RadioACTive

Thank you for your support of RadioACTive, KRCL's community affairs program for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers a muscicians. 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 at 6:50 a.m., 10:50 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.

Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 

Production Assistant:  Valene MC

Production Assistant: Connor Estes

Volunteer Hosts:


GET INVOLVED: If you have a story idea for RadioACTive and a song to match, then let's hear it! Email radioactive@krcl.org with your ideas or simply dedicate a song to someone in your life or a cause you support -- either just may end up on the show. Or call 385-800-1889 and leave a voicemail with your story idea and song to match.

Ways to listen:

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Cultural Norms and Beauty Standards in the Pasifika Community with Diamond Langi, Miss Universe 2019 Actress and Singer

Posted January 25th, 2024

Tune in and dive deep into Utah's Pasifika culture as RadioACTive Talanoa Way with Stephanie Mahina will examine cultural norms and beauty standards in the Pasifika community with Diamond Langi, former Miss Universe 2019 Actress and Singer. Plus, a special interview with community leader and cultural curator, Haviar Hafoka, of local Polynesian music and dance school.

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Downwinder Day of Remembrance, Demon Mineral filmmakers, and AFSCME Local 1004 sounds the alarm on HB285

Posted January 24th, 2024

Filmmakers point their cameras at exploitation and not just at Sundance. We'll also talk with local labor leaders about a bill they say would effectively end one of the largest unions in our right-to-work state. BONUS: ALU President Chris Smalls on national, global union efforts.

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LEAF on Psychedelics, BPOU and Sexual Health, Sundance Music Doc As We Speak with filmmaker JM Harper and rap artist Kemba

Posted January 23rd, 2024

Plug into your community with cannabis journalist Cole Fullmer, mental health therapist Kayla Adams of Black Physicians of Utah on Sexual Health, and a deep dive into a music doc that explores the criminalization of rap lyrics.

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Anti-DEI and transgender bills, Sundance24 reviews, and kitty cats Monte and Sadie need a home

Posted January 22nd, 2024

RadioACTive checks in on Week 2 of #ThePeoplesBusiness with the ACLU of Utah and the League of Women Voters of Utah, and Project Rainbow's response to anti-trans and DEI bills. Gavin reviews the Sundance film Power. And animal welfare advocates Temma Martin and Angel Paws with the state of shelter pets in the Beehive State

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