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  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring the Battle of Rhode Island Association with Jim Stearns 7-5-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring the Battle of Rhode Island Association with Jim Stearns 7-5-25
    Jul 5 2025
    Viva Liberty! We're steering toward the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Jim Stearns, Director for the Battle of Rhode Island Association and a member of the Butts Hill Fort Restoration Committee joins us to celebrate Independence Day and provide an education on the role Rhode Island played. Who knew that Rhide Island was front and center of this dangerous undertaking? Jim discovered he had several ancestors in the Battle of Rhode Island, and that connection allowed him to join the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution(RISR). The Independence Day celebration is by far the largest event that is sponsored by the Rhode Island Society Sons of the Revolution. The day begins at the grave of William Ellery in the Common Burying Ground on Farewell Street in Newport concluding wit a member of the RISR recreates the reading of the Declaration of Independence that took place on the steps of the Colony House in July of 1776 by Major John Handy. The Artillery Company of Newport follows with a 21 gun salute to the Nation using their battery of four cannons cast by Paul Revere in 1798. Listen as he describes the actions taken to reclaim the Butts Hill Fort, which is in need of volunteers to bring the fort out of the weeds.
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    15 mins
  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring The Atlantic Shark Institute with Jon F. Dodd 6-28-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring The Atlantic Shark Institute with Jon F. Dodd 6-28-25
    Jun 28 2025
    "Shark Health is Ocean Health, and Ocean Health is Our Health." ™, is the credo The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) lives by. Jon F Dodd, Executive Director, ASI joins us to describe how they conduct cutting-edge research on Atlantic shark species. We've observed how the recent 20 foot shark in a pond in Block Island caused public concern, despite the absence of any real threat. Listen as he discusses, tagging technologies and why they are important, the extensive acoustic receiver array they have set up to detect sharks and anything with an acoustic tag in/on it, the importance of sharks in our ecosystem, things to do to avoid shark interactions, the white sharks in New England and RI, and RI’s growing seal population, As an added bonus, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws". You can hear the inner "Hooper" in Jon's motivation in his passion for researching sharks.
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    19 mins
  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Stages of Freedom with Ray Rickman and Robb Dimmick 6-21-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Stages of Freedom with Ray Rickman and Robb Dimmick 6-21-25
    Jun 21 2025
    There's so much to celebrate in June! We're celebrating Juneteenth all week and Pride all month with Providence's Stages of Freedom. Ray Rickman, Co-Founder and Executive Director and Robb Dimmick, Co-Founder and Program Director join us for a rundown of what can be learned from their museum exhibits, programs and events. All their efforts are to further fund the goal of free swimming lessons for BIPOC youths, who are five times more likely to drown than white youths. With this being summertime, everyone should be able to enjoy a dip in the pool or waterways! They're having a FREE Juneteenth historic walking tour/event "Finding Bannister- A lively introduction to the exciting lives, work and sites of Providence artist and visionary Edward, and hair doctress and philanthropist Christiana". Listen as they detail the theme for this month's e-blast "Connected", a daily email arriving in your inbox full of interesting people, places and events with respect to Black Rhode Island. All through June, the subject of "Connected" is "Mysteries & Marvels of Black RI", with historical figures highlighted such as Elleanor Eldridge (1st RI Woman to Represent Herself in Court) to Perry Watkins (Broadway’s 1st Black Scenic Designer) among many others. Mr Watkins is also featured in Stages of Freedom’s Black Lavender exhibit, currently on display in the SOF museum. Be sure to check out the Stages of Freedom website for materials, exhibits and programs that can further your education or be shared as a learning tool. Coming attractions include "The Underground Railroad in RI" project.
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    22 mins
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