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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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How Cuba's Public Health System is Beating COVID-19
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Bob Schwartz, vice president of Global Health Partners, (www.ghpartners.org) describes how the the Cuban Public Health system is keeping Cuba's COVID infection and mortality rates so low; and how their pharmaceutical sector is about to approve 3 COVID vaccines for domestic and international use and, in fact, has two more in the pipe line.…
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The Fight to Save the Organic Standards
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The Organic Farm Stand: - Small Farms Report by Guy Beardsley - Vincent Kaye's Honey Bee Update - Dave Chapman of The Real Organic Project talks about the fight to save and improve the Organic standards.Hosts: Richard Hill and Chris FerrioDoor WPKN Community Radio
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What’s Happening New Haven | April 2021
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In the first segment, William W. Ginsberg, president of the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, joins us to discuss the Stepping Forward endowment along with the organization's other proactive community projects and grants. In our second half, Dr. Suzanne Lagarde, CEO of Fair Haven Clinic, speaks to the services, providers, and locations of …
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Between The Lines - 4/7/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Biden’s Infrastructure Plan a Good Start, but Lacks Capacity to Address the Global Climate Crisis; Natalie Mebane, 350.org U.S. Policy Director; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Hedge Funds Disrupt Corporate Research & Development to Combat Climate Change; Lynn Parramore, Senior Research Analyst, Institute for New Economic Thinking; Producer: Scott Harri…
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Elle Angerame Executive Director Green Village Initiative Digging in the Dirt
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My guest on this DITD is the new Executive Director of Bridgeport's Green Village Initiative Elle Angerame. Elle talks with me about the different programs GVI offers the population of Bridgeport and tells us about her hopes and aspirations for GVI working with the community. Also Rob Peck Manager of GVI's Youth Leadership program and WPKN programm…
-Japanese cherry blossoms arrive on record early date-Florida bans invasive species reptiles-Attempt to smuggle Galapagos tortoises-Destruction of worlds forests increases sharply-Arizona Republicans stymie Green Technology-Massive CO2 sucking machines-California condor is set to return to the skiesDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Campaign Demands Sturm Ruger Stop Selling Guns To Israel
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Connecticut activist Stanley Heller discusses the new campaign demanding Southport, Connecticut-based company Sturm Ruger stop selling guns to Israel.More information at:www.NoRugers2Israel.orgDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Live Culture Episode 67: The African Lookbook
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This month on Live Culture Martha is pleased to talk with Catherine E. McKinley, author of four critically acclaimed books, about her most recent project The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women published by Bloomsbury in 2021. This lavishly illustrated book is an exploration of Africa's photographic history, fashion, tr…
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Kathy's Corner: AyurVeda | March 2021
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Host: Kathy ConnorKathy speaks with Ayurvedic expert and physician, Dr. Stuart Rothenberg, national medical director of the TM Health Professionals Association and Maharishi AyurVeda Association of America. Dr. Rothenberg explains that at the basis of AyurVeda, an ancient health care system, is the concept of creating balance for the mind/body by r…
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African Lookbook Audio Ready
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This month on Live Culture Martha is pleased to talk with Catherine E. McKinley, author of four critically acclaimed books, about her most recent project The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women published by Bloomsbury in 2021. This lavishly illustrated book is an exploration of Africa's photographic history, fashion, tr…
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Between The Lines - 3/31/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Biden Hardline Policy Toward Russia, China Sacrifices Common Interests Mel Goodman, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy Producer: Scott Harris *'Border Industrial Complex' Persecutes Immigrants While Enriching Corporations Todd Miller, Journalist, and Author Producer: Scott Harris *Police Arrest Mountain Valley Pipeline Tree-Sit A…
-Tax increase for North Carolina Coastal homes.-Much of U.S experiencing drought conditions-Federal flood insurance increase?-WHO reports Coronavirus hopped from bats to humans likely -Australian plague of rats and mice-Environmental Voter Project is expandingDoor WPKN Community Radio
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The Struggles Of Black Women In The United States Since Slavery
