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On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews. The second interview was with Joan Cavanagh. Joan Cavanagh, a New Haven resident and co-founder of the New Haven Sunday Vigil for Peace and Justice, speaks about her life of peace activism, and the weekly vigil against war and militarism taking place every Sunday in downtown New H...

On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews. The first interview was with Jason A. Coombs. Jason A. Coombs, Bridgeport native and founder of the Bridgeport Film Festival, discusses his journey and his work with the Steering Committee for this year’s upcoming Greater Bridgeport Pride, taking place June 22nd. More information...

* Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media; Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University; Producer: Scott Harris. * New Edition of “Compendium on Fracking” Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas; Dr. Sandra Steingraber co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of New York; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Group Challenging America's Undemoc...

-Mexico City is just weeks away from Day Zero of no water -New Delhi soared to a record high of 126.1 degrees -Worst flood in the history of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Marathon, Texas, fell more than 50 degrees from 105 degrees -Alaska's brooks and streams have been turning a dirty orange -USA today has the 2nd annual America's Climate Leaders list. -Vermont enacts a law for fossil fuel companies...

-A giant iceberg, has broken free in Antarctica. -Mexico and Colombia running low on water - that 80 percent of Americans tested positive to harmful chemical -N,Y, State considers “packaging reduction and recycling plan,” -End Polluter Welfare Act, could save Billions -Pope Francis says the climate crisis has "gotten to the point of no return"

My guest on this show of “Digging in the Dirt” has been Chairman of the Westport Community Gardens for 20 years. He also has been Director of Long Lots Preserve for the last 2 years and a Sixth grade science teacher for 20 years. In the past he has run programs in New York City for recycling and alternative fuels for transit buses The first time Lou was here we discussed the existential threat to...

* Rightwing extremist network financed Moms For Liberty; Maurice T. Cunningham, author of "Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization”; Producer: Scott Harris. * Green Workers Alliance Fights for a Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions for those in the Renewable Energy Industry; Matthew Mayers, Executive Director with Green Workers Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * EPA Issues New Stand...

Up next on Digging in the Dirt is a local, guy Joe Gloria. Joe works for one of the gardening establishments just about everybody in the area has been to one time or another and that's Gilbertie's. They've always been at the forefront of organic from the beginning. Joe Gloria is a garden guru of plants, shrubs, and perennials alike. Joe Gloria has a passion for caring for plants and the people who...

My next guest is Alice Ely. Alice is a UConn Advanced Master Gardener & Master Composter, and the creator of multiple public and private butterfly gardens in Fairfield County. She speaks frequently on the importance of gardening for habitat, food and not least of all, joy. In addition to promoting native plants through the Pollinator Pathway, and educating on sustainable gardening at Westport’s Wa...

-Northern India, reeling under a fierce heatwave -Scorching heat hit Texas, Gulf Coast, South Florida -Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting rapidly -Panama Canal faces a water crisis amid drought -Tree ring data confirms it's never been hotter -One in eight Europeans lives in an area”at risk area”

Host: Andrew S. Ross Co-Host and Programming Coordinator: Bonna Sue Burtt A conversation with author Jeffrey L. Richards about his book "We Are Only Ghosts." Author website: www.jeffreylrichards.com

Description: On this episode, Victoria McCraven, curator and art historian, chats about her current exhibition “It Will Go On” at MoCA Westport. We also discuss her experiences curating culturally competent exhibits as well as her journey as a doctoral scholar.

On the Sunday May 19, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Susan Bramhall, an organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) New Haven, and a Board Member of Eyewitness Palestine. Susan discusses her life of activism, and the upcoming Walk for Gaza CT, taking place this Thursday thru Saturday, May 23 - 25, 2024. For more on the upcoming Walk for Gaza CT: linktr.ee/walkforgazact To...

In the first half a conversation with artist and scientist Nicholas Milkovich who is giving a talk on his work at the Yale Franke Program and in the second half a conversation with Andres Versoza about his collection of baskets currently the subject of an exhibition at the Unionville Museum!

Guests: --Irene Mulvy, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), discusses the organization's protect of free speech by students and teaching staff on campuses; --Jeff Cohen, media critic, journalist and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), assesses the performance of the corporate media in covering the Israeli assault on Gaza and the campus protests t...

-Arizona's heat officer plans to prevent related deaths -Historic floods in Brazil -Deadly flooding in Kenya has displaced over 280,000 -More tornadoes are now concentrated in fewer days, -Rising sea levels negatively impacting coastal communities -World using more plastic packaging and bags than before -Climate change” are removed from Florida state law, -US has now officially surpassed 5 million...

* Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials; Michael Lynk, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario, Canada; Producer: Scott Harris. * State Dept Report Presents Contradictory Findings re: Israel’s Illegal Use of US Weapons in Gaza; Raed Jarrar, Advocacy Director at DAWN; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Trump's Contempt for Women S...

Economist Michael Zweig and UAW Region 9A Director Brandon Mancilla analyze the vote to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TN, the first win for auto workers in the South. Professor Zweig discusses the huge Labor Notes Conference held in Chicago which he attended April 19-21. Host: Richard Hill

My conversation with Lori Brown, executive director of the CT League of Conservation Voters, about the just-completed 2024 short session of the CT General Assembly.

-Trump offers to gut climate initiatives for $1 Billion -Europe is the fastest warming continent -U.S. 2024 summer, will see record-breaking days of heat. -Cost of climate disasters in Texas could exceed $100 Billion -Jakarta is the world’s fastest sinking metropolis. - Europe's cities using nature-based solutions to fight Global warming

A talk with Curator nico w okoro about her new project the Orchid Gallery up now at the ConnCorp building. more at https://www.nicowheadon.com/ and https://conncorp.org/ Maxim Schmidt and Martha Willette Lewis host a monthly discussion about Art and Culture. originally aired on wpkn 89,5 fm

* The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters; Helen Benedict, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University; Producer: Scott Harris. * Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients; Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Law Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion; Ryan Grim, The Inter...

-Asia has been hit with a massive 2 week long heat wave -Oil companies knowingly suppressed link between fossil fuels - and climate -States to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages -Five companies are responsible 1/4 of all plastic waste -Microplastics are infiltrating our food supply -Drought in Mexico affecting farming, especially avocados

* Weaponizing Antisemitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel's Vicious Gaza War; Arun Kundnani, author of "The End of Tolerance;" Producer: Scott Harris. * Protest at Citibank NYC HQ Kicks of ‘Summer of Heat’ Actions targeting Wall St Fossil Fuel Financiers; Alice Hu, Senior Climate Campaigner at New York Communities for Change; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Haiti Crisis Draws...

My guest is Bill Weir. Bill is a CNN anchor and Chief Climate Correspondent and he is host and executive producer of the acclaimed CNN Original Series "The Wonder List with Bill Weir." Now Bill is the author of a wonderful new Book entitled "Life as We Know It (Can Be) Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World."