Everyone Deserves to Eat. Right?

  • May 12, 2025
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RadioACTive Pop! with Olivia Jaramillo walks the pop culture boulevard to find common ground with Gina Cornia of Utahns Against Hunger. Hard to argue with the nonprofit's motto: Everyone Deserves to Eat. Plus, the artists of This Was Water, and live music from Rumba Libre and Living Traditions.

Plug into your community with tonight's guests, organizations and community events.

Sounds of Living Traditions Festival 2025 | May 16-18 @ Washington & Library Squares, SLC

  • Produced by the Salt Lake City Arts Council in partnership with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, the Living Traditions Festival is a three-day multicultural festival celebrating the traditional music, dance, crafts and food of Salt Lake City’s contemporary cultural communities. FREE and open to all.

  • Dawn Borchardt, Performing Arts Program Manager for the SLC Arts Council, says a great way to see the festival is to volunteer. If you're interested, click here.


This Was Water, an interactive requiem for the Great Salt Lake

  • A multimedia performance by Carey Campbell (music) and Kellie Bornhoft (video), "This Was Water" explores the environmental crisis facing the Great Salt Lake. Featuring live chamber music, electronically processed sounds, and video footage captured at the lake, this immersive experience transitions between the recognizable and abstract. Through soundscapes and visuals, This Was Water reflects on "dirty diamonds," the lake’s precariousness, and its broader ecological significance.

  • "This Was Water" Opening Reception and Live Performance
    May 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m. @ Dumke Arts Plaza, 445 25th St., Ogden

  • Other Performances of This Was Water @ Dumke Arts Plaza
    Sept. 5, Nov. 7, 2025, and Apr. 30, 2026 at 6 p.m.
    More information about the performances can be found here: https://careycampbell.info/this-was-water

RadioACTive Pop! with Olivia Jaramillo

  • Gina Cornia has been at the helm of Utahns Against Hunger since 2001. She says proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and added food tariffs will increase food insecurity.

  • In addition to helping to feed hungry families, SNAP is one of the fastest, most effective ways to stimulate a struggling economy. Every $1 increase in SNAP benefits generates about $1.70 in economic activity.

    “The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been a powerful tool in helping to keep families out of poverty,” says Cornia. “The majority of food stamp recipients who are able to work, do so. For those who can’t or are temporarily unable to find a job, SNAP has helped give them a leg up. Now is not the time to further reduce this already modest assistance to struggling families.”

How'd you like the show? Share your thoughts, suggestions and observations by calling the RadioACTive hotline: ‪(385) 800-1889. Or, send a voicememo to radioactive@krcl.org. Please tell us your name and neighborhood and leave a short message that may air on the show. So, keep it clean!

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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