Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher
Returning for the third time to Digging in the Dirt is Dr. Carl Safina, the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University. His writing has won a MacArthur “genius” prize; as well as Pew, Guggenheim, and National Science Foundation Fellowships. His latest book is “Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.”
Monday, November 27 at 5:00 PM.
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon
We talk with poet, farmer and author Scott Chaskey about his new book, “Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship In The Web of Life.” Then, chef Ravinder Bhogal introduces us to the comfort and joy of immigrant food. Her book is “Comfort and Joy: Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen.”
Monday, November 27 at 10:00 PM.
Jim Motavalli
Jim Motavalli’s guests this week:
- 8:45 PM – The Wildwoods, a husband-and-wife folk music group from Lincoln, Nebraska.
- 9:30 PM – Actress and singer-songwriter Emily Kinney, known for her role on the television series The Walking Dead.
- 10:30PM – Author (and Superior Court judge) Michael E. Shay of Wilton, talking about his book “The Whites of Their Eyes,” a biography of Connecticut Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam. Putnam Park in Redding is named after him and marks the site of his winter quarters.
Tuesday evening, November 28.
East End Ink
Renowned ecologist Carl Safina presents his new book “Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe,” a moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl.
Wednesday, November 29 at 6:30 AM (repeated at 8:00 PM) and archived.