Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, conducted by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus.

Melinda Tuhus spoke with professor Qumsiyeh, who lives in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Sahour, a suburb of the city of Bethlehem, where settler violence recently flared. Here he makes clear that settlers, with the collaboration of the Israeli military, are not just targeting isolated Palestinian villages, but engaged in an ethnic cleansing campaign.

Interview with Dustin Wahl, executive director of Fix Our House, conducted by Scott Harris.

Dustin Wahl talks about his group’s education and advocacy campaign promoting proportional representation in the U.S. House of Representatives, "as an urgently-needed reform to pull politics out of its doom loop of polarization and dysfunction, sideline the anti-democratic forces threatening our democracy and offer America’s diverse electorate full and fair representation."

Interview with Gerry Condon, a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister, former president and current national board member of Veterans For Peace, conducted by Scott Harris.

Gerry Condon discusses Veterans for Peace’s condemnation of the Trump regime’s spying on anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis/St. Paul against the backdrop of President Trump’s criminal prosecution of his perceived political enemies and labeling Americans who oppose his agenda as “domestic terrorists.”

Interview with Sasha Abramsky, journalist and author of Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America and American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the U.S. Government, conducted by Scott Harris.

Sasha Abramsky discusses his recent columns in The Nation covering the Trump regime’s open planning for a coup to manipulate the outcome of this November’s midterm congressional election, which most polls say Republicans will likely lose decisively. Abramsky is also author of The American Way of Poverty.

Interview with Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author, conducted by Scott Harris.

Greg Palast, who’s been reporting on voter suppression for over 20 years, is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, whose investigations were featured in the documentary film, “Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman.” He talks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s interim ruling in a case involving Donald Trump’s effort to have the federal government take control of mail-in voting in a scheme to manipulate the outcome of the midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress.

The first episode of "Live Boldly with Rev Sara Smith," features an introduction to the new WPKN Radio program, by host, Rev. Sara Smith, Senior Minister of the United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, President/CEO and Founder nOURish BRIDGEPORT, Inc., and Sacred Heart University’s Protestant chaplain. As the program opens Rev. Smith talks about her life's journey and engagement in important issues in the Greater Bridgeport community, as well as her planned focus for her one hour "Live Boldly" program which is broadcast on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7:00 am on Listener Supported Community Radio, WPKN, 89.5 FM, WPKN.org.

This first show features an interview with Tshon Cooper-Davis, Food Pantry Director & Volunteer Coordinator with nOURish BRIDGEPORT,
a non-profit group founded in 2009 that operates 10 programs focusing on education, food, and health.

Interview with Anna Bernstein, principal federal policy advisor at the Guttmacher Institute, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Anna Bernstein who talks about the new policy the Trump administration is implementing that prioritizes abstinence, a policy directly advocated for in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 playbook.

Interview with Sam Carliner, freelance journalist covering U.S. foreign policy, immigration policy, and social movements, conducted by Scott Harris.

Sam Carliner, a freelance journalist covering U.S. foreign policy, immigration policy, and social movements, talks about his recent article, “Pro-Palestine Academics Have Been Fighting the New McCarthyism,” which recounts how in recent years hundreds of academics have been fired, censored, threatened, or otherwise punished for their research and advocacy. The movement for Palestine has been one of the Trump administration’s main targets, and provides an important example of how those facing repression are fighting back.