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We are currently celebrating Women's History Month. On today's show the focus is on Black women in the United States Since Slavery.Host Garnett Ankle speaks with Kenyatta Thompson, Director of Organizing at the Katal Center. The Katal Center works to strengthen the people, policies, institutions, and movements that advance equity, health, and justi…
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Home Page Radio - HOME to us
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Thursday, March 25, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonWe are having a moment. The freak of plague is, bit by bit, abating. The drudge of Winter in Sequestration is lifting, A year cast in fear may be ending. Many are still fully house bound. Many are getting sprung – emotionally as well as physically.We have always had our h…
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PODCAST-Band Central Radio with Stephanie Harrison 3/2021
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Host: Rob Friedoriginally aired on Community Radio WPKN 89.5-FM in Bridgeport, CTDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Band Central Radio - Center for FamilyJustice Interview-Deb Greenwood
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Host: Rob FriedDeb Greenwood, President and CEO of the nonprofit, Center for Family Justice.Door WPKN Community Radio
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Between The Lines - 3/24/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Po Murray, Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation Producer: Scott Harris *Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward Sean Sellars previously incarcerated at CT’s supermax prison an…
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Band Central Radio Podcast March 2021
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Host: Rob FriedGuests include- Deb Greenwood, President and CEO of the nonprofit, Center for Family Justice.Also, Stephanie Harrison, vocalist extrardinaireDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Robin L. Avant Author The Spirit of Gardening - Digging in the Dirt
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My guest on this DITD is author Robin l. Avant a local lady who lives here in Bridgeport and is Academic Dean at Housatonic Community College. Robin is an enthusiastic gardener. So much so, she has written a lovely, personal book called “The spirit of Gardening” Gardening for new Bees, the life revealed through gardening.…
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Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock 2020
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This is excerpts from the 2020 Day of Mourning, organized for the past 51 years by the United American Indians of New England at Plymouth Rock, MA. For the first time, due to Covid, it was livestreamed.Door WPKN Community Radio
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The Forest And The Trees March 13 2021
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An interview with Chris Ozyck, who trains folks in New Haven and beyond how to de-vine, i.e., remove invasive bittersweet vines that restrict and can kill trees. Then an interview with Mark McBrine, head of food service at a prison in Maine, who works with residents (inmates) who learn farming and cooking skills, thus improving their diets and prov…
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Biden's first 50 days: Can Dems keep up the progressive momentum?
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The Round Table speaks with The Nation's John Nichols to assess the first 50 days of the Biden administration and strategies for extending the progressive agenda. Then Cindy Stretch, instructor of English at CCSU discusses the union-busting contract floated by the Board of Regents that could determine the fate of the State university system in CT f…
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Between The Lines - 3/17/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Critical Battle Ahead to Make New Poverty-Fighting Child Tax Credit Permanent; Ben Anderson, Director of Health Policy at the Children's Defense Fund Campaigns; Producer: Scott Harris. *Youth-Led Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Lawmakers Accountable for Harm Caused by Climate Change to Future Generations; Philip Gregory, co-lead counsel in the Our Children’…
-Louvre Master pieces threatened-Coastal Communities face rising sea level-Worlds Tropical rain forests disappearing-Great Lakes Algae Blooms caused by Mussels-Germany to cut back on Domestic air travel-Bezos names environmentalist head of Earth FundDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Structural Racism In The United States: Fact Or Fiction!
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On this, the fourteenth day of Women's History Month, host Garnett Ankle features a conversation on "Structural Racism in the United States" with guest Kenyatta Thompson, a community organizer with the Katal Center in Hartford, Connecticut.Door WPKN Community Radio
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Between The Lines - 3/10/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Passage of 'For The People Act' Urgently Needed to Repair America’s Broken Democracy; Lisa Gilbert, Executive Vice President of Public Citizen; Producer: Scott Harris. *Amazon Union Organizing Drive in Alabama: A Turning Point for American Workers?; Jonathan Rosenblum author, "Beyond $15: Immig. Wkrs, Faith Activists, & the Revival of the Labor Mo…
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Spotlight On Arts & Culture | March 8, 2021 | What’s New with Public Art?
