Shows
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJohn Kinsner of Black Ink Presents, "Jim Henson's" Labyrinth in Concert"with WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio)John Kinsner of Black Ink Presents, and "Jim Henson's" Labyrinth in Concert" talks with WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio) about the upcoming Saturday, May 3, 2025 event at College Street in New Haven. Tickets and more information: https://collegestreetmusichall.com/e/jim-henson-s-labyrinth-in-concert-1050219634197/2025-05-0255 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastGang of Four's Jon King interviewed by WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio)Gang of Four's Jon King talks with WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio) ahead of the band's farewell tour opening date at Verso Studios/Westport Library, Friday, April 18th. Jon King has also a new memoir To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four. King will be in discussion with WPKN DJ Chris Frantz (The Talking Head) ahead of the Gang of Four's performance on Friday.2025-04-1650 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastForce MD's, Kahlil and Stevie Lundy, interviewed by Terrible Tee and Gee's RecordsWPKN is a media partner in the Force MDs and Family Live in Concert Pre Memorial Day Celebration at Foolproof Brewery in Bridgeport, happening Sunday May 18th at 6PM with doors at 4PM. In support of this upcoming event DJ, emcee, and educator Terrible Tee spoke Stevie D and Kahlil Lundy of the Force MD’s along with promoter and record dealer, Gee’s Records. Listen like and subscribe to WPKN podcasts by visiting wpkn.org/podcasts and be sure to check out our new free listening WPKN apps for Apple and Android. 2025-04-1623 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastNels Cline interviewed by WPKN's Bill Cosentino (Organic Radio)Guitarist Nels Cline is interviewed by WPKN's Bill Cosentino as they discuss Cline's expansive genre-defying work across multiple projects. Nels Cline's Consentrik Quartet comes to the region Wednesday April 9th, at the Space Ballroom in Hamden, CT.2025-04-0449 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJason Duncan (Just Add Water Records, So What) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan TollerJason Duncan of the late-60s/70s reissue record label, Just Add Water Records, and rock 'n' roll band So What chats with WPKN's Brendan Toller about being a rock 'n' roll renaissance man, and the upcoming Derv Gordon (the Equals) 2025 tour that has So What backing.2025-03-1142 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastDerv Gordon (the Equals) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan TollerDerv Gordon of the Equals chats with WPKN's Brendan Toller about his life in music, the formation of the Equals, trajectory, and upcoming 2025 tour that stops in New Haven at Cafe Nine on Weds, March 19th.2025-03-111h 12
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastNicole Mitchell interviewed by WPKN's Joseph Celli (Soundprint Asia, My Other Music)Joseph Celli will features an interview with award-winning jazz flutist Nicole Mitchell on his My Other Music (MOM) show on Mon., March 10, 9-10am exclusively on WPKN 89.5fm or streaming @ WPKN.org. The internationally recognized musician discusses her creative process, her work with the AACM and her Black Earth Ensemble. The program includes several musical examples of her compositions.2025-03-101h 13
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJoe Russo (JRAD, Selcouth Quartet) interviewed by WPKN's Bill Cosentino (Organic Radio)WPKN's Bill Cosentino speaks with Joe Russo about his musical history leading up to and including Joe Russo's Almost Dead (JRAD), as well as his latest project with Selcouth Quartet. They sonically explore some of the improvisational scapes this talented group of musicians have created in Iceland and bring to the area as they kick off their tour in support of this album. Russo's tour is starts in CT on 3/6 at Ridgefield Playhouse returning to CT on Sunday, 3/9 at Infinity Hall in Hartford with Russo's jazz project, Selcouth Quartet.Selcouth Quartet is a dynamic ensemble featuring Joe...2025-03-071h 00
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesRalph Baskin Photographer/WPKN staffer The experience of going solar on your houseMy guest on DITD today is Ralph Baskin. Ralph is a Retired IT cost consultant turned photographer who moved to CT from NY over 40 years ago where he lives in, and has improved, a small 1890's Victorian farmhouse.Ralph and I have found common ground with our views on the environment and have had many conversations about solar which I have dabbled with and Ralph has had a lot of experience, having adding a solar system to his own home. Besides my intention to always feature local guests and listeners of WPKN, I thought we all could learn...2025-03-0626 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesDan Martens V.P. Novamont NA Bio-plasticsMy guest this episode of DITD is Vice-President of Novamont N.A. Dan Martens. Not only are Dan and Novamont great friends of WPKNNovamont is a leader in the world of bioplastics and a long time supporter of WPKN radio. Novamont promotes a new model of bioeconomy in the logic of the circular economy, not only based on efficiency and sustainable use of renewable resources, but also as a factor for territorial regeneration.2025-03-0628 min
