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.
November 30, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
From Ark to Microchip: The World Breathes Through Us & River Music by the Cretaceous Forms
The World Breathes Through Us: Each thought, expression, sensation, and emotion reaches its fullness through an awareness of the breath. Starting with the sound of breath, we then add resonating vowels shaped by consonants and arrive at the prosody of speech. A group of young Kansas City-based artists created this new program exploring the human voice—Jaden Dudrey, Teddy Everts, Madeline Farinas De Leon, Zak Marshall, Madison Hummer, Anobb Hyacinthe, Lizze Ingram, Rachael Mallozzi, Cameron Sinclair and Autumn Workman.
River Music by the Cretaceous Forms: Jump into the river of time as artist Steve Snell shows us the way ahead. In June, Steve set out to paddle the entire length of the Missouri River. His 88-day journey was documented in a video shot from the bow of his canoe and presented at the UMKC Gallery of Art. The sound art group Cretaceous Forms played the continually moving image as a musical score—snaking around bends, splashing with oars, rushing with rapids, tranquilizing with calm waters, and always flowing. Featuring Ezra Alderman - voice, Dot Henry - flute, Luke Tamburelli - keyboard, Fredrick Von Kaufmanschmidt - water, Jade Kizer - cello, Lily Madden - accordion, Sev Motko - violin, Chrystal Tucker - voice, Bethany Van Roekel - guitar, Tanner Williams - keyboard, Skye Sherwood - bass and Dwight Frizzell - WX5 wind-controller.
ListenOctober 12, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Shots In The Night
Join us for another hour of radio theater with Kansas City's award winning, longest running radio theater troupe, Shots In The Night!
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Rebroadcast of Artspeak Radio: September Edition
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Wolfe Brack, writers Mary Silwance & Polly Alice McCann, Lisa Carrico Program Director for the Missouri Humanities, and Mary Pat Henry, artistic director, of Wylliams/Henry Dance Company and dancer Caroline Dahm.
Read MoreAugust 31, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
From Ark to Microchip presents: Music for Socio-Ecological Evolution by Second Nature, and Sounding War Technology for Peace by the MIC Collective
Music for Socio-Ecological Evolution by Second Nature:
Second Nature is dedicated to a freer society of universal human freedom and dignity that recognizes the mutuality of human and ecological existence and the necessity of a more ecological social, economic, and political consciousness. A better world is possible! The ensemble features composer/players Michael Eaton (saxophones and flute), Seth Andrew Davis (guitar and EFX) with Ben Tervort (acoustic and electric bass), Alan Voss (drums), Tim J Harte (laptop electronics) and your host, Dwight Frizzell (wind controller, alto clarinet).
Sounding War Technology for Peace by the Military Industrial Complex:
The Military Industrial Complex is a living, breathing and rapidly evolving organism colonizing nearly every facet of life. The artist collective in this program is dedicated to the peaceful, artistic use of military technology. The distinctions between human and machine are blurred and enhanced through the use of Mil-Spec synthesis techniques. The MIC collective’s work represents a compact unity of the human voice, music and machine. Featured are director Michael Henry (Star Trek Online), Allaudin Ottinger (BCR), Dwight Frizzell (Myth-Science), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (former US President) with an array of military test equipment, spent shell casings, bombs “unexploding” and attack-plane turbo-fans used for reawakening into peace.
August 24, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
PEOPLE POWER HOUR BROUGHT TO YOU BY KC TENANTS: WHAT IS ORGANIZING? WHAT ARE TENANT UNIONS?
Organizing and Tenant Unions
Read MoreAugust 17, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Artspeak Radio with Elizabeth Kirsch & Christopher Leitch
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes the return of art historian/writer/curator Elizabeth Kirsch and artist/activist Christopher Leitch. This is a rebroadcast of Artspeak Radio from August 16th.
Read MoreJuly 27, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Rebroadcast: Artspeak Radio July Edition
Artspeak Radio + Artful Poetry, Shawn Stewart, Elizabeth Kirsch, & Christopher Leitch
Read MoreJune 29, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
FROM ARK TO MICROCHIP presents “Ick and the Charm” and “Listening Time: A Philosophy of Sound “
Ick and the Charm
An audio drama written/directed by Steve Donofrio featuring Steve’s hummingbird recordings and told by his charm of hummingbirds in mid-Missouri. Voice actors include Rich Fish and the Masked Hummers of Zoom, with soundscapes/music by Tony Brewer, Allaudin Ottinger, Thomas Aber and Dwight Frizzell. Recorded live at the Hear Now Audio Theatre Festival at KCAI on June 10, 2023.
Listening Time: A Philosophy of Sound
Hear sound and energy from the beginning of time that are with us now. Featured are the 13 billion year old remnants of our cosmic origins and the strangeness of the quantum world. With recordings by Dwight Frizzell and musical contributions from Thomas Aber, Alauddin Ottinger, Ed Herrmann, Kat Dison Nechlebova, Dave Brock, Randy Weinstein, Julia Thro, Robert Carl, Michael Miller, Jeff Rendlen, Bird Ellington Fleming and Bill Dye.
June 15, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
CIVIC CIPHER: The Brooklyn Neighborhood That Polices Itself + Persistent Myths About Black Fathers
A special edition of Civic Cipher, which airs regularly on KKFI on Sundays from 3-4 am.
Read MoreMay 25, 2023 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Rebroadcast: Artspeak Radio May Edition
Rebroadcast of Artspeak Radio, Wednesdays, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer Olivia Hill, artist Thomas Sciacca, Phyllis Hernandez, Sue Moreno, and Juan Tabb.