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* Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War; John Feffer Director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza; Gregory Daly a participant in a NYC protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 26th; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War; Joe Lauria, Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News; Producer: Scott Harris.

-Hurricane Helene Devastation -Vienna reduced impact of flooding caused by Storm Boris -Italy and Switzerland have redrawn their shared border -Germany embraces "balkonkraftwerk", or balcony solar -Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative was launched- -How much warmer is the Earth going to get?

On the September 29, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is in conversation with Barbara Fair, LCSW, a community activist and founding member of Stop Solitary CT. Stop Solitary CT will be holding a press conference TOMORROW, September 30, 2024, at 9am at the Legislative Office Building - Room 1-B (300 Capitol Avenue in Hartford). This press conference will be addressing ongoing violations of the PROTECT Act, prison reform legislation which Stop Solitary CT led the fight to get passed. More info on Stop Solitary CT at: https://stopsolitaryct.org/ https://x.com/stopsolitaryct https://www.instagram.com/stopsolitaryct/

Dave Chapman, co-director of The Real Organic Project (realorganic project.org) discusses the Sept. 28 conference in Hudson NY, Real Organic; A World Movement which will feature a roster of speakers on the major issues confronting the organic movement today. Hosted by: Richard Hill, Diane Lauricella and Steve Munno

Friday September 27, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Host: Peggy Nelson Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area. Part 2: Deborah Burke, Creative Director of the Town Players of New Canaan, discussing the 2024-2025 Season of Plays. Part 3: Charles Rosenay discussing The Haunted Trolley presentation of “Final Stop: Murder On the Rails.” Part 4: Hamish Lutris discussing his book “Earth Ascendant: Awakening” and his upcoming talk at the Stratford Library on Sunday, October 6.

Hosts: Andrew Ross and Bonna Sue Burtt Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Guest Julia DiCola the Executive Director of Our TransLife A discussion about the climate of what it is to be a political target during the 2024 campaign especially when candidates are making spurious comments about trans people and how organizations like Our TransLife help the trans and non-binary community locally.

My guests this show are Lindley Dixon of the Real Organic Project. Linley serves as a Farmer representative and Co-Director of the Real Organic Project. Then Louise Washer a founder of the Pollinator Pathway joins me to tell us the latest news on the neonicotinoid pesticides problem Finally Gloria Frazee of Rewild Long Island makes her monthly visit to talk about….Rewilds fall programs and how long Islanders can get involved in community composting and planting pollinator friendly native plants.

Gloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3 by WPKN Community Radio

-Record 2024 Central European floods -Multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal -North Carolina saw historic rainfall -Vast areas of the Brazil on fire -Atlantic hurricane season poses increased risks -California’s closes plastic bag waste loophole -In Norway electric vehicles surpass gas automobiles -Gen Z & millennial workers back sustainability priorities

-Typhoon Yagi most powerful typhoon to hit Asia this year. -Severe drought in Cuba -Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average -The lead ammunition poisonous to scavenging animals -Critical shortfall in pollination affecting world’s food crops, -EPA gives $4B in funding for clean energy projects -EV sales have not fallen, cooled, or slowed -New solar-charging Truck bed Power System

* Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War; Jennifer Loewenstein fmr Assoc. Dir. Middle East Studies & Snr Lecturer at Univ of Wisconsin; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump's Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women; Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent; Producer: Scott Harris. * Gulf Coast Residents and Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals; Lisa Finn, an organizer with Third Act Virginia; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

Neil Meyer, contributing writer to Jacobin Magazine, discusses his recent article spelling out a strategy for progressives to steer a Harris-Walz administration to the left should they win on Nov. 5 (https://jacobin.com/2024/09/harris-sanders-labor-dsa-strategy). Neil also co-edits The Left Noes Newsletter (https://www.left-notes.com/). Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill Sept. 14, 2024

Friday September 20, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Host: Peggy Nelson Part 1: Suzanne Kachmar, Iyabu Ibo Mandingo, and Carlos Biernay discussing their artists' trip to Venice and Portugal, Iyabu's show "Arwe Journey: Twentieth Century Afri-Caribbean Migration" and Carlos's show "Latinissimo". Part 2: Director Jim Andreassi discussing "Dracula – A Comedy of Terrors" at The Legacy Theatre in Branford. Part 3: Theater Reviews with Tom Holehan

Host: Duo Dickinson Wednesday September 18, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org There’s a long history of young architects who design their parents’ home, or their own home—something, anything, to make their bones as a designer outside the grinding path of apprenticeship and licensing. Robert Venturi did a house for his mother, Vanna. Frank Gehry renovated a house for his family before anyone hired him. Even Alvar Aalto and Walter Gropius honed their design skills on residences for themselves. Forty years ago, we awoke in our own home: its subsequent recognition and huge resonance over these decades was completely unexpected, but fulfilled a 29 year old architect’s hopes, but more became a family home that evolved overe 4 construction reinventions. Directly connecting home design to home use is daunting, empowering and just a bit terrifying: many architects never finish the homes they start, many have great hopes for validation go unfulfilled: On Home Page this week we have three other architects who b

*Donald Trump's Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio; Wajahat Ali, author and creator of The Left Hook Substack; Producer: Scott Harris. *13-Week ‘Summer of Heat’ Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel Financing; Alec Connon, Executive Director of the group Stop the Money Pipeline; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on his 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of Music; Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter; Producer: Scott Harris.

-Typhoon Yagi most powerful typhoon to hit Asia this year. -Severe drought in Cuba -Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average -Lead ammunition poisonous to scavenging animals -Critical shortfall in pollination affecting world’s food crops, -EPA gives $4B in funding for clean energy projects -EV sales have not fallen, cooled, or slowed -New solar-charging Truck bed Power System

-A surge in giant sinkholes in Turkey. -Alaskan land would be protected from mining interests -Missouri to ban most exports of water from the state. -Drones used to fire "seed missiles" to grow trees -Replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen and electricity not enough -U.S. voters support legal action against plastics/fossil fuels -McDonald’s is set to reduce plastic waste

Victor De Masi is a citizen scientist and an extremely active member of The Pollinator Pathway. He was a wetland conservation officer in his hometown of Redding for 20 years and is presently a curatorial affiliate at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. Justin Wiggins works with the Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education Program (CARE) he strives to create anglers and environmental stewards through hands-on science based lessons and fishing trips. They recruit, train, and manage volunteers to accomplish this goal. Since 1986 The program FISH WITH CARE has offered classes and events designed to engage people in the outdoors by showing how fun and easy fishing can be

In this interview with host Richard Hill, Nick Mottern describes his journey from Navy enlistee during the Vietnam war to full-time peace activist in western Massachusetts today. Nick's activities include picketing arms producers, civil disobedience leading to multiple arrests, and lobbying Jim McGovern, his congressman. He has written articles for Truthout and also engages in a daytime fast which he says gives him the clarity of mind to concoct new ways to organize resistance to the US colonial project. See: www.bankillerdrones.org; merchantsofdeath.org.

Economist and labor historian Michael Zweig discusses the latest developments on the labor front with host Richard Hill Interview conducted on September 3, 2024