Rhode Island PBS Weekly Podcast
Rhode Island PBS Weekly is a Newsmagazine anchored in journalism that searches for truth and examines today’s most important regional and local issues. Viewers are introduced to individuals, ideas, and places in Rhode Island and beyond that they won’t see anywhere else.
On this week’s episode of Rhode Island PBS Weekly, producer/director Dorothy Dickie introduces to those trying to turn the tide on our state’s coastal erosion. Next, Pamela Watts uncovers the history of diners in America and its Rhode Island roots. Finally, local comedian Bill Simas shares some secrets of his craft.
David Wright interviews bestselling author Don Winslow, who has made a career writing about drug wars in California and New York’s police department. Now, the crime novelist author returns home with a new book about Rhode Island’s mafia. Then, a look back in time at the Celebrity Club, a jazz club in Providence that attracted talent ranging from Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald. Finally, Lylah Alphonse, editor of Globe Rhode Island, offers a commentary on the topic of domestic violence.
This week’s show takes a look at the trend of thrift shopping, which has become popular among young, environmentally conscious Americans. Isabella Jibilian goes behind the scenes at a textile recycling facility and meets unique individuals looking to make green the new black. Then, Pamela Watts sits down with Javier Montañez, the new Superintendent of Providence Public Schools. He’s looking to transform a school system that’s as troubled as his own young life once was. Finally, Lylah Alphonse comments on the recent leaked Supreme Court draft opinion, which threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade.
On this week’s broadcast, David Wright has an in-depth interview with Providence’s Bishop Tobin. Then some startling updates on Michelle San Miguel’s Long Covid segment, and sneak peak of Rhode Island PBS’s original documentary “A Stitch in Time”, produced and directed by Jamie McGuire. And finally Lylah Alphonse gives commentary on the tragic school shootings in Texas.
On this week’s broadcast, David Wright takes an in-depth look at critical race theory and the issue of teaching kids about systemic racism in our society. Then we have excerpts from two Rhode Island PBS documentaries. First up, in “Breaking Good,” Contributing Producer/Director Dorothy Dickie explores the escalation of the incarceration of women in the United States since the war on drugs was declared back in the 1980’s. Then, in “Hi Neighbor,” Producer/Director John Smith tells the story of the legendary local Narragansett Brewing Company. Its rollercoaster history spans more than 130 years. Finally, we have a commentary with Lylah Alphonse on the recent COVID-19 surge in Rhode Island and around the United States.
On this week’s show, Pamela Watts remembers Rhode Island State Police K-9 Unit member Ruby – who went from a being a pup on a pound kill list to hero and world famoust dog with the help of her handler and trainer Corporal Dan O’Neil. Next, we turn to a profile of Providence Journal columnist, Mark Patinkin. David Wright’s in-depth interview with Patinkin chronicles his 4-decades with the paper. Finally, Lylah Alphonse has a commentary on the controversial teaching of Critical Race Theory or CRT as it has become known.
On this episode of Rhode Island PBS Weekly, Michelle San Miguel brings us the harrowing stories of genocide survivors who have escaped to the Ocean State.
Next, Pamela Watts looks at a founding father’s contribution to one of the country’s oldest lending libraries.
Finally, we visit a nursery spreading the Japanese artform of Bonsai in Massachusetts.
This week on RI PBS Weekly, Pamela Watts reports on why Rhode Island has become one of the top destinations for television and film productions.
Next, before there was Hollywood, Rhode Island had a film entertainment industry of its own. We explore those early productions and highlight a fragment of the thousands of hours of local films housed at the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Next , star local storyteller Bill Harley gives us his “take” on the art of storytelling.
On this episode of Rhode Island PBS Weekly, we meet a Ukrainian born Woonsocket priest comforting parishioners coping with war while supporting fighters defending his homeland. Next, an Afghan interpreter tells the story of his dangerous escape to Rhode Island from his war torn country. Finally, Michelle San Miguel visits a flower farm in Exeter tha’ts wowing visitors with its “Wicked Tulips. “
This week on Rhode Island PBS Weekly, contributing correspondent David Wright dives into the legal battle that threatens the eviction of Newport’s Jeshuat Israel congregation from the country’s oldest Jewish house of worship, Touro Synagogue.
Next, a presentation of a Papyrus artifact by a Harvard professor shocked religious circles around the world by claiming it was evidence that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. The relic was later deemed a fake. Michelle San Miguel explores how the prominent scholar was duped by a college dropout.