Audio & Visual
"Go Green Media": Radio EcoShock host Alex Smith opens with an interview with publisher Bryan Welsh. Then Gerri talks with explorer Alexandra Cousteau, who continues the family commitment to preserving the world’s waterways. She discusses her new film on the Chesapeake Bay. Also interviewed are local filmmaker Robert Cole on “Potomac Reflections,” and Harry Lynch’s survey of energy choices, “Switch,” which premiered at the DC Environmental Film Festival.
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"Occupy the EPA Rally - March 30, 2012": Helen Caldicott delivers a fiery speech at Occupy EPA on the nuclear threats we all still face. Afterwards, Gerri interviews her about what has to be done now to avoid catastrophe. Occupiers from around the region explain what brought them to the rally.
(Portions were broadcast on Radio EcoShock, April 3, 2012 and OccupyDC Radio, April 1, 2012.)
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“OccupyDC and McPherson Square encampments post-eviction/Ahmed Saleh on the anniversary of the Egyptian uprising”
Broadcast on the weekly “Freedom of Speech” program
WPFW Radio, Washington, DC
February 8, 2012
Program commentary by Gerri Williams and Luke Stewart. Saleh segment recorded live and edited by Gerri Williams
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"Food for Thought"
Reporters: Gerri Williams and Aries Keck
Music: “Chains” from the Taimoor Band’s debut album, “Eastern Sweet” (Taiway Music)
April 2011
This pilot program consists of three segments:
- Filmmaker Cynthia Cabib’s new film, “A Community of Gardeners” profiles neighbors who are creating food oases in Washington, DC
- Virginia food bank clients gain nourishment and new skills through growing food
- Urban agriculture hero Will Allen shares his vision of food bounty available in every city
Listen to the 53 minute audio here
"Hurricane Katrina: Legacies and Lessons"
Broadcast on WPFW Radio, Washington, DC
August 30, 2010
Written and produced by Gerri Williams
Panelists:
John R. Harrald, Research Professor, Center for Technology, Security, and Policy, Virginia Tech and executive editor, The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Chris Meehan, resident of New Orleans since 2004. He was evacuated from New Orleans to both Texas and DC. A skilled carpenter and builder by trade, he returned to New Orleans to rebuild his home and neighborhood.
Happy Johnson, Hurricane Katrina first responder with the American Red Cross Chapter in Southeast Louisiana, later founding the non-profit Blanket New Orleans, Inc.: Leadership For Our Recovery.
Mike Tidwell is a veteran reporter and activist. He is executive director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and the author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities (2006)