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Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 09-22-2020
First Voices Radio with Tiokasin Ghosthorse Roberto Rodriguez, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Mexican American Studies Department at the University of Arizona. He is author of “Our Sacred Maiz is our Mother: ...
News and Public Affairs 09-21-2020
Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher Kevin Gallagher’s guest is Jon Stokes of the web site Theprepared.com who will be talking about emergency preparedness and prepping checklists for everyone. The Prepared is a ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 9/20/20
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: What The Hell – 100 Years Of Blues (Alligator, 2020) This Is The Kit: This Is What You Did – Off Off On (Rough Trade, 2020) Bonnie Light Horseman: ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 09-15-2020
First Voices Radio with Tiokasin Ghosthorse Nikki Ducheneaux is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and also Bitterroot Salish from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She is a founder and ...
News and Public Affairs 09-14-2020
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Stand Up America Founder and President Sean Eldridge discusses the organizing and preparations now being made partner group Indivisible and more ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 9/13/20
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard: Hey! Rockstar – Lucky Seven Series, Pt 1 (Jon Langford, 2020) Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby: Vote That F****r Out – Single (Southern Domestic, 2020) Culture: Outcast – Chanting ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 9/6/20
Nils Lofgren: Too Blue To Play – Weathered (Cattle Track Road, 2020) Emma Swift: Going Going Gone – Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost, 2020) Karen Jonas: Pink Leather Boots – The Southwest Sky ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 08-31-2020
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon We talk with Margot Livesy. Her new novel, “The Boy In The Field,” explores the limits of free will and how we respond to what happens to us. Then, ...
News and Public Affairs 08-31-2020
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Amanda Marcotte is a politics writer for Salon who covers American politics, feminism and culture. Her new book is titled, “Troll ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 8/30/20
Bent Arcana: The Gate – Bent Arcana (Castle Face, 2020) Istvan Peter B'Racz: Protean Seconds – Protean Seconds (B'Racz, 2020) Gary Lucas: Astronomy Domine – Operators Are Standing By: The Essential Gary Lucas 1988-1996 ...
Live Culture Episode 64 | 08-29-2020
Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis Live Culture 64: How to Make a Scaffolding of Care... August 29, 2020 from 11-12 noon on WPKN 89.5 FM, at WPKN.org and as a podcast on ...
News and Public Affairs 08-24-2020
Counterpoint with guest host Ebong Eudoma Monday, August 24 at 8:00 PM and in the WPKN archive. Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon We talk with Max Elbaum about the debate over whether the Left should ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 08-24-2020
Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher Special guest Jennifer Jewell is a gardener, garden writer, and gardening educator and advocate. Since 2016, she has written and hosted the national award-winning, weekly public radio ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 8/23/20
Eels: Baby Let's Make It Real – single (E-Works, 2020) Cecil Taylor: Stepping on Stars – Garden 1st Set (hatOLOGY, 2015) Nils Lofgren Band: Don’t Let Your Guard Down – Weathered [Live] (Cattle Track ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment 08-17-2020
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon Is the 2020 Presidential election being rigged, like Donald Trump claims? Yes, says investigative reporter Greg Palast — it’s being rigged by Trump himself, in collusion with the GOP. ...
News and Public Affairs 08-17-2020
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Sarah Kendzior author of, “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America,” and co-host of Gaslit ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 8/16/20
Bill Frisell: Keep Your Eyes Open – Valentine (Blue Note, 2020) Laurence-Anne: Accident – Accident EP (Bonsound, 2020) Shirley Collins: Canadee-i-o – Heart's Ease (Domino, 2020) Carmen Lundy: Eye of the Storm – Modern ...