The Jim Motavalli Interview PodcastPhoebe White: African-American Country YodelerPhoebe White is an accomplished yodeler, and demonstrates her skills in this WPKN interview. Her album is Cowgirl's Delight, and it includes appearances from Riders in the Sky and Suzy Bogguss. Six of the 10 tunes are her own. White could be said to part of the movement that includes Rhiannon Giddens and is not only reclaiming the African-American heritage in country music, but blazing her own path in forming its future. 2025-02-2610 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastNeubody, New Haven Techno Collective, on Heatsync Records: Buddy City EP Vinyl Release and more, with WPKN's Brendan TollerUnderground techno collective discusses their first vinyl EP release of Buddy City, their popular New Haven dance nights at Cafe Nine, and so much more...https://heatsyncrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-buddy-city-ep2025-02-2550 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesMichael E Mann - The Madhouse Effect - Climate Change denialismOn "Digging in the Dirt" Host Kevin Gallagher spends one hour talking with Michael E. Mann about Climate Change. The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have written a new book together entitled "The Madhouse Effect". Mann and Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been in...2025-02-2555 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesWorms with "Wiggle Room"- Monique Bosch & Justin HawryshOn this episode of " Digging in the Dirt" on listener supported community radio WPKN.org , I have invited on 2 guests who are CT. locals right here in WPKN 's backyard running a cool little business called Wiggle Room for their lively hood, while trying to make a difference at the same time. Monique Bosch and Justin Hawrysh are the Mother and son team behind Wiggle Room a Vermicomposting company based in Bridgeport, CT. In simpler terms they sell worm castings, worm poop, BLACK GOLD, .2025-02-2531 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesDan Kittredge Exec. Dir. of the Bionutrient Food Assoc. - The Bionutrient Meter 2018Dan Kittredge is Executive Director of The Bio-Nutrient Food Association. Dan is making his 4th appearance on Digging in the dirt as we follow the BFA's effort s to develop a Bionutrient meter.Listen in to hear about the Bionutrient Meter and the upcoming 8th annual Soil and Nutrition Conference in Southbridge Mass.The conference will be.... “Exploring principles, techniques and practices at the intersection of farm and human ecosystems that can be applied to improve environmental sustainability, food quality and overall well-being.”Dan KittredgeBionutrient Food AssociationDi...2025-02-2533 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesMichael Mann - Countering Climate Change Denialism under TrumpOn the eve of testifying in front of the US House of Representatives Science Committee eight years ago, Kevin welcomes back to another edition of Digging in the Dirt, Michael Mann. Michael is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, His latest book is entitled "The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy (2016)." The discussion revolves around the fight to mitigate the effects of rising temperatures on our planet under an environmentally hostile Trump regime.Michael Mann2025-02-2438 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesThe Ground Beneath Us - Paul Bogard - AuthorMy guest on "Digging in the Dirt is author Paul Bogard - Author. I Paul Bogard's mission in THE GROUND BENEATH US is to find out Is there any untrodden foot of ground left? Paul takes a closer look at what is going on with the layers of soil beneath our civilizations.Increasingly we live separated from the natural ground itself, concealing from us our profound relationship to the source not only of our food, water, and energy, but to the many majestic, poetic, and yes, very basic, ways the ground sustains our lives. In short, the ground...2025-02-2430 min
Digging in the Dirt - ArchivesColorblends Tulip Bulb Company - Owner Tim Schipper It's all about TulipsMy guest this time around on "Digging in the Dirt" is Tim Schipper founder and owner of a Bridgeport business, Tulip Colorblends …....a wholesale bulb distributor and a WPKN radio supporter. Tim's family has been in the tulip Bulb business since Tim's Grandfather started the business back n the Netherlands in the early 1900's and brought it here to the US after WW ll. Listen up all you flower lovers!2025-02-2427 min
Conversations with amazing Artists from the archivesBen Harper w Kevin Gallagher April 2 2018I’m pleased to say that the multitalented Ben Harper of Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals is my guest. (That is if everything goes just right and we connect by phone via Scotland- it did!.) Ben is on tour with the renowned blues harpist Charlie Musselwhite in support of their new April release , “No Mercy in this land”. Join me on listener supported radio WPKN (and now as a PODCAST) when Bluesman Ben Harper comes aboard to talk music.2025-02-1955 min
Conversations with amazing Artists from the archivesRod MacDonald - Rants and RomanceMy guest is musician Rod MacDonald. A veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene, MacDonald was a constant presence at many of New York’s most prestigious folk clubs, including Gerdes Folk City and the Bottom Line, and he still tours extensively. Rod is currently living in Delray Florida. Rod teaches an ongoing series of master classes at Florida Atlantic U where he lectures on popular music. He has a fine new album out called Rants and Romance that WPKN’S own Robin Batteau turned me on too and I’m so glad he did. That’s why I invited...2025-02-1940 min
