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Chris Mann is the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Kansas in the general election November 3, running against the incumbent Republican Kris Kobach . He is interviewed by Spencer Graves and Craig Lubow.  Mann started professional life as a police officer. That career ended when he was hit by a drunk driver during a routine traffic stop. After years of physical therapy, he got a law degr...

Bill Clause and others with Indivisible Kansas City and allies discuss how No Kings 4, Saturday, October 17, 1 PM, at Mill Creek Park , will expand to support Get Out the Vote for November 3. " NoKings.org " invites organizers to "Host an event". If you do, they will invite more than 8 billion humans to your No Kings rally. As this is being written 2026-10-02, six events appear there between Indep...

Rainey Reitman describes (a) how finance companies punish speech, (b) Freedom of the Press Foundation , and (c) their new Penlight prize . Reitman is a writer, civil liberties advocate, online organizer, and facilitator. She is currently president of the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation, which she co-founded in 2012. At that time she was activism director for the Electronic Frontier Founda...

David Graham, Libertarian candidate to represent Kansas in the US Senate , tells Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves why he thinks Kansans should vote for him over incumbent Republican Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton November 3. He had previously run to represent Kansas in the US Senate in 2022, receiving 3 percent of the vote against Republican Jerry Moran and Democrat Mark R. Holland, who g...

Nolan Higdon and Spencer Graves discuss media literacy and why you should care. Higdon is a prolific author and media critic, previously interviewed 2026-05-29 for Radio Active Magazine .  Graves' key question is how to market media literacy?  Robin Andersen, interviewed for Radio Active Magazine 2026-03-27 , noted that experts have been trying to promote media literacy for years -- decades -- wit...

UMKC law professor Allen Rostron discusses the fall docket of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other issues with Radio Active Magazine regulars Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves. Rostron holds the Edward A. Smith Missouri Chair in Law, the Constitution and Society, in the UMKC School of Law, where he previously served as Associate Dean of Students . _______ Copyright 2026 Allen Ros...

Rachel Clark discusses the impact of news media on the Japanese political economy with Spencer Graves. Clark has been providing translation support for several years for speaking tours of Japan co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace and others. A moderated discussion of the issues raised in this interview is available in the companion “ The impact of news media on the Japanese political economy ” on W...

Renée DiResta discusses what she recommends that individuals and groups, including governments, do to advance their interests considering the good and the evils of social media. Her comments are based primarily on research summarized in her 2024 book on Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality , updated in 2026 with the addition of an epilogue. In November 2014, a month before a maj...

Two topics: First Reverend Randy Fikki of Unity Southeast Kansas City discusses how they provide shelter for houseless. Second, Linda Cortese and others discuss International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31 .1  Resources from Today’s International Overdose Awareness Day Broadcast include: Get Smart About Drugs Fentanyl Free America | DEA.gov First Call KC 816-367-5900 24/7 Crisis Call line findh...

Teressa Wilke and Ann Suellentrop discuss their reactions to a workshop they attended on "How to expose media lies and have fun doing it" with Spencer Graves, who organized the workshop with Robin Andersen and Katerina Canyon . A moderated discussion of the issues raised in this interview is available in the companion “ How to expose media lies and have fun doing it ” on Wikiversity. Copyright 202...

Yonty Friesem discusses media literacy education and the Media Education Lab, of which they are Executive Director. Friesem is an award-winning educator, scholar and filmmaker and an Associate Professor of Communication at Columbia College Chicago. The Media Education Lab is an online community working to advance digital and media literacy education through leadership development, scholarship, and...

Susan Schnall and Bryson Ripley discuss Veterans for Peace including their 2026 annual convention, August 6-9, in the UMKC student union. Schnall and Ripley are Presidents of the national Veterans for Peace organization and their Kansas City chapter, respectively. They are interviewed by Spencer Graves.  You do not have to be a veteran to join Veterans for Peace. They accept allies. The website of...

