WPKN Community Radio

PODCAST with Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services

WPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo hosts his July ‘GM REPORT TO THE LISTENERS’ today at 12noon to 12:55. His guests include: 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’.;...

In this episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Luis Lopez, a visual artist and leader in the newly formed Steering Committee for Greater Bridgeport Pride. Luis provides an overview of the upcoming Greater Bridgeport Pride 2023, and offers deep, personal reflections on why Pride matters. For more on Luis' art: www.instagram.com/luis_lopez_art For more on Greater Bridgeport Pride (taking...

The Resistance panel interviews Horace Campbell, professor of African American studies and political science at the University of Syracuse, about his recent Counterpunch article, "U.S. Military, White Supremacy and Affirmative Action," in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action in college admissions. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

-Devastating Flooding slams United States’ Northeast -Spain ravaged by raging flash floods -Deadly flooding ravaged parts of Europe -The world must preserve 79% of remaining terrestrial vegetation -The climate crisis has changed weather patterns -Brazil's Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6 percent -US has a new industry called "agri-solar." -Chinese solar + salt + shrimp farm solar power statio...

Host: David Green Our July "Spotlight" shined a light on 9 quite different organizations in our region who received the highly competitive "Good to Great" grant, jointly administered by the CT Office of the Arts and CT Humanities, designed to help transform the visitor experience at their institutions. The grant is awarded to "organizations of all sizes who demonstrate deep thinking about who they...

* House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden's Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine; Daryl Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association; Producer: Scott Harris. * Biden Believes Right Wing Extremist Supreme Court 'Not Normal,' But Resists Calls for Reform; Ben Burgis, Adjunct Philosophy Professor at Rutgers University and Jacobin magazine columnist; Producer: Scott Harris. *...

A discussion with Kim Stoner and Maya van Rossum, leaders, respectively, of the CT Environmental Rights Amendment and the national effort to get states to pass a Green Amendment, which would guarantee residents' right to clean air, water, soil and a safe climate. Kim is director of advocacy for the CT chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and a leader of the CT Climate Crisis Mobili...

A discussion with Kim Stoner and Maya van Rossum, leaders, respectively, in CT and nationally to get state legislatures to pass so-called Green Amendments, which guarantee residents the right to clean air, clean water, clean soil and climate protection. Kim is a leader of the CT Climate Crisis Mobilization and is director of advocacy for the CT Chapter of NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Associ...

Monday, July 3, was the hottest day ever recorded globally U.S. is experiencing Extreme heat that exceeds the historical average China’s experiencing severe flooding from extreme weather rising temperatures are shifting snow to rain in the mountains Iraq is experiencing reduced access to water. Blue Ocean foods are vulnerable. Biden earmarks Biden $7 billion grant for residential solar energy Detr...

• American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action • Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation •Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New...

The Solar/Lunar Report with Laura Modlin Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm Special guest Dave Chapman, co-director of the Real Organic Project speaks about a new initiative pushing back against hydroponics. Hosts: Richard Hill and Laura Modlin

The Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm The Farm Bill 2023 with special guest Alice Runde of the National Organic Coalition. Host: Richard Hill

The Solar/Lunar Report The Small Farms Report The Honey Bee Update Master Gardners with special guest Sandy Wilson

* A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access corresponden;t Producer: Scott Harris. * Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence; Shelly Altman, chair of the New Haven chapter of the group Jewish Voice for Peace; Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Billionaire Paul Singer's Lavish Gi...

-Parts of Texas have been roasting with temperatures of 119 degrees -Microplastics are now ubiquitous. -Australia allows destruction of a main koala bear habitat -Desantis signs bill to study about sea-level rise -The world’s oceans are heating up at an alarming rate -Californians reporting sick, dying and dead sea mammals washing ashore -Nearly 50% of US bee colonies died off last year -Tens of t...

Barry Blumenfield is a musician and tech entrepreneur- member of Bone Dry Band.

Jennifer Bangser- Director of strategic Partnerships with the Westport Library.

Monday 6/26 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring Jennifer Bangser of The Westport Library and Barry Blumenfield of Bone Dry Band! Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried.✨

My guest today joins me for a 2nd time here on “DITD”. He is filmmaker John Feldman. I first met John when I discovered his film Symbiotic Earth about the renowned , unknown to the public, scientist Lynn Margulis. A wonderful film. Now he is out with his latest film. “Regenerating Life”. A three part documentary that highlights the importance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems in regulating th...

--Trillions of dollar subsidies for fossil fuels cause “environmental havoc -Climate tech has been a fast-growing sector for venture capital -Cork Ireland announces no new oil and gas leases will be issued -New Mexico to ban new oil and gas leases near protected areas -Austin, Texas company, is plugging old oil and gas wells -Florida Insurance premiums are skyrocketing -Swiss voters approve a glob...

* Opponents Gear up to Fight GOP's Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare; Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal; Elizabeth Yeampierre, Exec Dir of Uprose, & Board co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Ensuring Juneteenth Fed...

{This episode was first broadcast live on June 18, 2023 on WPKN} Host Mike Merli sits down with Ramon Garcia, a New Britain resident and Parent Advocate with ConnCAN engaged in education equity work here in Connecticut. For more on ConnCAN: https://conncan.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ConnCAN/ https://twitter.com/conncan

As we celebrate our ACE Awardees (see details here), we interviewed them on our June show about the role that community plays in their work. At our June 21 awards breakfast we will focus on how the arts and culture is the glue for our communities, highlighting the significant role that artists and arts and cultural institutions play in connecting communities across government, businesses, nonprofi...

* Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Residence; Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics, author and writer at Salon; Producer: Scott Harris. * Protesting Deal to Build Mountain Valley Pipeline, Rep. Tlaib Says Corporate Greed is Killing Us; Rashida Tlaib, democratic congresswoman of Michigan; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * The Urgent Need to Reduce Rising US-China Tensions and Avert Futur...