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*Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter the Progam Serving the Nation's Most Vulnerable; Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. *Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime's Onslaught of Lawlessness; Lisa Gilbert, Co-President of Public Citizen; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist; Sam Carliner a journalist and editor at Left Voice; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid Healthcare; Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk Coup; Maria J. Stephan, Co-Lead and Chief Organizer with the Horizons Project; Producer: Scott Harris. * As NYC's Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shut Down; Michael Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change law at Columbia Law School; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
* Back in the White House Trump Launches Vicious White Supremacist Policy Agenda Steve Phillips, columnist, host of the Democracy in Color podcast, and bestselling author Producer: Scott Harris * After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel's Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in the Occupied West Bank Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University Producer: Melinda Tuhus * RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to US Public if Senate Confirms him as HHS Secretary Stephanie Woolhandler, Dist. Prof. of public health, CUNY School of PH at Hunter College Producer: Scott Harris
Laura Modlin talks with Christine Cummings of A Place Called Hope about a bill in Hartford to help stem the poisoning of wildlife by rodenticides.
* Protests in Washington D.C., and Nationwide Pledge Resistance to Trump's Authoritarian Agenda Speeches and Interviews from the Washington D.C. People's March, Jan. 18, 2025 Producer: Scott Harris * Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump's Energy Secretary Alejandro Sobrera Barboza, an activist with the Sunrise Movement and US Rep Delia Ramirez of IL. Producer: Melinda Tuhus * The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis Jennifer Loewenstein, fmr Ass Dir of Middle Eastern Studies & senior lecturer Univ Wisconsin-Madison Producer: Scott Harris
*Israel's Brutal Gaza War has Exacted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children; Kieran King, Global Head of Humanitarianism with the group War Child Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law; Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Co-Director of Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign; Producer: Scott Harris. *Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy; Michael Richardson an activist with Third Act; Producer: Scott Harris.
Laura Modlin interviews Olivia DiPalermo from Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition on the negative impacts of excessive road salt and what you can do about it. Aired January 5, 2025.
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* Trump's Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Frightened GOP Senators; Heather Digby Parton, a contributing writer to Salon.com; Producer: Scott Harris. * Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats' Multiple Failures; Ralph Nader America's leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris. * Human Rights, Religious Groups Call on Biden to Clear Federal Death Row Before Trump Takes Office; Robin Maher, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus
* Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years; David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party & Author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President; Wajahat Ali, author and creator of The Left Hook Substack; Producer: Scott Harris. * Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Costs; Sheldon Pollock, Retired Professor at Columbia University and Activist with Third Act; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
Laura Modlin interviews Andrew Kupinse about preserving zoning in Easton, CT to protect the water supply in the town's four reservoirs. They serve 100s of thousands of customers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Originally aired December 1, 2024.
* How To Explain Voter's Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent; Producer: Scott Harris. * Women's March Organizing first major Protest Jan 18th to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0; Tamika Middleton, Managing Director of Women's March; Producer: Scott Harris. * Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate Regulations; Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker, Climate Activists; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
-Delhi' India's air quality the equivalent of 49 cigarettes daily -Storm Bert wreaks havoc on Ireland, flooding, downed trees, power outages nationwide. -U S Northwest battered by storms -Mexico's Vanilla producers estimate they lost about 80 percent of this year's crop. -Greece, expecting 90% reduction in Chestnut crop yield -10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea -Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, works against climate agreement
* How Democrats' Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years; Rachel Bitecofer, political strategist, analyst and author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Merrick Garland's Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime; Sarah Kendzior author and co-host of the Gaslit Nation weekly podcast; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Israel's Brutal Gaza War Continues US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People; Sultana Hossain, Recording Secretary Amazon Labor Union, Co-chair New York Labor for Palestine; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
