Radio

Maya Lasker-Wallfisch Maya Lasker Wallfisch, London-based psychoanalytic psychologist and author talks to us in both personal and professional terms about the psychology of trans-generational transmission of trauma. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Maya bears the “wounds of history,” inheriting experiences she has not lived through herself. She touches briefly on epigenetics, (sometimes referred to as ‘the […]

  Social thinker, writer and speaker Dougald Hine talks about his new book At Work in the Ruins, Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies. Explaining why he believes the world as we know it is coming to an end, he proposes how we might live […]

Amy Folk,  author and Southold Town historian, talks about the North Fork Project which works to uncover the names of all the enslaved people and the enslavers who have ever lived on the North Fork. She also talks about rewriting some of the town’s history for greater accuracy and engaging the Town’s people in her […]

Michael Zweig, Stonybrook professor emeritus, labor scholar and activist, talks about his new book Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism and why he wrote this book for young activists and leaders. Professor Zweig is founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of […]

 Wendy Zuhoski, native of Mattituck on the North Fork of Long Island, talks about the deli she opened 30 years ago when she was 23 and how Wendy’s Deli has become the place for not only her mother’s much appreciated soups and sandwiches but also a hub for the community’s people helping each other in […]

Robert Massoud, Palestinian founder of Zatoun, speaks to us from Toronto about the organization as his life’s work and how it has become his voice and the story of Palestine as it also speaks for Palestinians who often lack a direct voice of their own.(First broadcast on WPKN on September 13, 2023.)

Steve Schott, Marine Botany/Habitat Restoration Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, talks about sugar kelp and eelgrass, crucial to protect and restore the waters around Long Island, and the responsibilities that come with managing the ecology of our estuarine habitats. First broadcast on WPKN August 4, 2021, rebroadcast September 6, 2023.

Filmmaker Jim Morrison‘s latest shorts –“The Clam Kid” and “Rent a Neighbor”– depict with humor and insight some of the encounters a resident faces when his hometown has become a tourist destination. In this North Fork Works interview with Hazel Kahan, Morrison describes the challenges a filmmaker faces in his quest for a place on […]

Yumna 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 […]

London-based American author and urbanist Adam Greenfield has spent the past quarter-century thinking and working at the intersection of technology, design and politics with everyday life. His books include the bestselling Against the Smart City and Radical Technologies. In this this Tidings interview, he describes his vision of Lifehouses, informed by his experiences with Superstorm Sandy […]

About Hazel

Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…

About Leafages

"Credo" statement

Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.