Radio Active Magazine

University of Kansas Professor Karl Brooks discusses what he has been telling his students about Project 2025. He discusses this with Radio Active Magazine regulars Spencer Graves and Craig Lubow. […] The post Project 2025 per Professor Brooks appeared first on KKFI.

This episode of Radio Active Magazine combines a discussion of the race between Schmidt and Boyda for Kansas’ 2nd (KS-02) district in the US Congress with an interview with Cindy […] The post KS-02 Schmidt v. Boyda and Kansas State Senate candidate Cindy Holscher appeared first on KKFI.

Kay Mills and Ray Thomas with Missouri Jobs with Justice discuss Missouri Proposition A of 2024, the Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative, with Karl Brooks and Radio […] The post Missouri Prop A per Missouri Jobs with Justice appeared first on KKFI.

This episode of Radio Active Magazine starts with an interview with Emily Wales with Planned Parenthood about the Missouri abortion amendment and ends with a brief comment about the increase […] The post The 2024 Missouri abortion amendment appeared first on KKFI.

Jacob Ware, co-author with Bruce Hoffman of the new (2024) book God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (Columbia University Press), discusses the problem of far-right extremism in the […] The post Jacob Ware on far-right terrorism in the US appeared first on KKFI.

Washburn University political science Professor Bob Beatty discusses the race between Sharice Davids and Prasanth Reddy for the third Kansas district to the US House of Representatives. He is interviewed […] The post Davids v. Reddy for KS-03 per Washburn political science professor Bob Beatty appeared first on KKFI.

Roughly half of Radio Active Magazine broadcasts are being distributed as the Media & Democracy show syndicated for the Pacifica Radio Network. This Media & Democracy series began in 2021 […] The post Media & Democracy syndicated for Pacifica appeared first on KKFI.

The Republican dominated Missouri legislature has placed proposed constitutional amendment 7 on the statewide Missouri ballot for November 5, 2024 with two provisions: Ban persons who are not U.S. citizens […] The post Proposed Constitutional Amendment 7 on Missouri Nov. 5 ballot bans Rank Choice Voting appeared first on KKFI.

University of Kansas Journalism professor Patricia Weems Gaston discusses dis- and misinformation and their threats to democracy. Gaston won a Pulitzer prize in 1994 for a series for the Dallas […] The post Dis- and misinformation and their threats to democracy appeared first on KKFI.

Jiva Manske with the 22nd Century Initiative discusses their program with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Manske is also a leader with their collaboration the Horizons Project in “Harnessing Our […] The post 22nd Century Initiative appeared first on KKFI.

Heidi Beirich, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Global Project Against Hate & Extremism (GPAHE) discusses their work. This includes what they and others are doing to reduce political polarization […] The post Global Project Against Hate & Extremism (GPAHE) appeared first on KKFI.

Frances Haugen summarizes the tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents that she released to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.1 These documents, […] The post Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says appeared first on KKFI.

Matt Wood, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel for Free Press,1 discusses their concerns regarding US law and regulations. These concerns include proposed legislation that would sunset Section 230 […] The post Legal concerns of Free Press including Section 230 appeared first on KKFI.

Ian Axel Anderson, a Caltech faculty researcher in applied social psychology, discusses psychological and interpersonal processes that influence media use and human-computer interaction. Dr Anderson has studied how Internet companies […] The post How psychological and interpersonal processes are influenced by human-computer interaction. appeared first on KKFI.

Dr. Maria Stephan, co-lead of the Horizons Project, discusses her work to strengthen multi-racial democracy in the US and globally. The Horizons Project is working to help disparate groups find […] The post How You Can More Effectively Advance Multi-Racial Democracy (Rebroadcast) appeared first on KKFI.

Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research,1 talks about how information operations internationally exploit a license to lie, defame, and encourage political violence granted to Internet […] The post Dean Baker on Internet companies threatening democracy internationally and how to fix that appeared first on KKFI.

Emily Bradbury, Executive Director of the Kansas Press Association1 discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Kansas newspapers today with Spencer Graves and Karl Brooks.  Ms. Bradbury is also Secretary-Treasurer of […] The post Kansas Newspapers: Challenges and opportunities appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause discusses the history and impact of the cultural organization initially known as The Foolkiller, etc., and about a Foolkiller Folk Singalong scheduled for July 20, 1:30 PM, as […] The post Kansas City Foolkillers’ 54th anniversary appeared first on KKFI.

Debbie Wilkerson, President and CEO of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, discusses who they are and why you might want to know more about them. In 1978, their founders […] The post Greater Kansas City Community Foundation appeared first on KKFI.

Henry Wash, President, CEO and Founder of High Aspirations,1 describes their mentorship program for disadvantaged boys.2 His mother abandoned him when he was only 3 months old.3 He was in foster care until […] The post High Aspirations for African American boys appeared first on KKFI.