• June 29, 2025 - Water Battle in Jamestown / Her Brother's Keeper / Weekly Insight
    Jun 29 2025

    On this episode, Olivia Ebertz travels to Jamestown, where residents are facing a shortage of drinking water. Then, the latest in the astounding story of Betty Anne Waters, who exonerated her brother from a false murder conviction. Plus, a new installment of Weekly Insight explores why Governor Dan McKee refused to sign the state budget.

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    26 mins
  • June 22, 2025 - How Safe Are RI's Other Bridges? / Making Sea Spirits in PVD / Lessons From a Senior Endurance Athlete / Weekly Insight
    Jun 22 2025

    On this episode, David Wright examines bridge safety across the state, in the wake of the Washington Bridge closure. Then, Pamela Watts heads to Industrious Spirit Company, or ISCO, a distillery creating unique flavors like seaweed and oyster. Plus, 66-year-old endurance athlete Paul Mellor gives a lesson on perseverance, and a new installment of Weekly Insight.

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    25 mins
  • June 15, 2025 - Priced Out of Home Ownership / Providence Centenarian's Life of Service / Weekly Insight
    Jun 15 2025

    On this episode, Isabella Jibilian looks at why many Rhode Islanders are being priced out of the housing market. Then, we revisit Michelle San Miguel’s interview with a Providence Centenarian who embodies what it means to live a life of service, even when it wasn’t always welcome. Finally, Anaridis Rodriguez our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi discuss the revised State budget for the new fiscal year and the plans and the cost of rebuilding the Westbound side of the Washington Bridge.

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    24 mins
  • June 1, 2025 - Losing Lobsters/ Rhode Island's Eroding History / Weekly Insight
    Jun 9 2025

    On this episode, Michelle San Miguel reports on how climate change is fueling the dwindling lobster population off the Rhode Island coast. Then, Pamela Watts takes ah look at how climate change and rising sea levels threaten some of Rhode Island’s historical and iconic homes. Both stories are part of our continuing Green Seeker series. Finally, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi discuss transportation director Peter Alviti’s response to Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s Washington Bridge investigation.

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    26 mins
  • June 8, 2025 - Campus Crisis / Gaspee / Weekly Insight
    Jun 8 2025

    On this episode, our contributor Steph Machado explores the intense pressure that higher education is under amid massive changes in Washington, and ongoing financial issues with an in-depth interview with Dan Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which represent Rhode Island’s eight private colleges. Then, as America’s 250 anniversary approaches, we take a second look at Pamela Watts report on a daring raid in Warwick Rhode Island that may have sparked the American Revolution? Finally, Anaridis Rodriguez our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi discuss the financial challenges facing Providence and recent poll numbers that show Governor McKee’s job approval rating at an all-time low.

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    25 mins
  • May 25, 2025 - Warning Signs on the Washington Bridge / Nonviolence Institute / Weekly Insight
    May 25 2025

    On this episode, Michelle San Miguel and Jeremy Bernfeld have an in-depth report on our continuing investigation into the Washington Bridge. Our story looks at how and why Rhode Island’s Department of Transportation (RIDOT) may have missed warning signs lurking inside critical components which ultimately led to closure and demolishing of the Westbound side of the bridge. Then, our contributor Anaridis Rodriguez and producer Isabella Jibilian report on how violence affects young people’s mental health and how the Nonviolence Institute in Providence is working with them and teaching them how to cope in nonviolent ways. Finally, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi explain why lawmaker have about $65 million dollars more to work with to craft the budget than they anticipated.

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    26 mins
  • May 18, 2025 - Senator Whitehouse / Uprooted Artist Finds Home in RI / Weekly Insight
    May 18 2025

    On this episode, political reporter Ian Donnis interviews Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on climate, dark money, the tax code, Rhode Island’s loss of federal funding and what they may mean to the future of scientific research in our state and beyond. Whitehouse also takes on Democrats and why they lost the election….and, yes he talks about that vote on tariffs that he missed. Then, Michelle San Miguel profiles Ana Flores, a Cuban-born painter and sculptor, who has spent decades turning materials from nature into works of art. Finally, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi explain what lawmakers are prioritizing in the final weeks of the General Assembly’s annual session. And why members of the Rhode Island House were united in their effort to reject Governor Dan McKee’s resolution to offer raises to 11 of his department heads.

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    25 mins
  • May 11, 2025 - Schools Turn to Remote Therapy / Slashing Scientific Research in RI / Hmong Family's Survival Story
    May 12 2025

    On this episode, Pamela Watts finds out why some school districts are turning to remote mental health therapy to help Rhode Island students. Then, Contributor Steph Machado reports on what the Trump Administration cuts of tens of millions of dollars in science research funding will ultimately mean to Rhode Island’s universities. Finally, we hear one local family's story of survival.

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    26 mins