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GrassRoot Ohio
by Carolyn Harding
GrassRoot Ohio radio/podcast- Fridays 5:00pm EST, streams @WGRN.org, 94.1FM Columbus.Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.
Episodes
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It's a Wrap & Thank You w/ Carolyn Harding
Hi, I’m Carolyn Harding, producer/host of GrassRoot Ohio, conversations with everyday people, working on important issues, here in columbus and all around Ohio. For the past five years I’ve been honored to interview guests working for a better world in their communities, state, country, and…
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Where We Live w/ author/activist Randy Cunningham
Carolyn Harding with Randy Cunningham, Ohio activist and author of the new book, Where We Live, Environmental Activists’ Fight to Save Their Communities. Randy Cunningham is a Cleveland writer/activist. He has been active in a wide variety of issues for the past fifty years. His first book,...
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Citizens Not Politicians (Ban Gerrymandering) Ohio Ballot Initiative w/ Mia Lewis
Carolyn Harding with Mia Lewis from Common Cause Ohio. She helped organize the volunteer signature gathering effort for the Citizens Not Politicians amendment, with the goal of finally ending gerrymandering. Mia Lewis is Associate Director of Common Cause Ohio. She joined Common Cause during the...
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One Fair Wage-Ohio ballot initiative w/ Mariah Ross
Carolyn Harding with Mariah Ross, Ballot Initiative Director at One Fair Wage, Ohio. Mariah Ross has worked in progressive politics for the past 10 years. Growing up on the east side of Cleveland in Glenville, she has a passion for economic justice, foreign policy and education. She focuses her...
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Friends and Families for Safe Streets Columbus
Carolyn Harding w/ Ginger Tornes and Margo Wakefield advocates for Friends and Families for Safe Streets Columbus. Ginger Tornes was born and raised in Columbus. She moved to Alaska, where she managed a commercial salmon fishing business and worked with the state legislature. Ms. Tornes became...
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FrackStock w/ Justin Nobel
Carolyn Harding with Jenny Morgan, Anton Krieger, and Dr. Julie Weatherington-Rice, producers of the upcoming Sunday, June 2, Central Ohio Concert Book-Tour Event: FrackStock w/ Justin Nobel. Jenny Morgan is a singer/songwriter and an environmental public health activist from Columbus, Ohio....
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Justin Nobel - Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It
Carolyn Harding with Justin Nobel, writer on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals. Justin Nobel’s work has been published in Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best American Travel Writing. A book he co-wrote with a death row exonoree, The...
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INTEL - Good Neighbor? w/ Elaine Robertson & Bryn Bird
Carolyn Harding with Elaine Robertson and Bryn Bird, concerned citizens working to protect their rural communities next to the mega Intel microchip fabrication industrial buildup in New Albany, Ohio. Elaine Robertson is a founding member of the citizen's action group, Clean Air and Water for...
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Judge Terri Jamison, candidate for Ohio Supreme Court
Carolyn Harding with Judge Terri Jamison, candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Terri Jamison began her work history in social work with the West Virginia Department of Welfare. She became a trailblazer when she was one of few women to join the United Mine Workers of America. She moved to...
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Trans in Ohio w/ Jolene Strieter-trans woman, Founder/CEO Trans Humanity
Carolyn Harding with Jolene Strieter, trans woman, founder & CEO of the non-profit advocacy organization,Trans Humanity. Jolene Strieter (She/Her/Hers/Ladywoman) please share your bio with our listeners. “From my earliest memories, I always knew I was created uniquely and wonderfully different.…
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Zerqa Abid, Democrat Candidate for US Congress, Ohio District 15
Carolyn Harding with Zerqa Abid, Columbus community leader and Candidate for US Congress, Ohio District 15. Zerqa Abid is a small business owner, an award-winning nonprofit leader, and a women’s rights advocate. She is running as a Democrat for US Congress out of Ohio’s 15th congressional…
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Trans in Ohio w/ Jaelle Terrell, writer and humorist
Carolyn Harding with Jaelle Terrell, a Ohioan trans writer and humorist who is currently living in Akron with her chosen family. Excerpts from her novel "The Tales of Victoria" can be found at www.statestreetnews.com. On January 24, 2024, the Ohio Senate Voted to overrule Governor Mike DeWine’s...
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Exist-Flourish-Evolve w/ artist/activist Andrea Bowers & moCa curator, Lauren Leving
Carolyn Harding with visual artist/activist Andrea Bowers and Lauren Leving, curator at Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, or commonly called moCa. On December 21, 2023, Andrea, you posted on Face Book, “A line from the Lake Erie bill of rights will be shining over Lake Erie on the science...
