RadioACTive

Thank you for your support of RadioACTive, KRCL's community affairs program for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers and musicians. Tune in weeknights at 6 as the RadioACTive team passes the mic so folks can share their stories and the causes they care about.

If you missed the show or want to listen again, visit the RadioACTive Archives or listen on demand. And catch audio clips from the show every day on RadioACTive Rewinds at 6:55 a.m., 10:55 a.m. & 2:55 p.m.

The views, opinions and statements expressed on RadioACTive are solely those of the respective speakers and do not represent or reflect the views, opinions or positions of the board, staff, and members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, nor its hosts, sponsors, and partners.

Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 

Producer, Host: Connor Estes

Producer, Host: Asha Pruitt

Volunteer Hosts:

GET INVOLVED: If you have a story idea for RadioACTive and a song to match, then let's hear it! Soundoff to RadioACTive with our mobile app. It's free wherever you get your apps. Under the menu options, you'll find "Talk to KRCL." Click on Sound off to RadioACTive and choose audio, video and/or photos to share with us. 

Email radioactive@krcl.org with your ideas or simply dedicate a song to someone in your life or a cause you support — either way, you may end up on the show. Or call 385-800-1889 and leave a voicemail with your story idea and song to match.

PLAY HOMEGROWN MUSIC ON THE SHOW: We have live homegrown music every Friday on the show and always looking for bands to play. Fill out our form!

HAVE YOUR BEATS USED ON RADIOACTIVE: We try to support all things local in all that we do and that means using locally produced music for our bed music and promos. If you're a beatmaker in Utah send over your work and we might use it behind the scenes on the show! Fill out our form!

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RadioACTive 03.16.23

Posted March 16th, 2023

Rising journalists of SLCC take over the show to discuss issues of the day. Tonight: sustainable landscaping, street racing, and the psychological effects of music. Plus, #popculturenuggets and sports.

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RadioACTive 03.15.23

Posted March 15th, 2023

Eps. 4 and 5 of Solo Eramos Ninos: Walk alongside Gloria, Francisco and Jonathan as they retell their story of how the 2006 immigration enforcement shook their lives. And, in a small, rural town, from one day to the next, 145 people were taken away. How does a town come together in the wake of such sudden upheaval to support broken families and knit together communities, all while under continued threat?

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RadioACTive 03.14.23

Posted March 14th, 2023

Eps. 2 and 3 of Solo Eramos Ninos: Step into the shoes of the children, employees, teachers and after-school program directors who recall the events of Dec. 12, 2006, and the impact it had on them, their friends, families, and the community. To further understand the trauma of that day, hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez discuss issues of trauma specific to migration, intergenerational and historical trauma, and culturally relevant healing principles for Latine people.

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RadioACTive 03.13.23

Posted March 13th, 2023

RadioACTive passes the microphone to podcasters Angel and Shelby Lopez to share Solo Eramos Ninos, a podcast about the largest single-day immigration enforcement action in United States history. Together, the husband-and-wife podcast team explores the nuances of immigration, Latine culture, first generations, mental health, and hope for a better life. Plus, author Shelley Read on her debut novel about loss, love and hope against the backdrop of Iola, the real Western Slope town that was submerged by the creation of the Blue Mesa Reservoir in the 1960s.

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