Radio Active Magazine

Micah Kubic, Executive Director of the Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) explains what he thinks you should do to protect and advance your interests and concerns in today's political environment. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves and Craig Lubow. Kubic holds a doctorate in Black Politics from Howard University and is author of (2016) Freedom, Inc. and Black Political Em...

Mickey Huff, Executive Director of Project Censored and Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Professor of Journalism at Ithaca College, New York, discusses news suppressed for those who control most of the money for the media and why you should care. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves. AND BENEFIT CONCERT APRIL 19 AT Knuckleheads, 4 PM, to raise funds for Advocates...

Lois Swimmer, Paul & Louise Freid, and Mike Miles will talk with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves about their plans for a Catholic Worker Retreat and Resistance event being planned for April 24-27, Friday through Monday.  Swimmer is from the Minnecouji Band within the Blackfoot Tribe , which is part of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. She is a member of the Elders Circle at Cherith...

Fordham University Professor Emerita of Communications Robin Andersen  discusses her research on media and war with Spencer Graves. Andersen earned a PhD from UC-Irvine in 1986 with a dissertation on, "The United States Press Coverage of Conflict in the Third World: The Case of El Salvador". She has expanded that work since with numerous publications including the 2006 book on A Century of Media,...

Public health expert Dr. Stephen Bezruchka discusses the role of the major US media, including social media, in threatening the health of all. Bezruchka is professor emeritus from the University of Washington School of Public Health with multiple publications including books translated into several languages. He holds an MD degree from Stanford and a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins. Hi...

Bill Clause, Nancy Mays, and Beverly Harvey discuss the No Kings rallies being organized for March 28 focusing especially on the KC metro area, Johnson County and the Plaza. This discussion will include the issues that seem to be of greatest concern to the public. NoKings.org invites anyone to "Host an event" and list it with them. As this is being written 2026-03-16, eighteen rallies were found a...

Communications professor Bill Yousman discusses media literacy and dispelling myths about crime and justice. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves. Yousman is a professor of communications in the School of Communication, Media & the Arts in Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport, Connecticut . Two of his research reports have appeared in Project Censored 's annuals for 2017 and 2025: "Eleven thes...

Representatives of Veterans for Peace discuss their up-coming national conference August 6-9, which they are organizing at UMKC. Guests include Bryson Ripley, a former US Marine and president of their Kansas City chapter. They are interviewed by Spencer Graves. Some might claim that (a) everyone would be safer and more prosperous with honest defense of the bottom 99%, and (b) instead we have a pub...

Communications professor Stephan Russ-Mohl  shares concerns about media, especially in Germany. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves. Russ-Mohl is a prolific journalist, researcher and professor emeritus  at the University of Lugano in the Italian-speaking portion of Switzerland . He specializing in quality assurance and quality management in mass media focusing primarily but not exclusively on Ger...

Bryan Stalder discusses Northeast Kansas City and Northeast News with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves, and Bill Clause invites y'all to attend a "No Kings 3" rally near you March 28  No Kings 3 March 28: For more information email Diane Bulan <dianebulan@gmail.com> Northeast Kansas City and Northeast News Stadler is an illustrator and designer active with the Northeast Kansas Ci...

Paul Bame , a volunteer broadcast engineer with the Prometheus Radio Project , discusses Prometheus activities including how underserved communities serve themselves with low-power FM. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves. The Prometheus Radio Project was founded in 1998 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , by supporters of the unlicensed "Radio Mutiny" station after the US Federal Communications Commi...

Reverend Mindy Fugarino discusses her work with the Independence Boulevard Christian Church , and Lora McDonald invites you to on-line Pro-Democracy training February 11, 5-7 PM and February 20, 9-11 AM, organized in part by MORE2. Reverend Mindy  Reverend Mindy is the Senior Pastor for the Independence Boulevard Christian Church on the corner of Independence and Gladstone Avenues in downtown Kans...

