Rhode Island PBS Weekly

Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes an in-depth look at a movement in Rhode Island hoping to help pregnant women by increasing their access to doulas. Then, John Smith explores how climate fears have sparked new interest in a controversial source of energy: nuclear. Finally, Lylah Alphonse, Editor of Globe Rhode Island, provides her take on the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear power.  

On this episode, Michelle San Miguel introduces u to Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera, who speaks candidly about the challenges facing Rhode Island’s smallest city. Then, Pamela Watts interviews Congressman David Cicilline, who has taken on tech giants like Facebook and Amazon. Plus, a visit to White Electric, Rhode Island’s first cooperatively-owned coffeeshop.  

On this episode, contributing reporter David Wright sits down with the creator of the nationally syndicated cartoon, Wallace the Brave.  Then, we re-visit Pamela Watts in-depth interview with children’s book author, Jeff Kinney, creator of the best seller “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”.  And finally, Rhode Island PBS Weekly's senior producer Justin Kenny profiles the Ocean State’s “cold water swimmers”.

On this episode, Michelle San Miguel sits down with Representative Jim Langevin, who made history as the first quadriplegic to serve in Congress. Then, a look at the shocking number of college students who can’t afford food, and a program looking to help. Finally, Lylah Alphonse, Editor of Globe Rhode Island, provides her personal take on the problem of food insecurity. 

On this episode of Rhode Island PBS Weekly, we report on stories that are both tragic and hidden histories that indigenous people endured in Rhode Island and around the country. We begin in the late 1800’s with the practice that lasted almost a century:  Native American children taken from their families and forced in “Indian Boarding Schools” by the Federal Government.  The suffering caused by the often-brutal assimilation has resulted in multi-generational trauma for indigenous people, including the Narragansetts of Rhode Island.  Pamela Watts has the story. Long before Indian Boarding Schools took root in America, Rhode Island was the scene of a well-documented injustice to Indigenous Americans. David Wright has this Rhode Island PBS Weekly exclusive story on a brutal incident known as the Great Swamp Massacre that took place three hundred and fifty years ago.