COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.orgSome segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint1) Trump Suppression of Free Speech Used as Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student ActivistSam Carliner,  a journalist  who focuses on US imperialism and the climate crisis, talks about his recent Waging Nonviolence magazine article, "How pro-Palestine student activists are fighting increasing repression," and the recent Trump administration's arrest and attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who played a major role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last spring.2) Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Disrupt Elderly and Disabled Recipients Receiving Benefits Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, editor of the American Doom newsletter, and author of the forthcoming book “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened,” discusses his latest Rolling Stone article, "Social Security Insiders Warn Trump and Musk Could Break the Program,"  and growing concern that Congressional Democrats aren't capable of mounting an effective defense of America's most popular government program.3) Trump's Tariffs, Massive Federal Government Layoffs, Budget Cuts and Erratic Economic Policy Could Provoke US RecessionDean Baker, Senior Economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research talks about his recent articles, "The Democrats’ Necessary Apology," "The Trump-Musk Recession: Because They Can." and issues related to Trump's tariffs, Wall street's response and what's ahead for the U.S. economy.4) New Book Examines the Vast Difference in How White Americans Perceive Racism and SexismBetsy Leondar-Wright, a community organizer, a diversity workshop facilitator, and a sociology professor teaching critical race theory and economic inequality, talks about her new book co-written with Jessi Streib, "Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?: Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas," as well as President Trump's attack on DEI and effort to overturn civil rights and anti-discrimination laws. 

Join our guests New York Times architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman, and critic and creator of McMansion Hell, Kate Wagner. All specializations create their own language, rules, and personalities that reinforce the values of those engaged in it. Architecture is no different. For a century "Modernism" was the base clef of frozen music, defining what was, in fact music, and not noise. Now that orthodoxy, that Canon, is completely destabilized by the Internet. So architecture's "Great Chef's" are no longer evident: like music there seem to be few standards of approval: fewer cults. So fewer Cults of Personality. Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid all personified architecture: What changed?

Interview with Tom Swan, executive director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, conducted by Scott Harris.Tom Swan discusses CCAG’s priorities and goals in the current state legislative session, as well as initiatives a coalition of groups in the state are working on to build a firewall to protect CT residents from Trump 2.0 authoritarian federal policies targeting civil rights, education, and critical social safety net programs.