Listen to RadioACTive weeknights at 6pm

RadioACTive is a show for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers, and DIY makers and musicians. If that sounds like you or someone you know, send info to radioactive@krcl.org. Bonus points if you send a voicememo we can play on the air.

Monday, Oct. 21: RadioACTive Pop! digs into the Utah Queer Film Festival (UQFF) with local filmmakers and short films that highlight the rapidly increasing queer community in our state. Andy Whipple shares the making of his short, Grounded, and Sally Shaum on Utah Drag. Plus, Saige Miller and Sean Higgins from the KUER podcast State Street. 

Tuesday, Oct. 22: Roundtable Tuesday talks with SUWA about what the environmental groups says is possibly the last chance to Defend the Dirty Devil. Plus, Black Bold & Brilliant previews its Queer BIPOC short film showcase coming up at the UQFF.

Wednesday, Oct. 23: RadioACTive previews A Long Way from Heaven, which outlines the history of queer treatment at Brigham Young University—the good where it exists, the bad, and the very, very ugly. Part of this year’s UQFF, moviegoers will be treated to a Q&A with the film’s director, producer, and local historian and genealogist Connell O’Donovan after its screening this weekend.

Thursday, Oct. 24: RadioACTive, the Talanoa Way. Join Stephanie Mahina and a new wave of storytellers who elevate Pasifika culture. Inspired from our ancestors and their desire to roll out their falas to sit down and talk story! Plus, Hao Zhou, director of Future Flowers, part of the Hallowqueen Short Film Showcase at the UQFF.

Friday, Oct. 25: Punk Rock Farmer Friday with more true tales from the agrihood, featuring wicked plants with Red Butte’s Eddy Dawson. Featuring Margo Plumb and their UQFF short Trans Punk, SMILE 2 and Utah actor Peter Jacobson, Skywatcher Leo T, and homegrown music.