Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series

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 the reading of Dr. Tolliver's bio so please take the time to read it here. BIO – Dr. Derise E. Tolliver    Derise Tolliver, Ph. D. is a licensed clinical psychologist...

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. Akilah Martin and I had a lively conversation and this follow-up is designed to keep you stoked for the upcoming home food gardening season. That said we want to temper...

February Garden Education Episode on Soil 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-host and co-producer soil enthusiast and soil scientist Dr. Akilah Martin. We will be adding more content related to soil later in February and into the March episode as w...

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-host and co-producer soil enthusiast and soil scientist Dr. Akilah Martin. We will be adding more content related to soil later in February and into the March epi...

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 education podcast is soil with our co-host and co-producer soil enthusiast and soil scientist Dr. Akilah Martin. We will be adding more content related to soil later...

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

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

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 rootswateringhole.org . One clip is devoted to indigeneity,  the other is devoted to a critique of the American food system and its impact on our health and well-being. If you receive a distributio...

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 of your garden season if you apply the strategies outlined here. Quickly, I would like to announce that we are substituting a new term for the backyard garden. The...

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 weather crops, fall gardening, and season extension strategies. The second episode will be dedicated exclusively to season extension and there will be additional links inc...

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 spiritual traditions. Akilah and I have a deep, deep interest in the ancient indigenous traditions, concepts, and practices from Africa and around the worl...

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 zone 5/6. Here are few links for plants to consider growing for fall gardens that should be transplanted from seedlings and/or direct sown from seeds. If you have...

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 Best Crops to Plant in July 10 Best Crops to Plant in Late July Watering Your Vegetable Garden Pruning Your Tomato Plants Pruning Your Tomato Plants (Video)

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 objective was to provide a basic overview of pollination and pollinators but the conversation expanded some to cover topics related to trees, the urban tree canopy, and its relationship to mitigating...

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 that make up Chicago. For more information see the North Park Village Nature Center .  Also, see the Chicago Park District website for their programs avail...

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 importance of breastfeeding cannot be overstated, yet as Kendra reveals during our conversation the rates for breastfeeding in the United States are among the lowest in the world. Worse yet is the rate of breastfe...

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 Coordinator CPHP at orrinw@uic.edu. Some of the topics covered in the episode: USDA Hardiness Zone Map The Heirloom Collard Project Planting Pollinators What...

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 some of the topics covered in the podcast for deeper exploration: The therapy website mentioned  by Mama Claudia: https://www.therapistsforblackgirls.com/blog/283377-free-...

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 episode in Chicago and USDA hardiness zones 5 and 6 that kind of overlap in Chicago as gardeners of all stripes swing into action. Chicago can be a tricky place t...

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 gardening season in USDA hardiness zones 5 & 6   kicks into action during June. Be sure to move on to part 2 with our discussion on soil with our friend, co-ho...

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 justice, race/class/gender and environmental conflict, human-animal conflicts, sustainability, and social change movements that confront our socio-environme...

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 Study of Trauma, Health Equity, and Neurobiology . THEN hopes to help bridge the GAP between the explosion of emerging research and the very slow application of this important science to clinical care. ...

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 during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, I find her a compelling and multi-disciplined, and talented person that I am really pleased to have the oppor...