Conversations with amazing Artists from the archivesLoudon Wainwright III - 10 Great Protest Songs. An interview by Kevin GallagherLoudon Wainwright III is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and friend of WPKN. Over the years our listeners have gotten to know his talent for observing the human condition through song.On the eve of an important election, I invited Loudon here to talk about his recent NY Times OP-Ed on his choices for 10 Great Protest songs. Join us while we listen too and talk about Loudon's favorites.2025-02-1944 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastPoets on Fire, Presented by WPKN & Mega Bass ProductionsWPKN and Mega Bass Presents: Poets on Fire celebrating Black History Month with a live in-studio poetry broadcast. Listen to a cadre of regional emerging poets including Bridgeport’s own Phillip C. Alexander who has graced stages from Connecticut to Florida, and who recently shared the stage opening for hip hop collective, Brand Nubian.Poet, God Is Tymani Rain, the 2024 Connecticut Grand Slam poetry champion, one fifth of the Connecticut Verbal Slap Slam Team, and host of Poetz Realm Open Mic in Bridgeport as an arts educator and community builder.Poet, Oso, from Hamden Connecticut, a...2025-02-182h 11
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastDr. Julius Garvey (son of Marcus Garvey) interviewed by WPKN's ICONICON interviews Dr Julius Garvey, the son of Marcus Garvey, the first national hero of Jamaica. President Joe Biden on Sunday January 19, 2025 posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders, and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride. After Garvey was convicted, he was deported to Jamaica, where he was born. He died in 1940. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said of Garvey: “He was the first man, on a mass scal...2025-02-1140 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastMystic Bowie interviewed by WPKN's Amy Wachtel (Night Nurse) and Ebong UdomaMystic Bowie sits down with Amy Wachtel (Night Nurse) and Ebong Udoma ahead of his 2/1 WPKN Black History Month Concert and Bob Marley Birthday Bash at FTC on Saturday 2/1.2025-01-2853 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastVance Gilbert (singer-songwriter) interviewed by WPKN's Joseph CelliJoseph Celli talks with singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert ahead of his Saturday, 2/8, WPKN Black History Month appearance at Jazzy's Cabaret in New Haven. Tickets at Fernandopintopresents.com2025-01-2827 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsJoe Flood Interview, Music, and In-Studio Performance with WPKN's Brendan TollerThis WPKN Special Broadcasts Podcast features songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Joe Flood in studio with Brendan Toller, DJ B the T Jr. of Shake 'N' Vibrate Radio. Karen Schoemer of the New York Times says Flood has “songs bursting with eccentric characters ... a voice that perfectly straddles the fence between country and the blues…” And it's those kind of qualities that have taken Flood towards collaborations with members of the Band, the Bottle Rockets, Mojo Nixon, Dan Baird, and Eric "Roscoe" Ambel - who produced many of Flood's solo works for the late Jeremy Tepper's (Outlaw Country) Diesel Only label. M...2025-01-071h 28
WPKN Community RadioBetween the Lines for January 1, 2025Between the Lines for January 1, 2025 by WPKN Community Radio2025-01-0129 minWPKN Community Radio241127-btlv128241127-btlv128 by WPKN Community Radio2024-11-2729 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastMolly Tuttle (vocalist, flatpicker, and songwriter) interviewed by WPKN's Bob AndersonMolly Tuttle joins WPKN's Bob Anderson (A Little Bit of Everything) for an interview ahead of her Tuesday, November 19th appearance at Fairfield Theater Company in the Warehouse.2024-11-1309 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsGoodnight Moonshine In-Studio Performance and interview with WPKN's Mike HoryczunGoodnight Moonshine join WPKN's Mike Horyczun for a beautiful in-studio and performance ahead of their myriad of appearances in the Northeast.2024-11-0738 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastLenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group, Nuggets compiler, writer, composer) interviewed by WPKN's Martha Willette Lewis (The Flux Capacitor)Lenny Kaye talks with WPKN's Martha Willette Lewis on The Flux Capacitor ahead of Lenny's November 8, 2024 appearance at Small Batch Cellars in North Haven.2024-11-0618 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJonathan Yates (Music Director of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra), and Alexander Markov (violinist) interviewed by WPKN's Richard Epstein (Sometimes Classical)WPKN's Richard Epstein (Sometimes Classical) chats with Jonathan Yates, Music Director of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (norwalksymphony.org), and violin soloist for the first concert of the season Alexander Markov (alexandermarkov.com). The pair discusses the 85th season of the Norwalk Symphony and Markov's innovative playing at his recent Carnegie Hall recital.2024-10-2422 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsWPKN Live from New Haven Open Studios at Erector Square 2024WPKN's Valerie Richardson, Martha Willette Lewis, and Brendan Toller lead a special live broadcast from New Haven's Erector Square Open Studios featuring interviews with Eric March, Oi Fortin, Lesley Finn, Janet Warner, Adrian Martinez, Paul Theriault and more.2024-10-232h 16
