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Michael Pinnisi of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company-July 19th 2016
Esther Racoosin speaks with Michael Pinnisi, President of the Board of Directors of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company, about the 2016 summer season in their new location at the Allan H. Treman State Marine Park on Cayuga Lake. They discuss the ISC’s current productions, Twelfth Night and Henry VI. This interview originally aired on the July…
Read MoreThe Village of Cayuga Heights Turns 100 – June 10th, 2015
Lori Sonken and Charles Dunaway speak with Carole Schiffman and Bea Szekeley of the Cayuga Heights History Project about the 100th Anniversary of the Village of Cayuga Heights. The interview originally aired on the June 10th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreA talk about Boycott Divest and Sanction with Cornell Professor Eric Cheyfitz – February 20th, 2015
Aryeal Jackson wraps up her series on the referendum to boycott Israeli products at green star from an academic perspective. She talks with Cornell Professor Eric Cheyfitz. The interview originally aired on the February 20th edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreBringing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions to Greenstar
Friday, January 30th, 2015 Aryeal Jackson speaks with Ariel Gold, from the The Central New York Committee for Justice in Palestine, and David Rhodes, a teacher with the Alternative School for Math and Science, about the push to boycott Israeli products at Greenstar Co-op. Friday, February 6th, 2015 Aryeal Jackson speaks with Cornell Law Professor William…
Read MoreConnecting Tompkins County to the Erie Canal – January 12th, 2015
Samuel Whitehead talks with Donna Eschenbrenner, the Director of Archives and Research Services at the History Center, about the History Center’s exhibit Captains, Commerce, and Community: The Impact of the Erie Canal on Tompkins County. This interview originally aired on the January 12th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreDocumenting Ithaca’s early history – December 15th, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with Tompkins County Historian Carol Kammen about how some accidentally-discovered documents help tell the story of Ithaca’s early history. Samuel started by asking Carol what we actually know about the early days of Ithaca… This conversation originally aired on the December 15th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreHow a single burglary changed J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI – September 30th, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with former Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger about her book The Burglary, which tells the story of the theft of secret documents from an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania and how the information found in those documents changed the face of the FBI. This interview originally aired on the September 30th, 2014 edition of…
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