# WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361.md RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/wpkn-election-podcasts Official site: http://wpkn.org Author: WPKN Episodes: 471 ## Resource WPKN's leading public affairs coverage concerning politics, policy, planet and so much more. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361.md ## Episodes - [Resistance Roundtable -- June, 2026: Can Cuba Digs In Against Trump's Threats?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/resistance-roundtable-june-2026-can-cuba-digs-in-against-trump-s-threats) — 2026-06-23T04:28:11+00:00 - [Israel’s October Election Could Oust Netanyahu, But Brutal State Oppression of Palestinians Persists](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/israel-s-october-election-could-oust-netanyahu-but-brutal-state-oppression-of-palestinians-persists) — 2026-06-20T04:07:35+00:00 - [Congress Gives ICE $70 Billion, Opening Door to More Violence & Abuse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/congress-gives-ice-70-billion-opening-door-to-more-violence-abuse) — 2026-06-20T04:07:07+00:00 - [Revisiting the U.S. Left Debate on Race and Class](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/revisiting-the-u-s-left-debate-on-race-and-class) — 2026-06-20T04:06:37+00:00 - [Trump Says Iran Peace Deal is Real This Time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-says-iran-peace-deal-is-real-this-time) — 2026-06-20T04:06:02+00:00 - [The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into All Military Missions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/the-pentagon-s-dangerous-rush-to-adopt-and-deploy-ai-into-all-military-missions) — 2026-06-20T03:58:37+00:00 - [The Organic Farm Stand--May, 2026: Comes May, Come the Farmers Markets!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/the-organic-farm-stand-may-2026-comes-may-come-the-farmers-markets) — 2026-06-20T03:04:49+00:00 - [The Organic Farm Stand--June 3, 2026: The Birds, The Bees and The Microbes!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/the-organic-farm-stand-june-3-2026-the-birds-the-bees-and-the-microbes) — 2026-06-20T02:39:28+00:00 - [U.S. Gaza Flotilla Activists Recount Israeli Military Interception, Torture and Abuse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/u-s-gaza-flotilla-activists-recount-israeli-military-interception-torture-and-abuse) — 2026-06-12T06:32:44+00:00 - [Campaign Warns of Coming Catastrophic Healthcare Program Cuts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/campaign-warns-of-coming-catastrophic-healthcare-program-cuts) — 2026-06-12T06:26:27+00:00 - [Musk-DOGE Mass Firings Close Social Security Offices Nationwide](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/musk-doge-mass-firings-close-social-security-offices-nationwide) — 2026-06-12T06:23:11+00:00 - [‘Kick Out Corruption’ Tour Links Trump Grift to Affordability Crisis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/kick-out-corruption-tour-links-trump-grift-to-affordability-crisis) — 2026-06-12T06:02:01+00:00 - [Billionaire Ellisons and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/billionaire-ellisons-and-bari-weiss-murder-60-minutes) — 2026-06-12T05:47:32+00:00 - [Hazardous Chemical Disasters Strike as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety Regulations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/hazardous-chemical-disasters-strike-as-trump-epa-rolls-back-federal-safety-regulations) — 2026-06-06T05:19:36+00:00 - [DNC Autopsy Report Offers Few Answers for Kamala Harris and Her Party’s 2024 Loss Interview with Sam Rosenthal, political director of Roots Action, conducted by Scott Harris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/dnc-autopsy-report-offers-few-answers-for-kamala-harris-and-her-party-s-2024-loss-interview-with-sam-rosenthal-political-director-of-roots-action-conducted-by-scott-harris) — 2026-06-06T05:13:22+00:00 - [Primary Challenge: Why State Rep. Josh Elliott is Running Against CT Governor Ned Lamont](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/primary-challenge-why-state-rep-josh-elliott-is-running-against-ct-governor-ned-lamont) — 2026-06-06T05:09:21+00:00 - [World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/world-press-freedom-index-tracks-decline-of-free-press-globally-and-in-u-s-under-donald-trump) — 2026-06-06T05:05:04+00:00 - [Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion Threat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-s-cuba-oil-blockade-triggers-dire-humanitarian-crisis-amid-u-s-invasion-threat) — 2026-06-06T04:59:15+00:00 - [Monthly Labor Report: Labor Against All Wars (e.g. Iran)--a conversation with labor leader John Braxton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/monthly-labor-report-labor-against-all-wars-e-g-iran-a-conversation-with-labor-leader-john-braxton) — 2026-05-30T21:11:27+00:00 - [Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline Before It Contaminates Great Lakes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/environmental-indigenous-groups-fight-to-shut-down-line-5-pipeline-before-it-contaminates-great-lakes) — 2026-05-29T04:57:26+00:00 - [Ominous Signs: Why Trump and GOP Believe They’ll Never Face