RadioACTive

Thank you for listening to and supporting 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 in their own words.

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.

Feedback: Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9FM. Send feedback to comments@krcl.org. 


Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 

Producer, Host, Music Editor: Connor Estes

Producer, Host, Arts Editor: Asha Pruitt

Volunteer Hosts:

GET INVOLVED: If you have a story idea for RadioACTive and a song to match, then let's hear it! Sound Off to RadioACTive via the KRCL Public Radio App—free wherever you get your apps. Click Menu > Talk to KRCL > Sound Off to RadioACTive. You can use it to send us audio, video, and pictures. It's about 60 seconds, so make it count!

  • SAY MORE: If you've got more to say than the app gives you time for, then record a message on your smartphone and email it to radioactive@krcl.org. Share your feedback, ideas for the show, or dedicate a song to someone in your life or a cause you support — either way, you may end up on the show. 

PLAY HOMEGROWN MUSIC ON THE SHOW: We have live homegrown music every Friday on the show and are 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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Pygmalion Productions Subverts Villain Archetypes in "Witch"

Pygmalion Productions opens their 2026-27 season with "Witch" by Jen Silverman, dark comedy about a charming devil and an outcast woman in 17th-century England. RadioACTive's Asha Pruitt talks to director Morag Shepherd, alongside cast members Stephanie Howell and McKell Rae.

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Rock-and-Roll-Sparkle-Punk-Disco-Soup ... Must Be Trauma Blönde

Friday, Oct. 2: Aldine, KRCL’s Punk Rock Farmer, starts with Trauma Blönde's homegrown music. Then, more true tales from the agrihood with Utah's own Chef Bleu Adams, Red Acre Center, Ogden Valley Fall Harvest Festival, and the final month of the Downtown Farmers Market. Plus, Skywatcher Leo T, Lucky Ones Fun Run, and the 1st West High Car Show.

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Voices Amplified: Utah Art from Land to Sea

Thursday, Oct. 1: RadioACTive Workshop passes the mic to Voices Amplified, a collaboration with rising journalists at the University of Utah, Prof. Marcie Young Cancio and Amplify Utah. Tonight, Utah's deep history with land and public art, and the cultural impact of the Salt Lake Whale. Plus, Let Me Explain: the effort and art of cosplay.

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Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake Takes Over the Show with Lake Talk

Wednesday, Sept. 30: RadioACTive passes the mic to the Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake, a group of youth activists campaigning to spark a cultural shift in water conservation. After all, GSL's future is theirs, too. Plus, Salt & Sky Brief and Grid Zine Comic Quest.

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