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“Digging in the Dirt” is a podcast and radio show featured on WPKN (wpkn.org) with climate change experts and activists, promoting organic and regenerative farming techniques, showing the way to grow healthier food in a way that respects the planet’s health. In addition to nationally known movers and shakers in this niche, Kevin loves to feature food authors, local farmers and gardeners pushing the envelope by encouraging us to take personal responsibility, as consumers and gardeners, toward the environment on our properties and urban lots. These guests give us methods, ideas and recipes for creating a better environment for people, our children, animals, insects and the plant life of our planet’s ecology — one backyard at a time.
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- 2 days ago27 min
Galassia Gressetto Director of "The Sludge Wars"
Digging in the Dirt is pleased to have Galassia Grassetto as my guest. Galassia produced, directed and filmed the documentary called “The Sludge Wars”. It's a compelling film about a subject most of us, I believe, know nothing about. Sludge or the green washing name .. biosolids. When you flush your toilet or industry dumps its waste, where does it go? "The Sludge Wars" has some very disturbing answers.
- 5 days ago8 min
Kathleen Benson Community Garden Coordinator at Reservoir Community Farm in Bridgeport
Joining me from GVI, the Green village initiative is Kathleen Benson Community Garden Coordinator at Reservoir Community Farm in Bridgeport. Along with working at GVI, she teaches kids and adults cooking classes and culinary learning sessions at Wakeman Town Farm in Westport. Her goal is to teach kids that food doesn't come from the grocery store, but where and how it gets to our plate. She's here to talk to me today about GVI’s event. CELEBRATING HARVEST, COMMUNITY, AND EVERYTHINGWE GROW TOGETHER!
- 2 weeks ago55 min
Adam McKay - Academy Award winning Writer, Director and Jeff Masters Meteorologist Yale Climate Connections
I'm very pleased to welcome my next guest Adam McKay to Digging in the Dirt. Adam is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and director known for creating hit comedy classics and later transitioning to sharp political satires and dramas. At one time he was a head writer for Saturday Night Live. He Directed and co-wrote, The Big Short, earning him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Adam also helmed "Don't Look Up" with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and he wrote and Directed "Vice" with Christian Bale. I asked Adam here today to talk about his company Yellow Dot Studios and his article in Current Affairs recently… entitled The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate Then, I welcome back to DITD Jeff Masters of the Yale Climate Connections. Jeff worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 86-90. He has a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground weather channel. Jeff is my favorite meteorologist because he gives us a sober scientific analysis of the issues our planet faces. After my conversation with Adam McKay, I thought it would be instructive to talk about some recent current weather events that have occurred. Especially the storms out west in the pacific and closer to home our recent Nor'easter. The resource links on the Yale Climate Connections website that Jeff mentioned… "30 great tools to determine your flood risk in the U.S." and "What should you do to prepare for the climate change storm" can be found here and in my post of this episode of DITD on Apple Podcasts.
- 2 weeks ago34 min
Adam McKay - Director "The Big Short" and "Don't Look up"
I'm very pleased to welcome my next guest Adam McKay to Digging in the Dirt. Adam is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producerand director known for creating hit comedy classics and later transitioning to sharp political satires and dramas. At one time hewas a head writer for Saturday Night Live. He Directed and co-wrote, "The Big Short", earning him an Academy Award for Best AdaptedScreenplay. Adam also helmed "Don't Look Up" with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and he wrote and Directed"Vice" with Christian Bale. I asked Adam here today to talk about his company Yellow Dot Studios https://yellowdotstudios.com/ and his article in Current Affairs recently… entitled "The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate"
- 2 weeks ago21 min
Jeff Masters - Yale Climate Connections Meteorologist
I welcome back to DITD Jeff Masters of the Yale Climate Connections. Jeff worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 86-90. He has a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground weather channel. Jeff is my favorite meteorologist because he gives us a sober scientific analysis of the issues our planet faces. After my conversation with Adam McKay, I thought it would be instructive to talk about some recent current weather events that we have had occur. Especially the storms out west in the pacific and closer to home with our recent Nor'easter. The resource links on the Yale Climate Connections website that Jeff mentioned… "30 great tools to determine your flood risk in the U.S." and "What should you do to prepare for the climate" change storm" can be found here and in my post of this episode of DITD on Apple Podcasts.
