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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.
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Resistance Roundtable -- April 13, 2024 -- Gaza: Eye-witness Report
Nancy Mansour, executive director of Eye Witness Palestine (www.eyewitnesspalestine.org) gives a first-hand report from Gaza where she led a recent tour of 10 doctors treating injured and sick Palestinians in Rafa.
Miranda Rector-Cohen, co-director of the CT chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, discusses the results from the "uncommitted" campaign in the Democratic presidential primary and the strategy to pressure the Biden administration to call for an immediate cease fire in Gaza and to stop supplying Israel with deadly military support.
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Monthly Labor Report -- Edition #8 --Bezos and Musk are gunning for the NLRB: Game On!
Economist Michael Zweig and Labor attorney Arthur Schwartz analyze the attack by Amazon, Tesla and Starbucks on the National Labor Relations Board in a case that could wind up before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Between The Lines - 4/10/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
* Israel's Attack on Iran's Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War; Melvin Goodman, a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, Former CIA Analyst; Producer: Scott Harris.
* The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery; Katya Schwenk, a journalist reporting for The Lever; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
* Trump, GOP, Rightwing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration; Phillip HoSang, FAIR intern, Master’s student NYU’s Media, Culture & Communications Program; Producer: Scott Harris. -
Spotlight on Arts and Cuture — April 2024 — Poetry Month
This episode of Spotlight on Arts and Culture is a celebration of National Poetry month featuring a conversation with poet, artist, and archivist Shanna Melton. Shanna Melton runs the Writer's Group in Bridgeport, a monthly creative writing workshop.
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Between the Lines for April 3, 2024
* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris
* Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus
* Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting) Coverage of Gaza War Arvind Dilawar, Independent Journalist Producer: Scott Harris -
Between The Lines - 4/3/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris
* Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus
* Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting) Coverage of Gaza War Arvind Dilawar, Independent Journalist Producer: Scott Harris
Customer Reviews
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