Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series

The Roots Watering Hole podcast series is provided through generous support from the Kalliopeia Foundation. Thanks to their support we have begun the journey to share space in elevated wisdom from numerous voices of people who do good in the world in various forms while providing information to our target communities. Roots Watering Hole produces oral narratives for a multitude of purposes. One track is a monthly gardening education and food literacy series co-hosted by Orrin Williams, the Food Systems Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Soil Enthusiast Dr. Akilah Martin. The second track is devoted to independent content created by Orrin Williams and Dr. Akilah Martin as co-hosts and individual producers. The independent track focuses on topics related to our ecosystem as a whole, health and wellness, lifestyle, the arts and culture, and humanities. Both tracks will include guests from multiple walks of life, expertise, wisdom, and disciplines. While our focus is centered on BIPOC communities, we believe that all open-minded people interested in our general well-being as a nation and planet Earth will find the content, we produce useful.

Episodes

Dr. Derise E. Tolliver

Dr. Derise Tolliver on African-centered psychology.After we encountered some technical difficulties, Dr. Akilah Martin and I are able to offer our entire interview with Dr. Derise E. Tolliver, One element we had to edit out was t...

February 18, 2022 • Season 3 • Episode 3 • 1:26:08

Bonus February Home Garden Education Podcast Episode

Preparing for the upcoming home garden season.Well, the first episode of the 2022 Home Garden Education Podcast Series dropped today but I wanted to add a short bonus episode about our main topic in the first episode, on soil. Dr. Akila...

February 15, 2022 • Season 4 • Episode 4 • 7:24

February Garden Education 2022 Clip Two What Type of Soil to Buy for Your Garden and In Ground Safety

What type of soil do you need for your garden, including raised beds and containers?There are multiple components that must be considered when gardening. They are sunlight, water, and of course soil. The focus of the February garden edu...

February 01, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 11:50

February 2022 Garden Education Clip One Reconnecting to Nature Via Soil

Reconnect to nature via houseplants and gardening.There are multiple components that must be considered when gardening. They are sunlight, water, and of course soil. The focus of the February garden education podcast is soil with our co...

February 01, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 3:43

February 2022 Garden Education All About Soil

February Garden Education Episode on SoilThere are multiple components that must be considered when gardening. They are sunlight, water, and of course soil. The focus of the February garden education podcast is soil with our co-host and...

February 01, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 48:25

Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz on the American Food System and Health

The clip with our guest and friend Joseluis discusses the impact of the American food system on our health.

October 15, 2021 • 6:56

Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz on Indigeneity

A clip with our friend Joseluis on the definition and nature of indigeneity.

October 15, 2021 • 2:39

Sacred Wisdom with Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz

The Indigenous View From Northern New Mexico. A Discussion About Food, Water, Soil, and Climate Change. In addition to the interview, you can find two short clips from the episode as well on our website

October 12, 2021 • 1:02:22

CPHP September - October Garden Education Podcast

Fall is upon us in Chicago and this episode and weblink are focused on season extension for vegetable gardeners in the Chicago area USDA hardiness zones 5 and 6. Season extension can add at least 30 days each to the front and back ends ...

October 07, 2021 • 11:21

CPHP September Garden Education Series

This is part one of the CPHP September Garden Education series for 2021. This episode, as well as the second episode, are devoted to fall gardening in Chicago or USDA hardiness zones 5 and 6. Find below links pertaining to cool we...

September 20, 2021 • 39:41

Agroforestry with Gavi and Remi Welbel of Zumwalt Acres Farm

This episode of the Roots Watering Hole podcast series is with Gavi and Remi Welbel of Zumwalt Acres Farm, in Sheldon IL. In this lively episode, my co-host Dr. Akilah Martin, Gavi, and Remi explain the roots of their projects in ancient Jewish...

August 28, 2021 • 1:07:02

CPHP August Garden Education Podcast

This episode describes garden tasks including what to grow for a fall crop in August in the Chicago area. Depending upon the source you consult Chicago is in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 or 6. Or as we say during our podcast series hardiness zo...

August 10, 2021 • 27:55

CPHP July Garden Education Podcast Part 1

July! There is plenty of gardening left. Listen in for information about July container vegetable gardening. Check out the supporting videos and articles for your July gardening:10 B...

July 09, 2021 • 11:12

CPHP June Garden Education Podcast Part 2 on Pollinators with Danielle Russell School Garden Coordinator at Openlands

Join soil scientist Dr. Akilah Martin and me as we welcome our guest Danielle Russell School Garden Coordinator at Openlands for this second part of the CPHP June Garden Education podcast series. Our objecti...

June 21, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:19:47

Amaris Alanis Ribeiro North Park Village Nature Center of the Chicago Park District

The Roots Watering Hole podcast series is excited to present this episode with Amaris Alanis Ribeiro the director of the North Park Village Nature Center of the Chicago Park District. The nature center is a sanctuary for the diverse communities...

June 20, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:01:16

Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions with Kendra Shelby

Join soil scientist Dr. Akilah Martin and me for a lively and very, very important conversation or breastfeeding with Kendra Shelby of Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions. The benefits and ...

June 16, 2021 • Season 1 • 55:14

June Garden Education Podcast Part 1

This is the CPHP June Garden Education Podcast Part 1. Listen in for information about gardening in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 and 6 that depending upon your source, Chicago is located in. For more information contact Orrin Williams, Food Systems C...

June 09, 2021 • Season 1 • 27:54

Dr. Claudia J. Ford Ethnobotanist and Roots Woman Part 2

My co-host Dr. Akilah Martin and I discovered very quickly that one Roots Watering Hole podcast episode with Dr. Claudia J. Ford would not be enough. So we bring you part 2 of our podcasts with Mama Claudia, Find a few links to som...

May 31, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:15:04

CPHP May Garden Education Podcast Episode Part 2 Dr. Akilah Martin on Soil and Soil Health

Tune in to the CPHP May Garden Education podcast series. This is part 2 of the May episode with my friend, co-host, and fellow Earth Spirit; soil scientist and enthusiast, Dr. Akilah Martin discussing her passion - soil.This is a timely...

May 26, 2021 • Season 1 • 40:47

CPHP May Garden Education Episode Part 1

Welcome to part one of the CPHP May Garden Education podcast. In this, part one, Orrin Williams, covers some of the tasks to get you started on your 2021 gardening season journey in Chicago. I will be digging deeper early in June as the gardeni...

May 24, 2021 • Season 1 • 19:02

Dr. David Pellow is the Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor David N. Pellow is the Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he teaches courses on environmental and social ...

May 17, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:22:12

Trauma, Health Equity and Neurobiology

Join the Roots Watering Hole Podcast Project for our interview with Drs. Pat Rush and Audrey Stillerman who along with Dr. Mardge Cohen and Kathleen Weber, RN, founded the Center for Collaborative Stu...

May 16, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:31:48

The Letter from the Future Project

May 02, 2021 • Season 1 • 10:53

Dr. Claudia Ford Roots Woman, Teacher and Healer

Dr. Claudia Ford, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Interim Chief Diversity Officer at SUNY Potsdam is a remarkable woman and human being that I have had the opportunity to meet and work with although mostly virtually...

April 15, 2021 • Season 1 • 1:12:59

CPHP April Garden and Food Literacy Education Podcast Series Part 1

April 15, 2021 • Season 1 • 26:13