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SPROUTS RADIO FROM THE GRASSROOTS

Sprouts Have you produced something for radio that you would like to showcase nationally? We'll air it.
Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 29-minute weekly program featuring radio content being produced by grassroots community radio stations, Indy Media Centers, and other independent production groups. We celebrate these many vital and diverse voices by bringing them to a national audience. Sprouts is produced collaboratively by radio producers across the country; sometimes even the world.

Our mission:

Showcase unique and diverse content being produced at community radio stations and other grassroots media groups
Encourage production collaboration across geographical distances via the Internet

Air news and cultural stories - that are unique to local areas - to a national audience

Bring new and fresh voices and stories to the airwaves

Encourage new producers, connecting them to other progressive producers

Increase communication between all producers-of-conscience

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The Legacy of Ronald Reagan

THE LEGACY OF RONALD REAGAN

Thursday, April 5, 2007
Produced by Kristopher Schiltz of WORT in Madison, Wisconsin.
Music:
Si Kahn, Neil Young, Kemnitz and Mooney, and Ray Naylor

This week on Sprouts we explore the battle over Reagan's legacy through a look back on his Presidency and the current efforts to memorialize him.

Ronald Reagan was one of the most divisive figures in modern political history. From his social conservatism, his demonization of communism and his adventures in Latin America and the Middle East, Reagan left ample material for supporters and critics alike. Since his death in 2004, a wide range of groups have entered into the debate over what exactly Reagan's legacy should be. Was he the 'Great Communicator' who restored our faith in America, or was he the 'Gipper' who brought us closer to nuclear annihilation?

Baghdad Burning & Movement Headlines

BAGHDAD BURNING

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Produced by Doug George of WBAI in New York City.
Music:
"Beyond The Sky" by Omar Faruk Tekbilek,
"A Cool Wind Is Blowing" by Djivan Gasparyan,
"Diaphanes" and "Flowing Water" by Dhafer Youssef. Also:
"All Things" by The Cinematic Orchestra,
"Jesus Walks (instrumental)" by Kanye West,
"AWOL" by Paris, and "Umi Says (instrumental)" by Mos Def

This week on Sprouts we feature the words of Riverbend, a woman living in Baghdad.

In August 2003, a young Iraqi woman began writing a blog called Baghdad Burning. Under the pseudonym Riverbend, she gave readers around the world an unfiltered view of life on the ground in occupied Iraq. Four years later, Riverbend still blogs when she is able, and her writings have been translated in numerous languages, collected and published in two volumes, and made into several dramatic plays.

TOMAS YOUNG - WOUNDED IRAQ VETERAN AGAINST THE WAR

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Produced by Tom Klammer of KKFI in Kansas City, MO

In recognition of this week's anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Sprouts features an interview with wounded veteran Tomas Young. On April 4, 2004, the same day Casey Sheehan was killed, Tomas Young was in Iraq, packed in with other 25 soldiers in the bed of an unarmored truck when a bullet struck him and he suddenly went numb.

Initially aired on "Tell Somebody" on KKFI 90.1 FM in Kansas City, this is the story about how Young joined the Army, how he ended up in Iraq, and his speaking out against the war.

INSIDE THE PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT

Thursday, March 15, 2007
Produced by Emily Howard of KPFA in Berkeley, CA
Music:
"The Grind" by Erykah Badu and Dead Prez
"My Freedom of Choice" by Ani DiFranco

This week on Sprouts we feature "Movements," an investigative news magazine produced by Emily Howard at KPFA-Pacifica, in Berkeley, CA. Devoted to social movements, it is an attempt to further our understandings of movements and bridge "the gaps" between movements.

The program begins with movement headlines with updates from four different social movements around the globe. "The Grind" by Erykah Badu and Dead Prez is featured in the music break.

Celebrating International Womens Day

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Co-Produced by Dori Smith and Hanna Niklewicz of WHUS in Storrs, CT
Music:
"Hard Times Are Over" by Yoko Ono from the "Double Fantasy" album.
"The Bloody Neaty" by Malvina Reynolds from the "Singsthe Truth" album.
"Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds from the "sings the truth" album
"Baghdad War" by Patti Smith
"Taking the Long Way" by the Dixie Chicks

This Week on Sprouts we honor International Women's Day with an update on conditions for women in the Middle East. Journalist Dahr Jamail describes the situation faced by four women sentenced to hang to death in Iraq. Two of them have their babies with them in prison according to Amnesty International.

We also hear a selection of music by women singers and songwriters whose work has social and political relevance. We hear the music of Malvina Reynolds, from her Sings the Truth album. Reynolds wrote the song 'Little Boxes' that was made famous by Pete Seeger.

FOUR STORIES OF LIFE AND LOVE IN SWITZERLAND

Thursday, April 14, 2005
Produced by: Nicole Emmenegger, Radio LoRa, Zurich, Switzerland
Production Assistance : Jessica Gaines and Joanna Archetti
Music by: Peter Hinnen "Nudel Jodel"

For this, the first European edition of Sprouts, we portrait four very different people who share one very significant commonality, they all moved to Switzerland to be with the person they love.

College Students and the Internet

COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE INTERNET

Wednesday, January 7, 2007
Produced by Jennifer Hartman, KUGS, Bellingham, WA. Music: "LEDs," performed by Optimus Rhyme

KUGS is a student-operated station at Western Washington University. This show features no traditional authority figures- only students.

Alex Hudson, president of WWU's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, discusses Internet privacy, government surveillance, and online anonymity options; WWU students discuss their experiences with social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace; and the moderator of WWU's on-campus file-sharing program discusses the technical aspects of direct connect file-sharing.

American Discovery Ride

AMERICAN DISCOVERY RIDE

Thursday, February 1, 2007
Produced by Tom Klammer, KKFI, Kansas City, MO

In March of 2005, Linda Losey set off on horseback from San Diego California, headed for Baltimore, MD.

The expedition was a memorial ride for her youngest son, 10 year old Sam, who died on June 22, 2004, in a tragic family accident. It was in Sam's memory that Linda sets out on the trail to raise money for the Sam Losey Memorial Scholarship Fund, Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc. (ERRI).

Free Skool Radio News

FREE SKOOL RADIO NEWS

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Produced in Santa Cruz, CA by student reporters of Radio Journalism 101 w/ production assistance from Vinny Lombardo.

Imagine learning without the bureaucracy of forms and finances. Free Skools accomplish just that. With roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, free skool is a decentralized network of people, in which skills, information, and knowledge are shared voluntarily, and where the top-down hierarchy of a traditional, teacher/student relationship is turned sideways.

National Media Reform Conference

NATIONAL MEDIA REFORM CONFERENCE

Thursday January 18, 2007.
Produced by: Ernesto Aguilar at KPFT-Pacifica, Houston, Texas

This week on Sprouts we bring parts of some speeches given this weekend at the National Conference for Media Reform, organized by Free Press from January 12 - 14. This conference is the largest national gathering of activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens who are assessing the state of our media and mobilizing for democratic media. In its third year, it brought together approximately 3,500 participants in downtown Memphis, Tennessee .