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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.
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.
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June 27, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
The Sundance as Told By Chief Golden Light Eagle
Yankton Sioux Chief Golden Light Eagle describes the Sundance, held at the Summer Solstice, one of the seven sacred Sioux traditional rites described by Black Elk in the book "The Sacred Pipe."
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June 20, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Re-Remembering Prince
This week we are revisiting a 2016 Sprouts show for the birthday of the virtuoso musician Prince, born on June 7th 1958. It's a celebration of the life of Prince, in the wake of his April 21 death that year.
ListenJune 13, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
OutCasting 0061 -The Stonewall Uprising, 50 years Later – Part 1 of a Series
In June 2019, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings, and we want to reflect on how we've gotten to where we are today with LGBTQ rights in the United States.
ListenJune 6, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
History of Feminism-Dr. Freedman
The history of feminism, where women stand in American society and how that has changed. Barry Vogel with Dr. Estelle Freedman, historian and professor of Stanford University, in a 2002 phone interview.
Read MoreMay 30, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Voice of the Goddess: Ancient Socialism
This is a rebroadcast of a 2016 recording of Priestesses from the Matreum Of Cybele, a Pagan church in Palenville NY.
Read MoreMay 23, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Water is Life: Tradition and Transition in the Navajo Nation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's first-year students in the Terrascope Program are taught a holistic approach to science and engineering. This year, their assignment was to address the issue of water access for Navajo people, who live in a contaminated area.
Read MoreMay 16, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Leah Penniman, Black and Brown People in Agriculture
We hear from author and food justice activist Leah Penniman about the experiences of Black and Brown people in agriculture, and how these communities can reclaim their right to and connection with the land their ancestors worked so skillfully.
Read MoreMay 16, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Leah Penniman, Black and Brown People in Agriculture
We hear from author and food justice activist Leah Penniman about the experiences of Black and Brown people in agriculture, and how these communities can reclaim their right to and connection with the land their ancestors worked so skillfully.
Read MoreMay 9, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
For Pete’s Sake, Part 2
PART 2 of a two-part musical celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday, produced by musician and friend of Seeger, Larry Long. Featured is a recording from a gathering of community leaders, activists and musicians organized in honor of Pete Seeger, led by Long & Dan Chouinard at a concert held in 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read MoreMay 9, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
For Pete’s Sake – Seeger Anniversary – PART 2
Civil rights and social justice elders read Seeger's accounts of Paul Robeson's activities and concerts, and confrontations with violence against him and others in freedom movements.
Read MoreMay 2, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
For Pete’s Sake, Part 1
PART 1 of a two-part musical celebration of Pete Seeger,s 100 birthday, produced by musician and Petes friend, Larry Long. Pete Seeger is heard speaking and Larry singing at the beginning of this program.
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