A locally produced program where activist groups in the Kansas City area present interviews, commentary, editorials, and other thought provoking content on a weekly basis.
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April 27, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Cultural differences in managing emotions
Host Itto Outing interviews Mekiya Walters, a male American, and Asiya, a female doctoral student from Turkey to explore similarities and differences in how people in different cultures express emotions in different situations.
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April 20, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
KC Musician Selected United Nations Youth Leader
Join host, Bob Grove, as he speaks with United Nations Youth Leader and rising star, AY Young.
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The Creation of a New Political Party
Join host, Bob Grove, and Missouri State Organizing Committee Chair, Steve Mann, to discuss the formation of a new U.S. political party called the People's Party.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Refugee Congress
Host Itto Outini interviews delegates and members of the Refugee Congress, a nonpartisan advocacy organization built and led by refugees, asylum-seekers, and other vulnerable migrants, focusing especially on delegates from Kansas, and Missouri.
Read MoreMarch 9, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Alphapointe
Host Itto Outini interviews individuals at Alphapointe, a leading organization serving and empowering blind and visually impaired persons at their headquarters at 7501 Prospect, Kansas City, Missouri.
ListenMarch 2, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
CleanMO, SilencedTurkey
This episode of Radio Active Magazine discusses two superficially unrelated issues: (1) The Clean Missouri campaign is looking for volunteers to "Join the Coalition" in the fight for fair maps in Missouri. (2) Advocates of Silenced Turkey is organizing a demonstration at the Horse Fountain, for Saturday, March 6, 3 PM to protest the arrests of over 50,000 judges, journalists and others in Turkey for their suspected opposition to the current government.
ListenFebruary 23, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Unrigging the media and the economy
Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses his recommendations for changes in governmental policy towards media to improve the functioning of democracy.
ListenFebruary 16, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Climate Resilience
Interview of Sami Aaron, founder of The Resilient Activist, and Dr. Barbara Gilbert, psychologist, on pre-stress trauma suffered by climate scientists, journalists, and activists, with suggestions for how to develop long term resilience. Events and trainings at:
theresilientactivist.org
February 9, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Fighting uranium contamination in the Southwest
Prominent activists from the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE) in the desert Southwest (Albuquerque, NM) join PeaceWorks - Kansas City board members Kristin Scheer and Ann Suellentrop to discuss continuing problems with contamination due to uranium mining in the U.S., as well as the Churchrock tailings dam failure July 15, 1979, which created the largest uranium spill in U.S. history. Anna Benally is a former uranium mine worker from New Mexico turned activist. She is working to heal the land and protect the health of people and livestock. Susan Gordon is coordinator of MASE.
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Our Revolution-Kansas City
This episode features a discussion with Andrew Bergerson and Carrie Stevens with Our Revolution - Kansas City. Bergerson is President of Our Revolution - Kansas City, Missouri; Stevens is with Our Revolution - Kansas City, Kansas. Both organizations are affiliated with the national "Our Revolution" organization, which spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign to organize to promote other progressive candidates and promote progressive issues more generally.
ListenJanuary 26, 2021 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Itto Outini: Overcoming Blindness, Homelessness to Become a Fulbright Scholar and Social Activist
For much of her young life, Itto Outini, a native of Morocco, was homeless, illiterate -- and blind.
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