RadioACTive 12.27.23

  • December 27, 2023
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Best of RadioACTive from July 19, 2023: We discuss Chris Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) film as RadioACTive explores the past and present of nuclear weapons in Utah. Downwinder and playwright Mary Dickson, Inkstick reporter Taylor Barnes, Scoville Peace Fellow Barb Guy reflect on how far we've come and yet how much more there is to do. Plus, Dispatches from Moscow #2.

Tonight's show is a rebroadcast and features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community!

Downwinder, playwright and RECA advocate Mary Dickson, who's in San Francisco to introduce a special screening of the new film Oppenheimer for the Ploughshares Fund. 

Inkstick reporter Taylor Barnes, who's in Utah seeking public records about a nuclear weapons plant subsidy. To subscribe to her newsletter, Miliary-Industrial Ameria, click here. For more of Barnes' recent Inkstick stories on the military-industrial complex, check out the following:

Scoville Peace Fellow and KRCL History Project Co-Director Barb Guy. To share your stories of protests against the MX missile system in Utah or demonstrations at the Nevada test site in the 80s and their intersection with KRCL, email history@krcl.org. 

Episode 2 of Dispatches from Moscow. RadioACTive Correspondent Tamrika Khvtisiashvili continues her conversation with Katya, one of a million Russians who have left the country since its invasion of Ukraine. In this dispatch, Katya talks about artists who have stayed behind and are fighting the regime from within, through art. They include artists Yav Zone and FFCHW, as well as the bands Pornofilmy, Noize MC, and Monetochka.

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Questions, comments or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

  • Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
  • KRCL Volunteer Host: Nick Burns
  • Production Assistant: Valene MC
  • RadioACTive Contributor: Tamrika Khvtisiashvili

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