The Resistance Roundtable show interviews Branko Marcetic who discusses his recent Jacobin Magazine articles on Biden's horrific Gaza policy; and the apparent decision by the Harris campaign to keep Tim Walz off the campaign trail. Interview by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner, Oct. 12, 2024
On the October 20, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is in conversation with Barbara Fair, LCSW, a community organizer and founding member of Stop Solitary CT. Barbara and Stop Solitary CT are currently calling for justice for J'Allen Jones, a 32 year-old community member who died in Department of Correction custody in 2018, in a horrifying and devastating situation. Barbara Fair can be reached at: barbfair848@gmail.com. More info on Stop Solitary CT at: www.stopsolitaryct.org/ x.com/stopsolitaryct www.instagram.com/stopsolitaryct/ More info on the death of J'Allen Jones at: https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/jallen-jones-ct-garner-prison-death-video-lawsuit-19813830.php https://www.wfsb.com/2024/10/18/frustration-growing-over-death-inmate-activists-call-video-incident-be-released/#:~:text=for%20video%20of-,incident,-to%20be%20released https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/activist-gather-at-department-of-corrections-in-wethersfield-to-protest-2018-death-of-an-inmate/ https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/activists-justice-death-prisoner-j-allen-jones-doc-19845959.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmhyZWdpc3Rlci5jb20vbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlL2FjdGl2aXN0cy1qdXN0aWNlLWRlYXRoLXByaXNvbmVyLWotYWxsZW4tam9uZXMtZG9jLTE5ODQ1OTU5LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTcyOTMwMDQ0ODM5MA%3D%3D&rid=YmJiNzM1NmMtYTkyNi00MDdiLWJhMmEtMjk3YjljODM1NTc2&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
Leonard Aguilar, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO talks about the strategies and prospects for this massive organized labor body. Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard Hill, Oct. 1, 2024
-Hurricane Milton destroys 500,000 homes at $85 billion cost -“2024 State of the Climate Report warns of Climate emergency -Antarctica's glaciers are in serious trouble -Pesticides aren't always necessary -United States continues to emit more planet-warming methane -Utah's Great Salt Lake days may be numbered. -India unhappy with EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism tariffs -12% of Rep's, and 59% of Dem's, say must address climate change
Host: Duo Dickinson Wednesday October 16, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org A century of top-down architectural determination is over. Regimes of conferring worth via station and prestige have been replaced with the number of “likes” and “followers” accruing as if the entire world is one polling station. We have reached intellectual democratization, where popularity trumps insights (good or bad) – our world is becoming unending popularity contests and beauty pageants, where everyone is the judge and the contestant – “the most eyeballs wins”. So much so that the remaining organizations are trying to ban Tik Tok, control Artificial Intelligence and social media and limit access based on age. But the cow has left the barn. As a result, in architecture, the Starchitect, the image of the Power of Style has left the building. All media is losing its editorial guardrails as the internet's overwhelming universal, free and open access to exposing every and any aspect of everyone's life becomes the basis of cultural evolution. The elitist sensibility of anointing “important work” in controlled, highly exclusive journalistic exposure of architecture is collapsing. Popular culture critic Kate Wagner voiced the power of democratic revolution in media: “We all live in the world. We all deserve to participate in it. We all also deserve to see our own lives reflected in architectural media, not just the spaces of the rich and famous. That requires reshaping everything, even vernacular or popular design media culture.” Today we have two people who know the past, present and perhaps can see a future for architecture. Martin Pedersen is a New Orleans based writer, critic and editor, and is the executive director of the Common Edge Collaborative. John Connell is the co – founder of Yestermorrow, an Architect and Urbanist.
* Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine Producer: Scott Harris * Under Trump Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief Andra Watkins, a New York Times bestselling author Producer: Scott Harris * If Completed the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb' Nico Udu-Gama, US Partnerships Coordinator at 350.org Producer: Melinda Tuhus
Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven which we talked about on a previous segment which you can hear in our podcasts section if you missed it. Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. she is back to talk to me now about some of the issues farmers are facing due to some of this extraordinary weather many of us are experiencing.
Jeff Masters (Hurricane Expert, Yale Climate Connection), Kaitlyn Kimball (Director of Agriculture for Cityseed, New Haven), James Blanchfield (Wilton, Connecticut Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director)
Laura Modlin interviews Bill Lucey, Soundkeeper for the Long Island Sound with Save the Sound, about eels migrating out to the North Atlantic after decades spent in Connecticut's rivers and streams and what they encounter here. Aired October 6, 2024.
