Welcome to my first column of 2022. We’re heading toward the more active phase of an election year, so hang onto your hats. Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here […]
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Posted inEpisode, Political Roundtable
Political Roundtable: RI House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on Omicron, state spending, marijuana and more
RI House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D-Warwick) is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. The topics include the state’s response to the Omicron surge, the outlook for spending more of Rhode Island’s federal COVID aid, and the potential legalization this year of recreational marijuana. Sheksarchi is serving his first two-year term as speaker after winning […]
Posted inEpisode, On Sports
Farewell to Celtics legend Sam Jones
Sam Jones’s death means we have lost another link to the great Celtics dynasty 1957-1969.
Posted inEpisode, Possibly Podcast
Our 2022 resolutions
As we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes and how they might inspire our resolutions for 2022. Here’s what some of us had to say.
Posted inEpisode, Possibly Podcast
How did Bhutan become carbon negative?
These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually, it’s carbon negative.
Posted inEpisode, On Sports
Decades later, Bob Griffin and the ’84-’85 URI Rams are still a gift
The glory days of URI football featured the record-smashing, high-flying Ehr Force.
Posted inEpisode, On Sports
For many teams, it’s not holiday season it’s humbug season
Ho! Ho! Ho! is what I had planned to write in this space — after raiding the basket of red and green M&Ms in the front hall — but given the ongoing attack of the COVID omicron variant, I decided on BAH, HUMBUG! instead. COVID news worsens by the hour. Close to home, Georgetown has […]
Posted inEpisode, TGIF
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics/media roundup for December 17, 2021
Thanks for stopping by and for following my reporting throughout the year. Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. (A quick note: I’m taking some time off for the holidays, so this is my final column for 2021. Barring an unexpected eggnog-related tragedy, TGIF will return […]
Posted inArtscape, Episode
Festival Ballet and Big Nazo collaborate on a fresh look for this year’s ‘Nutcracker’
The Nutcracker is a perennial favorite during the holidays, but this year’s Festival Ballet production is a bit different. Morning Edition host Chuck Hinman and Artscape producer James Baumgartner visited Festival Ballet’s rehearsal center for a preview of what’s new this year.
Posted inEpisode, Political Roundtable
Political Roundtable: a closeup on progressive politics in RI
Georgia Hollister Isman, New England regional director for the Working Families Party, and state Sen. Cynthia Mendes (D-East Providence) are the guests for separate interviews this week on Political Roundtable. Hollister Isman discusses the emergence of WFP in 2016 and her view of how it’s changed politics in Rhode Island. Mendes talks about the move […]
