First hour: Tips for recycling during the holiday season
Second hour: Previewing the film, "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," and discussing what fuels the opioid epidemic
It's that time of year again -- when wrapping paper, shipping boxes, bubble wrap, and more can start to pile up. What can be recycled and what cannot? According to the team at Monroe County's Department of Environmental Services, residents generate the largest amounts of trash and recycling between November and February. Their advice? Don't "wishcycle; recycle right!" What should you do with empty cardboard boxes? What about bubble wrap-lined shipping envelopes? And which kinds of wrapping paper can be recycled, and which can't? This hour, our guests answer your questions about recycling during the holidays. In studio:
- Mike Garland, director of the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services
- Tina Stevens, education coordinator for the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services
Then in our second hour, a new documentary chronicles how a world-renowned photographer used protest art to hold a family accountable for its role in the opioid epidemic. "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" is the story of artist Nan Goldin, who struggled with an addiction to opioids. She formed an advocacy group, which then staged protests against the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma. Purdue developed the painkiller OxyContin. The film puts the spotlight on Goldin's personal challenges, while showing how over the course of four years, she and her colleagues pushed for the Sackler family name be removed from international art museums. The protests also helped lead to a $6 billion settlement with Purdue and the Sacklers.
- Linda Moroney, filmmaker, and director and programmer for the One Take Documentary Film Series
- Catherine Zuromskis, Ph.D., associate professor of photo history and director of the BFA program in Fine Art Photography in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and author of "Snapshot Photography: The Lives of Images"
- Gary Craig, public safety and criminal justice reporter at the Democrat and Chronicle
- Lisa Buscemi, director and alumnus of Jennifer House, part of the Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach program
