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Recent and Upcoming Features and Interviews

CREATIVES: Interview with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty on the Youth Radio Project

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 4, 2025

Brendan Canty with Fugazi.  Brendan Canty with The Messthetics in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo) Tune in Wednesday November 5th at 5pm or Sunday November 9 at 3pm for a new Creatives on WRFI interview with Fugazi drummer…

Upcoming SPECIAL 11/7: Dr. Alice Rothchild on the Human Rights & Social Justice Hour

By Zoe Van Nostrand | October 30, 2025

This Special interview with Dr Alice Rothchild is scheduled to air on Friday November 7 at 9am on the Human Rights & Social Justice Hour with host Ute Ritz-Deutch. Tune in at 88.1 Ithaca, 89.7 Southern Finger…

WRFI Presents a Square Dance Fundraiser at Stone Bend Farm – Friday October 24 6-9pm

By Zoe Van Nostrand | October 7, 2025

WRFI Presents a Square Dance Fundraiser at StoneBend Farm in Newfield on Friday October 24th from 6-9pm. No experience necessary! WRFI & FLX Squares welcomes experienced and beginner dancers. Experience the joy and laughter of a classic…

Station News Coverage from 2024

Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Andre

In early May, pro-Palestinian activists at Cornell voluntarily took down their “Liberated Zone” solidarity encampment. In this series, we’ll…

Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Andre

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Andre

In early May, pro-Palestinian activists at Cornell voluntarily took down their “Liberated Zone” solidarity encampment. In this series, we’ll listen to some of them explain why they participated and what they learned. “The word of the day is “solidarity” not only with the encmapment here, but especially with the people in Gaza and in Rafah that are…

Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Sivan

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 23, 2024 | Comments Off on Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Sivan

In early May, pro-Palestinian activists at Cornell voluntarily took down their “Liberated Zone” solidarity encampment. In this series, we’ll listen to some of them explain why they participated and what they learned. Sivan is a graduate worker. “I came to the encampment because I was raised as a Jewish person to fight for what I believe in…

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