La Esquina Latina (LEL) humbly began in 1974 with the sole purpose of bringing the Latino culture into the homes of WPKN listeners regardless of ethnicity or language spoken. Presented in English with the occasional Spanish, LEL focuses on the cultural significance of the lyrics, syncopated rhythms, and the melodic runs of the Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban song, including other Latino influences and Latin Jazz. Since 1974, Luis has been keeping musica Latina alive and strong. His mantra has always been, “Remember…it’s all about the music! It has always been about the music and not the person behind the microphone. This is so important! Projecting a social and time-honored cultural consciousness has always been at the very foundation of LEL mission.” From time to time, you will hear personal interviews with the likes of Eddie Palmieri, Chucho Valdez, Andy Gonzalez, Bobby Sanabria, Larry Harlow, William Mendoza, Poncho Sanchez, Son 7, Sol y Canto, Joe Gaines, Joe Bataan, Bobby Rodriguez de la Compania, Jose Mangual Jr., Jose Feliciano, Pedro Gonzales de La Charanga Moderna, Plena Libre, Orlando Ortiz de Karibe Mambo, Chris Washburne, Vinny and Ray, and many others, including prominent, and not so prominent community members with something significant to share. LEL has been a part of WPKN’s listening audience for decades and continues its time honored traditions. Luis states, “LEL has become a major part of my life since the summer of 1974 and it remains as such to this very day. In 1985, Edwin Muñiz came on board and has been a valued member of LEL ever since. And now, Luis has invited William Mendoza to be a part of LEL team bringing you “Evolucion del Ritmo,” a new segment featuring interviews and music of new talent to the Latin scene. William has been a professional musician, bandleader, composer, and historian of Latino culture and music for decades. He not only knows the history; he has lived it! Come, join La Esquina Latina family and celebrate our culture and music! Que Viva La Musica! Luis ♫

Hosted by Andrea Shellman, Sunday Soul is a program designed to help you unwind from the week behind and prepare for the week ahead. We play a combination of gospel, R&B, jazz, hip hop and poetry. Sunday Soul airs on WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport and WPKN.org every other Sunday, 7am - 9am Eastern Time. Join us live or listen later on this podcast.

Themed radio hours STRICTLY led by theme and approach, hosted by an array of WPKN DJs serving as your trusted guide.

Golden Hours with Gold Eris is a show curated with heart, and music discovery in mind. Tom Oliverio is local Bridgeport CT musician/singer songwriter Gold Eris, and he invites listeners to enjoy everything from fresh new indie rock, to dance/electronic, to psychedelic, to neo soul, to queer vintage rock music, and so much more. Never static, Golden Hours is always shifting, often having different genre themes for each show, highlighting songs that resurrect a specific mood. Tom enjoys elaborating on the songs themselves, dissecting their significance/brilliance, and tends to throw in a music theory comment or two, now and again. There are frequent on-air interviews and live performances from local original talent, with an emphasis on raising up the Fairfield county CT music scene, and beyond. Golden Hours is additionally on WPKN 89.5fm every Monday night, from 11pm – 2am. Tune in, discover, stay gold. 💛

A three hour tour of rock 'n' roll, funk, and punk to shake your trunk. Hand-selected by Chris Frantz and special guests! Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. Airing monthly on WPKN, 89.5FM Bridgeport, streaming online and various free apps at wpkn.org

The Writer’s Bio(luminescent) Podcast offers deep-dive conversations with illuminating writers. Each episode opens with a brief, writerly portrait and moves into a discussion about craft, creativity, and the life behind the work. Every conversation includes a reading and the space to explore what really matters, both on and off the page, with insights that might offer a quiet glow.

Earth Mixtape is your soundtrack for cultivating resilience, resistance, and restoration as we press forward during the climate emergency. Join host Rusty Loon in an eco-musical experiment across genres, geographies, and species. Every fourth Saturday of the month from 7-8PM Eastern. Early-stage climate collapse got you feeling all sorts of messy emotions? Need inspiration to continue fighting for environmental justice, ecosystem restoration, policy change, and healthy communities? Are you a tree-hugger, a lover of fungus-amongus, a fan of flying feathered friends, or simply amazed by the wonders of the more-than-human world? Then Earth Mixtape is for you. Tune in & attune.

Live Culture is a monthly program focusing on visual artists addressing climate change, through innovative shifts in materials. Greening one's practice can be difficult, and here are some artists looking at environmental issues, making art and making changes in how they make their art that one can learn from. The show's creator and host, Martha Willette Lewis, is a visual artist, curator and radio presenter who loves discussing materials and processes and the challenges of making the visual tangible in the audio realm. Live Culture airs on WPKN independent radio streaming out of Bridgeport Connecticut to artistic ears all over the globe.

Take a trip with me to some strange corners of music, a show wandering in theme and exploring the past and future!

A weekly aggregation of ecological and climate events occurring around the world.

The WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast features guest interviews hosted on WPKN broadcasts with our renowned DJs. Musicians, artists, producers, writers, movers and shakers - dig deeper into their philosophy and ethos. Founded in 1963, WPKN is a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts & culture and other free-form programming which defy genre.

“Digging in the Dirt” is a podcast and radio show featured on WPKN (wpkn.org) with climate change experts and activists, promoting organic and regenerative farming techniques, showing the way to grow healthier food in a way that respects the planet’s health. In addition to nationally known movers and shakers in this niche, Kevin loves to feature food authors, local farmers and gardeners pushing the envelope by encouraging us to take personal responsibility, as consumers and gardeners, toward the environment on our properties and urban lots. These guests give us methods, ideas and recipes for creating a better environment for people, our children, animals, insects and the plant life of our planet’s ecology — one backyard at a time.

Each week, host Scott Harris conducts interviews on a wide range of political, economic and social topics with individuals and representatives of organizations not ordinarily accessible in the mainstream media. This show airs weekly on WPKN (wpkn.org) and streams here in podcast form.

A monthly podcast that aims to entertain and educate listeners about music and causes that enrich your life - a delicious mix of talking and music we call “Fun-philanthropy” or “Fun-lanthropy” - where the desire to improve the welfare of others is combined with fun and music! My mission is to produce music and content that inspires people to feel safe enough to be generous to nonprofits in our Connecticut community.  Generosity spreads love and growth. Each 55 minute episode features musicians and nonprofit leaders for interactive interviews and live performances.

Often live, unique, remote, out-in-the-wild WPKN broadcasts. WPKN, cited as “the greatest radio station in the world” by The New Yorker, founded in 1963 as a 100-watt campus outlet, WPKN is today a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts and culture and other free-form programming which defy genre. WPKN is proud to be listener-supported, commercial-free, community-driven radio available to the public at no cost, any time, day or night.

Interviews from Rob Silber's Rock Therapy show on WPKN. Rock Therapy is a free-form mix of Classic Rock, Punk, Indie Rock, Blues, Reggae, Prog Rock, Americana, and anything else that captures Rob's ear.

Valerie Richardson's podcast of music and conversations.

Jim Motavalli of WPKN features interviews new and archival - artists, movers, shakers, and more.

WPKN's leading public affairs coverage concerning politics, policy, planet and so much more.

Home Page with Duo Dickinson – Whether it is in our homes or on our streets, humans experience what we make. Today we are all compelled to listen to our health in a time of threatened well-being – but what impacts us every day, impacting how we feel in the world we make for ourselves?