Steve Klamkin & The Saturday Am News

Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz is a psychiatrist specializing in addiction at the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals. Rhode Island has pioneered new training for medical students at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School, qualifying them to prescribe medications for people addicted to opioids.

Krista Sturtevant is the Development Director for the Newport Festivals Foundation. #WPRO She is talking about the upcoming Newport Folk Festival http://www.newportfolk.org/ and Newport Jazz Festival http://www.newportjazz.org/

John Mecklin, editor-in-chief of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" #WPRO An editorial finds justification in the scientists' decision in January to move up its Doomsday Clock to 2 1/2 minutes to midnight. http://thebulletin.org/first-july-4-trump-era-declaration10877 The group was founded in 1945, and two years later began publishing its "Doomsday Clock" to signify progress toward or away from nuclear Armageddon.

Robert Bertsche, media lawyer and First Amendment advocate talks about the impact of President Trump's tweet - depicting Trump pummeling a man in a business suit outside a wrestling ring - the man's face is obscured with the CNN logo. Bertsche is a media lawyer and board member of the New England First Amendment Coalition http://nefirstamendment.org/ he is also general counsel for the New England Newspaper & Press Association http://www.nenpa.com/

Catherine Taylor, senior adviser for policy, partnerships and community engagement at the Ryan Institute at the University of Rhode Island talks about research there into the impact of diet and exercise on dementia

Gunther Buerman is the founder of the new, Newport Car Museum. The collection is comprised of cars he has collected, and there is also a display of unusual furniture. www.newportcarmuseum.org

My conversation with Singer Dianne Reeves backstage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. #WPRO Dianne Reeves has just been awarded the 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, alongside pianist Joanne Brackeen, guitarist Pat Metheny and former club owner Todd Barkan in what the NEA describes as "the nation's highest honor in jazz". http://bit.ly/2socC9Y

Alan Rosenberg was recently named Executive Editor, capping a 39-year career with the Providence Journal. He looks back, and ahead to the paper's digital future.

At a recent State House rally, supporters called for restoration of state support for developmentally disabled and other youngsters from ages 18 to 21. The state care was curtailed in 2007 in a cost-cutting move. Darlene Allen of Adoption Rhode Island talks about the effort.

Daphne Matziarki has been recognized for her film "4.1 Miles", nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject and winner of the 2016 Peabody Award. #WPRO She was interviewed as she was recognized with the 2017 Pell Center Prize for Storytelling @PellCenter @pubstory In "4.1 Miles", Matziarki, a native of Greece, tells the heroic story of a Greek coast guard captain called upon to rescue refugees fleeing the war in Syria over the treacherous 4.1 mile passage in the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek Island of Lesbos. The film was produced in conjunction with the New York Times, and can be viewed at The Times' "Op-Docs" website: http://nyti.ms/2jmQuVj More about the film at: https://www.daphnematziaraki.com/

Javier Juarez, an immigrant from Peru credits the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA program for helping him to realize his dreams in America. He recently graduated from Rhode Island College: http://bit.ly/2qXal22

Prof. J. Timmons Roberts, Brown University environmental studies examines President Trump's plan to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

Rick Massimo - author of "I Got A Song: A History of The Newport Folk Festival" talks about his look the iconic folk festival. For more details: https://www.facebook.com/IGotASong/

Jim Vincent, President of the NAACP Providence Branch http://naacpprov.org/ talks about the recent report: "The State of Black Families in Rhode Island" by The Economic Progress Institute: http://bit.ly/2qd51X2

Leanza Cornett Miss America 1993 is among the judges at the upcoming Miss Rhode Island 2017 pageant. She talks about her career on stage, TV and movies, and about being a mom. www.missri.org

Since the November election, Amy Siskind, co-founder of The New Agenda thenewagenda.net/ has been compiling a weekly list of "things subtly changing around you" that may point to a drive toward authoritarianism: https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind

Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea talks about the report of her elections task force, with recommendations for improvements. #WPRO

David Nexon, co-author with Nick Littlefield of "Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress"

Britain's Prince Harry recently disclosed the difficulties of coping with the loss of his mother Princess Diana 20 years ago. Ryan Loiselle, program director of FRIENDS WAY (Families Reaching Into Each New Day), which describes itself as the only family bereavement center in Rhode Island, talks about coping with loss. http://www.friendsway.org/ #WPRO

David Dadekian, founder of Eat Drink RI holds their 6th annual Festival this weekend at the #RI Convention Center - learn more at: http://eatdrinkri.com/