* US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel's Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon; Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org; Producer: Scott Harris. * Corporate Media is 'Sanewashing' Trump's Obvious Cognitive Decline; Parker Malloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, fmr editor-at-large w Media Matters 4 America; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast US, Fossil Fuel's Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities; Sydney Collins, climate activist, speaking at a Stop Project Maple rally in Hartford, in CT late Sept; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
-UK set to stop producing any electricity from burning coal -90% of the planet's soil is being degraded -Extinction of hundreds of bird species Threatens other systems -24 percent of plastic waste comes from just five companies: -Africa's ecosystem threatened by climate change -Home insurance companies pulling out of risky states. -Connecticut sees first human case of new tick-borne disease
Friday October 4, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Host: Peggy Nelson Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area. Part 2: Director and actor Mike Boland discussing his film “Yo, Andrea”. Part 3: A conversation with Bridgeport artist Julia Contacessi Part 4: A tribute to Gavin Creel
* Israel's Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War; John Feffer Director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel's Genocide in Gaza; Gregory Daly a participant in a NYC protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 26th; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War; Joe Lauria, Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News; Producer: Scott Harris.
-Hurricane Helene Devastation -Vienna reduced impact of flooding caused by Storm Boris -Italy and Switzerland have redrawn their shared border -Germany embraces "balkonkraftwerk", or balcony solar -Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative was launched- -How much warmer is the Earth going to get?
On the September 29, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is in conversation with Barbara Fair, LCSW, a community activist and founding member of Stop Solitary CT. Stop Solitary CT will be holding a press conference TOMORROW, September 30, 2024, at 9am at the Legislative Office Building - Room 1-B (300 Capitol Avenue in Hartford). This press conference will be addressing ongoing violations of the PROTECT Act, prison reform legislation which Stop Solitary CT led the fight to get passed. More info on Stop Solitary CT at: https://stopsolitaryct.org/ https://x.com/stopsolitaryct https://www.instagram.com/stopsolitaryct/
Dave Chapman, co-director of The Real Organic Project (realorganic project.org) discusses the Sept. 28 conference in Hudson NY, Real Organic; A World Movement which will feature a roster of speakers on the major issues confronting the organic movement today. Hosted by: Richard Hill, Diane Lauricella and Steve Munno
Friday September 27, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Host: Peggy Nelson Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area. Part 2: Deborah Burke, Creative Director of the Town Players of New Canaan, discussing the 2024-2025 Season of Plays. Part 3: Charles Rosenay discussing The Haunted Trolley presentation of “Final Stop: Murder On the Rails.” Part 4: Hamish Lutris discussing his book “Earth Ascendant: Awakening” and his upcoming talk at the Stratford Library on Sunday, October 6.
Hosts: Andrew Ross and Bonna Sue Burtt Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Guest Julia DiCola the Executive Director of Our TransLife A discussion about the climate of what it is to be a political target during the 2024 campaign especially when candidates are making spurious comments about trans people and how organizations like Our TransLife help the trans and non-binary community locally.
My guests this show are Lindley Dixon of the Real Organic Project. Linley serves as a Farmer representative and Co-Director of the Real Organic Project. Then Louise Washer a founder of the Pollinator Pathway joins me to tell us the latest news on the neonicotinoid pesticides problem Finally Gloria Frazee of Rewild Long Island makes her monthly visit to talk about….Rewilds fall programs and how long Islanders can get involved in community composting and planting pollinator friendly native plants.
Gloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3 by WPKN Community Radio
-Record 2024 Central European floods -Multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal -North Carolina saw historic rainfall -Vast areas of the Brazil on fire -Atlantic hurricane season poses increased risks -California's closes plastic bag waste loophole -In Norway electric vehicles surpass gas automobiles -Gen Z & millennial workers back sustainability priorities
-Typhoon Yagi most powerful typhoon to hit Asia this year. -Severe drought in Cuba -Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average -The lead ammunition poisonous to scavenging animals -Critical shortfall in pollination affecting world's food crops, -EPA gives $4B in funding for clean energy projects -EV sales have not fallen, cooled, or slowed -New solar-charging Truck bed Power System
* Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War; Jennifer Loewenstein fmr Assoc. Dir. Middle East Studies & Snr Lecturer at Univ of Wisconsin; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump's Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent; Producer: Scott Harris. * Gulf Coast Residents and Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals; Lisa Finn, an organizer with Third Act Virginia; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
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