagoon -Chile believed to have a tree that survived for more than 5,000 years
Jan 02, 2024•4 min
Dr. Irene Mulvey, president of the American Association of University Professors, discusses the onslaught against freedom of speech and inquiry in Florida and academia, in general. Luke Savage, staff reporter with Jacobin Magazine, offers his perspective on how the corporate media is—and should be—covering the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill
Dec 30, 2023•51 min
-The electric vehicle market is in good health, with record sales -Colorado River’s water supply drops substantially due to low snow -The Northeast and N. California, risk of extreme flash rainstorms - 60% of insects struggling to keep up with the plants they rely on -half” of the whales and dolphins over the past five years contained PCBs, -Stanford Natural Capital Project, answering questions Ct about nature friendly development.
Dec 28, 2023•4 min
* If Re-elected Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime, But Are Americans Listening?; Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon and author; Producer: Scott Harris. * A Bipartisan ‘Fiscal Commission,’ The GOP's Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * After 30 Years of Organizing Yale Grad Student Union Local 33 Wins First Contract; Sasha Tabachnikova, PhD candidate in immunobiology, & m...
Dec 27, 2023•29 min
Recorded at the 2023 Northeast Astro Forum, the first woman to command & pilot a U.S. Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins & Author Jonathan Ward discuss their book “Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars” with many of Eileen’s experiences as a Test & Space Shuttle Pilot… and the future of space exploration.
Dec 24, 2023•58 min
Dr MIchelle Thaller, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Astronomer Discusses how stars are born & die ...And mysteries of the Universe including Dark Matter, Dark Energy, & Space Time
Dec 24, 2023•53 min
* Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel's Carnage in Gaza; Samer Badawi is a Palestinian-American writer and a contributor to +972 Magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. * COP 28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis; Fletcher Harper, executive director of the multi-faith international climate organization GreenFaith; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * New Book Examines the Issues of Class, Race, Gender and the Injuries of Capitalism; Michael Zweig, Profes...
Dec 20, 2023•29 min
-Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year directly harms nature -Rising sea levels threaten to drown Pacific island nations, -Greek village Metamorfosi relocating their entire community due to flood waters -Canary Islands, El Hierro is the first yo function for 28 days using only wind and water power. -More than 1,000 abandoned lobster traps have been removed from Long Island Sound -General Mills, Walmart, and Sam’s Club collaborate on adoption of regenerative agriculture pract...
Dec 19, 2023•4 min
My guest on DITD today is Ralph Baskin. Ralph is a Retired IT cost consultant turned photographer who moved to CT from NY over 40 years ago where he lives in, and has improved, a small 1890's Victorian farmhouse. Ralph and I have found common ground with our views on the environment and have had many conversations about solar which I have dabbled with and Ralph has had a lot of experience, having adding a solar system to his own home. Besides my intention to always feature local guests and liste...
Dec 19, 2023•26 min
-200 countries make global pact for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” 200 researchers, sounds the alarm on climate tipping points— - rising ocean temperatures are causing hurricanes to gain strength -N Y’s South Fork Wind first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US
Dec 19, 2023•4 min
* Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Antisemitism, Islamophobia; Will Creeley, Legal Director with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE); Producer: Scott Harris. * Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws; Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Law Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Too Little Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai; Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet ...
Dec 13, 2023•29 min
The Farm Stand speaks with Frank Pagliaro, an historian and researcher, who describes the first documented meteor to strike North America on Dec. 14, 1807. Hosted by Richard Hill, Laura Modlin and Steve Munno.
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr
I recorded several speakers from the 54th National Day of Mourning at Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving Day, 2023, including the co-chair of United American Indians of New England, a Palestinian, and an 82-year-old survivor of Canada's Indian residential schools (prisons)
Dec 09, 2023•29 min
-COP28 president says "no science" for a phase out of fossil fuels. -Gore says oil industry is way more effective at capturing politicians than emissions. -4 out of 5 people agree that it’s essential to do “whatever it takes” to limit climate change -Solar capacity has grown faster in US electrical generation than all other energy sources -Airbus will have fleet of ocean vessels with wind-assisted propulsion -coal-producing West Virginia school system is going solar,
Dec 06, 2023•5 min
* Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel's Deadly Gaza Attack; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris. * The Struggle for Palestinian Rights & Self Determination Embraced by Indigenous Activists; Salma Abu Ayyash, a Palestinian American engineer, educator, and social justice activist Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * The Dark, Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger; Peter Kornbluh, Dir. Cuba & Chile Documentation Projects at the...
Dec 06, 2023•29 min
