Religious Liberty vs LGBTQ Equality - part 21 

OutCaster Isha continues her conversation with civil rights attorney Jennifer C. Pizer about the social movement that focuses on LGBTQ people as a threat, religious doctrine cited in cases regarding constitutional law, the Equality Act, the Fairness Act, the protective reach of federal law, including LGBTQ figures in school curriculum like Alan Turing and Harvey Milk, and research from psychologists and social scientists on the fact that preventing young people from becoming LGBTQ by withholding information does not work.

Jennifer C. Pizer is the Senior Counsel and Director of Law and Policy for Lambda Legal, the country's oldest and largest legal organization seeking full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and everyone living with HIV. 

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Earth Riot Radio: The Great Unknown 

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. 

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

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.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

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 deforestatio

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

A Tale of Two Diasporas  

Two stories of encounters between Ukrainians and Russians in the Diaspora. In Abu Dhabi Ukrainians and Russians encounter each other, leading to tensions. In Uzbekistan, refugees who are both Russian and Ukrainian, find each other for solace and mutual help and rebuilding.

Julia Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian reporter, communications expert, and marketing executive. She studied at the Abu Dhabi and New York City campuses of New York University, where she studied social and public policy. Her research led her to do ethnographic fieldwork in Abu Dhabi, which allowed her to observe Ukrainians there, and their relations with Russians.

YouTube vlogger Konstantin Samoilov was a successful professional in Russia where he lived with his family until he left, last fall. He fled when mobilization was announced to recruit Russians as soldiers for the invasion of Ukraine. He tells the story of how refugees face losing everything. Samoilov started and leads the Tashkent International Breakfast Club, which regularly brings together hundreds of people at a cafe in the capital of Uzbekistan to help each other rebuild their lives.  
Ukrainian reporter, communications expert, and marketing executive Julia Tymoshenko & Russian Refugee and Vlogger Konstantine Samoiyov  

Credits:
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Ukraine 2 4 2 features interviews with experts, key people on the ground in Ukraine and many others affected, who can give direct and personal accounts of the unfolding of the war in Ukraine, how people of diverse backgrounds and professional skills rally in the fight for freedom and the historical context of Russia's invasion.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

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.  
Boston University Law Professor Jonathan Feingold 

Sprouts is a weekly program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers bringing featuring radio production of national interest. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio. 
Produced by Boston University Law Professor Jonathan Feingold and Arnie Arnesen. Production help from Boston University's Kim Miragliuolo.  Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

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.


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.

Voices:

Dr. Gerald Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies, at the University of Houston. Mexico ended slavery before Texas, Dr. Horne explains why. Special thanks to producer and host Mimi Rosenberg (WBAI).

Sam Collins III, co-chair and historian of the Juneteenth Legacy Project on Galveston Island, the birthplace of Juneteenth in 1865, explains the early history of men with guns who were written out of the narrative.

Dr. Anne Lundy, music director of the Community Music Center of Houston, shares the evolution of Black spirituals and the African American musical tradition.

Mimi Rosenberg of WBAI New York spoke to Dr. Tiffany Crutcher live from the Juneteenth Freedom Festival, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She's the twin sister of Terrance Crutcher, who was shot and killed Sept. 2016, by police officer Betty Jo Shelby in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was unarmed.
 Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

When Food Is More Than Food

First Tsameret visits Zingerman's Delicatessen, a flagship fine food store and destination of Anne Arbor's cultural life. Tessie Ives Wilson, their Events Coordinator, describes their traditional Jewish food as well as food from other folk traditions around the world and local recipes, providing a rich experience.

Noting, however, that good food is essential for all of the community, not just for those who can afford to consume Zingerman's products, Tsameret visits a program started by the deli's employees, The Food Gatherers. Lauren Grossman communications coordinator, discusses how they provide good food to those needing it and how this builds a stronger community in their county. 
Tessie Ives Wilson, Events Coordinator for Zingerman's Delicatessan and Lauren Grossman, Communications Coordinator for the Food Gatherers 

Sprouts is a weekly program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers featuring radio productions of national interest. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio.  
Produced by Tsameret Ruedenberg in Ann Arbor Michigan

Production assistance from Ursula Ruedenberg, Stephanie Schubert, and Nakota Newman at Pacifica Network 

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

The Conflict Between Our Biological Heritage and the Speed of Our Lives

Not so long before the common use of devices operated by electricity, our lives were generally more calm. And as humans we have a biological heritage of being curiosity driven, reward seeking and harm avoiding creatures.

The conflict that has evolved between our biological heritage and the demand driven economy in the United States is the essence of a book entitled American Mania, When More is Not Enough. The author, Dr. Peter C. Whybrow, is a professor of psychiatry and bio-behavioral science, and director of the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California at Los Angeles. He speaks with Radio Curious host Barry Vogel.

This interview was recorded in 2005

Dr. Peter C. Whybrow 

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution 

Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip-Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Laura talks with him, and Bronx native Rosa Clemente, about Hip Hop's impact on music, dance, art, fashion and media-making, and asks where the Hip Hop revolution stands today.

Clemente, an award-winning organizer and scholar-activist, is known for her expertise in Afro-Latinx identity, fighting police violence and Hip-Hop feminism. Chuck D, the leader and co-founder of the legendary group Public Enemy, is a social activist and digital music pioneer who served as Executive Producer of the BBC series now streaming on PBS, Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World.

In this episode, they explore the impact of Hip Hop and its role in today's social justice movements. Plus, a commentary from Laura on unfinished revolutions.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, is a weekly program produced collaboratively by radio producers at community stations around the world. The show features local news and culture of international interest.

Slow Looking and Visible Thinking with Claire Bown 

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 is founder and principal of Thinking Museum. She teaches people techniques to help them connect with art.  

Sprouts is a weekly program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers bringing featuring radio production of national interest. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio.