Upcoming Episodes

One KC Radio Spotlight • May 8, 5:00am – 6:00am

Core Conversations

Host Leslie Scott interviews Terri Barnes during the show’s first 30 minutes. Terri has been a 22-yr volunteer at the DuBois Learning Center, whose mission is to improve academic performance of under-served communities through educational services and state-of-the-art technology. Ms. Barnes is currently serving as the interim director of Lead to Read, a volunteer organization focused upon providing reading mentors to 2nd through 4th graders at elementary schools across Kansas City, MO.

In the 2nd half-hour, Leslie interviews Kathyrn Evans, who founded Rooted Strategy, an organization that provides support and encouragement to non-profit organizations seeking to improve the lives of people, especially those who are systematically unseen and oppressed.

Artspeak Radio • May 8, 9:00am – 10:00am

Artspeak Radio May Edition

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 8, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org

Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes trumpeter/producer Alber (Alberto Racanati) Chris Dalquist, Erin McGrane, Izzy Vivas, Alan Gray, & ArtsKC.

Wednesday MidDay Medley • May 8, 10:00am – 12:00pm

WMM with Mikal Shapiro & KC Folk Fest + Paul Wenske, Nancy Meis, Chris Wenske, Isaac Cates of “I’m So Glad”

On the next Wednesday MidDay Medley, May 8, 10 to Noon, on KKFI 90.1 FM we'll spin more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Jass, Calvin Arsenia, Love, Mae C., Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Weda Skirts, Monta at Odds, Angie Fights Crime, THIMASTR, The Postal Service, and Ani DiFranco. We'll also play: Isaac S. Cates with Affirmations, Chrystal Rucker, Marti Newland with Artis Wodehouse, Jackson Jubilee Singers, Sister Anna Grinstead with Sister Forestine Gibson, Zenobia Smith with Clarence Williams, Kansas City Gospel Singers, Genetter Bradley and the Melody-Aires, and Alma Whitney and the Whitney Singers.// At 10:30am Mikal Shapiro shares details about 2024 KC Folk Fest, Saturday, May 18, at 12:00pm, at Washington Square Park 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO with Arquesta Del SolSoul, Madisen Ward, Love, Mae C, Jass, Weda Skirts, Sally and The Hurts, Rural Grit Happy Hour, No Divide KC Artist Showcase, Mariachi Estrella KC, Heartland Song Network Youth Songwriter Contest Winners, poets Mary Silwance, C. Woods, Sheri Hall, a demo by Break Free KC Hip Hop School, and dance by Shashwat Chaurasia. // At 11:00am Mark talks with Paul Wenske, Nancy Meis, Chris Wenske, and Isaac S. Cates about “I'm So Glad” their documentary film exploring the untold story of Black Gospel Music in Kansas City and the roots of Black Gospel Music narrated by Isaac S. Cates. We will share music associated with the film.

Radio Nicopisa • May 8, 12:00pm – 2:00pm

Listen Outside the Norm – A Two Hour Blend Just for You

Coming Soon to a Radio Wave Near You

Alternative Radio • May 8, 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Ending Poverty in America with Matthew Desmond

Why does the United States have more poverty than any other advanced democracy? “Poverty persists,” Matthew Desmond says, “because the rest of us benefit from it.” What can be done to end it?

Cowtown Conversations • May 9, 9:00am – 10:00am

Join us as we talk with Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith about Senior Property Tax Programs

Join us as we have a conversation with Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith about Property Tax Relief Programs for those 62 and Over.

Heartland Labor Forum • May 9, 7:00pm – 7:00pm

Ron Carey: From UPS Drive to Teamster President and What Constitutional Rights Do Corporations Have?

Ron Carey was the first Teamster President elected directly by the members. A new book gives us the inside scoop on the enormous challenges this union reformer faced. Author Ken Reiman will be on the Heartland Labor Forum. Then, it’s an election year, and corporate dollars are raining on candidates. In 2010, the Supreme Court gave business the constitutional right to free speech, and elections have never been the same. We’ll talk to Move to Amend, an organization working to change that.

WINGS • May 11, 2:30pm – 3:00pm

Labouring Women

A documentary by Elena McMaster of Australia's Women on the Line pairs up Marxist Feminist class analysis (with explanation of terms), and rousing words from women who lived and live class and race division of labour from Sojourner Truth, to Lowell, Massachusetts mill worker Harriet Hanson Robinson, to British poet/MC Kate Tempest.
Featured Speakers/Guests: Anastasia Gomes, Laura Renata Martin, Maya Gonzalez and Silvia Federici, recorded in 2011 at a Historical Materialism conference in New York. Plus illustrative readings by Alice Walker, Kate Tempest, and Lili Taylor reading their own and others' words.

Pacifica Radio Archives’ “From the Vault” • May 12, 2:00am – 3:00am

Religion in Politics and Social Movements

Wilderness Road • May 12, 5:00am – 7:00am

Wilderness Road – May 12, 2024 Wandering lesser known and under-appreciated tunes

Music to wander the Wilderness Road. Enjoy some new and some old, some familiar and unfamiliar music. Last week's show featured all artists with local connections. Could it be that happens again this week? Hmmm... you'll only know for sure if you listen!

Sunday Morning Musical Mashup • May 12, 7:00am – 9:00am

May 12 Mashup

We'll celebrate Mother's Day with a playlist that is totally devoted to playing songs about MOTHER, comprising tunes that span all musical eras and genres. (Miss you, mom!)

Exploration • May 13, 12:00am – 12:00am

ON EXPLORATIONS: Black holes and time travel – what are the possibilities?

Dr. Michio Kaku discusses black holes, the strangest phenomena in whole universe. First, he speaks with Fulvio Melia, an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. They ask, can we go through a black hole? Then Dr. Kaku speaks with J. Richard Gott, who is is known for his work on time travel. Space and time is a fabric that can be stretched and ripped.

All Souls Forum • May 14, 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Seven steps to ending the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine

Dr. Mubarak Awad discusses "Seven steps to ending the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine". Awad may be the world's leading expert on the nonviolence of the First Intifada.