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastVoting and Beyond: Democracy and Health by Isabelle BarbourThe Brennan Center has reported that in 2023, there were at least 356 voter suppression bills considered by lawmakers in 47 states. No matter what Nancy Pelosi tells me in her emails, chipping in five bucks is not going to increase the health of our democracy. Let's talk about what will and also about how the health of democracy impacts our health as Americans. We'll talk to folks from Fair Count, Healthy Democracy, Healthy People, the ACLU and more. This piece was first broadcasted on 5/5/24 by WPKN Community Radio 89.5 FM2024-10-1928 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastMaria Hinojosa in Conversation with Isabelle BarbourMaria Hinojosa is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, founder of Futuro Media, and anchor of Latino USA. She sat down with Isabelle Barbour for this feature interview that first aired on WPKN Community Radio in Bridgeport in August of 2024. The conversation includes reflections on changes to the democratic presidential ticket in the Summer of 2024 as well as an update on Maria's time at a MAGA gym.2024-10-1928 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastNate Hilts of the Dead South interviewed by WPKN's Martha NachmanNate Hilts of the Dead South checks in with WPKN's Martha Nachman (The Music Never Stopped) ahead of the Dead South's 10/24 performance at College Street Music Hall.2024-10-1808 min
WPKN Community RadioHome Page Radio - Wither StarchitectsHost: Duo Dickinson
Wednesday October 16, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org
A century of top-down architectural determination is over. Regimes of conferring worth via station and prestige have been replaced with the number of “likes” and “followers” accruing as if the entire world is one polling station. We have reached intellectual democratization, where popularity trumps insights (good or bad) – our world is becoming unending popularity contests and beauty pageants, where everyone is the judge and the contestant – “the most eyeballs wins”. So much so that the remaining organizations are trying to ban Tik Tok, control Artificial Intelligence and social media and limit access...2024-10-1651 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsRebel Music In-Studio Concert & Live Broadcast with Gold ErisWPKN's debut in-studio live concert broadcast with Black Rock, Bridgeport musician, Gold Eris!http://www.golderismusic.com Gold Eris was formed by singer/songwriter Thomas Oliverio in 2017. Indie/Alt/Artrock, with influences including David Bowie, St. Vincent, and notes of 90's grunge, Gold Eris recorded and self-released their debut album, Born A Quitter, in 2020. It is available on all major music platforms. The band’s sound has since evolved into a more lively, bright, and lyric-heavy live show, made possible by the talent of members Oliverio, Arachne, Morcaldi, Sudo and Gaudette - local musicians who sha...2024-10-1537 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsRebel Music In-Studio Concert & Live Broadcast with Lys GuillornWPKN's first live in-studio broadcast concert with CT avant-twanger, Lys Guillorn!https://www.lysguillorn.com/Lys Guillorn is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and multi-disciplinary artist based in Shelton, Connecticut. They are of the same musical school as Laura Veirs, and Kristin Hersh, with a little Emmylou Harris thrown in: dreamy, lyric-driven, melodically interesting, and undefinable. They call their genre of music "Avant-Twang."Live sound is solo on electric or acoustic guitar, focusing on lyrics and intricate guitar work, or with full band, adding a little more crunch. Band members in Lys Guillorn & The...2024-10-1549 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJason Kao Hwang (Composer, Violinist, Improvisor), interviewed by WPKN’S Joseph CelliJason Kao Hwang discusses his early training and eventual emergence in New York’s improv loft scene. He discusses the Asian American music movement, his mentors, and the use of the electric violin. Jason has worked as a violinist with innumerable new music legends including Anthony Braxton, William Parker, Henry Threadgill, Tomeka Reid, Wadada Leo Smith, Joëlle Léandre and many others. He has received support from Chamber Music America, Rockefeller Foundation, US Artists International and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and others. 2024-10-091h 00
WPKN Special BroadcastsShawn Taylor (singer/songwriter) interview and performance with WPKN's Mike HoryczunWPKN's Mike Horyczun hosts an interview and performance with singer/songwriter, Shawn Taylor ahead of his show at the Black Bear Americana Music Fest, October 11-13, in Goshen, CT, and, November show at Best Video in Hamden, CT.2024-10-0938 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastSarah Kendzior (best-selling author, journalist) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan TollerSarah Kendzior discusses the current state of affairs ahead of the 2024 U.S. Election.https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/SARAH KENDZIOR BIOI am the bestselling author of THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY (2018), HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020), and THEY KNEW (2022). My next book, THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, will come out in 2025. From 2018 until 2013, I was the co-host of Gaslit Nation, a weekly podcast which covers corruption in the United States and the rise of authoritarianism around the world. I live in St. Louis, Missouri.I now write essays regularly at Sarah...2024-10-0948 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastExene Cervenka, singer and artist in X, interviewed by WPKN's Rich KaminskyWPKN's Rich Kaminsky, host of Off-Beat! airing Saturdays, 2 a.m. – 6 a.m., interviews singer and artist, Exene Cervenka ahead of X's last national tour and new album, Smoke and Fiction.2024-10-0621 min
WPKN Community RadioState Of The Arts October 4 2024Friday October 4, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org
Host: Peggy Nelson
Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area.
Part 2: Director and actor Mike Boland discussing his film “Yo, Andrea”.
