Arts & Culture
Thursday Night Special
Thursday nights are special! This time slot is for new show auditions, timely current events story or a show from our archives. EXCEPT on 3rd Thursdays is Shots in the Night & on 4th Thursdays is River City Chautauqua
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Bob Grove is a civil rights and climate activist, performer and political organizer. He grew up among northern Missouri farmers where he developed a passion for the rights of people and for healthy environments in which those rights can live.
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Thursday nights are special! This time slot is for new show auditions, timely current events story or a show from our archives.
EXCEPT on 3rd Thursdays is Shots in the Night
EXCEPT on 4th Thursdays is River City Chautauqua
Upcoming Episodes
December 3, 2020 Arts & Culture
Sustainable Energy: The Environmental Impact of What We Plug In
Join host Bob Grove, President of the Climate Council of Greater Kansas City, and guests as they discuss Sustainable Energy: The Environmental Impact of What We Plug In. Guests from Evergy, Heartland Renewables, Renew Missouri and others will discuss how electrifying our lives can both save money and save the planet.
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November 12, 2020 Arts & Culture
Stand Up for Racial Justice
An esteemed panel of women in our community will hone in on racism, racial violence and the justice system including false superiority complex, hair discrimination, changes that have been made and what we demand to see happen next for racial justice in the Black Community.
ListenNovember 5, 2020 Arts & Culture
Global Sustainability: How To Reverse Global Warming
Join host Bob Grove, President of the Climate Council of Greater Kansas City, and guests as they discuss Sustainable Living: How to Reverse Global Warming. Speakers will talk about how different aspects of our daily lives impact the environment and discuss the choices we can make to live more sustainable.
Read MoreOctober 8, 2020 Arts & Culture
Local Journalism Sustainability Act, concerns and opportunities
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act attempts to support democracy with tax credits for local media. This is excerpted from a virtual forum October 3 featuring Mark Masson, Missouri Press Association, Dean Baker, a co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Professor Penelope Abernathy, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and John Caputo, Professor Emeritus from Gonzaga University and a founder of the Northwest Alliance for Responsible Media.
Read MoreOctober 1, 2020 Arts & Culture
Thursday Night Special: Freedom From Religion Foundation–Governing Without God
KKFI hosts Bill Clause and Greg Swartz interview Freedom From Religion (FFRF) co-presidents. The two freethinkers explain why they are atheists and why FFRF works to remove all ties between government and religion.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2020 Arts & Culture
It’s About Time: Physics and Philosophy About Time
Does time pass, flow or change at all? Philosophers have been debating the experience of time for millennia. Philosophy professor John Symons and physics professor Hume Feldman discuss the nature of time
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2020 Arts & Culture
Bistate Election Commentary
Pat Riehle interviews experts on Kansas and Missouri politics.
Read MoreAugust 27, 2020 Arts & Culture
Creating Unity One Community at a Time: The Miller Dream and Black Lives Matter
oin our honest open discussion with Vaquandra Wotruba and future leaders of our communities, the Youth of The Miller Dream LLC. We will learn about rallies for Black Lives Matter they have both organized and co-organized in response to systemic racism and the murders of Black Women & Men locally and across our nation, how they provide needed resources and empower our communities. In the words of the The Miller Dream LLC, by creating unity one community at a time!
Read MoreAugust 20, 2020 Arts & Culture
Thursday Night Special – 8/20/2020
Thursday Night Special - 8/20/2020
Read MoreAugust 13, 2020 Arts & Culture
Election integrity: Voter fraud, voter suppression, gerrymandering
How do voter fraud, voter suppression and gerrymandering compare as threats to election integrity? This Thursday Night Special considers the evidence on these three threats to democracy. We interview Mac Heller, producer of the movie, "Rigged: The voter suppression playbook", Denise Lieberman, General Counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, and Lauren Bonds, Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas.
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