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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.
September 28, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
REDUCING HARM IN DRUG ADDICTION
Doug McVay speaks with harm reduction worker and activist Haven Wheelock about saving lives and helping people in need without stigma or judgment. They also talk about building community, providing safety, and decriminalizing people who use drugs.
ListenSeptember 21, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
THREATS TO DEFUND CPB FUNDING
Sally Kane, CEO of NFCB, discusses status of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in the US Congress. The FY 2024 Appropriations bill passed out of a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee in mid-July completely eliminates funding for CPB. However, the corresponding bill considered by the Senate Appropriations Committee plans to continue funding CPB.
ListenSeptember 14, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
EARTH RIOT RADIO: THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Reverend Billy & the Church of Stop Shopping preach the good word about the earth. They sing and praise the poetry of our great globe.
This episode from Earth Riot Radio includes news of the earth in a time of great climate upheaval. The description includes how extreme weather events are affecting world citizens and animals like the Golden Lion Tamarin, a New World monkey native to the coastal forests of Brazil.
Read MoreSeptember 7, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
THE 2023 GLOBAL SPACE CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Host Zinzi Konig discusses space as a tool box for political action with the Director General of the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) Christian Hauglie-Hanssen.
They talk about how climate change is accelerating faster at the poles and the equator, communication, models for hydropower, agriculture and resistance to floods, and how space agencies can partner with locals to police illegal deforestation.
Read MoreAugust 31, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
THE 2023 GLOBAL SPACE CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Host Zinzi Konig discusses space as a tool box for political action with the Director General of the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) Christian Hauglie-Hanssen.
They talk about how climate change is accelerating faster at the poles and the equator, communication, models for hydropower, agriculture and resistance to floods, and how space agencies can partner with locals to police illegal deforestation.
Read MoreAugust 24, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
THE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED, COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THEATER, A RESPONSE TO GUN VIOLENCE
Rocky Mountain Community Radio - Stories by and about teens!
KGNU intern and high schooler Emily Soesilo reports on the pressure high school students feel to succeed academically. A report on high school students from NY coming to WY to learn about history in the Mountain West.
A report on how a teen production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will go on! Thanks to an arts community banding together.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
TAMPA BAY PODCASTS FOR JUSTICE
WMNF community radio in Tampa Florida is developing a team of podcasters who speak about social justice - local and beyond.
Read MoreAugust 3, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
EXPLORING THE WORLD AT THE SPEED OF ANDANTE
The Babblery's Suki Wessling talks with two women authors who explore the powerful connection between walking and creativity.
"We explore walking through memory, away from and toward danger, through fear and wonder. We explore the sparks of imagination and creativity that come to us as we amble, and finally, we take pilgrimages to connect with our pasts and the present around us."
Read MoreJuly 27, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
CLASS CAN’T DO THE WORK OF RACE
After the recent Supreme Court decision to remove affirmative action placement from universities, #RaceClass explores the intricacies of race and racism in America. In our national affirmative action conversation: Why can't class-based policies do the work of race-based policies? Our short answer: because racism transcends class.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2023 National, News & Public Affairs
YA’AT’EEH, EVERYTHING HERE IS SACRED
An exploration of ways in which seemingly everyday places and activities, such as a cornfield, or the meeting place of two rivers, or the process of planting and tending crops, are imbued with sacredness in Dine (Navajo) tradition
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