Part 3: A conversation with Bridgeport artist Julia Contacessi
Part 4: A tribute to Gavin Creel2024-10-0448 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTidings from Hazel Kahan: Moral injury and sharing responsibility for war’s consequencesChris Antal, Staff Chaplain and Dr. Peter Yeomans, Staff Psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Philadelphia talk about understanding the suffering of moral injury among U.S. combat-deployed Veterans and their facilitation of a 12-week Moral Injury Group and Community Healing Ceremony in which Veterans’ burdens are shared by the community made more more conscious of the realities of warfare. (Broadcast on WPKN, Jan. 11, 2023)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTidings from Hazel Kahan: Robert Massoud tells the story of Palestine through Zatoun’s olive oilRobert Massoud, Palestinian founder of the Zatoun organization, speaking to us from Toronto about the twenty years he has spent telling the story of Palestine through its olive oil, without being silenced by politicians and media.(First broadcast on WPKN on September 13, 2023.)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTidings from Hazel Kahan: Yumna Patel analyzes Israel's 2023 assault on the Jenin refugee campYumna Patel, Palestine News Director for Mondoweiss, reports from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank about the significance for Palestinians of last week’s military assault on the Jenin refugee camp. In this reporting, she covers the effect on Palestinian youth of the Palestine Authority’s inability to protect them and what “Gazafication” means for the future of the Palestinian nation (Broadcast on WPKN, July 12, 2023)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTidings from Hazel Kahan: Dr. Yara Asi asks how can we measure Gaza’s trauma?Dr. Yara Asi, author and assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, where she studies physical and mental health in conflict-affected and fragile populations. Born in Palestine, Dr. Asi is the author of How War Kills; The Overlooked Threats to our Healthand a New York Times opinion piece titled Gaza is showing us we need new tools to measure trauma. She will talk to us about the many challenges facing researchers who want to understand trauma in Gaza and translate it into policy. (Broadcast on WPKN May 8, 2024)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTidings from Hazel Kahan: Jeff Halper on Israel’s weaponization of humiliationJeff Halper is an Israeli-American anthropologist, author, lecturer, and political activist has lived in Israel since 1973. He is the Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and a co-founder of The One Democratic State Campaign. A Jewish Israeli, Jeff speak to us from Jerusalem about Israel’s entrenched use of humiliation to control the Palestinian population and how this has now begun to reveal some surprisingly unforeseen consequences. (Broadcast on WPKN, June 12, 2023)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastSteve Wick, author and journalist, on uncovering the truth and telling the whole storySteve Wick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, formerly of Newsday and more recently editor of the Suffolk Times, talks about his earlier work, two new upcoming books, the importance of local journalism and emphasizes that, “if you want to get the present right, you have to get the past right” which means, he says, uncovering the truth and telling the complete story. (WPKN, September 4, 2024)2024-10-0229 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastThe Courettes with WPKN's Howard ThompsonThe Courettes join WPKN's Howard Thompson (PURE) discussing their fourth tour of the US in conjunction with the release of their new album THE SOUL OF THE FABULOUS COURETTES...2024-09-301h 11
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain with WPKN's Herman OliveraJim Reid, singer/songwriter, lead singer, and co-founder (with brother William Reid) for The Jesus and Mary Chain, chats with WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio) ahead of the group's WPKN Presents performance at College Street Music Hall on Tuesday, October 1st at 7PM. In partnership with Premier Concerts and Manic Presents.2024-09-3024 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastTim Butler of the Psychedelic Furs with WPKN's Herman OliveraTim Butler, bassist, and co-founder of the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, chats with WPKN's Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio) ahead of the group's WPKN Presents performance at College Street Music Hall on Tuesday, October 1st at 7PM. In partnership with Premier Concerts and Manic Presents.2024-09-3036 minWPKN Community RadioState Of The Arts September 27 2024Friday 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 6.2024-09-2751 min
WPKN Community RadioThe LGBTQ Community Show September 25 2024Hosts: 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.2024-09-2552 min
WPKN Community RadioGloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3Gloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3 by WPKN Community Radio2024-09-2517 minWPKN Community RadioState Of The Arts September 20 2024Friday 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 Holehan2024-09-2054 min
The Jim Motavalli Interview PodcastBilly HarperBilly Harper is a impassioned progressive jazz saxophonist. He is "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument. He was interviewed by Jim Motavalli for WPKN and New York City Jazz Record. 2024-09-2037 minWPKN Community RadioHome Page Radio – ARCHITECT HOMEHost: 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 unexpe...2024-09-1852 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastArtist Iyaba Ibo Mandingo interviewed by WPKN General Manager, Valerie RichardsonWPKN programmer Valerie Richardson speaks with artist Iyaba Ibo Mandingo about his exhibition Arwe Journey: Twentieth-Century Afri-Caribbean Migration, which will be on view at the Housatonic Museum of Art from Weds. Sept. 18, 2024, through Feb. 21, 2025. In the 61 paintings in this exhibition, the artist Iyaba Ibo Mandingo tells the story of the 20th-century Afri-Caribbean migration to Europe and North America. Arwe Journey takes its inspiration from Jacob Lawrence’s Great Migration series and August Wilson’s plays. The exhibition will be accompanied by many special programs including performances of poetry and storytelling by the artist himself. Also joining the conversation were co-c...2024-09-1644 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastAmina Figerova interviewed by WPKN's Richard Epstein of "Sometimes Classical"Azerbaijani jazz pianist, Amina Figerova, is interviewed by WPKN's Richard Epstein of "Sometimes Classical" ahead of her "Jazz