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Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County.The March 2021 “Spotlight” asks "What’s New with Public Art in our Cities and Towns?" Celebrating the opening of the Bridgeport Public Art Fund, with a mission to provide resources, guidance, and hands-on support to create new public art trails in Bridgeport, host David Green then a…
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Home Page Radio - HOME talking
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Thursday, February 25, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonEveryone lives somewhere. We all talk about where we live, but more, we think about it. A lot. Especially when we have been under House Arrest lo this entire year. There are two worlds that we go to to consider our options in creating our own home. One is everywhere, e…
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Home Page Radio - CHANGING HOME
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Thursday, January 28, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonThe world has changed, so architecture will change, so houses become the laboratory for change in design, process and technology as it always has been: What Does This Mean For Homes in the ’20s? Common Edge Collaborative was created 5 years ago to address architecture a…
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Home Page Radio - “Accessory” HOME
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Thursday, September 24, 2020, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonForgive the sexism, but once upon a time it was said that “A man’s home is his castle.” That ownership imperative meant that “Single Family Zoning” was the Law of Suburban America for three generations after World War 2. In the 21st century, Climate Change, Sustainabi…
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Home Page Radio - Real Estate & The HOME, Now
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Thursday, August 27, 2020, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonWe all live somewhere, and some of us own where we live, especially in places like Connecticut and Long Island where single family homes fully fill the landscape. In the last 40 years there have been unending Boom/Bust Cycles in Real Estate: The Gas Crisis, The Reagan Bo…
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Home Page Radio - HOME: Winners & Losers of COVID19
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Thursday, July 23, 2020, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.orgHost: Duo DickinsonIts a long, hot, COVID19 summer: we are basting in our reactions and, mostly, in our homes: Let Us Share Them!Radio Legend Bruce Barber, AIA President George McGoldrick, Former Mayor of Trumbull, Tim Herbst, and Arts Doyen & Journalist Lucy Gellman vet WINNERS & LOSERS in …
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Kim Stanley Robinson - "The Ministry for the Future" Digging in the Dirt Radio
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My guest on this DITD this episode is Km Stanley Robinson. Stan Robinson is a New York Times Best selling Author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards. He is author of more than 20 books including his much loved Mar's Trilogy and he will be here today to talk about his latest book "The Ministry for the Future". In 2008, he was named a "He…
- Farming has destroyed soil of America's Midwestern prairie.- Color change shows Rivers are imperiled ecosystems - Federal flood insurance premiums to quadruple- California's Pacific Coast Highways days are numbered- Seville Spain to turn oranges into electricity- Washington state’s Clean Cars 2030”…
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Emotion Roadmap 3 3 21 Great Leadership in the Super Bowl and Vaccine Rollout
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From the Super Bowl to the Vaccination roll out we have seen great examples of leadership. In the Super Bowl we saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat one splendid team after another. In the vaccine rollout Governor Lamont of Connecticut got it right.Door WPKN Community Radio
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New CT Sound: Autopoet with Rex Thurston and John Rule
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The Connecticut-based band Autopoet have just released their first 14-track album titled "The Night Life Has Changed you."They join Richard Hill for a conversation about how this duo creates a hard driving, complexly-layered sound with such titles as "Street Couch" "I'm good at dancing" and "Confusing Girl."…
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Between The Lines - 3/3/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Do Biden's Syria Airstrikes Signal Continuing 'Endless War' Policy? David Swanson, campaign coordinator with RootsAction.org Producer: Scott Harris *Republicans Cannot be a Legitimate Party Without Casting Out White Supremacists and Fascists Loretta J. Ross, activist and Visiting Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College …
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Live Culture Episode 66: The Things That Haunt Me Still
