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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.
Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Käthe Kollwitz takes us into the mind and life of the renowned German graphic artist and sculptor. Our play begins in Berlin in February 1914, at a party in the Kollwitz home, celebrating the 18th birthday of her younger son Peter. A few months later, as soon as war begins on August 1, Peter implores his parents for permission to join his older brother Hans who has already volunteered to become a soldier in the army.
To support the idealism of her sons to offer themselves for sacrifice on behalf of The Fatherland, the socialist Käthe finds herself supporting her sons in a war she deeply disapproved of. By the time our play concludes in the town of Moritzburg, two weeks before Germany’s defeat at the end of World War II in April 1945, Kollwitz has learned that every war is answered by a new war until everything is smashed because every war already carries within it the war that will answer it, as World War II answered World War I.
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” I was deeply moved by “Never Again War,” a very sensitive, quiet and reflective production. And daring too, to show a German’s point of view in a positive light, during the two great wars. Wonderful performances by everyone. I haven’t heard anything that touched me so deeply in a long, long time. “
Tom Lopez — ZBS
