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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...

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 Soun...

* 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 Cris...

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...

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 o...

This 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, Michae...

The 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, podcast...

* 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 Tu...

* 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 T...

-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 shopp...

On 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://bo...

My 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...

-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 Time...

* 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: Meli...

I 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...

Host: Rob Fried Marc Donald is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Ryasap

Carla Miklos is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Operation Hope

WPKN 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.✨

An 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 storyt...

Today 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...

-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...

* 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 pri...

PODCAST: Vita West Muir is the founder and executive/artistic director of Litchfield Jazz Festival (July 28-30, Washington, CT at Frederick Gunn School);

Mike Roer, Director of Entrepreneur Foundation Inc. Owner of The Emporium

PODCAST 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’.