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The WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast features guest interviews hosted on WPKN broadcasts with our renowned DJs. Musicians, artists, producers, writers, movers and shakers - dig deeper into their philosophy and ethos. Founded in 1963, WPKN is a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of ...
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WPKN Gold Sounds is a video performance and audio broadcast series featuring global and local talent. Artists and bands perform several songs in the Bridgeport, CT WPKN studios, and are interviewed about their formation, influences, process, and overall approach. The series features emerging and established acts; digging deep into musical artistry. WPKN Bridgeport at 89.5FM, streaming worldwide at wpkn.org is a 10,000 watt community radio powerhouse entertaining and informing the audiences f ...
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WPKN is a nonprofit, freeform, community radio station (arts organization) that is more than 50 years old. The vision of WPKN is to build community, a loyal and growing audience, and an engaged and educated citizenry by providing the highest quality of free-form programming that broadcasts entertainment, music, news, thoughts, sounds, ideas and event listings that support free speech, diversity, and the interests of the local and global communities WPKN serves. Our radio frequency of 89.5-FM ...
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WPKN’s daily local newscast covers Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut, and Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, airing weekdays at 6:35pm EST, and available in this podcast subscription format. The expanded WPKN newscast will focus on state legislative sessions and local politics, immigration rights, climate and environmental concerns, economic inequality, poverty, and cost of living issues, and reproductive rights. Broadcasts will include diverse voices from the ...
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Often live, unique, remote, out-in-the-wild WPKN broadcasts. WPKN, cited as “the greatest radio station in the world” by The New Yorker, founded in 1963 as a 100-watt campus outlet, WPKN is today a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunte ...
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Black Labor -- Then and Now with Steven Pitts and Michael Zweig
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32:23A deep dive into the history of African American involvement in the US labor movement with Steven Pitts, recently retired labor policy advisor of the UC Berkeley Labor Center; and Michael Zweig, economist, labor and civil rights activist, and founder of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at SUNY Stony Brook. Host: Richard Hill…
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Dr. Julius Garvey (son of Marcus Garvey) interviewed by WPKN's ICON
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40:00ICON interviews Dr Julius Garvey, the son of Marcus Garvey, the first national hero of Jamaica. President Joe Biden on Sunday January 19, 2025 posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders, and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and…
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* 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 Bi…
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Welcome to the debut WPKN GOLD SOUNDS broadcast element, featured here in podcast form. New Haven band Wally, featuring brothers Teo and Lucas Hernandez and lifelong friend Alex Blair, perform in an acoustic trio version of the group, offering original songs like: "Mesmerism," "Settled," "We Laughed," "Golden," and Neil Young's "Tell Me Why," among…
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A Valentine to Community Organizing
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26:32Isabelle sits down with her friend Regina Mosley, a community organizer, to talk about love and community organizing. Clips from past conversations with community organizers are included and a wide ranging conversation ensues. Everything from key elements of organizing to the patriarchy's impact on Valentine's Day gift giving is discussed. Music fr…
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Thousands Oppose Trump Regime 2.0 in ‘50501’ Nationwide Protests
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15:48Interview with Kay Evert, one of the co-founders of the group NoVoiceUnheard, and Sydney, an organizer with the Pittsburgh branch of the 50501 protest movement and 50501’s national press liaison, conducted by Scott Harris. Kay Evert talks about the national mobilization network opposing Donald Trump’s illegal conduct and authoritarian agenda that, …
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Trump’s Targeting of Education Dept Could Eliminate Dozens of Federal Programs Benefitting Millions of Students Nationwide
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16:28Interview with Derek W. Black, Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina, conducted by Scott Harris. Derek Black discusses what’s at stake in the Trump administration’s attack on the federal Department of Education, his motivation for this assault, and the importance of federal funds to providing quality primary and secondary education t…
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Elon Musk’s Child Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies
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16:16Interview with Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon.com and author of "Troll Nation: How the Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters," conducted by Scott Harris. Amanda Marcotte discusses her article re: Oligarch billionaire Elon Musk’s lawless federal agency takeover, “‘ Hitler had some decent points’: Internet trolls guide Musk’s co…
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Trump Doubles Down on his Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza
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29:32Interview with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and international adviser for Jewish Voice for Peace, conducted by Scott Harris. Phyllis Bennis talks about Donald Trump floating the idea that the US should take over Gaza, ethnically cleanse 2.3 million Palestinian residents and rebuild it into a “Middle East Riviera,” as…
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Immigration Defense: What to Know, Who to Call
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30:00Immigration Defense Special John Lugo of Unidad Latina en Accion, and Bethany Perryman, communications director for the Connecticut ACLU, discuss strategies for defending undocumented people against ICE raids in local communities. Host: Richard HillAf WPKN
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After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank
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6:54Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, conducted by Melinda TuhusAf Melinda Tuhus
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Voter Suppression Key to Trump’s Election Win
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20:32Interview with Greg Palast, investigative journalist for The Guardian and New York Times best-selling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, conducted by Scott Harris. Greg Palast concludes that if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Kamala Harris would have won the…
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Trump-GOP Moves to Extend Tax Cuts for the Rich, Austerity for Everyone Else
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14:24Interview with Will Rice, a consultant with Americans for Tax Fairness, conducted by Scott Harris. Will Rice discusses the Trump-GOP plan to cut more taxes for the rich and impose austerity on the rest of us, referencing a newly leaked memo from House Budget Committee Republicans that proposes slashing trillions from healthcare, nutrition, climate …
