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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.
Recent Episodes
July 22, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
UNEQUAL ACCESS: RACIAL INEQUALITY IN TODAY’S FOOD SYSTEMS
Dr. Kara Young is an expert in food systems and racial inequality. She has a decade of experience writing, organizing, teaching, and public speaking on food disparities, racial justice, and qualitative research methods. Between 2017-2020 Kara worked as an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University in a joint faculty position between the Department of Sociology and the Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformations (InFact) Discovery Theme.
ListenJuly 15, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
RECLAIMING THE ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF BLACK FARMING
Heartland Stories Radio host, Theresa Marquez, speaks with Dr. Shakara Tyler. Dr. Tyler is a member of Black Dirt Farm Collective and president of the board of directors of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.
Educator and activist-scholar Dr. Shakara Tyler is a "returning generation farmer" who engages in Black agrarianism, agroecology, food sovereignty and climate justice.
Read MoreJuly 8, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
THE MUSICAL PROCESS OF MASON JENNINGS
Dr. Michael Sapiro of Radio Awakened interviews Mason Jennings about his background and musical process.
Read MoreJuly 1, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
THE ORIGIN OF JUNETEENTH
June 19, 1865 marks the origin of Juneteenth, on Galveston Island. The official celebration began in 1866, commemorating the freedom of African people from settler colonialism, 2 1/2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Read MoreJune 24, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
THE HIERARCHY OF BIODIVERSITY
Why does human civilization so often endanger biodiversity? Perhaps a change in how we see the natural world will make a difference.
Read MoreJune 10, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
AN AQUARIUM FOR KIDS (AND THE KID IN YOU)
Have you ever wanted to look at penguins while they look at you, or crawl past giant clams, or see eye to eye with tropical sharks?
Read MoreJune 3, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
AN INTERVIEW WITH CAREY GILLAM
Sprouts is a weekly radio program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers featuring radio productions of national interest. This program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio.
Read MoreMay 13, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
A CELEBRATION OF HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD
In the summer of 2020, a group of musicians met in an open-air pavilion in a small town along the banks of the Mississippi. The musicians represented a variety of musical influences and training in "jazz, blues, country, classical,and bluegrass" that would all come together over a period of five months.
Read MoreMay 6, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR DISCUSSES AUTISM AND A KIDS VACCINE IN DEVELOPEMENT FOR COVID-19
The Childrens Hour learns about autism from a father and son who literally wrote the book about it for kids. Justin and David Flood wrote "A Kids Book About Autism" to help kids understand what autism is, how it impacts people, and how kids without autism can befriend kids with autism.
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