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My guest today on DITD is Louise Harrison who is Long Island Natural Areas Manager for Save the sound. Louise is a conservation biologist who has served on Long Island in federal, New York State, and Suffolk County agencies as well as in leadership and consulting positions for not-for-profit environmental organizations. She has extensive field experience working in Long Island’s coastal communities and natural ecosystems, from the boroughs of New York City to Montauk and Orient Points and has received numerous awards for open space preservation efforts. She currently is working on behalf of Save the Sound, in an advisory capacity with the local community group Save Mattituck Inlet. This group is opposed to the plans for the inlet proposed by the North fork business Strong's Yacht Center.

Host: David Green This is David's final show and WPKN will miss him for sure. He will be passing the baton to incoming ED Erika Wesley Cultural Alliance Executive Director, David Green sits behind the WPKN microphone one last time to share clips from some of his favorite Spotlight broadcasts over the years. He will discuss his choices with the incoming CAFC executive director, Erika Wesley. It's six years of highlight interviews with arts organizations, creatives, and cultural institutions. Celebrate the past, sit in the present, and get ready for the future of arts and culture in Fairfield County. Voices include: Adger Cowans, Phil Kuchma, Steve di Constanzo, Wes Haynes, Chris Wigren, Robin Panovka, Jane Davila, Maisa Tisdale, Ramin Ganeshram, and Debra Mecky. Clips were from these shows, in order: December 2017, December 2021, April 2018, May 2023, July 2018, September 2021, April 2022

WPKN's Labor Report featuring economist and labor historian Michael Zweig with an update on current and pending labor actions as well as negotiations and policy developments that will have an impact on working people. Host: Richard Hill

* Oxfam's "Best States to Work" Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson, Senior Research Adviser with Oxfam America Producer: Scott Harris * New Report Finds Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Japan's Dumping Fukushima's Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long Term Health Hazards Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist with the group Beyond Nuclear Producer: Scott Harris

Exxon Mobil, humanity will fail at halting a global temperature rise EU wants global deal on phasing out fossil fuels at the new COP28 A tiny Caribbean island is sinking due to sea level rise Florida governor DeSantis rejected millions in climate funding A judge overturns Trump-era rule change allowing logging of old-growth forests Panasonic is testing "power-generating glass" for buildings.

On the September 3, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is joined by Ameya Krishnan. Ameya grew up in New Haven and is currently based in Hamden, Connecticut. Professionally, she is a nurse practitioner in child psychiatry. And for The Art of Living foundation, she has been a meditation instructor for 8 years, and a volunteer for 15. Through The Art of Living foundation, Ameya is involved with the upcoming World Culture Festival, which will be taking place from September 29 through October 1 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. Ameya shares what community means to her, what folks can expect at the World Culture Festival, and some important work she's doing within the recovery community here in Connecticut. For more on the World Culture Festival: http://wcf.artofliving.org For more on the World Culture Festival Guitar Ensemble: http://wcfguitar.org And to connect with Ameya about her local work here in Connecticut: ameya.krishnan@artofliving.org

* Confronting Link Between GOP's Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes Peter Montgomery, managing director of People For The American Way's Right Wing Watch Producer: Scott Harris * New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma Dr. Ned Ketyer, retired pediatrician, Pres Board of PA Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy Allan Nairn, award-winning investigative journalist Producer: Scott Harris

- Idalia makes landfall in Florida - UN strengthening treaty on Rights of the Child. - GOP Candidate calls Climate change a hoax -The Dirty Dozen Invasive plants -California is for now, out of drought conditions - U.S. imposes a hefty penalty against polluting Shipping Company -German energy giant dismantles wind farm to produce more coal -Sustainability Standards Board & the G 20 will set worldwide sustainability reporting requirements - Nature getting legal rights

Host: Rob Fried A monthly show that talks with nonprofits, musicians and other guests. This week Andy Kadison returns to the show for a special cameo appearance

Journalist, Jim Clash discusses his personal experiences & experiences as a journalist with the Manhattan Project Trinity site & the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Including his interviews wit a Nagasaki Survivor & Manhattan Project Physicist & Father of the H Bomb, Edward Teller.

My guest this afternoon is Samuel Goldenberg. Samuel is a Grandfather, Gardener and most importantly for me a tomato grower. For 20 years, he has saved the seeds and grown them every year. They are very big Roma tomatoes and are tremendous. He even supplies some Italian restaurants in New Haven (Skappo, L'Orcio) with plants to grow ever season.

My guest on this segment of “Digging in the Dirt” is Chairman of the Westport Community Gardens for 20 years. He has been Director of Long Lots Preserve for the last 18 months. A Sixth grade science teacher for 20 years, has run programs in New York City for recycling and alternative fuels for transit buses. He is here to discuss the apparent existential threat to the Westport Community Garden.

Organic Farm Stand line-up: --Laura Modlin's Solar/Lunar Report --Steve Munno's Small Farms Report --Dr. Roy Beckford, Dean of the U. of Vermont's Agricultural Extension reports on the impact of the catastrophic flooding on the farms in Vermont. Host: Richard Hill and Laura Munno

We discussed the efforts to create a constitutional amendment guaranteeing environmental rights in CT with Dr. Kimberly Stoner, currently the Advocacy Director for the Connecticut chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (CT-NOFA). To sign up for more information, go to Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ctera

Artists Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez and Briana Williams discuss an event for artists who want to create a new creative movement in New Haven.

Organic Farm Stand line up: --Small Farms Report with Steve Munno from Massaro Farm --Report on effects of climate change in Australia with a sheep farmer from Coonambal in New South Wales --Report on Organic Land Care with Michael Nadeau

-Tropical Storm Hilary hurricane remnants still causing issues -the wealthiest Americans cause half of planet-heating pollution in the US -weather extremes in South West Pacific caused four times more economic damage - severe drought in Panama is creating shipping disruptions -Austin Texas announces water restrictions due to drought -New York will pave the way for four-wheeled electric cargo delivery bikes, -The first cargo ship powered by 'green methanol' has begun its maiden voyage.

* Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction; Donald Sherman, CREW’s executive vice president and chief counsel; Producer: Scott Harris. * Georgia's RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell the Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion; Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Co-Director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Campaign; Producer: Scott Harris. * The Impact of Israeli Occupation and Colonialism on the Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystemp; Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor, director of Cytogenetics Services at Bethlehem University & Dir. PIBS; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

On the August 20, 2023 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Stanley Heller. Stanley Heller is Administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, and is also involved with Middle East Crisis Committee, and is the host and producer of The Struggle Video News. Stanley joins Mike to discuss the 10 Year Anniversary of the Ghouta Massacre in Syria, at the hands of the Assad regime. Marking the occasion are rallies and vigils around the US and around the world, including tomorrow, Monday August 21 at 12 noon at 1 Market Street in Hartford, Connecticut. For more info on tomorrow's events: https://pepeace.org/changing For more on Syria, the sources Stanley recommends at the end of the interview: www.thestruggle.org www.thestrugglevideo.org www.pepeace.org www.countervortex.org www.hummusforthought.com www.newlinesmag.com www.whitehelmets.org

The Resistance Roundtable speaks with two guests: -Eric Draitser, an independent journalist and host of the Counterpunch podcast (www.counterpunch.org)who addresses the threat of fascism in the US today; and -David Dayen, editor of the American Prospect Magazine (www.prospect.org), who talks about the indictment of Donald Trump and the rising progressive pushback against the radical rightwing. Hosts: Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner