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, 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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RadioACTive Pop! Welcomes Beto Conejo, SLC Muralist with a Mission

Monday, Aug. 10: RadioACTive Pop! goes big and bold to talk murals and muses with Salt Lake muralist Beto Conejo. He and his friends have just returned from the Chicano Hollywood Film Festival, where Taking Shape, a documentary short about his work with incarcerated youth, was an official selection. Plus, a sneak peek at this weekend’s Westside Culture Fest, featuring Allie Violin.

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Homegrown Music with Modern Speed Kicks Off Punk Rock Farmer Friday

Friday, Aug. 7: Punk Rock Farmer Friday celebrates Utah Music Month with Modern Speed live in the studio! More True Tales of the Agrihood with Cultivate, an app that connects users with gardeners nearby and allows them to share the harvest. Plus, Take a Hike, Colorado peach growers, and Many Cultures, One Sky with Skywatcher Leo T.

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RadioACTive Workshop Talks with an Artist Embracing A.I. on Her Own Terms

Thursday, Aug. 6: RadioACTive Workshop opens the studio to two conversations consuming society these days: artificial intelligence and sports. RA's Asha Pruitt talks with SLC artist Aimee Odum, who collaborated with Google's Gemini to create Searching for Stardust. RA's new volunteer sports contributor Brian Preece debuts his occasional series on sports in the Beehive State. Plus, GSL Hope Line voicemail.

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Grassroots Activists Report on Polluting Ports, Nuke Campuses, and What You Can Do About It

Wednesday, Aug. 5: RadioACTive with Nick @ 6 digs into the latest on data centers, nuke campuses and inland ports with grassroots activists and organizers, including Terry Durfee of Stop the Polluting Ports, Deeda Seed of the Center for Biological Diversity, and more. BugFest is back at NHMU, and anthropologist/chef Meg Bartley brings us termite mac-n-cheese bites (we may need a food taster). Plus, The Bug Lady and Pacific Islander Skate Night.

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