WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast

WPKN Director of Operations and New Initiatives (and filmmaker) Brendan Toller sits down with Artistic Director / Founder Jason Coombs of the Bridgeport Film Festival, and Filmmakers Nilsa Laine and Brian A. Russell for a preview of the 2024 festival.

Nilsa Laine is the Director of "Undergraduate Experiences of Black Women at PWI Campuses" [14.57] a short documentary exploring the undergraduate experiences of Black Women - touching on freshman experience, intersectionality, and 'Black Girl Magic.'

Brian Russell is the Director of SilverSizzle [13.35] a short described as: a cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent widowers find new love among widows visiting their departed spouses.

https://www.bridgeportfilmfest.org/

What is WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast?

The WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast features guest interviews hosted on WPKN broadcasts with our renowned DJs. Musicians, artists, producers, writers, movers and shakers - dig deeper into their philosophy and ethos.

Founded in 1963, WPKN is a 10,000-watt listener-supported community radio station broadcasting at 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT and streaming online at WPKN.org. WPKN’s terrestrial signal now reaches to a listenership of 1.5 million people in Connecticut, Long Island, parts of New York and Massachusetts. Operating 24/7 and largely run by volunteers, WPKN offers a unique and eclectic mix of live and recorded music, news, public affairs, spoken word, arts & culture and other free-form programming which defy genre.