At The Post" appearance on Thursday, June 6th at 7:30pm in Westport, CT.2024-09-1636 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastBryan Munar of Hadestown with WPKN's Valerie RichardsonBryan Munar, Orpheus in the upcoming touring production of Hadestown, talks with WPKN's Valerie Richardson ahead of the Hadestown theatrical debut at the Waterbury Palace Theater, October 3-6.2024-09-1224 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsHope In Space: A Benefit for CT Storm Victims Special Broadcast with WPKN's Herman Olivera, TEAM Inc., Will Diaz of Pangea and moreOn August 18, in the middle of the day, residents of the Naugatuck Valley and surrounding areas received weather advisory warnings on their cell phones. Within hours, many found themselves standing inside their homes in several feet of water, forced to move to higher ground. Those on the roads were trapped, unable to drive, as floodwaters from surrounding waterways quickly inundated roads and homes. Tragically, lives were lost, and countless homes have been condemned or severely damaged. Many families are now facing the overwhelming loss of household items, rapid mold growth, and the trauma of displacement. Some, despite the severe...2024-09-1054 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastBridgeport Film Festival 2024 Preview with Artistic Director / Founder Jason Coombs, and Filmmakers Nilsa Laine and Brian A. RussellWPKN Director of Operations and New Initiatives (and filmmaker) Brendan Toller sits down with Artistic Director / Founder Jason Coombs of the Bridgeport Film Festival, and Filmmakers Nilsa Laine and Brian A. Russell for a preview of the 2024 festival. Nilsa Laine is the Director of "Undergraduate Experiences of Black Women at PWI Campuses" [14.57] a short documentary exploring the undergraduate experiences of Black Women - touching on freshman experience, intersectionality, and 'Black Girl Magic.'Brian Russell is the Director of SilverSizzle [13.35] a short described as: a cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent...2024-09-0929 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastMichael Pillot, Festival Organizer of the Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr's Quantum Leap Festival, Nola2Nofo with WPKN's Kevin Gallager (Digging in the Dirt, GaiaGram)Kevin Gallagher talks with Michael Pillot, Festival Organizer of the Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr's Quantum Leap Festival, Nola2Nofo, happening Friday 9/13 through Sunday 9/15 at Borghese Vineyard, 17150 Middle Road Cutchogue, NY 11935Funk, blues, jazz, hip-hop, zydeco, swampadelic guitar - the music and culture of New Orleans hits Long Island wine country. WPKN partners on this festival featuring a staggering lineup of New Orleans greats including Fred Wesley of the JBs, Sonny Landreth, Preservation Hall Legacy Band, Cyril Neville, CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band and so many more. Could this be NOLA JazzFest east in years...2024-09-0613 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastAmy Rigby interviewed by WPKN's Martha Willette Lewis (The Flux Capacitor)Singer/songwriter Amy Rigby details her new album "Hang In There With Me" and following US tour with WPKN's Martha Willette Lewis.2024-09-0431 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastLarry Campbell and Teresa Williams interviewed by WPKN's Jim MotavalliAmericana/folk duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams chat with Jim Motavalli ahead of their 2024 CT Folk Fest appearance Saturday, September 7th, at New Haven's Edgerton Park.2024-08-2919 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastCory Younts of Old Crow Medicine Show interviewed by WPKN's Jim MotavalliCory Younts of Old Crow Medicine Show is interviewed by WPKN's Jim Motavalli ahead of the group's 2024 Rhythm and Roots, Rhode Island appearance and a 2024 tour.2024-08-2813 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastPatterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers interviewed by WPKN's Jim MotavalliWPKN's Jim Motavalli interviews Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers ahead of their 2024 Rhythm and Roots appearance in Rhode Island and amidst their Southern Rock Opera Revisited Tour.2024-08-2821 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastAuthor Erica Gies & Jazz Bassist Stephan Crump interviewed by WPKN's Jim MotavalliThis interview features Erica Gies author of Water Always Wins, Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (winner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism) and jazz bassist Stephan Crump who was inspired by the book to write an 18-part suite called Slow Water. The two are joined by WPKN's Jim Motavalli.2024-08-2818 min
WPKN Special BroadcastsWPKN Live from BLACK ROCK PORCHFEST 8.24.24 with THE ZAMBONIS & THE COVERALLS ! feat hosts Emma Speer and Gold ErisWPKN's inaugural LIVE REMOTE broadcast from Black Rock Porchfest featuring the musical stylings and live sets from THE ZAMBONIS & THE COVERALLS!2024-08-273h 32
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastSaxophonist/Composer James Brandon Lewis interviewed by WPKN's "Musicians Speak" Joseph CelliWPKN and Musician's Speak host and DJ Joseph Celli interviews composer and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis during amidst a 2024 tour with the Messethics featuring members of DC DIY pioneers, Fugazi.“James Brandon Lewis, a jazz saxophonist in his 30s, raw-toned but measured, doesn’t sound steeped in current jazz-academy values and isn’t really coming from a free-improvising perspective. There’s an independence about him, and on “Days of FreeMan” (Okeh), he makes it sound natural to play roaming, experimental funk, with only the electric bassist Jamaladeen Tacuma and the drummer Rudy Royston, and without much sonic enhancement...2024-08-2347 min
WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture PodcastJon Auer (Posies, Big Star, Big Star Quintet) with Richard Epstein of WPKN's Sometimes Classical and Brendan TollerSinger/Songwriter/Producer, Jon Auer (Posies, Big Star, Big Star Quintet), joins Richard Epstein of Sometimes Classical and WPKN's Director of Operations & New Initiatives, Brendan Toller, in the WPKN studios for an interview and performance. Auer discusses his musical origins, "power-pop," Big Star, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, his intruiging musical connections to William Shatner and Ringo Starr and much more. 2024-08-1449 min
WPKN Community RadioCarl Safina - Ecologist Author "Owls In Our Yard"I'd like to welcome back Dr. Carl Safina from the Safina Center to Digging in the dirt. Carl has taken the story of his previous book "Alfie and Me" to another level and created a picture book for children called "Owls in our yard" !
