Radio Active Magazine

What have public health authorities locally, nationally, and internationally done well in managing the current public health crisis, and what could be improved to help us manage this current pandemic and similar problems in the future? This episode of Radio Active Magazine features a discussion on these and related issues with Professor Edward Ellerbeck, Chair […]

Host Craig Lubow talks to Mark Dupree and Kristiane Bryant about issues facing the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office.  Dupree is the current District Attorney and Bryant is challenging him in the 2020 election.

https://kkfi.org/wp-content/uploads/Radio-Active-072120.mp3 This one hour magazine format features an interesting mix of racism, anti-racism, black stories and white voices, all intended to demonstrate the support of KKFI for Black Lives Matters, featuring the voices of: Catina Taylor, KKFI's Board of Directors: Say Her Name campaign Joseph Jackson, KKFI's Cowtown Conversations: Driving while Blac...

https://kkfi.org/wp-content/uploads/RAM-050520.mp3 Poet, writer, artist and environmental activist Mary Silwance and host David Mitchell discuss the existential challenge of climate change

Author and activist John Dear discussed “Living The Nonviolent Life,” 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7, at Whitfield Center, Avila University, 11901 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO, and “The Nonviolent Path as Illuminated by Jesus,” 2-4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 8, at Community of Christ Temple, 1001 W. Walnut, Independence, MO.  This episode of Radio Active […]

Ron Farmer, vice-president of Ches, joins host Pat Riehle to talk about housing affordability options. CHES, Inc. is a HUD Certified, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, housing counseling, financial empowerment organization, based on the belief that our clients’ needs are of the utmost importance. They are dedicated to empowering low to moderate income individuals and families with the […]

Host Tom Huffman talks to his guest from KC For Safe Streets, an organization that addresses road safety issues, including pedestrian and bicyclists deaths. Kansas City has one of the highest injury and fatality rates in the country. ADA issues for road way and sidewalk design for disabled persons is included in the discussion.

Mayor Quinton Lucas joins host Pat Riehle to talk about his State of the City speech and his vision and priorities for 2020. The post Interview with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas appeared first on KKFI .

Pat Riehle talks to guests from Unbound. “With your support, our program empowers sponsored individuals and their families with tools to achieve self-sufficiency. Local staff members work with sponsored families on how to best use their benefits to achieve personal and family goals.” Unbound is an non-profit international company, founded and headquartered in Kansas City.

This episode of Radio Active Magazine features a half-hour March 1 reenactment of a 4-hour trial November 1, 2019, of fifteen activists with PeaceWorks Kansas City for trespassing on the Kansas City National Security Campus on the previous Memorial Day, May 27, 2019.  This National Security Campus makes or procures 85 percent of the non-nuclear […]

Host Dave Mitchell interviewed Zach Pistora, Sierra Club lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club. Their focus was on the Kansas energy sector, including the very recent announcement that Holcomb 2, a massive addition to that coal plant in S.W. Kansas, that investors were pulling their funding for it. This move was viewed as a victory […]

Preston Washington, President,  Midwest Afro-American Genealogical Interest Coalition and Kenneth Ford of Descendant Freeman will discuss the issues involved with tracing genealogy for black americans.  Ford will describe slavery among Native Americans, with emphasis on slaves that were descendant from the five "civilized tribes".

Richard Mabion joins host Craig Lubow to talk about the NAACP and Environmental Justice on the first part of the show. Julie Burkhart, CEO and founder of Trust Women, joins us on the second part to talk about pending legislation in the Kansas House and Senate that would effect reproductive rights and would put the […]

On January 3rd, eleven days before this broadcast, a US drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and four others near the international airport of Bagdad, Iraq. The next day, at least two rallies were held in Kansas City to protest this extra-judicial execution, one at noon and another at 3 PM.  This episode […]

Host Dave Mitchell talks to Dennis Murphey, recently retired Supervisor for the Kansas City Office of Environmental Quality. The interview includes the steps the city took during the last decade to reduce it’s carbon footprint 40% for city operations, and 21% for the city as a whole. The discussion also includes his involvement with Climate […]

Host Craig Lubow interviews John Wiley, Founder of River of Refuge. John talks about the River of Refuge, which provides a transitional living program for people who have been on the verge of homelessness and who have lacked stable housing. The program length of the program varies for each family and is determined by the […]

Host Pat Riehle will have guests on from Indvisible KC. His guests will discuss current issues and upcoming socio-political organizing events. "Indivisible Kansas City is an area-wide, progressive, all-volunteer organization. […] The post Indivisible KC appeared first on KKFI .

Hosts Susan Sarachek and Spencer Graves will interview Bob Grove, Director of the Deportation Defense Legal Network (DDLN), and Maria, a young recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) who was recently detained by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and experienced first-hand local ICE detention facilities and immigration court proceedings.    

This episode of Radio Active Magazine featured host Spencer Graves interviewing Queen Wilkes and Adin Alem about the Sunrise Movement in Kansas City and the rest of the US. They’ve been growing, with Queen and Adin getting involved since the September 20 Climate Strike. Sunrise will have another event December 18, 6-8 PM, at St. […]

Cheryl Kimmi, Executive Director of the annual KC Fringe Festival, joins host Bill Clause to discuss next year’s Fringe Festival and a look back on the past festivals. Www. KCFringe.org.

CULTIVATE KC: SUSTAINABLE URBAN FARMING RadioActive host David Mitchell interviews urban agriculture activist Katherine Kelly of Cultivate KC. The following is from the Cultivate KC homepage at (https://www.cultivatekc.org/) Cultivate KC […] The post Urban Agriculture with Cultivate KC appeared first on KKFI .

KC TENANTS FIGHT FOR RENTERS RIGHTS Community activist Diane Charity joins host Bill Clause to discuss the efforts of KC Tenants to fight for affordable and fair housing. KC Tenants […] The post KC TENANTS FIGHT FOR RENTERS RIGHTS appeared first on KKFI .

Helping Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Lead Fulfilling Lives The Propel program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Lynn Marie Norris will interview people from Propel, a […] The post Propel program for young adults with disabilities appeared first on KKFI .

Josh Hall of Wolf PAC (Kansas) joins hosts Bill Clause and Tom Huffman to discuss the Wolf PAC organizational goals, including its proposal to reform the roll of money in […] The post Josh Hall from Wolf PAC: Removing the Corruption of Money in Politics appeared first on KKFI .

Wayne Besen joins host Craig Lubow to talk about conversion and ex-gay therapy. Wayne was the founder of "Truth Wins Out" and is the author of the book "Anything But […] The post Conversion and Ex-Gay Therapy appeared first on KKFI .