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If Confirmed by U.S. Senate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public Health
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19:45Interview with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, distinguished professor of public health at Hunter College, conducted by Scott Harris. Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler talks about her concerns regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. She focuses on his anti-science and anti-vaccine views and what damage…
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Trump Launches Vicious White Supremacist Policy Agenda
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23:30Interview with Steve Phillips, columnist, host of the Democracy in Color podcast and best-selling author of "How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good" conducted by Scott Harris. Steve Phillips discusses the Trump regime 2.0’s white supremacist ideology – blatant as ever during the campaign, and …
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Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute Elicits Alarming, Twisted Response
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15:53Interview with Stanley Heller, host of the TV newsmagazine “The Struggle," conducted by Scott Harris. Stanley Heller discusses multi-billionaire and Trump pal Elon Musk’s white supremacy and hate speech, examined in his book, “Zionist Betrayal of Jews: From Herzl to Netanyahu,” as well as Musk’s recent Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration, and the…
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Trump’s Imperial America Intends to Conquer Panama, Greenland, and Canada
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17:14Interview with Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, conducted by Scott Harris. Joe Lauria talks about his recent article, “The Imperial Presidency Marches On,” about the domestic and international response to Donald Trump’s threat to annex other nation’s territories, including Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada through economic black…
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As Trump’s Mass Deportation Begins, 6 Ways to Support Immigrants’ Rights Now
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16:04Interview with Amy Gottlieb, U.S. migration director with the American Friends Service Committee, conducted by Scott Harris. Amy Gottlieb talks about the work her group is doing to challenge Donald Trump’s many executive orders setting in motion his campaign pledge to execute mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, close the southern border a…
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Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists: An Undeniable Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
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25:35Interview with Lawrence Rosenthal, Ph.D., chair and lead researcher at the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies, University of California at Berkeley, conducted by Scott Harris. Lawrence Rosenthal discusses Donald Trump’s pardon and commutation of some 1,500 convicted Jan. 6 insurrectionists, many of whom had engaged in violent attacks on Capitol…
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Protecting wildlife from rodenticide poisoning
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29:55Laura Modlin talks with Christine Cummings of A Place Called Hope about a bill in Hartford to help stem the poisoning of wildlife by rodenticides.Af WPKN Community Radio
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Mystic Bowie interviewed by WPKN's Amy Wachtel (Night Nurse) and Ebong Udoma
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53:38Mystic Bowie sits down with Amy Wachtel (Night Nurse) and Ebong Udoma ahead of his 2/1 WPKN Black History Month Concert and Bob Marley Birthday Bash at FTC on Saturday 2/1.Af WPKN
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Vance Gilbert (singer-songwriter) interviewed by WPKN's Joseph Celli
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27:13Joseph Celli talks with singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert ahead of his Saturday, 2/8, WPKN Black History Month appearance at Jazzy's Cabaret in New Haven. Tickets at Fernandopintopresents.comAf WPKN
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Speeches and Interviews from the Anti-Trump People’s March in Washington, D.C.
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23:48Excerpts of speeches and interviews at the People's March at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., recorded and produced by Scott Harris. Speeches and interviews were recorded Saturday, Jan. 18 at the People’s March in Washington, D.C. where tens of thousands marched and rallied to oppose Donald Trump’s radical authoritarian agenda, including his…
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The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect. Still, it Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis
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16:02Interview with Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted by Scott Harris. Jennifer Loewenstein examines the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the future of Gaza and the ongoing …
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Organizing Effective Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Repressive Agenda
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17:42Interview with Svante Myrick, president of People for the American Way Foundation, conducted by Scott Harris. Svante Myrick reflects on the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in talking about what Donald Trump’s inauguration will mean for activists fighting for economic, racial, and environmental justice, as well as the work his group …
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Trump, Back in Office, Doubles Down on Intensifying the Global Climate Crisis
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20:17Interview with Antonia Juhasz, a leading energy, climate and environmental justice author, analyst and investigative journalist, conducted by Scott Harris. Antonia Juhasz discusses her recent Rolling Stone magazine article, “The Trump Resistance Inside Washington’s National Cathedral,” covering the social justice activist leadership within that fam…
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Scott Freiman of Deconstructing Dark Side of the Moon, and, Deconstructing the Beatles
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15:24Musicologist Scott Freiman speaks with Brendan Toller (Shake 'N' Vibrate Radio) about his upcoming appearance at Fairfield Theater Company where he will present audiences with his Deconstructing Dark Side of the Moon lecture delving deep into this classic album.Af Brendan Toller, WPKN
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The Organic Farm Stand: The Neo-Nics Are Here -- Save The Birds and Bees!
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54:06The Organic Farm Stand, Jan. 16, 2025: -Hot Topics with Diane Lauricella -Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT -Update from CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) -Louise Washer, President of the Board of Directors of the Norwalk Watershed Association, discusses the systemic dangers of neonicotinoids and th…
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Between the Lines for January 22, 2025
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29:00* 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 Movemen…
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