Carl is a good friend of Digging in the Dirt and WPKN radio. Dr. Safina is the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University. A MacArthur “genius fellowship" winning ecologist and founder of the Safina Center.2024-07-1524 min
WPKN Community RadioHome Page Radio - What Is “Good Architecture?”Thursday, September 20, 2022, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org
Host: Duo Dickinson
What is “Good Architecture?” Morally? Ethically? Aesthetic? Every person has a sense of “Good” – in life and its outcomes – and architecture synthesizes humanity’s values – both universal and fully idiosyncratic.
ArchDaily is the preeminent architectural website, with 3 million visits a week, often 1 million in a day: They ask me to write once a month for them on their monthly Site Topic: This week’s topic is What Makes Architectural Beauty?” Here is my piece out THIS MORNING: https://www.archdaily.com/989288/is-good-architecture-synonymous-with-beauty
For fifty years architect and scientist Christopher Alexander spent his...2024-06-1947 min
WPKN Community RadioLive Culture- Max and Martha talk with nico w okoro about Orchid GalleryA talk with Curator nico w okoro about her new project the Orchid Gallery up now at the ConnCorp building. more at https://www.nicowheadon.com/ and https://conncorp.org/
Maxim Schmidt and Martha Willette Lewis host a monthly discussion about Art and Culture. originally aired on wpkn 89,5 fm2024-05-1126 min
WPKN Community RadioHazel Kahan, host of North Fork Works on WPKNHazel Kahan, long-time interview host, discusses her shows Tidings and North Fork Works and describes her journey from a successful publicist in the corporate world to a talk show host on WPKN.
Interview by Richard Hill2024-04-2625 min
WPKN Community RadioBrandon "Taz" Niederauer Speaks with WPKN's Ebong UdomaBrandon "Taz" Niederauer is a prodigious guitarist. He was an original cast member of the Broadway musical "School of Rock" and has played on stage with everyone from Buddy Guy to Gregg Allman to Tedeschi Trucks. Taz is bringing his talents to Bridgeport on Saturday, February 24, 2024, as part of WPKN's celebration of Black History Month.
He is performing at the Bijou Theatre, and tickets are available here through Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wpkn-celebrates-black-history-month-w-brandon-taz-niederauer-friends-tickets-8093321833472024-02-2120 minWPKN Community RadioHome Page Radio – Don’t Trash The HOMEThursday, January 25, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org
Host: Duo Dickinson
We are in the time of Tear Downs, Again. And yet feel good, virtue signalling, of 8,000 square foot “Green” homes and $80,000 electric cars simultaneously tell us we are being good stewards of our world. The oxymoron of a new millennium’s religion of “sustainability” and the never ending growth in size and cost of the American Home has always been part of our culture.
It is so basic as to be be cliche: “It if ain’t broke don’t fix it.” But we tear down endless viable buildings, throwing away all...2024-01-2551 min
WPKN Community RadioRalph Baskin Photographer/WPKN staffer The experience of going solar on your houseMy guest on DITD today is Ralph Baskin. Ralph is a Retired IT cost consultant turned photographer who moved to CT from NY over 40 years ago where he lives in, and has improved, a small 1890's Victorian farmhouse.
Ralph and I have found common ground with our views on the environment and have had many conversations about solar which I have dabbled with and Ralph has had a lot of experience, having adding a solar system to his own home. Besides my intention to always feature local guests and listeners of WPKN, I thought we all could learn more about...2023-12-1926 min
WPKN Community RadioBand Central Radio - Eric DiBerardinoWPKN Studios - Interview with Eric DiBerardino2023-11-2815 minWPKN Community RadioBand Central Podcast w/JD Seem - Nov. 2023JD Seem interview at WPKN Radio2023-11-2810 min
WPKN Community RadioBand Central Radio November PodcastHost: Rob Fried, Band Central Radio
🎶Plans for lunch today? Tune in at NOON to WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special Band Central Radio show featuring host Rob Fried and special guests JD Seem (guitarist) and Eric DiBerardino (bassist). Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music! Tune in Monday! 🎶2023-11-2854 min
WPKN Community RadioSpotlight on Art's & Culture Podcast: Jennifer Reynolds-KayeExecutive Director Erika Wesley, will introduce herself to WPKN listeners and discuss her work as a literary artist, nonprofit executive, and lover of arts and culture. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye will discuss her role as art administrator of the second-largest art collection housed at a community college in the country! She will also discuss the initiatives at the Housatonic Museum of Art and the intersection between art and community.2023-11-1440 min
WPKN Community RadioSpotlight on Arts & Culture | Podcast November 2023Our November "Spotlight on Arts & Culture" features hostJennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport. In this episode, Executive Director Erika Wesley, will introduce herself to WPKN listeners and discuss her work as a literary artist, nonprofit executive, and lover of arts and culture. Jennifer will discuss her role as art administrator of the second-largest art collection housed at a community college in the country! She will also discuss the initiatives at the Housatonic Museum of Art and the intersection between art and community. Tune into WPKN 89.5 FM Live on Monday, TODAY November 13 at NOON. LISTEN LIVE...2023-11-1453 min
WPKN Community RadioRod MacDonald - Rants and RomanceI’d like to welcome musician Rod MacDonald to the WPKN airwaves. A veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene, MacDonald was a constant presence at many of New York’s most prestigious folk clubs, including Gerdes Folk City and the Bottom Line, and he still tours extensively. Rod is currently living in Delray Florida. Rod teaches an ongoing series of master classes at Florida Atlantic U where he lectures on popular music. He has a fine new album out called Rants and Romance that WPKN’S own Robin Batteau turned me on too and I’m so glad he did. Tha...2023-11-1340 min
WPKN Community RadioThe Courettes on WPKN Radio with Howard ThompsonThe Courettes paid a visit to the WPKN Studios in Bridgeport, CT. The garage/punk/pop band is based in Denmark. The duo consist of Brazilian born lead singer and guitarist Flavia Couri and Danish drummer, Martin Couri.2023-10-111h 49
WPKN Community RadioPaul Winter interview with WPKN's Kevin Gallagher PodcastWPKN's Kevin Gallagher talks with Paul Winter in the run-up to WPKN's 60th Anniversary Gala Celebration at the SHU Community Theatre on Saturday November 4, 2023.