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Rank the Vote Ohio & Rank University Heights w/ Kyle Herman and Lee Crumrine
Carolyn Harding with Kyle Herman and Lee Crumrine, Ohioans working to establish Ranked Choice Voting in our State. Kyle Herman co-founded Rank the Vote Ohio in 2020, volunteering in different capacities until he was hired to serve full-time as Executive Director, with the help of their national...
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State Preemption Laws w/ Tish O'Dell
Carolyn Harding sharing this Sprouts episode from one of GrassRoot Ohio shows featuring Tish O’Dell on State Preemption Laws and Nature’s Rights. It was an honor to work with Pacifica Radio to bring this to you. Tish has been a Community Organizer for CELDF (Community Environmental Legal Defense...
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Low Power FM Community Radio w/ Sharon M. Scott
Carolyn Harding with Sharon Scott, co-founder and general manager of the Low Power Community Radio Station ART FM/ WXOX 97.1 FM in Louisville, KT. WXOX is a noncommercial radio station committed to providing access to the airwaves for creative and experimental use. Ms. Scott’s radio advocacy has...
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Adrienne Hood, Columbus City Council candidate - 2023
Carolyn Harding with Adrienne Hood, Columbus City Council candidate for the People, on the November 7, 2023 ballot. Adrienne Hood is a mother of three and has four grandchildren. She retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2020 as a Master Sergeant, and is a Columbus native who grew up in Linden....
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Joe Motil, Columbus Mayoral Candidate 2023
Carolyn Harding with Joe Motil, Columbus Ohio Mayoral candidate for the November 7, 2023. Joe Motil was born the 7th of 11 children and grew up in the Columbus Clintonville neighborhood. He graduated from Bishop Watterson High School, attended Youngstown State University where he played college...
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Vote Yes Issue 1 w/ Dr. Lauren Beene, MD
Carolyn Harding with Dr. Lauren Beene, a general pediatrician practicing in the Cleveland area. She is co-founder and Executive Director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and co-leader of the non-partisan grassroots coalition Protect Choice Ohio and the Ohioans United for Reproductive...
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Redbird Books to Prisoners w/ Jason Orabella & Josephine Duffy
Carolyn Harding with Jason Orabella and Josephine Duffy, volunteers with Redbird Books to Prisoners. Redbird Books to Prisoners has been packing books in Columbus since 2011. They send books free of charge to prisoners incarcerated in both Ohio and West Virginia. They also have an extensive…
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Hemp in Ohio w/ Julie Doran, organic Hemp farmer/entrepreneur/consultant
Carolyn Harding with Julie Doran, hemp farmer and advocate for cannabis in Ohio. Julie was raised on a small farm in a big family. She’s passionate about cannabis, and her focus is to free this plant, and to keep cannabis a clean medicinal option for anyone who wishes to use it. She manufactures…
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OH Reproductive Rights Initiative Certified for Nov 2023 w/Dr. Lauren Beene, MD
Carolyn Harding with Dr. Lauren Beene, a general pediatrician practicing in the Cleveland area. She is co-founder and Executive Director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and co-leader of the non-partisan grassroots coalition Protect Choice Ohio and the Ohioans United for Reproductive...
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Ohio Issue 1 w/ David DeWitt, Editor-in-chief, Ohio Capital Journal
Carolyn Harding with David DeWitt, editor-in-chief of the Ohio Capital Journal about Ohio Issue 1 - the Single Issue on the August 8, special election Ohio ballot. Ohio Capital Journal Editor-in-Chief and Columnist David DeWitt has been covering government, politics, and policy in Ohio since…
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Save Ohio Parks- No Fracking on Public Lands w/ Cathy Cowan Becker & Dr. Randi Pokladnik
Carolyn Harding w/ Cathy Cowan Becker and Randi Pokladnik, co-organizers of the grassroots coalition to Save Ohio Parks, No Fracking on Public Land. Cathy Cowan Becker is a longtime climate and environmental activist in Central Ohio. From 2017-21, she led the Ready for 100 Ohio campaign, which...
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Bhopal 1984 Disaster- Today w/ Rachna Dhingra
Carolyn Harding with Rachna Dhingra, environmental and social activist who works in Bhopal, India, with the survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide India Limited Corporation’s poisonous gas leak- killing thousands of people. Rachna Dhingra works on the issues of...
