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. Craig Lubow is the executive producer.
Upcoming Episodes
July 26, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Integrity of election procedures in Kansas and Missouri
The integrity of election procedures in Kansas and Missouri are discussed with members of Leagues of Women Voters of Johnson County and of Kansas City, Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri. Members of the Observer Corps of LWVKC discuss their observations of and interactions with election officials: What equipment are used? What procedures are followed to substantially eliminate threats to the integrity of the count?
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July 5, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Rank Choice Voting in Missouri and Kansas
Rachel MacNair with Better Ballot KC and Elaine Stephen with Rank the
Vote Kansas discuss rank choice voting with Radio Active Magazine
regular Spencer Graves.
June 28, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Poor People’s Campaign in Kansas City
Charles Carney and Reverend Jessica Chadwick give an update of the Poor People's Campaign for Kansas City with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. They had a major event June 18.
ListenJune 21, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Our Social Dynamics Through a Depth Psychology Lens
RadioActive Magazine will identify the ongoing and increasing stressors of global warming and the mass extinction of species on our collective human awareness as significant factors in the rise of illiberal and authoritarian movements worldwide and here in the U.S. We will examine these social dynamics through the lens of depth psychology, and will have as our guest, Dr. Lois Wilkins, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist with a specialization in Depth Psychology.
ListenJune 14, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Missouri Legislative Recap with Rep. Barnes
Jerome Barnes, who represents District 28 in the Missouri House of Representatives, is interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regular Pat Riehle. The discussion includes redistricting, changes in voting laws, and camping on public ground.
ListenJune 7, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
History of voter suppression
Professors Russell Brooker and Michael Smith discuss the history of voter suppression. Brooker is the author of a chapter on "Black voting rights 1865-2016: Two Reconstructions and four Mississippi Plans" in a 2022 book on "Much sound and fury, or the new Jim Crow?" He is a professor of political science at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Smith is the Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, Sociology, and Criminology at Emporia State and is the editor of that book as well as an author of five of the ten chapters in that book.
ListenMay 31, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
RightsCon – June 6-10 world leading summit on human rights in the digital age
RightsCon, the June 6-10 international online human rights conference is described by lead organizers and presenters. This conference will include over 500 different sessions running in all time zones in multiple languages, including one facilitated in part by Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Spencer was invited to propose a workshop for this conference based on a presentation he made last October at WikiConference North America in joint with Luisina Ferrante, Education and Human Rights Manager for Wikimedia Argentina, and Patricia Díaz Rubio, Executive Director of Wikimedia Chile. Patricia said that Wiki Human Rights training in Chile helped people post many images that were used in many Wikipedia articles that broke a conspiracy of silence on abuse of power by Chilean security forces and contributed to the 78 percent approval in a 2020 plebiscite for a process to rewrite the constitution of Chile to replace the one written under the Pinochet dictatorship.
ListenMay 24, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
PeaceWorks Kansas City annual Memorial Day protest and other activities
Cris Mann, Kristin Scheer, and Charles Carney discuss the plans for a
Memorial Day protest, May 30, at the Kansas City National Security
Campus, 14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, Missouri, which produces 85
percent of the non-nuclear parts used in US nuclear weapons. This
facility has also been called the "Global Insecurity Factory".
May 17, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Understanding Gerrymandering
Professors Brian Hollenbeck and Michael Smith help us understand gerrymandering. Hollenbeck is the lead author of a chapter on "Using mathematics to understand how gerrymandering affects partisan voting power" in a 2022 book on "Much sound and fury, or the new Jim Crow?" Hollenbeck is the Chair of the Department of Math and Economics at Emporia State. Smith is the Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, Sociology, and Criminology there and is the editor of that book as well as an author of five of the ten chapters in that book.
ListenMay 10, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Show Must Go On: Surviving COVID
Bill Clause and Craig Lubow discuss the challenges faced by local theater with three leaders: Audrey Crabtree, Executive Director of the KC Fringe Festival; Rohn Dennis, Shots in the Night (KKFI Radio Theatre) and producer of a live show at this years Fringe; and Mark Naggi, Shots in the Night historian, playwright and voice actor.
ListenMay 3, 2022 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Protesting drone and nuclear warfare at Whiteman Air Force Base
Brian Terrell, Bennette Dibben, and Chris Overfelt discuss a demonstration against drone and nuclear warfare at Whiteman Air Force Base, roughly 60 miles southeast of Kansas City. The host unit at Whiteman is the 509th Bomb Wing, which operates the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. They wing can launch combat sorties directly from Missouri to any spot on the globe, engaging adversaries with large payloads of traditional or precision-guided munitions. Whiteman is also one of roughly 28 locations in the US from which Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ("drones") are controlled.
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