• Mic Check

  • By: WPKN
  • Podcast

Mic Check

By: WPKN
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • WPKN’s ½-hour weekly public affairs and community discussion program. Our diverse roster of hosts presents a wide range of topics for discussion: focusing on global, national, and regional issues and their effect on the local Connecticut community. Just as the phrase “Mic Check” was used to mobilize people to create a human microphone during the Occupy Movement, this weekly program will amplify our local community’s many concerns and voices and bring them to the air-waves.
    © 2025 WPKN
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less
Episodes
  • How road salt impacts the environment & wildlife

    How road salt impacts the environment & wildlife
    Jan 6 2025

    Laura Modlin interviews Olivia DiPalermo from Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition on the negative impacts of excessive road salt and what you can do about it.

    Aired January 5, 2025.
    Show More Show Less
    30 mins
  • A town with four reservoirs

    A town with four reservoirs
    Dec 5 2024

    Laura Modlin interviews Andrew Kupinse about preserving zoning in Easton, CT to protect the water supply in the town’s four reservoirs. They serve 100s of thousands of customers in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    Show More Show Less
    28 mins
  • Post-election: What We Need to Know

    Post-election: What We Need to Know
    Dec 1 2024

    Four commentaries on the post-election landscape:
    -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front.
    -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy.
    -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants.
    -Chris Viles, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation.
    Hosted by Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Prue Cullen
    Show More Show Less
    35 mins

What listeners say about Mic Check

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available