Accountability](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/ominous-signs-why-trump-and-gop-believe-they-ll-never-face-accountability) — 2026-05-29T04:51:35+00:00 - [Trump’s Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, U.S. Decline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-s-beijing-summit-reveals-china-s-rise-u-s-decline) — 2026-05-29T04:44:41+00:00 - [Trump Created the MAGA Antiwar Opposition to His Own War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-created-the-maga-antiwar-opposition-to-his-own-war) — 2026-05-29T04:38:54+00:00 - [Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-appears-unable-to-escape-his-own-iran-war-quagmire) — 2026-05-29T04:29:23+00:00 - [Resistance Roundtable: A.I. -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly; and A New Immigrant Support Initiative](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/resistance-roundtable-a-i-the-good-bad-and-ugly-and-a-new-immigrant-support-initiative) — 2026-05-28T20:17:49+00:00 - [Opponents Protest LNG Pipeline Plan to Power Massive AI Data Center in New Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/opponents-protest-lng-pipeline-plan-to-power-massive-ai-data-center-in-new-mexico) — 2026-05-21T20:24:29+00:00 - [Peace Groups Join Memorial Day Parade in Norwalk CT to End War, Honor the Fallen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/peace-groups-join-memorial-day-parade-in-norwalk-ct-to-end-war-honor-the-fallen) — 2026-05-21T20:17:54+00:00 - [New York Progressive Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Universal Healthcare Legislation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/new-york-progressive-coalition-pushes-for-comprehensive-universal-healthcare-legislation) — 2026-05-21T20:14:38+00:00 - [Trump, GOP Sponsor Taxpayer-Funded Rally Advocating for Christian Theocracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-gop-sponsor-taxpayer-funded-rally-advocating-for-christian-theocracy) — 2026-05-21T20:09:33+00:00 - [Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of U.S. Political Apartheid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/supreme-court-ruling-ushers-in-new-era-of-u-s-political-apartheid) — 2026-05-21T20:05:08+00:00 - [Big Friends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/big-friends) — 2026-05-20T20:32:33+00:00 - [There's still a bright spot in Florida.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/there-s-still-a-bright-spot-in-florida) — 2026-05-20T20:17:13+00:00 - [Opposition to Resource-Hungry AI Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/opposition-to-resource-hungry-ai-data-centers-spreads-across-the-u-s) — 2026-05-14T04:53:37+00:00 - [New Film Exposes Brutal Reality of ICE Raids Targeting Workers and Their Families](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/new-film-exposes-brutal-reality-of-ice-raids-targeting-workers-and-their-families) — 2026-05-14T04:48:35+00:00 - [36 Mental Health Professionals Call for Trump’s Immediate, Lawful Removal from Office](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/36-mental-health-professionals-call-for-trump-s-immediate-lawful-removal-from-office) — 2026-05-14T04:33:24+00:00 - [Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Guts Customer Service](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-s-social-security-administration-downsizing-guts-customer-service) — 2026-05-14T04:28:00+00:00 - [Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/iran-war-week-11-media-ignores-israel-s-attacks-on-lebanon-west-bank-and-gaza) — 2026-05-14T04:15:43+00:00 - [As U.S. Coal Industry Declines, Destructive Mountaintop Removal Continues Harming Health, Environment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/as-u-s-coal-industry-declines-destructive-mountaintop-removal-continues-harming-health-environment) — 2026-05-07T05:28:28+00:00 - [CT Health Justice Now Coalition Demands Legislation to Prevent 250,000 Residents From Losing Affordable Healthcare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/ct-health-justice-now-coalition-demands-legislation-to-prevent-250-000-residents-from-losing-affordable-healthcare) — 2026-05-07T05:22:21+00:00 - [Assessing the Power of the U.S. Pro-Democracy Movement to Protect the 2026 Midterm Election](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/assessing-the-power-of-the-u-s-pro-democracy-movement-to-protect-the-2026-midterm-election) — 2026-05-07T05:17:23+00:00 - [Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/is-the-u-s-israel-war-on-iran-about-to-reignite) — 2026-05-07T05:12:48+00:00 - [Right-wing Supreme Court Majority Repeals Voting Rights Act, Sends Nation Back to ‘Jim Crow’ Era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/right-wing-supreme-court-majority-repeals-voting-rights-act-sends-nation-back-to-jim-crow-era) — 2026-05-07T05:06:02+00:00 - [Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/low-income-americans-gains-of-recent-years-now-lost-to-trump-s-corporate-allies) — 2026-05-01T01:41:24+00:00 - [Trump’s FEMA Administrator a GOP Voter Suppression Operative](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361/trump-s-fema-administrator-a-gop-voter-suppression-operative) — 2026-05-01T01:36:17+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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