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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.
The roots of KKFI community radio can be traced to a UMKC communiversity class way back in Fall of 1977. This Thursday Night Special celebrates that history by featuring the creative efforts of two KKFI Communiversity Classes from Fall of 2016: For Laughing Out Loud and Raising Hell on the Radio.
For Laughing Out Loud was offered to invite new people interested in writing and acting in humorous radio theater. We are pleased to report that their efforts produced very entertaining radio comedy. Tune-in for a hilarious half hour.
The second half of the broadcast features interviews by students from the other communiversity class, Raising Hell on the Radio. Class participants have put together two provocative interviews: Medicaid 23, concerning efforts by area activists to bring Medicaid to Missouri, and an interview about one of the most important issues of our times, media reform.
The folks who put this hour of entertainment and enlightenment together are radio amateurs in the very best sense of the word “amateur”…doing something for “amour” or for the “love” of radio.