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The Risks to the Greater Columbus Water Supply from Oil & Gas Production
Carolyn Harding with Bob Krasen, Sandy Bolzenius and Will Perkins, volunteer organizers with the Columbus Community Rights Coalition and Leads on the recently released White Paper Study, The Risks to the Greater Columbus Water Supply from Oil and Gas Production. In retirement, Bob Krasen became…
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Portsmouth Nuclear Site w/ Dr. Michael Ketterer, PhD
Carolyn Harding with Michael Ketterer, PhD, an analytical chemist and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University. We’ll talk about the Portsmouth Ohio Nuclear Site, otherwise known as the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, south of Piketon, Ohio, and HOT in...
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Clean Air & Water for Alexandria and St. Albans Township w/ Flower Farmers Tracey and Sean Barnes
Carolyn Harding with Tracey and Sean Barnes, flower farmers facing, not one but two imminent asphalt plants on either side of Alexandria, and next to their farm in St Albans Township. Tracey Barnes is a mother and flower farmer with a deep love for the natural world. Along with her husband and...
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Columbus Candidates for the People - Joe Motil & Adrienne Hood
Carolyn Harding with Joe Motil & Adrienne Hood, Mayor and City Council candidates running for the PEOPLES’ vote in Columbus, Ohio on November 7, 2023. Mayoral Candidate Joe Motil was born the 7th of 11 children and grew up in Clintonville, Ohio. He graduated from Bishop Watterson High School,...
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All About the Bees w/ Dave Noble of Red Beard Bees
Carolyn Harding with Dave Noble of Red Beard Bees. Dave Noble began his professional beekeeping career at OSU's Honey Bee Research Lab in the mid-1990’s. He has been training beekeepers and teaching about bees since the early 2000’s. Currently Dave runs and operates Red Beard Bees where he...
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Third Act Ohio w/ Jess Grim, Ted Wolner and Judy Smucker
Carolyn Harding with Jess Grim, Ted Wolner and Judy Smucker, organizers with Third Act Ohio, a branch of the national climate action organization for seniors, Third Act. Jess Grim is Co-facilitator of Third Act Ohio. She's been involved in activism of various stripes for many years. Third Act -...
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Veterans for Peace - Golden Rule Project w/ Bill Good and Helen Jaccard
Carolyn Harding with Bill Good and Helen Jaccard, volunteer and organizer with the Veterans for Peace - Golden Rule Project. Bill Good is a veteran, local activist and educator. He has worked on numerous issues pertaining to the environment, human rights, education, and labor at local, state, and...
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STOP SOBE THERMAL ENERGY - Youngstown Ohio w/ Lynn Anderson and Silverio Caggiano
Carolyn Harding with Lynn Anderson and Silverio Caggiano working to protect Youngstown, Ohio from a toxic industry setting up in the center of town, all in the name of "Recycling". Lynn Anderson is an Organizer for SOBE Concerned Citizens of Youngstown, OH, Treasurer of Youngstown Community Bill…
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Protect Choice Ohio-ballot initiative w/ Dr. Lauren Beene, MD
Carolyn Harding with Dr. Lauren Beene, MD, a general pediatrician practicing in the Cleveland area. She is co-founder and Executive Director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and is a leader of the non-partisan grassroots coalition Protect Choice Ohio. Dr. Beene is concerned that…
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Heer to Serve - Food, Advocacy, Love for Columbus Houseless Folk
Carolyn Harding with Emily Myers and Gary Witte, folks helping Columbus Houseless Folk with food, necessities and love right where they are. Emily Myers is a housing advocate on the far south side. She started Heer to Serve in Sept of 2020 as a way to make sure people who were unsheltered were…
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Ranked Choice Voting - Rank the Vote Ohio w/ Kyle Herman and Denise Riley
Carolyn Harding with Kyle Herman and Denise Riley from Ranked the Vote Ohio. We’ll talk about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and what it can do for Ohio. Kyle Herman is Executive Director for Rank the Vote Ohio, a nonpartisan nonprofit he co-founded as a volunteer in 2020 to help bring Ranked Choice...
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Ohio Lame Duck Session 2022 w/ Rachel Coyle
Carolyn Harding with Rachel Coyle. We’ll discuss the good, bad and dangerous Lame Duck Bills at the Statehouse, as we speak. Rachel Coyle, Innovation Ohio’s Communications Director, was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and political science from The Ohio...
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Radioactive Ohio House Bill 434 w/ Pat Marida and Lee Blackburn
Carolyn Harding with Pat Marida and Lee Blackburn coordinators of the Ohio Nuclear Free Network. They are highly concerned with the current Ohio HB 434, and we’ll learn what it’s about and what we can do about it. Pat Marida has been an antinuclear activist since the 1980s, when she was a Board...
