In this month’s Tidings episode Sam Bliss speaking to us from Vermont about Adam Wilson’s idea of food as gift and his own theory of non-market food practices. (WPKN, August 3, 2026) The post Dr. Sam Bliss: social scientist, author and activist on food as gift and non-market food practices appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Jen Murray, North Fork resident and leading environmentalist, talks about her lifelong engagement with the natural world as a chicken, pig and organic vegetable farmer and now as founder of Turtleback Conservation Center with its mission to protect endangered species and educate the public along with supporting citizen science projects. Jen also runs a youth […] The post Jen Murray: environmental advocate, educator and founder of Turtleback Conservation Center appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Thomas Little is a North Carolina-based artist, writer, illustrator, philosopher and proprietor of A Rural Pen Inkworks. a small operation that makes iron-based ink and pigments by dissolving firearms in acid. Speaking in this Tidings interview as both amateur ink historian and ink and pigment maker, Thomas examines his own work through the lens of […] The post Thomas Little–artist, ink maker, alchemist: on making ink from guns dissolved in acid appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
North Fork resident, civic activist and leader Charlie Gueli talks about his book Fixing Federal Dysfunction: A Guide to Saving Democracy
Rhodes Scholar Suchintan Das talks to Hazel Kahan on Tidings about mass detention, the subject of his D.Phil thesis at Oxford University: Empire, War, and Mass-Detention: A History of Encampment and Internment in India (1937-1967). Through case studies, Das shows how encampment and internment in wartime and post-war India illuminate mass detention policies and practices […] The post Suchintan Das, Oxford Rhodes Scholar: Empire, War and Mass Detention in Imperial India appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Author and gerontologist Bonnie Stock talks about her novels and nonfiction guide inspired by a career in the adult care industry. (WPKN April 23, 2026) The post Author and gerontologist Bonnie Stock writes cozy mysteries about older people appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Author, editor and environmental journalist Tara Lohan talks to Hazel Kahan on Tidings from Bend, Oregon about her new book Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Lifein which she describes the building of dams and the growing movement to remove them. (WPKN, March 2. 2026 (WPKN, March 2, 2026) The post Tara Lohan, author: “Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life” appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Executive Director Tijuana Fulford talks about the nonprofit Butterfly Effect Project that she founded in 2014 to empower young girls on the East End of Long Island and beyond to become a generation of strong, independent and successful women. (Broadcast on WPKN February 26, 2026) The post Tijuana Fulford:The Butterfly Effect Project empowers young girls on Long Island’s east end appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Born in Jerusalem, Robert Massoud, is a Palestinian-Canadian activist, entrepreneur, who came to Canada as a child. In 2004, he founded Zatoun, a grassroots organization to support Palestinian farmers in the West Bank by promoting and selling their olive oil in North America for fair trade prices. Speaking to us from Toronto, Robert explains […] The post Robert Massoud: why Palestine continues worldwide as a conflict without resolution appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
Chuck Collins, author, researcher, storyteller and campaigner based at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about his new book Burned by Billionaires: how concentrated wealth and power are ruining our lives and planet. Chuck also shows us how we can reduce the impact of this wealth concentration on our lives.(WPKN December 1, 2025) The post Chuck Collins: Burned by Billionaires appeared first on Hazel Kahan.
