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The Organic Farmstand, Fall Harvest Update: Honey, Tomatoes, and Oysters!
The Organic Farm Stand lineup:Hot Topics -- Diane LauricellaSmall Farms Update -- Steve Munno, Massaro FarmHoney Bee Update -- Vincent KayeOyster Farming in CT -- special guest, Sean Riley of the New England Oyster FarmHosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella
- 3 days ago6 min
Trump Regime Once Again Attempts to Eliminate Roadless Rule Protecting Nation’s Wilderness
Interview with Wanda Culp, an activist with Tongass Women for Forests and Tongass regional coordinator for Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), conducted by Melinda Tuhus.Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Wanda Culp, a Tlinglit woman from the Tongass forest in southeast Alaska, who has fought against corporate clearcutting near her home, since the 1980s with a group called Tongass Women for Forests. Here she explains what difference the Roadless Rule made and how indigenous people are fighting to save it.
- 3 days ago16 min
More Than 1 Million Refugees’ TPS Revoked by Trump Now Face Potential Deportation
Interview with Dulce Guzmán, executive director at Alianza Americas, conducted by Scott Harris.Dulce Guzmán discusses her group’s work focusing public attention on the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees from more than a dozen countries who have had their TPS status revoked by the Trump administration—and the uncertainty that nationals from El Salvador who reside in the U.S. are now living with because Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has not announced any decision on their future status.
- 3 days ago16 min
Billionaire Bankrolls Candidates to Push Democrats toward Pro-Corporate Policies
Interview with Katya Schwenk, an investigative journalist covering private interests and corporate power at The Lever, conducted by Scott Harris.Katya Schwenk talks about her article co-written with Luke Goldstein, titled, “How A Hedge Fund Billionaire Became The Democrats’ New Kingmaker,” about Stephen Mandel, who’s bankrolling a new political apparatus built to “redefine” the Democratic party.
- 3 days ago20 min
U.S.-Canada Trade War: ‘The Most Stupid Trade Fight in History’
Interview with Lori Wallach, director of the Rethink Trade program at American Economic Liberties Project, and senior advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign, conducted by Scott Harris.Lori Wallach discusses the causes and consequences of the trade war initiated by Donald Trump after bilateral trade negotiations collapsed, leading the U.S. to impose 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods in August 2026, which Canada matched with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. exports earlier this month. Wallach is senior advisor at Citizens Trade Campaign, the U.S. national trade justice coalition of unions and environmental, consumer, faith, family farm and other groups.
- 3 days ago26 min
25 Years Later, U.S. Post-9/11 Wars Globally Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Cost $8 Trillion
Interview with Elizabeth Miller, project director, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and Stephanie Savell, co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute, conducted by Scott Harris.Elizabeth Miller discusses the important work her group has been doing since the 9/11 terrorist attack, advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice. Stephanie Savell, co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute, talks about her group’s research on the cost of U.S. wars launched after the 9/11 attacks and the impact that’s had on our nation’s security, foreign policy and civil liberties 25 years later.
- 1 weeks ago55 min
"Live Boldly with Rev Sara Smith," Episode #2 - September 12, 2026
The 2nd episode of "Live Boldly with Rev Sara Smith," features a lively conversation with two women who have broken down many barriers in the world of women's college athletics/sports. Jessica E. Mannetti is the head coach of Fairfield, CT's Sacred Heart University women's basketball team, and Pam London, head coach of Sacred Heart University softball team who's entering her 38th season with Sacred Heart. Rev. Sara Smith is Senior Minister of the United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, President/CEO and Founder nOURish BRIDGEPORT, Inc., and Sacred Heart University’s Protestant chaplain. "Live Boldly" is broadcast on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7:00 am on Listener Supported Community Radio, WPKN, 89.5 FM, WPKN.org.
- 1 weeks ago6 min
After Wave of Violent ICE Raids and Terror, Danbury CT Residents Protest and Resist
Interviews at the Sept. 2 Danbury community protest and march recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus.On Wednesday Sept. 2, more than a 1,000 people from across Connecticut marched to support immigrants in Danbury, the epicenter of ICE raids the last week of August in which least 64 city residents were abducted. Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus was at the march and talked to several protesters about why they had come.
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