WPKN Community Radio

Two special guests: 1. Nancy Mansour, executive director of Eye Witness Palestine (www.eyewitnesspalestine.org) reports on the latest developments in the ethnic cleansing occurring in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces; 2. John Nichols, Nation Magazine national correspondent, discusses the effect of the bombing and invasion of Gaza on Joseph Biden's re-election prospects. Panel: Scott...

Special guest: Sean Fitzpatrick, founder of Real Food CT, talks about his network which distributes surplus fresh organic food from regional farms to local food banks and pantries in Connecticut. Panel: Steve Munno, Chris Ferrio, Laura Modlin and Richard Hill

{This episode of Mic Check was recorded on November 17, 2023 and broadcast on November 19, 2023} Before the program begins, host Mike Merli pays tribute to 10 loved ones of a family from the Bridgeport Muslim community who were massacred several days ago by an Israeli airstrike at Al-Mahdi Hospital in Gaza. The victims include: Two doctors, Dr. Basil Mahdi, and Dr. Read Mahdi; Dr. Read's wife Iman...

* Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity; Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN); Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Jewish Voice for Peace Protests Demand Biden, Congress Pressure Israel to Accept Gaza Ceasefire; Liv Kunins-Berkowitz, Media Coordinator with Jewish Voice for Peace; Producer: Scott Harris. * Ohio Voter...

-US. and China have agreed to jointly tackle global warming -Global warming causes $1 billion dollar disaster every 3 weeks -Top oil producing countries will drill for more oil and gas in 2024 than in history. -Oil giant Shell has launched lawsuit against Greenpeace -EPA orders limits farm pollution from livestock and crop production -The Netherlands has inaugurated an awe-inspiring 1.5-gigawatt w...

Executive Director Erika Wesley, will introduce herself to WPKN listeners and discuss her work as a literary artist, nonprofit executive, and lover of arts and culture. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye will discuss her role as art administrator of the second-largest art collection housed at a community college in the country! She will also discuss the initiatives at the Housatonic Museum of Art and the inte...

Our November "Spotlight on Arts & Culture" features hostJennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport. In this episode, Executive Director Erika Wesley, will introduce herself to WPKN listeners and discuss her work as a literary artist, nonprofit executive, and lover of arts and culture. Jennifer will discuss her role as art administrator of the second-largest art...

My guest today on Digging in the Dirt is Monique Bosch. Monique has designed and built over 40 edible school and community gardens and farms throughout New England, including a 2-acre urban farm in Bridgeport CT. She works with CT. NOFA as a Soil Health Technician as well. She has founded and run… for profit and non-profit entities, including Green Village Initiative (GVI) and Wiggle Room LLC. Mon...

I’d like to welcome musician Rod MacDonald to the WPKN airwaves. A veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene, MacDonald was a constant presence at many of New York’s most prestigious folk clubs, including Gerdes Folk City and the Bottom Line, and he still tours extensively. Rod is currently living in Delray Florida. Rod teaches an ongoing series of master classes at Florida Atlantic U where he l...

Professor Michael Zweig discusses the tentative contract negotiated with the Big 3 auto makers by the UAW, now awaiting approval by the union membership. Zweig also analyzes the concept of surplus as a natural by-product of labor. Who owns this surplus and who deserves it? Interview by Richard Hill -- Nov. 2. 2023

Arab American Institute co-founder and President James J. Zogby: As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefire Empire State College Assistant Professor of labor studies Jeff Schuhrke: UAW Strike Ends Winning Historic Agreements with Big 3 Automakers Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Co...

-House Republicans approved legislation to slash the EPA budget by 40 percent -Crete has unusual November heatwave and extreme weather -Three Basins Summit to discusses collaboration ending deforestation -plastic waste leads to a bears demise -Cattle play a colossal role in climate change -World Energy Outlook 2023” declares that the fossil fuel era is now in decline

* As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe; Zachary Lockman, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and History at New York University; Producer: Scott Harris. * GOP's New Speaker of the House is a Christian Right Extremist; Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter with Huffington Post; Producer: Scott Harris. * New Haven Activist...

-Category 5 Hurricane Otis wrought destruction in Acapulco -U.S. is averaging eight major $1 billion weather events per year -Depletion of the world's resources is creating a chain of interconnected risks -200 health journals ask world leaders to recognize that climate - change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis -New data highlights the top 10 greenhouse gas emitting companies

My guest today on DITD is Michael E. Mann. Arguably the foremost living paleoclimatologist and geophysicist. He is the director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Mann has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. His latest book is “Our Fragile Moment”....

-130 companies, signed a letter calling on governments phase out fossil fuels -The Gulf Stream is almost certainly weakening -The melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves to substantially accelerate -Bloomberg has a $50 million initiative to help cities with climate change, -A colossal aspen stand in Utah appears to be fragmenting as a result of overgrazing. -Flaring, or burning off, natural gas i...

Solar/Lunar Report Small Farms Report The Pumpkin Patch with Patti Popp Panel: Richard Hill, Laura Modlin and Steve Munno

Host: Rob Fried from Band Central Guest: Bill Haas, The Center for Nonprofits at Sacred Heart University

Host: Rob Fried Rob's guest is Tracey Marble- a singer/songwriter, vocal coach and actress and on the Music faculty at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford.

Host: Rob Fried Monday 10/23 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special Band Central Radio show featuring host Rob Fried and special guests Tracey Marble (vocalist) and Bill Hass (Center For Nonprofits at Sacred Heart University). Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music! Tune in Monday! 🎶

Dr. Kelsey Fisher, entomologist with the CT Agricultural Experiment Station, discusses the role, the life cycle and the benefits of monarch butterflies which are about to migrate south to Mexico. Panel: Richard Hill, Laura Modlin, Steve Munno and Chris Ferrio.

* Gaza Humanitarian Disaster: 5,000+ Civilians Killed as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked; Zeiad Shamrouch, Executive Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance; Producer: Scott Harris * Israel's Planned Gaza Ground Offensive Could Trigger Wider Middle East War Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, former CIA Analyst Producer: Scott Harris * Californ...

Congratulations to Suzanne Kachmar on her 15th Annual Bridgeport Art Trail.

My guest this afternoon on “Digging in the Dirt Is the Executive Director of Sustainable CT Lynn Stoddard. Sustainable CT is a free, dynamic voluntary certification program that inspires, supports, and accelerates actions to help Connecticut communities thrive. Lynn has more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing sustainability programs. Her Expertise is in climate change and e...

-Miami-Dade area residents may face displacement due to sea level rise -Amazon’s Negro River, reached its lowest level in 121 years ago. - Exxon Mobil $60 billion deal says oil here to stay -World Bank has calls into question the subsidizing fossil fuels. -Rivian, to buy renewable energy to reach net-zero emissions commitment. -Boston has been turned into a quarter-acre "food forest. -21 more spec...