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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 (Bridgeport)includes a coverage map of 1.5 million people in Farfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties in Connecticut and Suffolk county (The North Fork and Hamptons) in New York. WPKN also maintains an on-demand streaming and archive of WPKN programming as well as our WPKN PODCASTS that focus on 22+ 'talk-oriented' community, cultural and news programs. We also feature an expanding list of interviews with music personalities and artists from all over the world.

WPKN Community Radio WPKN Community Radio

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    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

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 (Bridgeport)includes a coverage map of 1.5 million people in Farfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties in Connecticut and Suffolk county (The North Fork and Hamptons) in New York. WPKN also maintains an on-demand streaming and archive of WPKN programming as well as our WPKN PODCASTS that focus on 22+ 'talk-oriented' community, cultural and news programs. We also feature an expanding list of interviews with music personalities and artists from all over the world.

    GaiaGram #200 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

    GaiaGram #200 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

    -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 coastal properties

    • 4 min
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    240327-btlv128

    * 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; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    * Assessing Biden's Domestic Policy Agenda as 2024 Election Campaign Heats Up; Karen Dolan, Project Director of Criminalization of Race and Poverty at the Institute for Policy Studies. Producer: Scott Harris.

    • 29 min
    Eclipse 2024 - Interview with Meteorologist Joe Rao

    Eclipse 2024 - Interview with Meteorologist Joe Rao

    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

    • 44 min
    Between The Lines - 3/20/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.

    Between The Lines - 3/20/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.

    * 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.
    * Elder Climate Activist Risks her Freedom and Health in Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest; Karen “River” Bixler, an 81-year-old Vermont climate activist; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

    • 29 min
    GaiaGram #199 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

    GaiaGram #199 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

    Oceans has 365 straight days of record-breaking global sea surface temperatures
    Vietnam faces nearly $3 billion a year in crop losses do to saltwater seepage
    In 2023, the U.S. added more solar capacity than ever before.
    South Korea to finance projects to help reduce carbon emissions,
    U.S. eastern states stay curiously cool possibly due to reforestation
    Port of San Diego’s first fully-electric tugboat just arrived
    Colorado has instituted sets limits on water for urban landscaping
    USDA just updated their plant hardiness zone map

    • 4 min
    Justice For Mubarak Soulemane

    Justice For Mubarak Soulemane

    The March 17, 2024 episode of Mic Check features an interview from 2020, when host Mike Merli was in conversation with Mariyann Soulemane, sister of Mubarak Soulemane, a 19 year-old Black Muslim teenager who was murdered by CT State Police (in collaboration with West Haven Police) on January 15, 2020.

    Mubarak Soulemane was 19 years old.

    Mubarak Soulemane was a student at Gateway Community College in New Haven.

    Mubarak Soulemane was an athlete, who loved playing basketball.

    Mubarak Soulemane was an entrepreneur, studying business.

    A teenager, with a heart of gold who would literally give the shirt off his back to help someone. And he did exactly that, on multiple occasions.

    His kindness and generosity are reflected in the many friends he had that mourn his loss.

    He had dreams of traveling the world.

    He had a family that loved him so much.

    And now all of that is gone for Mubarak.

    In a rare instance, Trooper Brian North was actually indicted on criminal charges for taking Mubarak’s life.

    However, on Friday, a jury consisting of mostly older white men, rendered a NOT GUILTY verdict on all counts North was charged with.

    To stay updated on (and support) Mubarak's family's continued journey for justice:

    www.instagram.com/justiceformubarak/

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

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Always love you,

I moved away and journeyed the country and y’all were a definite miss! Back now and listening as I write! Staying true still! Hazzaa!

With love,
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WPKN Community Radio

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