News and Public Affairs
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund, talks about the recent effort in Congress to transfer ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon Shaun King tells us about his life as a Black Lives Matter activist, what he’s learned about making change happen and how you can make change happen too. His ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 8/9/20
Emma Swift: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) – Blonde on the Tracks (Tiny Ghost, 2020) The Psychedelic Furs: Wrong Train – Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl, 2020) Frank Turner: Perfect Government ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 8/2/20
Ambrose Akinmusire: Yessss – On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note, 2020) Southern Culture on the Skids: Cicada Rock 2020 – single (Kudzu, 2020) The Psychedelic Furs: Wrong Train – Made ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 7/26/20
tone-cluster: Mangetsu (The Full Moon) – KYO SHU (Littlebox, 2020) Meena Cryle & the Chris Fillmore Band: It Makes Me Scream (Live) – In Concert (Continental Blue Heaven, 2017) Rogers & Butler: Writing to ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 7/19/20
Green Gartside: Tangled Man – single (Rough Trade, 2020) Josephine Foster: I’m a Dreamer – single (Fire, 2020) Eddie Kendrick: Girl You Need A Change of Mind – People… Hold On (Motown, 1972) Talking ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 7/12/20
Jeremy Denk: I Still Play – I Still Play (Nonesuch, 2020) Paul Weller: Baptiste – On Sunset (Polydor, 2020) Culture: Two Sevens Clash – This is Trojan Roots (Conscious Vibes from the Ghetto) (Trojan, ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 7/5/20
Anthony Braxton, Eugene Chadbourne: Improv Four – Duo (Improv) 2017 (Tri-Centric Foundation, 2020) Bob Mould: American Crisis – Blue Hearts (Merge, 2020) Beyoncé: Black Parade – single (Columbia, 2020) Kat Riggins: Cry Out – ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/28/20
Bad Moves: Local Radio – Untenable (Don Giovanni, 2020) Bettye Lavette: Strange Fruit – Blackbirds (Verve, 2020) Rudresh Mahanthappa: The Windup – Hero Trio (Whirlwind, 2020) Jon Hassell: Fearless – Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento ...
WPKN’s Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/21/20
John Prine: I Remember Everything – single (Oh Boy, 2020) Sorry: Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – 925 (Domino, 2020) The Sons of the Soul Revivers: It Isn’t Safe – Songs We’ll Always Sing: A ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/14/20
Dream Wife: So When You Gonna… – Dream Wife (Lucky Number, 2020) Lou Reed: Street Hassle – Street Hassle (RCA, 1978) D. Zhantsanchoy: The Black Stallion Zhonon of the Khalka Mongols – Mongolia: Traditional ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 6/7/20
Tindersticks: Tough Love – No Treasure But Hope (Lucky Dog/City Slang, 2019) Chemtrails: Saint Vitus – The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable (Punk Slime, 2020) Sara Hickman: Claim on My Heart – Shortstop (Elektra, ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/31/20
Connie Han: Dark Chambers – Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue, 2020) Tears of Sirens: Under the Milky Way – Theremin 100 – Electronic Music Written For Theremin (NY Theremin Society, 2020) Janelle Monáe: Tightrope (feat. ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/25/20
Arlo Parks: Black Dog – single (Transgressive, 2020) Martha Wainwright: Wolves (feat. Rufus Wainwright) – single (Cooking Vinyl, 2020) Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads: Boom Flick (The Naked Truth) – Boom Flick (The Naked Truth) EP (Mystic Bowie, ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon We spend most of the hour with Scott Turow, talking not only about the fictional case in "The Last Trial," but also about some very real cases going on ...
News and Public Affairs
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Dr. James G. Kahn, emeritus professor at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, at the Department of Epidemiology ...
News and Public Affairs
Counterpoint with Scott Harris This week’s guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for Policy and Program with People For the American Way assesses the testimony of Rick Bright, ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon The 2020 presidential election is looming on the horizon. Many fear the outcome will be hotly disputed. And the U.S. Constitution probably won’t help us out of the mess. ...
WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/17/20
Lucy Dacus: In The Air Tonight – 2019 (Matador, 2019) Butch Walker: Gridlock – American Love Story (Ruby Red, 2020) HoodCelebrityy: Run Di Road – single (Female Shotta, 2020) Ashley McBryde: Never Will – Never Will (Warner Music ...
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WPKNs Favorite Tracks of the Week – 5/10/20
Pam Tillis: Dark Turn of Mind – Looking For a Feeling (Stellar Cat, 2020) Daughters: What’s Inside a Girl – Really Bad Music for Really Bad People: The Cramps as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of ...
WPKN May 2020 News from Our GM
Note from the WPKN General Manager We are a community, non-profit radio station, dedicated to providing you with music and other entertainment, public affairs, news and some companionship during this time of disruption. ...
Music, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon: We’re all used to narrative that’s told with words. But what about narrative that’s told through art? Book art? We talk with book artist Barry McCallion about book art ...
News and Public Affairs
This week's guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div, Assistant Clinical Professor in Law and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and author of the book, "The Dangerous ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2019
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2019 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2018
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2018 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Favorite Picks of the Year, 2017
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2017 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Top 10 Favorite Picks of the Year, 2016
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2016 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...
WPKNs Top 10 Favorite Picks of the Year, 2015
Every year, WPKN polls our hosts to nominate their favorite picks of the year, and 2015 is no different. Our hosts are volunteers, and they put everything they've got into making the most unique, ...