Wyandotte County division 5 Judge Tony Martinez tells Craig Lubow why he thinks Wyandotte County Democratic voters should vote for him in the August 5 Democratic primary.  All registered candidates for that office were invited. Reginald Keith  (Reggie) Davis was not interviewed because of a scheduling mixup. Kayla Roehler  was not available. Copyright: 2026 Public domain

Robert Corn-Revere , Chief Counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), discusses their mission and activities and his recommendations for changes in media law to improve democracy.  Corn-Revere has appeared on multiple lists of best lawyers since 2017. Some of his expertise is summarized in his (2021) The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder : the First Amendme...

Ethan Corson is a Democrat running for governor of Kansas in the August 4 primary. Three Democrats have filed to compete in this primary: Ethan Corson: https://ethanforkansas.com/ Cindy Holscher : https://cindyforkansas.com/ Curt Skoog : https://curtskoog.com/ The interviews with Senator Holscher and Mayor Skoog air June 30 and July 14 , respectively. Copyright: The comments of the candidates are...

Cindy Holscher is a Democrat running for governor of Kansas in the August 4 primary. Three Democrats have filed to compete in this primary: Ethan Corson : https://ethanforkansas.com/ Cindy Holscher: https://cindyforkansas.com/ Curt Skoog : https://curtskoog.com/ The interviews with Senator Corson and Mayor Skoog air July 7 and 14, respectively. Copyright: The comments of the candidates are all in...

Katerina Canyon describes the Peace Economy Project (PEP), their vision and activities. Canyon is PEP's Executive Director. She holds a BA from Saint Louis University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School . Her publications include two recent books of poetry, a novel, and numerous shorter pieces of political commentary disseminated in a variety of outlets. PEP w...

Dimitar ("Dimi") Zagorski discusses the European Commission's targeted public consultation on copyright law and other issues that concern the Wikimedia Foundation. Zagorski is Policy Director for Wikimedia Europe in Brussels. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves. A moderated discussion of the issues raised in this interview is available in the companion “ Wikimedia concerns with European copyright...

Joanna Lewis and Suzanne Hogan with the 816 Bicycle Collective discuss their work helping humans obtain, maintain and use bicycles. They accept donations of bicycles and distribute them to those who want them in exchange for donated time, resources or revenue, depending on the individual's circumstance. They also help humans maintain bicycles. Their shop at 518 East 31st Street, KCMO, has only lim...

Prolific author and media critic Nolan Higdon discusses his research on problems with the media and what he thinks humans should do to better advance their interests in society. He is a lecturer at California State University, East Bay , and the University of California, Santa Cruz . He is a prolific researcher, podcaster, contributor to general news outlets, and author, co-author or co-editor of...

Tricia Maxfield and Ryan Bernsten with American Public Square (APS) discuss their program in general and their June 18 event on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence including "Self-Evident Truths". APS was founded by Allan Katz , who came to Kansas City after serving as US Ambassador to Portugal (2010-2013). They work to build stronger, more connected communities through civil...

Communications professor Allison Butler discusses her new book, The Judgment of Gender: How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture with Spencer Graves. She compares how women like Britney Spears , Anita Hill , and Monica Lewinsky have been portrayed with the treatment of comparable males. She notes, for example, that, "in the years since the Dobbs (2022) decision, fully sentient female bod...

Kimmy Igla discusses the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) published by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for the production of new plutonium pits for nuclear weapons at six different sites in the US, one of which is the Kansas City National Security Campus, which has a controversial history. You are invited to review the P...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C3%ABl_Eisenstat discusses the impact of online platforms on public health, safety and democracy. She is currently https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Online_platforms%27_effects_on_public_health,_safety_and_democracy#cite_note-6 the Director of Policy and Impact at Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D), https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Online_platforms%27_effects_on_public...

This episode includes discussions of the history of US immigration law and May 7 hearings on the environmental impact of the production of new nuclear weapons at Kansas City's nuclear bomb plant.    History of immigration law  William Jewell history Professor Daniel Kotzin gives a brief summary of a class he teaches on the history of US immigration law. This is excerpted from the April 6 Solidarit...