- Sep 30, 202655 min
Bill Lucey -Sound Keeper for Save the Sound, Barry Kresch Pres. CT. EV Club, Craig Floyd - RegenAGweekend
My guest this evening is Save the Sounds Soundkeeper Bill Lucey. Bill is a fish and wildlife biologist with more than two decades of experience studying and conserving marine life. He is also an experienced commercial fisherman and environmental educator.As your on-the-water watchdog, Bill upholds Save the Sound’s mission to protect and restore Long Island Sound. The Soundkeeper is your eyes and ears on Long Island Sound. Bill is here today to talk to me about a significant milestone achieved by Save the Sound. Recovering abandoned Lobster traps. They have completed 100 trips. and recovered 2,362 abandoned lobster traps. By doing so Marine wildlife is given a second chanceMy next guest is here to talk about his passion, which is electric vehicles. Barry Kresch is president of the EV Club of Connecticut, an EV owner himself since 2012, a longtime educator and advocate, and a member of the board of People’s Action for Clean Energy. He and a coalition of Connecticut organizations are organizing an October 16th Municipal EV-Readiness workshop in New Haven to help local governments make the shift to electric transportation through the national Charging Smart program.”THE MUNICIPAL EV-READINESS WORKSHOPOCTOBER 16, 2026HOTEL MARCEL, NEW HAVEN CT,Lastly, but certainly not least, is my friend and returning guest Craig Floyd an 80 year old tenth generation retired farmer who is passionate about improving the nutrient density of our food, growing food, using regenerative practices and teaching others how to do the same.He is the former Farm Manager of the now Craig Floyd Giving Garden at Coogan Farm. Craig is here to give us an early first alert about a very cool event, Regen Ag Weekend, coming up in January of 2027.
- Sep 2, 202655 min
Cori Kondas - Protect our pollinators, Doug Tallamy - Home Grown National Park, William Sweet - Lawns to Meadows
This "Digging in the Dirt" features locals doing the right thing by our pollinators by changing their lawns and gardens. Plus words of wisdom from renowned entomologist Doug Tallamy.First up is Cori Kondas., After retiring, she joined Protect Our Pollinators, POP, a unique Newtown group that started 11 years ago with a mission to save endangered pollinators through education and action. She joins me to talk about having “More Garden Pollinators with a 3x3x3 Planting Method.” Then I speak with Doug Tallamy, who inspires both of my other guests. Doug is an American entomologist, ecologist and conservationist. He is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. Tallamy has written and co-authored several popular books. He is also one of the founders of Homegrown National Park, a nonprofit organization promoting habitat restoration and biodiversity on public and private lands through the planting of native plants and removal of invasive speciesWilliam Sweet, a New Canaan Ct resident and a 20 year old student at UConn is a man who has a passion for certain environmental issues that he is working to address through his activism. He is most active in his opposition to lawns. William is convinced that homeowners should convert their lawns into native meadows. With that in mind, he began to advocate for the creation of legislation to offer homeowners in Connecticut multi-purpose credits for doing so.
- Aug 4, 202636 min
Harry Holding - Author "Eat your Garden"
Harry Holding joins me on this episode of "Digging in the Dirt". Harry is a British garden designer and author known for championing edible landscapes that are both beautiful and practical. His debut book, Eat Your Garden, explores “Edimentals” which are plants that are both ornamental and edible. Harry says this is a low-effort way to grow food.
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About Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher
“Digging in the Dirt” is a podcast and radio show featured on WPKN (wpkn.org) with climate change experts and activists, promoting organic and regenerative farming techniques, showing the way to grow healthier food in a way that respects the planet’s health. In addition to nationally known movers and shakers in this niche, Kevin loves to feature food authors, local farmers and gardeners pushing the envelope by encouraging us to take personal responsibility, as consumers and gardeners, toward the environment on our properties and urban lots. These guests give us methods, ideas and recipes for creating a better environment for people, our children, animals, insects and the plant life of our planet’s ecology — one backyard at a time.
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