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Alan Stern has been involved in more than 20 NASA Mission. Dr Stern discusses his Virgin Galactic flight into space, the future of space communications, & the latest findings of the New Horizons mission to Pluto & beyond End Music, 2001 Funk is a Larry Benigno Production

Hazel Kahan, long-time interview host, discusses her shows Tidings and North Fork Works and describes her journey from a successful publicist in the corporate world to a talk show host on WPKN. Interview by Richard Hill

Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT. Entomologist and ecologist Doug Tallamy is professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. Doug discusses the ways we can create sustainable ecosystems by supporting "keystone" and native plants in our back yards that link together with forests and protected parklands. Interview by...

-Dubai recorded a year’s worth of rain in just 12 hours -Hurricane season expected to be the worst on record -(EPA) finalizes rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water -Corporations urgently need to halve their emissions before 2030 -US DOE to speed up the connection of clean energy to the grid. -Peak wildfire season is heating up the Garden State,

*In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses Richard Silverstein, publisher of Tikun Olam, a blog addressing Israeli national security issues; Producer: Scott Harris. *Student Hunger Strikers Call for Yale Divestment from Companies Providing Weapons to Israel Yale Hunger Striker, Interviews and megaphone street announcements Producer: Melinda T...

On the April 21, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Omar Antar, the Founder of the CT Palestine Alliance, a confederation of Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other citizen groups, working to move the state of Connecticut and the nation toward peace & justice, in particular in Palestine. Omar discusses the Alliance's work, which includes organizing to shift municipal and state-lev...

- Bogota Colombia is rationing water due to drought - Morocco's second-largest reservoir drying up -new scientific method pinpoints microplastic pollution 'hotspots' -Court finds climate crisis involves human rights violations. -7 countries generate 100% of electricity from renewable energy -The EU’s Green Claims Directive rules -Sea otters help kelp forest ecosystems

-March was the Earth’s 10th consecutive month of record-breaking heat -57 companies responsible for 80% of the world’s global CO2 emissions -An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely in 2024. -The rate of carbon emissions cuts in the United States has doubled -Billionaire Australian to invest in green projects -China is the most polluting nation and doing most for renewable energy.

-The Antarctic Circumpolar Current getting faster -California temporarily shuts down Highway 1 due to coastal erosion -Solar panels are so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences -Global heating is causing problems for a variety of crops -Hong Kong’s records highest Temp for March in 140 years, -Half of the tap water in the U S contaminated with forever“ chemicals,” -Amount of plasti...

Laura Modlin hosts a discussion with Louise Washer, president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association and co-founder of the Pollinator Pathway. Native pollinators are vital to our communities and they discuss why. As well as bills being proposed to protect native pollinators against the deadly effects of neonic pesticides; and what you can do to encourage their proliferation in your yards and b...

Boston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban Bob Nixon's Under-reported...

Nancy Mansour, executive director of Eye Witness Palestine (www.eyewitnesspalestine.org) gives a first-hand report from Gaza where she led a recent tour of 10 doctors treating injured and sick Palestinians in Rafa. Miranda Rector-Cohen, co-director of the CT chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, discusses the results from the "uncommitted" campaign in the Democratic presidential primary and the strat...

Economist Michael Zweig and Labor attorney Arthur Schwartz analyze the attack by Amazon, Tesla and Starbucks on the National Labor Relations Board in a case that could wind up before the Supreme Court of the United States. Interview by Richard Hill, April 2, 2024

* Israel's Attack on Iran's Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War; Melvin Goodman, a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, Former CIA Analyst; Producer: Scott Harris. * The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery; Katya Schwenk, a journalist reporting for The Lever; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Trump, GOP, Rightwing Media We...

This episode of Spotlight on Arts and Culture is a celebration of National Poetry month featuring a conversation with poet, artist, and archivist Shanna Melton. Shanna Melton runs the Writer's Group in Bridgeport, a monthly creative writing workshop.

* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris * Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting)...

* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris * Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting)...

My guest is E. Hardy Kern lll, The Director of Government relations pesticides and Birds Campaign for the American Bird Conservancy. Hardy will address “Neonics” Neonicotinoids, the New DDT pesticide and it’s threat to birds. The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit membership organization with the mission of conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Its focus is on th...

For the Sunday March 31, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with James Shaham, live in the studio. James Shaham is an American-Palestinian community member and organizer with Bridgeport for Ceasefire. James speaks about his unique journey, as well as experiences and injustices his family has suffered, the conditions in the Occupied West Bank, and why the Ceasefire Resolution in Br...

Melinda Tuhus, independent journalist, talks about her long-running environmentally-focused show The Forest and the Trees with host Richard Hill. (March, 2024)

Show features: --Small Farms Report with Steve Munno --Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye --Spring Farmers Markets Open with Kaitlyn Kimbell Hosted by Richard Hill

-Fossil fuel industry says abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas -IEA, projects that oil and gas demand peaks by 2030 -Philadelphia county is suing the oil industry, saying oil producers deceived the public about global warming. -Historic and significant climate regulations issued for U.S. -Sea ice in arctic regions of the planet continued its decline in 2024 -Insurance rates going up for...

* After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution; Josh Ruebner, Adjunct Lecturer in the Justice and Peace Program at Georgetown University; Producer: Scott Harris. * ‘Stop Cop City’ Opponents Fight to have Atlanta Voters Decide Fate of Militarized Police Training Facility; Rev. Keyanna Jones, co-pastor of Park Avenue Baptist Church, Atlanta; Produce...

Eclipse 2024 Interview with Joe Rao. Meteorologist Joe Rao discusses the upcoming April 8th Solar Eclipse that will cover the entire contiguous U.S & parts of Mexico & Canada...and how to view it safely End Music, "2001 Funk" , by Larry Benigno

* Biden's Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritizes Rhetoric Over Action; Jack Mirkinson, a Senior Editor at The Nation magazine and cofounder of Discourse Blog; Producer: Scott Harris. * US and Other Nations Intervene Once Again in Haiti to Address a Crisis They Helped Create; Jake Johnston, Senior Research Associate with the Center for Economic and Policy Research; Producer: Scott Harris....