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.
June 13, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: The Origin of Juneteenth – encore
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.
June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the legislation, making Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday. Its the first new federal holiday since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.
ListenJune 6, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: The Value of Risk in Play
Has children's play become too safe?
Research suggests that efforts to prioritize safety harms children's mental and physical development during play and contributes to anxiety.
One solution: introduce risk into play. Big Picture Science visits an adventure playground where kids play unsupervised with anything from scraps of metal to hammers and nails.
ListenMay 30, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Slow Looking and Visible Thinking (encore)
Encore presentation.
Claire Bown teaches people how to connect more with art. Her guide "How to Look at Art (Slowly)" is a rich compendium of curiosity practices.
Claire's professional focus is museums, but she'd be the first to tell you: the skills she shares are useful anywhere...
"As adults, we don't spend too long in observation. We tend to want to jump straight in to interpreting and what we think. It's actually quite useful for us to take a step back, and just dwell in observation for a little bit, because those details that we notice will help fuel our curiosity."
~ Claire Bown
May 23, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Exploring the World at the Speed of Andante (encore)
Encore presentation
Two women authors 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."
--Host Suki Wessling
Read MoreMay 16, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Elder Abuse – part 2
Each year, hundreds of thousands of adults over the age of 60 are abused, neglected, or financially exploited. This mistreatment is elder abuse and can have serious physical and emotional effects on older adults.
Host Cheryl Beversdorf talks with Michela Monday, LCSW, and Omotayo Daniels, LICSW, LCSW, Human Services Clinicians, Adult Protective Services, Arlington Department of Human Services, about examples of abuse, neglect, and exploitation among older adults and the role of Adult Protective Services in helping victims.
Read MoreMay 9, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Elder Abuse – part 1
Each year, hundreds of thousands of adults over the age of 60 are abused, neglected, or financially exploited. This mistreatment is elder abuse and can have serious physical and emotional effects on older adults.
Host Cheryl Beversdorf talks with Michela Monday, LCSW, and Omotayo Daniels, LICSW, LCSW, Human Services Clinicians, Adult Protective Services, Arlington Department of Human Services, about examples of abuse, neglect, and exploitation among older adults and the role of Adult Protective Services in helping victims.
Read MoreMay 2, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: Kent State Remembered
As Monday, April 22nd, marked the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover, Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called for the National Guard to be sent to Columbia University.
This was in response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the Columbia campus as well as other campuses around the country, protesting Israel's bombing of Gaza.
Protests on college campuses have a long history in the U.S. As we approach May 4th, the anniversary of the infamous Kent State killings in 1970, when the National Guard was brought in to quell protests on a college campus, we bring you a re-broadcast of Lawrence Reichard's Sprouts show, Kent State Remembered.
Read MoreApril 25, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Sprouts: An Economy of Our Own
Women tell a new story about money.
The women of An Economy of Our Own ask a simple question: What would happen if the free and low-paid labor provided by women were actually measured in our economy?
Read MoreApril 11, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
WHY HARD CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND MAKING A STAND FOR HEALTHY SOIL
efore becoming Mayor of her hometown of Viroqua, Wisconsin in 2018, Karen Mischel spent 17 years in the Merchant Marines followed by her current occupation as an organic farm inspector.
Mischel shares:
- Lessons learned in communication from working on the ship;
- The challenges of managing a rural community with new and old residents;
- Why hard conversations are important and non-violent communication is the key in her community;
- Her work on banning herbicide spraying on public places in Viroqua and on leased public agricultural land;
- Her focus on prioritizing clean water, healthy soil, organic farming, and community health;
- Why educating people in the community should be a political responsibility.
April 4, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
BEYOND THE DREAM: MLK’S TRIPLE EVILS OF RACISM, POVERTY AND MILITARISM
The Rev. Martin Luther King's messages about the triple evils of racism, poverty and militarism, as well as about being awake, remain as relevant as ever.
Scholar activist Dr. Mtagnlise Sanyika, who worked with King, says we must continue to build social justice movements.
Read More