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This month's Live Culture offers a conversation with artist Felandus Thames and curator David Borawski about the exhibit The Things That Haunt Me Still up now at Real Art Ways in Hartford. The show, which runs until May 30, 2021, features Thames' assemblages which utilize found objects and non-traditional materials like hair beads and barrettes, to…
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Live Culture Episode 65 Socially Distant Past
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This Saturday on Live Culture features a conversation with Andres Verzosa, Executive Director of The Stanley-Whitman House in Farmington,CT. The Stanley-Whitman House is a historic house museum built ca 1720, and is one of the oldest houses in Farmington. In December 2020 the structure celebrated it’s 300th anniversary. A well-preserved saltbox wit…
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What’s Happening New Haven | March 2021
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March brings a who’s who of great music with this edition of What’s Happening New Haven! Rather than our typical interview format—the music of the Elm City is spotlighted this hour—bursting with notable talent from current and previous decades. Too many to include in one show—but we tried...Enjoy this multi genre celebration of spectacular music—al…
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The Life & Time Of Nelson Mandela & Marcus Garvey Two Great Men Of Black History
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Today, being the final day of Black History Month, host Garnett Ankle shines the spotlight of two great Black Leaders in the history of the world. Listen as Garnett narrates the early lives of Mandela and Garvey. Two Black giants from two separate continents, during two different periods of time.Door WPKN Community Radio
- Jakarta Sinking and flooding- St. Jean de Charles Canary in the coal mine?- U.S Homeowners facing Billions in flood damage- "catastrophic" decline in worlds freshwater fish- “30 by 30” order to preserve U.S. wildlandsDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Between The Lines - 2/24/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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*Based on Trump Election 'Big Lie' GOP Proposes 165 Voter Suppression Bills in 33 States; Sylvia Albert, Director of the Voting & Elections program with Common Cause; Producer: Scott Harris. *Dialogue on Carbon Pricing, Environmental Justice and Equity; Tina Johnson, a writer, consultant, and director of the National Black Environmental Justice Net…
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Band Central Radio Talks w/Howard Saffan - Harbor Yard Amphitheater
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Host: Rob FriedHoward Saffan, is the developer of Bridgeport's Harbor Yard Amphitheater- a boutique concert venue estimated to have an economic impact of over $50 million a year for the City of Bridgeport.Door WPKN Community Radio
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Band Central Radio | February 22 2021
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Band Central Radio on WPKN with Rob Fried for a fun hour of community-oriented talk, music and information. On this month's show: musician Fuzz Sangiovanni and entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Saffan! We'll talk local music, philanthropy + more!Door WPKN Community Radio
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Bobby Sanabria Talks About Chick Corea's legacy with Kevin
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Kevin's guest is the great Latin jazz big band leader Bobby Sanabria. The professor to talks with Kevin about the career and legacy of the late great Chick Corea.Door WPKN Community Radio
- The Beyond the Bag initiative- Air pollution killing more people- India entering a “solar-powered revolution”- Nature is an asset with fundamental value- Planting clover sucks up carbon gases- Record amounts invested in ESG fundsDoor WPKN Community Radio
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Chabaso Bakers - CEO Charlie Negaro Jr. & Communications Director Reed Immer - Digging in the Dirt
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Kevin's guests on Digging in the Dirt this episode are the CEO Of Chabaso Charlie Negaro Jr. and Communications Director Chabaso Reed Immer. Chabaso, by it's own description sells Long-fermentation, high-hydration, no-shortcuts bread throughout the East and increasingly in markets nationwide. They will be here to talk about helping groups and new b…
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Stanley Heller On Climate Justice, Anti - Racist Curriculum, And Israel
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Stanley Heller is an independent journalist and longtime activist here in Connecticut. He’s involved with Middle East Crisis Committee, Promoting Enduring Peace, and The Struggle Video News. Recently, he has embarked on a new online newspaper called The West Haven Call.Stan speaks about the upcoming February 27th car caravan and virtual rally to St…