WPKN, called by the New Yorker Magazine “The Greatest Radio Station in the World”, announces a special collaboration with seven-time Grammy Award musician Paul Winter and his Consort to celebrate our 60th Anniversary, recognizing the breadth of music, culture, and environmental awareness we present.
One of the earliest promoters of world music, the Paul Winter Consort pioneered a new genre of “earth music” --described as “ecological jazz” --interweaving classical, jazz, and world music elements with voices from what Pa...2023-10-0522 min
WPKN Community RadioCAFC 'Spotlight on Arts & Culture' | September 11, 2023Host: 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...2023-09-1159 min
WPKN Community RadioWPKN's Labor Report -- Edition #1 --Sept. 5, 2023WPKN'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 Hill2023-09-1127 min
WPKN Community RadioWPKN Trump Indictment Special 08-05-23This special WPKN public affairs program discusses former President Donald Trump’s most recent indictment on federal charges related to his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election and subvert the will of the nation’s voters.
This panel discussion includes: WPKN’s public affairs director Richard Hill, longtime WPKN producers Ebong Udoma, Denise Manzari and John Lugo, Michael Zweig, professor of economics emeritus at Stony Brook University in New York, and host Scott Harris.
As most of our listeners are aware, disgraced former President Trump was indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith on new criminal charges on Aug. 1...2023-08-0653 min
WPKN Community RadioDan Martens V.P. Novamont NA Bio-plasticsMy guest this episode of DITD is Vice-President of Novamont N.A. Dan Martens. Not only are Dan and Novamont great friends of WPKN
Novamont is a leader in the world of bioplastics and a long time supporter of WPKN radio. Novamont promotes a new model of bioeconomy in the logic of the circular economy, not only based on efficiency and sustainable use of renewable resources, but also as a factor for territorial regeneration.2023-07-2728 min
WPKN Community RadioWPKN GM Report to the Listeners: Suzanne Katchmar + Jason CoombesPODCAST Suzanne Katchmar, director of City Lights Gallery and the Bridgeport Art Trail. Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services and Jason Coombes- Greater Bridgeport Pride (Bridgeport July 29-30), Bridgeport Film Fest and WPKN show ‘Jay in the City’.2023-07-1809 minWPKN Community RadioWPKN GM Report to the Listeners - July 2023WPKN’s GM Steve di Costanzo hosts his July ‘GM REPORT TO THE LISTENERS’ today at 12noon to 12:55.
His guests include: Suzanne Katchmar, director of City Lights Gallery and the Bridgeport Art Trail. Lauren Coakley Vincent | President + CEO, Bridgeport Downtown Special Services and Jason Coombes- Greater Bridgeport Pride (Bridgeport July 29-30), Bridgeport Film Fest and WPKN show ‘Jay in the City’.; Mike Roer, Director of Entrepreneur Foundation Inc. Owner of The Emporium; Vita Muir, Vita West Muir is the founder and executive/artistic director of Litchfield Jazz Festival (July 28-30, Washington, CT at Frederick Gunn School); Jim Faith, a founding member of...2023-07-1849 min
WPKN Community RadioBand Central Radio on WPKN | June 2023 Full ShowMonday 6/26 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring Jennifer Bangser of The Westport Library and Barry Blumenfield of Bone Dry Band! Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried.✨2023-06-2754 min
WPKN Community RadioBand Central Radio FULL PODCAST (May 2023)HOST: Rob Fried
WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special show featuring John Torres - Owner of Park City Music Hall, Amiee Turner - Executive Director of Woofgang & Co., and Ben Jaffe - Artistic Director for Preservation Hall Jazz Band! Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music with host Rob Fried (Recorded 5/22 WPKN Studios in Bridgeport, CT)2023-05-2654 min
WPKN Community RadioLifeBridge PODCAST On WPKN RadioToday WPKN’s General Manager Steve di Costanzo welcomes:
LifeBridge Community Services a nonprofit based in Bridgeport serving the community for over 170 years. Mission: Partnering with individuals, youth, and families to improve well-being, strengthen resilience, and create a brighter futureLifeBridge provides a combination of behavioral health services, youth development, and asset-building resources for families, our impact strengthens our community as a whole.
Steve speaks with Edith Boyle, the President & CEO as well honorees of Creating from the Heart (upcoming FREE event April 27 at The Knowlton) Shanika Rucker and Razul Branch. He will also talk with Key Note Speaker Cey Adams- vi...2023-04-1726 min