The Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler visits WPKN to talk about the release of their 8th album ‘Made of Rain’ and a 40+ year career as an outstanding musician, lyricist, singer and painter - a PURE special.
(photo courtesy of Tom Sheehan)

WPKN's Howard Thompson Interview with Richard Butler

My guests on this segment  are Anne Biklé  and David R. Montgomery Authors of a new book entitled "What Your Food ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health.  Far too many of us remain poorly nourished despite eating more than enough food.
It's your premise that the soil health is so poor that the food is not nutritious.  Something that modern nutritional analysis overlooks are things like phytochemicals, micro minerals and other nutrients. My guests explain why and what we should do to address the problem.

What Your Food Ate - Authors Anne Bickle and David Montgomery

Okwe Osadebe, son of the renown Nigerian Highlife king Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, shares his newest tracks and talks about his music and his Igbo culture.
Interview by Richard Hill, April 4, 2023

The music of Okwy Osadebe -- Nigerian Highlife artist

I'm here with the winner of the 5th annual Bill Duesing Organic Living on the Earth Award,  Michael Nadeau.  Michael  is one of the leading authorities in the field of sustainable organic and ethical land care strategies in the United States. He is sought after for creating attractive sustainable and restorative environments using organic practices that respect the ecology of the property and reflect the philosophy of the client. Michael’s organic and sustainable holistic land care approach carefully maximizes wildlife habitat with specific plantings and techniques, improving the overall health of land, water, and wildlife.  He is a co-founder of CT NOFA’s Organic Land Care program and owner of a organic land care consulting business.
https://www.michaelnadeau.org/

Mike Nadeau Sustainable, organic, ethical land care

Economist and labor historian Michael Zweig discusses the nexus between capitalism and fascism and in the process provides a more cogent definition of the F word than is now in common use in the corporate media.
   Interview by Richard Hill, Nov. 27, 2023

Monthly Labor Report -- Edition #4 -- Dec. 2023

Dr MIchelle Thaller, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Astronomer Discusses how stars are born & die ...And mysteries of the Universe including Dark Matter, Dark Energy, & Space Time

Michelle Thaller - The lives & Deaths of Stars... &  Mysteries of The Universe

Henry Lowendorf, chair of the New Haven Peace Council and longtime peace and social justice activist, speaks about the continuing brutal Israeli massacre taking place in Gaza.  
Panel:  Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill.

Resistance Roundtable -- Feb. 10, 2024 -- Gaza Carnage Continues

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

Eclipse 2024 - Interview with Meteorologist Joe Rao

I'd like to welcome back Dr. Carl Safina from the Safina Center to Digging in the dirt. Carl has taken the story of his previous book "Alfie and Me" to another level and created a picture book for children called "Owls in our yard" !
Carl is a good friend of Digging in the Dirt and WPKN radio. Dr.  Safina is the endowed chair  for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University. A MacArthur “genius fellowship" winning ecologist and founder of the Safina Center.

Carl Safina - Ecologist Author  "Owls In Our Yard"

Chuck Collins of climatecriminals.org is my guest on this "Digging in the Dirt". Chuck  is here to talk about why he believes It’s time to name the names of the individuals delaying climate action and financing the climate crisis, so they can be held accountable.
Chuck Collins  is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good.   His latest book is a novel, “Altar to an Erupting Sun,” an eco-fiction exploration of the causes of climate disruption.

Chuck Collins of ClimateCriminals.org

*New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election; Mark Green, former New York City public advocate and author; Producer: Scott Harris. 
*Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War; Abigail Fuller, Co-Chair of Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights; Producer: Scott Harris.  
*Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War; Bob Sanders a retired Jewish journalist from New Hampshire; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines

Between The Lines - 9/11/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.

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.

State Of The Arts September 27 2024

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

State Of The Arts October 4 2024

-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

GaiaGram # 229 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

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)

Jeff Masters Yale Climate Connection , Kaitlyn Kimball - Cityseed, James Blanchfield CT. Fire Chief

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.

Digging in the Dirt - Kaitlyn Kimball Cityseed -  Storms Effects On Small Farmers

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

Barbara Fair On The Fight For Justice For J'Allen Jones

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

Jacobin Mag's Branko Marcetic: Will Biden's Gaza Policy Tank Kamala's Election Chances?

-UN ...To end the climate crisis means it is “crunch time for real”
-California files first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil over plastic
-Once thought extinct the Atlantic Gray whale makes comeback
-Positive news for endangered North Atlantic right whale
-Clean energy jobs grew more  twice the rate of the overall economy

GaiaGram #232 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

Dr. Sawin is an expert on multisolving, actions that address equity, climate change health, well-being, and economic vitality as integrated issues. She developed the concept after studying bright spots around the world where people created systems change by building connections across silos. In 2021, Beth founded the Multisolving Institute to share this research and to develop tools tailored for multisolving.

Digging in the Dirt - Elizabeth Sawin Director of the Multisolving Institute

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.

A town with four reservoirs

Between the Lines for January 1, 2025

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.

How road salt impacts the environment & wildlife

*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.

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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.

Protecting wildlife from rodenticide poisoning

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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.

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My guest on t his program is Dr. Sande Beddoe A leading authority on Dr. Carey A. Reams' Biological Theory of Ionization and how it applies to soil, plant, animal and human nutrition.  Whether you grow veggies for fun or are a corporate agricultural operation covering thousands of acres, you can have a part in changing the health of the world, if you understand how to grow the highest quality (brix content) food possible. And whether you are a mother feeding a family or a health professional analyzing the lifestyle and wellness of thousands of clients or patients, the Reams' Biological Theory of Ionization provides the only way to truly understand the cause and effect behind those illusive health challenges we refer to as dis-ease.

Dr. Alexander "Sande" Beddoe - Reams Biological Theory of Ionization - Digging in the Dirt

An interview with Ed Newman, a journalist and announcer with the English Language Service of Radio Havana Cuba.  Ed describes the origin and mission of that national radio station and compares government-run media in a socialist society with the market-driven media in the US.  The conversation also addresses the evolving attitudes of Cuban youth toward their government and the socialist system.
Interview by Richard Hill in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 20, 2020.
Intro/outro music by El Millo e Iyerosun.
Special thanks to Merri Ansara for help with interview arrangements in Cuba.

Dateline Havana:  a visit to Radio Havana Cuba

Chris Frantz, the drummer for two of the hottest bands of the 80's, Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club, Joins Kevin Gallagher for a chat about his new memoir. He tells us about the inside story on the rise of these cutting edge bands and the story behind Remaining in Love with his band mate the legendary bassist Tina Weymouth, his wife for over 40 years.

Chris Frantz Talking  Heads  Drummer & Author of Remain in Love

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