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Curbside Composting Win w/ Jo Anne & Steve Grossman
Carolyn Harding with Jo Anne and Steve Grossman, advocates and champions of curbside composting in the Columbus suburb, Bexley, Ohio. Jo Anne and Steve Grossman have worked to create Bexley's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, where Jo Anne currently leads the Food Waste recycling...
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OH Enviro Coalition Petition-Revoke ClassII Oil&Gas Injection wells from ODNR
Carolyn Harding with Shelly Corbin, Roxanne Groff & James Yskamp. Petitioners & legal counsel to Revoke Primacy of Ohio Class II oil & gas Injection Wells from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Shelly Corbin(Takóni Kókipešni) is Itazipco/Mnicoujou, Lakota and a member of the Cheyenne…
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Economic Democracy w/ James Quilligan and Greg Pace
Carolyn Harding with James Quilligan and Greg Pace, leaders with Economic Democracy Advocates, focusing on our Common Resources, our Water, Food and Energy Resources, for the good of all people. James Quilligan has been an analyst and administrator in the field of international development since...
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Abortion Fund of Ohio w/ Maggie Scotece
Carolyn Harding with Maggie Scotece, Interim Executive Director of the Abortion Fund of Ohio. Maggie Scotece, JD is a long-time abortion advocate, doula, and former AFO volunteer & Board Member currently serving as the organization’s Interim Executive Director. Since transitioning to this role in...
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Tax Abatements- Columbus DSA's Housing Priority Campaign w/ Stephen Goldmeier & Patrick Hoffman
Carolyn Harding with Stephen Goldmeier and Patrick Hoffman, organizers with the Columbus chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Their Housing Priority campaign’s work currently centers on city policy which they say is contributing to the housing crisis through huge tax breaks to real...
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Camp Shameless - Stop the Sweeps! w/ David Harewood & Matina Bliss
Carolyn Harding with David Harewood and Matina Bliss, organizers with First Collective, working to protect, and ensure homes for, Columbus Houseless residents. David S. Harewood is an Artist, Advocate, and Community Organizer (https://www.davidsharewood.com/). He is a Co-Founder, with FIRST...
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Columbus Coalition for Rent Control w/ Jonathan Beard & Noel Williams
GrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with every-day People working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Carolyn Harding with Jonathan Beard and Noel Williams, co-organizers with the Columbus Coalition for Rent Control. Jonathan Beard is a member of the Coalition's Executive...
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Medicare 101/Improved Medicare for All, Dr. Alice Faryna & Bob Krasen, SPAN Ohio
Carolyn Harding and today I’m talking with Dr. Alice Faryna and Bob Krasen with SPAN Ohio, an organization working for improved Medicare for All in Ohio! Dr. Alice Faryna, M.D. served in private practice in Marion, OHio, at the Neighborhood Health Center; VA hospitals and in Academic medicine at...
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Patrimonio- Documentary Film w/ Sarah Teale, Lisa Jackson & Bill Lyons
Carolyn Harding with Lisa Jackson and Sarah Teale, documentary film makers of Patrimonio, a story of a small coastal town in Mexico and its 3-year battle against an American mega-development, along with Bill Lyons of the Ohio Community Rights Network. Lisa F. Jackson (Producer /Director /...
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Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America w/ Laura Robertson-Boyd & Terri Black
Carolyn Harding with Laura Robertson-Boyd and Terri Black, advocates with Moms Demand Action. A national non-profit to end gun violence. Laura Robertson-Boyd has been a grassroots volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America since 2016, and she currently volunteers as the Columbus...
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Dion Green- Mass Shooting Survivor/Change maker
Carolyn Harding with Dion Green, son of Derrick Fudge, who was shot the night of August 4, 2019 in the mass shooting in Dayton Ohio. Dion has taken his pain and trauma and started the Fudge Foundation in honor of his Father. Mr. Dion Green is the Founder/CEO of FUDGE Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit...
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Child Care for All w/ Rita Hallaveld and Carissa Roberts
Carolyn Harding with Rita Hallaveld and Carissa Roberts, organizers for the DSA, (Democratic Socialists of America) Central Ohio Childcare for All initiative. Rita Hallaveld (she/her) is passionate about community building and organizing with an eye toward addressing the root causes of issues.…
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GrassRoot Ohio radio/podcast- Fridays 5:00pm EST, streams @WGRN.org, 94.1FM Columbus.Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.
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