sharonksobotta https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com Voices of rhythm, persistence and perseverance Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:09:07 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright © 2011 Sharon Sobotta. All rights reserved. Arts 1440 episodic Amplifying voices, cultivating empathy and connecting people to issues and each other through stories Sharon K. Sobotta Sharon K. Sobotta No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/266201/sharonk300x299copy.jpg sharonksobotta https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com 144 144 Sunday August 30 2026 Sunday August 30 2026 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-august-30-2026/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-august-30-2026/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:09:07 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/76ed3112-e5df-3d0a-8043-a39481419165 Reggae on the River, the experiences of Native & Indigenous Californians & other headlines

]]> Reggae on the River, the experiences of Native & Indigenous Californians & other headlines

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1748 222 full Sunday, July 21, 2026--Weekend Evening News Sunday, July 21, 2026--Weekend Evening News https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-july-21-2026-weekend-evening-news/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-july-21-2026-weekend-evening-news/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:35:39 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/481bee11-0b4f-30f2-b81b-806cffd05172 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1737 221 full Working Around Food Insecurity & Food Waste Working Around Food Insecurity & Food Waste https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/working-around-food-insecurity-food-waste/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/working-around-food-insecurity-food-waste/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:32:39 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/a46ab342-587c-3923-99a7-20033e0261a6 About 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 6 children in the state of Oregon are food insecure, or lack adequate access to healthy food. As more than 13 percent of Oregon residents are struggling to access food, over a billion pounds of food is wasted–sometimes because of premature sell-by dates and sometimes because of practices and protocols of restaurants and business. Environmental activists are hoping to change that. Abigail  Schultz interviewed an environmental rights activist and helped to produce this piece!

 

 

]]> About 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 6 children in the state of Oregon are food insecure, or lack adequate access to healthy food. As more than 13 percent of Oregon residents are struggling to access food, over a billion pounds of food is wasted–sometimes because of premature sell-by dates and sometimes because of practices and protocols of restaurants and business. Environmental activists are hoping to change that. Abigail  Schultz interviewed an environmental rights activist and helped to produce this piece!

 

 

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 238 220 full Newscast May 31, 2026 Newscast May 31, 2026 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/newscast-may-31-2026/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/newscast-may-31-2026/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 14:33:40 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/51b2e705-cfee-3b0b-94b6-964d58e5c909 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1704 219 full Sunday Evening News March 15, 2026 Sunday Evening News March 15, 2026 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-evening-news-march-15-2026/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-evening-news-march-15-2026/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:30:39 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/3d0843f0-7e87-3172-9cf2-7ba75d5d5a02 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1750 218 full International Women's Day News Special March 8, 2026 International Women's Day News Special March 8, 2026 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-news-special-march-8-2026/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/international-womens-day-news-special-march-8-2026/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:56:39 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/6e5bf7be-1883-38c6-a32b-2d86095357ca Sharon K. Sobotta true No 3542 217 full Immigrant Rights Protester from a mixed status home Immigrant Rights Protester from a mixed status home https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/immigrant-rights-protester-from-a-mixed-status-home/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/immigrant-rights-protester-from-a-mixed-status-home/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:21:49 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/6f0fd56e-2594-3b22-8d14-8dbb22e34cc9 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 50 216 full Rosa Parks Rosa Parks https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/rosa-parks/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/rosa-parks/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:20:59 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/4470138c-686b-3537-b1ca-3232ec6df731 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 15 215 full Claudette Colvin Claudette Colvin https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/claudette-colvin/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/claudette-colvin/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:20:21 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/c1875a42-b445-3f2a-bf68-5e1b1d202883 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 24 214 full Sunday, February 15, 2026 Weekend Evening News Sunday, February 15, 2026 Weekend Evening News https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-february-15-2026-weekend-evening-news/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-february-15-2026-weekend-evening-news/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:45:00 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/d42b07e8-da02-3c2d-b477-1562e0e58229 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1750 213 full Sunday, January 18, 2026--Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend Broadcast Sunday, January 18, 2026--Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend Broadcast https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-january-18-2026-martin-luther-king-jr-day-weekend-broadcast/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-january-18-2026-martin-luther-king-jr-day-weekend-broadcast/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2026 04:40:41 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/842873f2-283f-34c9-9f45-c6b7f369f966 (Dedicated to my late dad--David Conrad Sobotta--whose heavenly birthday is today.)

]]> (Dedicated to my late dad--David Conrad Sobotta--whose heavenly birthday is today.)

