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Thursday Night Special
Thursday nights are special!
First Thursday: Jasmine Jones hosts Next Step Forward, a spotlight on millennials of Kansas City who are within a marginalized group, but are using their talents, business, activism etc. to help bring positivity within their communities. This program exists to be a place that is inclusive, safe, fun, inspirational and educational not only for the listeners but for the guest as well.
Second Thursday: Shots in the Night radio theatre; hosted and produced by various members of Shots In The Night. In 2023 SITN has received seven awards for podcast productions in the 9th Annual Hear Now Audio Fiction and Arts Festival produced by the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Third Thursday: People Power Hour, brought to you by KC Tenants, hosts a rotation of speakers featuring members and leaders from KC Tenants and other tenant unions across the country to analyze, inform, and inspire listeners about the power of tenant unions in America. Every episode will showcase a different lesson about tenant unions and America's problematic history with housing by providing in-depth historical analysis, testimonials and stories from leaders who organized in their communities, and collectively brainstorming a vision for a better world where housing is treated as a human right.
Fourth Thursday: Sirisha Naidu and Taki Manolakos host Economics For the People, a journey to explore the transformative power of economics when it is harnessed for the working classes, to advance social justice, and to create an inclusive and equitable society. It is an open invitation to participate in collectively shaping and reimagining an economy that prioritizes the needs and aspirations of the working classes, marginalized communities, and individuals of different gender expressions, sexualities, and abilities. The show features diverse voices, experiences and perspectives that often remain unheard in mainstream conversations about economics, markets and numbers.
Fifth Thursday: The provocative "From Ark to Microchip", produced by Dwight Frizzell, mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
Note: These programs may be preempted by special presentations.
In our modern world Americans often forget the difficulty women endured to obtain the freedoms we enjoy today. Many times the experiences of women were left out of the history books. This interpretative event allows different women’s voices to be heard. Some are famous or infamous legends, others forgotten, for the most part.
Music, dance, fashion of different time periods are highlighted, as well as women’s perspectives of the social, cultural and political issues of the time. Harriet Tubman played by Shirley Johnson, Sojourner Truth aka Barbara Upton-Gavin and dancer Isadora Duncan have been portrayed. Women with diverse backgrounds such Rachel Carson, Mary Anning, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Emma Goldman have all made “appearances.”
More than 30 different women have volunteered time and talent to bring these stories to life to new audiences.
Sharon Lockhart, host of KKFI 90.1 FM’s “Every Woman” radio show, has been a narrator for the event.
Photo from left: Kelly Farrell, Arkansas State Parks; Janet Price, Johnson Shut-ins, Missouri State Parks; Cyndi Cogbill, Mo. Dept. of Conservation in Joplin; Molly Postlewait reading as Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girl Scouts with Ernie Miller Nature Center, Olathe, Ks.; Regina Wasson as Kansas Pioneer Woman also with Ernie Miller Nature Center; and Sheila Fowks as Anne Hutchinson; Laura Motley, far right, from Oklahoma and Awards Chairperson for the Region 6 NAI.