Anthony Nadler talks with Spencer Graves about how he claims that conservative media are different. He is a co-editor of (2020) News on the Right and author of (2016) Making the News Popular . He is also lead author of a 2025 article on, " The Left Needs Media That Competes — and Wins ". The basic theme of his work is that conservative media tend to segment media markets more on style and cultural...

PeaceWorks members Kristen Scheer and Ann Suellentrop discuss upcoming events and current trends around nuclear weapons and nuclear energy reactors. Feb 2nd at 5:30pm at All Souls UU Church PeaceWorks members will report back on the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability fall meeting in Las Vegas. Midwest Catholic Workers will gather April 24-27 with PeaceWorks members to protest at Kansas City’s nuc...

Professor Tim Franklin and Zach Metzger talk with Spencer Graves about how you can help yourself by helping improve local media. Franklin is the leader of the Local News Initiative  and the Metro Media Lab  in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois , just north of Chicago on Lake Michigan . Metzger is Director of their State of Local News subproject of the...

Two topic for this episode: First Ira Harritt and Rev. Dr. Vernon Howard discuss local ML King Day events. Then  Nurse practitioner Jaynell "KK" Assmann describes Care Beyond the Boulevard (CBB). Martin Luther King Day  Ira Harritt, Secretary of the Interfaith Council of Greater Kansas City , Summarizes an ML King events January 11 (Sunday). Then Rev. Dr. Vernon Howard discusses the origins of the...

Lisa Loving talks with Spencer Graves about media literacy and how you can report for your community. Loving has a wide range of experience as a journalist, including as interim director of the evening news at KBOO , a non-commercial, listener-supported, community radio station in Portland, Oregon. Her experience with KBOO helped inform her 2019 book, Street Journalist . She is working on another...

Ingrid Burnett discusses her concerns with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Ingrid is a leader in Kansas City's historic Northeast, between downtown KCMO and the river from Columbus Park to Indian Mound . She currently serves on the Board of Northeast News and produces a "Women Speak" podcast for them focusing on women shaping public policy. She also works with the Northeast Chamber o...

John Maxwell Hamilton discusses propaganda with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Hamilton is a long-time journalist, author, educator, and public servant. He is the Hopkins P. Breazeale Professor and founding dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication  at Louisiana State University , where he has also served as Provost . He has appointments as a global fellow at the Woodrow Wils...

Bess Wallerstein Huff shares her vision for KKFI with Radio Active Magazine regulars Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves. Ms. Wallerstein Huff joined KKFI as Executive Director on August 12, roughly four months ago. She is an experienced executive, creative strategist, and community builder with over 20 years of leadership in the arts, media, and nonprofits. She has guided teams through brand evolution...

Mark Hurst  discusses how you can better protect yourself from Big Tech . Among other things, Mark produces Techtonic , a one-hour weekly radio show about technology syndicated for Pacifica and for the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), a non-profit platform for digital distribution and licensing of radio programs, originally designed for National Public Radio (NPR). The show originates with WFMU in Eas...

University of Denver journalism professor Kareem El Damanhoury compares how the same or similar issues are framed differently in different media outlets. This includes especially comparing how Al Jazeera , the BBC and Fox  have covered Gaza . El Damahoury is an Associate Professor of journalism at the University of Denver with numerous publications comparing different media outlets, e.g., on their...

Trinidad Raj Molina discusses Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation with Radio Active Magazine regulars Spencer Graves and Craig Lubow. Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (airrkc.org) is committed to empowering and uplifting the voices of the immigrant community and providing them with the tools they need to better protect themselves and their families.

[audio mp3="https://kkfi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RAM2025-11-11MeDem.mp3"][/audio] Spencer Graves summarizes lessons for the future from the first 37 episodes of the Media & Democracy series broadcasted as Radio Active Magazine and syndicated for the Pacifica Radio Network. Twenty-nine-minute podcasts of all episodes and videos of most are available with the descriptions of each episode...

Dr. Teri Finneman , the Clyde M. Reed Professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, discusses her research on powerful women and reviving local news. She is interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Professor Finneman is an author or editor of: Teri Finneman; Nick Mathews; Patrick Richard Ferrucci (2024). Reviving...