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This month’s guest on Tidings is Palestinian-American author and journalist Ramzy Baroud who, in addition to his numerous books and writings, is author of the recently published Common Dreams article: “From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars.” Today on Tidings, Baroud discusses the new world order he sees reflected […]
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Garrett Cutler of Mattituck spends every day of the year exploring the woods and waters of the North Fork with his dog Gracie. He talks about what he observes and experiences in each season and how he mourns the prospect of losing it all to development. (Broadcast on WPKN radio on April 6, 2022.)
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Amy Folk, historian of Southold Town on the North Fork of Long Island’s east end, talks about the North Fork Project and its goal of naming all the town’s enslaved people. Folk describes the process of finding the enslaved as well as their enslavers, considers how Southold’s residents will respond to the project when it […]
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A great interview with Tamara Winfrey Harris, author of “The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America” in which she exposes anti-black-woman propaganda and shows how real black women are pushing back against distorted cartoon versions of themselves. (First broadcast in 2017. Produced by Tony Ernst.)
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As a special, I have selected four interviews from North Fork Works and Tidings, to honor and celebrate Black History Month: Amy Folk, Southold Town historian, one of the contributors on the North Fork Project’s goal to name all its enslaved people; author Mark Torres’ book documents North Fork’s migrant labor camps; Eleanor Morris Lingo, 95-year old […]
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North Fork environmental activists Mark Haubner and Margaret de Cruz, talk about zero waste, the circular economy and biomimicry, linking these concepts to the product stewardship paradigm, extended producer responsibility and the right to repair movement which gives consumers the right to repair their devices themselves. The discussion ends with the upcoming Repair Cafe in Greenport. (Broadcast […]
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Although we hear about climate change every day, we actually know more about its impact on the planet itself than we do about its effects on our mental health. In this Tidings from Hazel Kahan, climate psychology experts talk about what climate change is doing to our human psyches. (First broadcast on WPKN July 14, 2021)
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Debbie O’Kane and Laura Klahre, members of the North Fork Dark Sky Coalition, talk about why the dark sky–a crucial natural resource–is important, not only to astronomers and nature lovers, but to many many species of birds and insects, our agriculture and tourism economies and to our own sense of wellbeing and wonder. (First broadcast […]
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In this North Fork Works episode, Sister Margaret Smyth, who founded the North Fork Spanish Apostolate in 1991 in eastern Long Island’s towns of Riverhead and Greenport, talks about the changes she is seeing in the economy, structure, integration and power of the area’s Hispanic immigrant population. (Broadcast on WPKN December 1, 2021)
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Sam Pelts, artist, activist, Special Project Manager for the CODEX Foundation and one of the founding organizers of the remarkable, expansive EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss, an exhibition that took place throughout 2021 to raise the alarm about the global poisoning and destruction unleashed by the extractive industries. (WPKN November 10, 2021)
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…
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.
