Radio Active Magazine

On Feb. 16, 6 p.m., RadioActive Magazine, with host, Dave Mitchell, will interview Sami Aaron, founder of The Resilient Activist, and Dr. Barbara Gilbert, psychologist.  Primary focus will be on […] The post Climate Resilience appeared first on KKFI.

Prominent activists from the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE) in the desert Southwest (Albuquerque, NM) join PeaceWorks – Kansas City board members Kristin Scheer and Ann Suellentrop to […] The post Fighting uranium contamination in the Southwest appeared first on KKFI.

Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses his recommendations for changes in governmental policy towards media to improve the functioning of democracy. This includes recommending […] The post Unrigging the media and the economy appeared first on KKFI.

This episode features a discussion with Andrew Bergerson and Carrie Stevens with Our Revolution.  Bergerson is President of Our Revolution – Kansas City, Missouri.  Stevens is Executive Director of Our Revolution – […] The post Our Revolution-Kansas City appeared first on KKFI.

Internationally-known activists will join PeaceWorks-Kansas City board members Kristin Scheer and Ann Suellentrop to discuss this historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which activists believe is the beginning […] The post Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons appeared first on KKFI.

The Wyandotte County, Kansas District Attorney’s office has asked the Vera Institute of Justice to help them understand and address racial inequities in the local criminal legal system. As part […] The post Racial Inequities in the Local Criminal Justice System appeared first on KKFI.

Spencer Graves and Tom Crane discuss efforts to improve the quality and quantity of volunteer journalism with training and editorial assistance by a professional journalist.  Current plans consider this as […] The post Improving local journalism by improving training appeared first on KKFI.

This episode of Radio Active Magazine features a discussion among four journalists representing local news outlets in Kansas City.  Each will describe their particular foci and why they think people […] The post Local News Revealed appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post Optimal public health appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post Wyandotte County Prosecutor’s Race appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post John Dear, author and activist in Kansas City appeared first on KKFI.

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 post Housing Assistance appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post KC For Safe Streets appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post Unbound Empowering Poor Communities appeared first on KKFI.

This episode of Radio Active Magazine will feature 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 post Nukes on Trial in Kansas City appeared first on KKFI.

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, […] The post Kansas Energy Sector appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post Environmental Justice and Reproductive Rights in the Kansas Legislature appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post State sponsors of terrorism and some Kansas City political activism appeared first on KKFI.

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 […] The post Reducing the carbon footprint for KCMO appeared first on KKFI.