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1800 212 full Postal Workers Aren't Surprised to Hear Trump's Threats of Invoking the Insurrection Act Postal Workers Aren't Surprised to Hear Trump's Threats of Invoking the Insurrection Act https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/postal-workers-arent-surprised-to-hear-trumps-threats-of-invoking-the-insurrection-act/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/postal-workers-arent-surprised-to-hear-trumps-threats-of-invoking-the-insurrection-act/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:46:43 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/8d0e10a5-36ea-330a-88b3-abc3b1fcf453 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 304 211 full Minneapolis Parents React to ICE Presence in the State Minneapolis Parents React to ICE Presence in the State https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/minneapolis-parents-react-to-ice-presence-in-the-state/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/minneapolis-parents-react-to-ice-presence-in-the-state/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:07:14 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/35229310-bd12-3f20-a628-6f9cad0f98b7 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 504 210 full Self Care Fair--Friday, January 16, 2026 Self Care Fair--Friday, January 16, 2026 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/self-care-fair-friday-january-16-2026/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/self-care-fair-friday-january-16-2026/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:19:11 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/477d97d7-e13b-34e6-9d51-5115631e486d Sharon K. Sobotta true No 271 209 full What's it like to be an unhoused woman in the SF Bay Area at this time of the year? What's it like to be an unhoused woman in the SF Bay Area at this time of the year? https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/whats-it-like-to-be-an-unhoused-woman-in-the-sf-bay-area-at-this-time-of-the-year/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/whats-it-like-to-be-an-unhoused-woman-in-the-sf-bay-area-at-this-time-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:55:13 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/192a6474-8e2e-372a-989e-09cc0fd6ad31 Sunday Wallace, a woman in her 50s, has been unsheltered in the Bay since 2016. 

 

]]> Sunday Wallace, a woman in her 50s, has been unsheltered in the Bay since 2016. 

 

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 230 208 full Betty Reid Soskin--(27 minute piece) Betty Reid Soskin--(27 minute piece) https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/betty-reid-soskin-27-minute-piece/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/betty-reid-soskin-27-minute-piece/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:12:08 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/583d8d55-ab2f-37ff-9795-ae9f4c144333 Rest in Power, Betty Reid Soskin! A tribute piece honoring the legacy of the late Betty Reid Soskin

]]> Rest in Power, Betty Reid Soskin! A tribute piece honoring the legacy of the late Betty Reid Soskin

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1631 207 full Betty Reid Soskin's legacy lives on Betty Reid Soskin's legacy lives on https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/betty-reid-soskins-legacy-lives-on/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/betty-reid-soskins-legacy-lives-on/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:18:28 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/cc43505a-a9d3-32bb-98b2-84d719644062 Betty Reid Soskin passed away on December 21, 2025 at the age of 104. In her decades of life, she mothered, grand-mothered, served as the oldest park ranger in the world, sang, wrote songs, authored a book at the age of 96, ran a record store and blazed trails. This is a tribute piece to Betty and features Betty along with two other generations of women--including her daughter Di'ara and her granddaughter. 

]]> Betty Reid Soskin passed away on December 21, 2025 at the age of 104. In her decades of life, she mothered, grand-mothered, served as the oldest park ranger in the world, sang, wrote songs, authored a book at the age of 96, ran a record store and blazed trails. This is a tribute piece to Betty and features Betty along with two other generations of women--including her daughter Di'ara and her granddaughter. 

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1052 206 full SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2025 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2025 https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-november-16-2025/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/sunday-november-16-2025/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:20:37 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/45784b8e-fa96-3fe5-a9be-6813a4a93003 EAST BAYERS SCALE BACK AND MAKE THEIR OWN CONTINGENCY PLANS.

WHEN RENTERS ARE LEFT OUT OF THE NIMBY/YIMBY HOUSING DEBATE

REMEMBERING BAY AREA RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE

]]> EAST BAYERS SCALE BACK AND MAKE THEIR OWN CONTINGENCY PLANS.

WHEN RENTERS ARE LEFT OUT OF THE NIMBY/YIMBY HOUSING DEBATE

REMEMBERING BAY AREA RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 1656 205 full Scaling Back & Leaning on Each other Scaling Back & Leaning on Each other https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/scaling-back-leaning-on-each-other/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/scaling-back-leaning-on-each-other/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:43:47 -0400 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/10573324-4353-305a-8b9b-9813469d6643 East Bayers Create their own contingency plans as the future of SNAP benefits is unpredictable. 

]]> East Bayers Create their own contingency plans as the future of SNAP benefits is unpredictable. 

]]> Sharon K. Sobotta true No 525 204 full Intergenerational Latinx Voices in Education Intergenerational Latinx Voices in Education https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/intergenerational-latinx-voices-in-education/ https://sharonksobotta.podbean.com/e/intergenerational-latinx-voices-in-education/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:59:02 -0300 sharonksobotta.podbean.com/d1dadaf9-edd5-3a17-93ea-79cdc24c8061 Sharon K. Sobotta true No 3431 203 full