Mic Check
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Housing, Healing, and Hope with Jennifer Seeley
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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.
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- Housing, Healing, and Hope with Jennifer Seeley · 22 Min. · Folge 32On the September 15, 2026 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli was joined by Jennifer Seeley. Jennifer is the Executive Director of Road to Home at Amos House in Danbury, where…
- Jon Phillips and Bethel Defends Democracy · 22 Min. · Folge 31On the September 8, 2026 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down live in the studio with Jon Phillips. Jon is a Bethel resident, father, and longtime technology executive…
- Black August Mixtape 2026 - Volume 2 · 28 Min. · Folge 30BLACK AUGUST MIXTAPE 2026 - VOLUME 2 {Originally broadcast on WPKN on August 27, 2026} On the August 3, 2026 episode of Mic Check, Mike Merli interviewed Shaenna Taylor. During…
- Black August Mixtape 2026 - Volume 1 · 27 Min. · Folge 29BLACK AUGUST MIXTAPE 2026 - VOLUME 1 {Originally broadcast on WPKN on August 18, 2026} On the August 3, 2026 episode of Mic Check, Mike Merli interviewed Shaenna Taylor. During…
- Countering Authoritarianism and Protecting the Midterm Elections: A Conversation with Jill Garvey · 29 Min. · Folge 28Isabelle speaks with Jill Garvey, the Director of States at the Core (STAC), about how we protect Democracy in the United States of America. Jill has considerable expertise in…
- Shaenna Taylor Turns Adversity into Advocacy and Action · 25 Min. · Folge 27On the August 4, 2026 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Bridgeport native, Shaenna Taylor. Shaenna Taylor is an award-winning educator, mentor, community…
- Joe Grits Pays Tribute to His Friend Dyshan Best, and Speaks on His Ongoing Legal Battle · 23 Min. · Folge 26On the Tuesday June 9, 2026 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sits down with Joe Grits, Bridgeport-based community activist and musician. Joe takes time to remember his…
- Cuba In the Cross-Hairs: A First-Hand Report from Sandra Levinson · 24 Min. · Folge 25Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies (www.centerorcubanstudies.org), reports on her recent trip to Cuba, focusing on the island nation's struggle…
- James Jeter and the Fight for Fair Juvenile Sentencing in Connecticut · 22 Min. · Folge 24On the February 10, 2026 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with James Jeter, Co-Founder and Director of Full Citizens Coalition, a non-profit organization here in…
- US Imperialism Roars Back To Life--an interview with Prof. Stephen Zunes · 25 Min. · Folge 23Stephen Zunes, a foreign policy scholar and professor in Middle Eastern studies at the University of San Francisco, analyzes and contextualizes the Jan. 3 US military strike on…
- Remediating Barriers to Home Weatherization with Terri Eickel · 25 Min. · Folge 22In this episode of Mic Check, host Tyler Nelson speaks with Terri Eickel, Executive Director of the Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN), Connecticut’s only faith-based…
- Women Empowering Women with Debbie Gray · 25 Min. · Folge 21On the November 18, 2025 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Debbie Gray, founder of Women Aligned With Abundance (WAWA), a Waterbury-based non-profit focused on…
- From Waterbury to the World - Derrell Soulds Speaks Out · 24 Min. · Folge 20On the September 21, 2025 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Derrell Soulds. Derrell was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to a single mother, and has two siblings…
- From Jamaica to Bridgeport - Media & Mentorship with Jason Claye · 28 Min. · Folge 19On the October 19, 2025 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sits down with Jason Claye. Born in Jamaica and raised in Bridgeport, Claye discusses his journey, his community…
- Ferocious Love in Chicago · 27 Min. · Folge 18Isabelle interviews Shannon Downey, aka Badass Cross Stitch, a nationally recognized activist, artist, author and educator. Shannon lives in Chicago and has been organizing…
- Maggie Mitchell Salem on Immigration, Food Insecurity, and Community Resources · 25 Min. · Folge 17The upcoming holiday season is known as a time for gathering with friends and family over food. But November 1st marked the cut-off of SNAP benefits and the rapid increase of…
- How Melissa healed herself with food · 30 Min. · Folge 16Laura Modlin interviews Melissa McDowell on how she cured herself with food. "I have met a lot of people in the local food movement who were set on their path to championing…
- Barbara Fair on her Journey, and Justice for J'Allen Jones · 25 Min. · Folge 15On the August 17, 2025 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Barbara Fair. Born and raised in New Haven, Barbara graduated with an MSW (Master’s in Social Work)…
- The Last Fifty · 29 Min. · Folge 14After the US election in 2024, American’s were flooded with what they could expect from the incoming administration in the first 100 Days. The news was filled with the horrors to…
- The First Fifty · 29 Min. · Folge 13After the US election in 2024, American’s were flooded with what they could expect from the incoming administration in the first 100 Days. The news was filled of the horrors to…
