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Professor Kwame Karikari discusses media reform initiatives in West Africa with Spencer Graves. Professor Karikari was born in 1947 in what was then the Gold Coast , which merged with smaller neighbors to become Ghana as it became the first colony in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve sovereignty in 1957 under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah . In the 1970s Karikari obtained a bachelor's degree from the...

There were multiple "No Kings" rallies in the greater metro area October 18. The one a Johnson County Community College had 8 speakers, organized by Martha Lawrence and Nancy Mays of Boots on the Ground Midwest . A video of this "No Kings Protest @ JCCC" is available on YouTube . Excerpts from those talks were featured in this broadcast, summarized here: Jae Moyer, an LGBTQ+ activist , discussed h...

Seth David Radwell's book A merican Schism is subtitled, "How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation" . It was officially published 2021-06-28 just over 5 months after the end of Donald Trump's first term. He is interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. No Kings rallies October 18 Roughly 2,000 "No Kings" rallies are scheduled in the US, 3 in Canada and 20...

Dan Hind discusses the Media Reform Coalition with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. The Media Reform Coalition insists that, "Our media is broken" and is "Leading the fight for a media fit for the 21st-century" in the UK . The Media Reform Coalition was founded in 2011 in the wake of the revelations that the News of the World had hacked the phones of victims of crime. In 2017 Rupert M...

The International day of peace, September 21, is celebrated with a festival organized by Ira Harritt and the Interfaith Council of Greater Kansas City. We talk with some of the organizers, presenters, and participants.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez discusses her "First Amendment Tour: Fighting back against the campaign of censorship and control." This was excerpted from her keynote address on that issue for the Grassroots Radio Conference 2025-09-12.1 A video of that address and the Q&A that followed will be posted to the Wikiversity article on " Fighting back against the campaign of censorship and control ",...

Bill Schmidt discusses his work with the Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants (RIM) committee of the St. Francis Xavier parish in Kansas City, Missouri. This is followed by a brief discussion of the evidence regarding the impact of immigrants on crime and the incomes of the host community. In brief, the research finds that on average immigrants benefit both the sending and receiving countries, and th...

Doug Samuelson discusses the role of the media in conflict with Spencer Graves. Samuelson has a Dr. Sci. in operations research and years of experience with empirical modeling, especially for […] The post The role of the media in conflict appeared first on KKFI .

UMKC law professor Allen Rostron discusses legal issues raised by actions of the Trump administration. He is interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regulars Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves. Copyright 2025 […] The post Legal issues raised by Trump administration actions appeared first on KKFI .

Nick Hart is interviewed by Spencer Graves about the Data Foundation, of which he is President and CEO, and about the status of evidence-informed public policy in the US. The […] The post Evidence-informed public policy appeared first on KKFI .

Ernie Nolan, the Artistic Director of Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre, discusses their history and upcoming program with Radio Active Magazine regular Craig Lubow. The post Unicorn Theatre 2025-2026 Season appeared first on KKFI .

Reece Peck describes how he thinks Left media outlets could increase their effectiveness by working harder to understand the concerns of the working class and packaging policy prescriptions in terms […] The post What the Left can learn from Fox appeared first on KKFI .

Bill Clause asked attendees at  July 17 John Lewis Day "Good Trouble" event why they were there; that event was organized in part by Indivisible Kansas City, discussed in the […] The post John Lewis, Democratic Socialists, and Christian Nationalists appeared first on KKFI .

Natalie Fenton discusses her new 2025 book, Democratic Delusions: How the Media Hollows Out Democracy and What We Can Do About It, and related work. She is interviewed by Spencer […] The post Democratic delusions: Fix the media to fix democracy appeared first on KKFI .

Bill Clause, Beverly Harvey and Skie Pearson discuss with Spencer Graves activities by Indivisible Kansas City, the Solidarity School of Resistance, and the campaign to prevent CoreCivic from reopening their prison […] The post More on the Solidarity School and other activism appeared first on KKFI .

University of British Columbia history professor Heidi J.S. Tworek1 discusses her research on the impact of the media on politics in Germany focusing especially in 1900 through 1945 and its […] The post News from Germany 1900-1945 and implications for today appeared first on KKFI .

Beverly Harvey, Jenise Comer, and Bill Clause discuss a "John Lewis Day celebration" being planned for July 17, the fifth anniversary of Lewis' passing. They also discuss the next "Solidarity School of Resistance" presentation July 8 (Tuesday), 7 PM, St. Mark's Hope and Peace Church, 3800 Troost, Kansas City, Missouri: Humanities professor Fred Whitehead explains and contrasts the workers-farmers...

University of San Diego Communications Professor Nik Usher discusses their research on how news impacts democracy. Recent publications describe how media impacted the response to Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, illiberal politics, […] The post How news impacts democracy per USD Communications Professor Nik Usher appeared first on KKFI .

Sherman Smith discusses the Kansas Reflector. Bill Clause interviews a woman with Respect Missouri Voters at the "No King" rally last Saturday. Winston Apple claims the US was "Founded on […] The post Sherman Smith on the Kansas Reflector and Judy Ancel reversing runaway inequality appeared first on KKFI .

Columbia University History Professor Richard R. John discusses the business of communications in the US focusing especially problems stemming from media concentration. Professor John is the author of two books and an editor of eight others related to the business of media and democracy. His two books are: * (1995) Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse. * (2010) Net...

Bill Clause, Beverly Harvey, Iris Craver, Nancy Mays, Bill Thompson, and Keith Washburn discuss best practices of successful organizing and mobilizing tactics used by Indivisible Kansas City, Arc of Justice, […] The post Mobilizing, Organizing & Raising Hell appeared first on KKFI .

Journalist and scholar Dean Starkman discusses his work with the American University in Bulgaria, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and his 2014 book, The Watchdog That Didn't Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism.1 At the American University in Bulgaria, he is a Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow in their Center for Information...

Bill Clause, Daniel Scharpenburg, Martha Lawrence, and Diane Bulan discuss their "Solidarity School of Resistance", starting with a "Boots on the Ground" volunteer fair May 31, 1-4 PM, Second Presbyterian […] The post Solidarity School of Resistance and May 31 Boots on the Ground appeared first on KKFI .

Seth Stern, Director of Advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses their work with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Freedom of the Press Foundation works to protect journalists and their sources in several ways: SecureDrop: They develop and maintain their open source whistleblower submission system to facilitate anonymous and secure communications between sources and jour...

Ashley Hernandez, William Rogers, and Esmie Tseng discuss opposition to the efforts of CoreCivic and the Trump administration to reopen the CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth. Hernandez is with the Sisters […] The post Reopening a CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth for ICE? appeared first on KKFI .