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.
April 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?
ListenApril 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 MoreMarch 28, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
WHY NEUROSCIENCE MATTERS, WITH ILYA MONOSOV
Ilya Monosov invites us to rethink our "too-facile understanding of the brain" and to wrestle with the implications of how we define curiosity.
Our conversation took us to the importance of neuroscience and information seeking for the fate of humanity and how achieving an engineers understanding of the brain could be helpful for those living with mental health challenges like OCD.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED: CONNECTING WATER & PEOPLE
Reporting from the Iowa Nature Summit in Des Moines, Iowa: This conference took place at Drake University in October of 2023, a gathering of farmers and environmentalists throughout the state of Iowa.
Read MoreMarch 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.
Read MoreFebruary 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.
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