Posts by WRFI News Staff
Farmer Storyslam: Joe Soto and Sean Cummings [AUDIO]
What you’re about to hear are stories by Joe Soto and Sean Cummings performed live at the Farmer Storyslam, an event hosted by Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming and Trampoline which took place in June of this year. The theme of this event was Tales from the Fields, was hosted by the Micky…
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 3: Sports & Performing Arts Stigmas (9/25/2019) [AUDIO]
WRFI’s J.T. Stone interviews local theater students, Leah Slattery and Jacob Ellis, and local student athletes, Liam Just and Kalena Yearwood, on the Youth Radio Project. In this episode of “Youth Voices,” we break down stigmas surrounding high school sports and performing arts to encourage more students to join both. Photo: Jacob Ellis, Leah Slattery,…
Read MoreFrom 9/11 to Where We Are Today: Interview with Joseph Margulies [AUDIO]
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, affected the United States and the world in many lasting ways. Some of those impacts were clear immediately, while others unfolded gradually. WRFI’s Roger Smith spoke with Cornell law and government professor Joseph Margulies on September 11, 2019. Margulies argued some important cases on the legal rights of…
Read MoreTruthsayers News gives WRFI the lowdown on a morning shooting incident in Downtown Ithaca [AUDIO]
Reports circled online throughout Wednesday of a shooting that occurred that morning outside of the Green Street Parking Garage. Many local news outlets provided updates on the incident, among them was Independent reporter Josh Brokaw of TruthSayers. Brokaw sat down for a conversation with WRFI News Director Michayla Savitt Wednesday afternoon, and brings you this…
Read MoreFacing Climate Change: Ithaca’s Extinction Rebellion [AUDIO]
Art Weaver delves into his talk titled “Heading For Extinction (And What To Do About It)” which is taking place Thursday at 7:30pm in the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins County Public Library. The talk is part of Ithaca’s newly formed “Extinction Rebellion” movement, also known as “XR”. This interview first aired on August…
Read MoreInterview with Pete Meyers of the TCWC – 7/26/2019 [AUDIO]
WRFI’s Matthew Anticoli in an interview with Pete Meyers, one of the founders of the Tompkins County Workers Center. WRFI’s Matthew Anticoli and Pete Meyers discuss the passed, or soon to be passed legislation the TCWC has long supported, and what’s next for the Tompkins County Workers’ Center.
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 2: Gun Control (7/24/2019) [AUDIO]
J.T. Stone interviews Ithaca high school students Zoey Zentner and Troy McKenzie about their differing views on gun control in the United States.
Read MoreLocal Ithacans gather on the Commons to rally for Puerto Rico [AUDIO]
An online group chat showed Puerto Rico’s governor and other political figures of the country admitting to financial fraud and mocking the Puerto Rican people. Now, many across the world are calling on Governor Ricardo Rossello to resign, and one rally took place Monday, July 22nd at Ithaca’s Bernie Milton Pavillion. Image courtesy of Matilde…
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