Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 30-minute weekly program featuring radio programs produced at community radio stations or by other independent producers from across the country and sometimes around the world.
March 7, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
A SUSTAINABLE DIET
What is a sustainable diet for people and the environment? Salwa Khan explores this question with Senior Food and Agriculture Policy Specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity Mark Rifkin.
ListenFebruary 29, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY VS LGBTQ EQUALITY – PART 23
Sprouts is a weekly collaborative program showcasing local stories produced by community radio stations and grassroots media groups around the world. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio and offered free to all radio stations. For information, or to feature your work on Sprouts, contact Ursula Ruedenberg: [email protected]
Read MoreFebruary 22, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Encore Presentation for Black History Month
This episode features an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's speech: "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?" Pacifica's Steve Zeltzer speaks with retired Secretary Treasurer of ILWU Local 10 Clarence Thomas. Thomas spoke about Dr. Kings relationship with the ILWU and his impact on the struggle of workers today. He also spoke about how Dr. King was perceived before his death, and how he connected militarism, capitalism, and racism.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Encore Presentation for Black History Month
During WWII, the glamorous lighthearted entertainer, Josephine Baker, worked as a spy for the French Resistance, while hiding in plain sight.
Ursula Ruedenberg talks with author Christopher Klein about Josephine Baker's humble beginnings to superstardom, and her unexpected turn in aiding the war effort against the Nazis.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
LITTLE KNOWN MUSICIANS IN 19C AMERICA
With Good Reason's Jamal Millner speaks with musicians (David McCormick & Ernie Jackson) about the great but little known Black musicians and composers in early America. These musicians include the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings, otherwise known as the Scott Family Band or the fiddlers of Monticello, and gifted musician, abolitionist, and freemason Justin Holland.
Sound clips included.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
CURIOSITY & RACIST MINDSETS WITH NARENDRA KEVAL
Psychotherapist and clinical psychologist Narendra Keval observes that racism demands certainty-- the opposite of curiosity. His is a thoughtful call for cultivating social spaces for curiosity and exercising our capacity to think under fire.
"Curiosity can be quite a treacherous journey. And what I'm interested in, particularly, is what are the moments when one mig
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
THE VIEW FROM HERE LIVE ON STAGE
Favorite homespun stories from Eddie Holahan in a live recorded show in Viroqua, WI (10.07.23) called The View From Here.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
A VIEW FROM A TRANSGENDER ELDER
In our heated national conversation about transgender youth, one major stakeholder's voice has been largely silent: transgender elders. Sandy Stone is now known as the founder of Transgender Studies, a performance artist, and a noted recording engineer. But she first stepped away from her parents home as a confused boy, unsure of why her inner self didnt match external expectations.
This episode shows how Sandy navigated a world in which the word "transgender" wasn't even coined yet, and sheds light on the experiences and needs of today's transgender youth. She explains, "I really became a person, a human being, when I became a woman."
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