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 2021 SITN has received two awards for podcast productions in the 9th Annual Hear Now Audio Fiction and Arts Festival produced by the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
SITN placed in two categories: Lover’s Red script won first place in the GOLD category; Bank Note in 5 Acts took second place in the SILVER category.
Third Thursday: Stand Up! produced by the Racial Justice Initiative, including Catina Taylor, Betty Le Shackelford, Darnell Hunt, Richard Mabion, and Lesley Pories. The RJI is a creative collaborative resource for challenging the status quo and elevating Black and allied voices to propel change. We seek to serve as a community resource for unpacking and addressing systemic racism while also ensuring that KKFI operates with highest attention and adherence to the best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion.
Fourth Thursday: Meighan Peifer and Patricia Doherty cohost Rhythm & Seoul Radio, A large population of Kansas City residents enjoy K-pop music. We play the top Korean pop songs but also bring conversations about the meaning of the lyrics. We have informational spots around local K-pop groups, the Korean culture, history, current news and global impact. Our goal is to land Kansas City as “THE” K-pop Radio show in the Midwest.
Fifth Thursday: beginning July 31, 2021: 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.
Recent Episodes
April 14, 2022 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Shots In The Night: Variety!
Join the Shots In The Night gang for an hour of home made, homespun radio theater.
ListenMarch 31, 2022 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
BRIDGE: Missouri River Bridge as Instrument
Bridges are resonant living systems activated by our movements across formidable passageways. Crossing the Missouri River at Liberty Bend Bridge, our program’s featured instrument, takes a mere 14 seconds. We invite you to hang with the bridge a moment longer, entertain its own perspective, listen inside its metal structure and hear its rhythms and singing tones as recorded and mixed by Dwight Frizzell.
Read MoreDecember 30, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
From Ark to Microchip presents HELIOPHONIE: Cosmic Music from the Sun
Our sun rings like a bell every 4 minutes 48 seconds. Entering the sun's convection zone, harmonics pulse in quadra-pole rotation, and the magnetic braids of solar storms entangle with duettists from Myth-Science Ensemble. The Myth-Science Ensemble places you inside the sun's harmonically pulsing radiance as informed by helioseismology and solar hymns from Iunu, the Ancient Egyptian city of Ra-Atum.
Read MoreOctober 14, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Shots In The Night: Variety!
Join the Shots In The Night gang for an hour of home made, homespun radio theater.
ListenSeptember 30, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
From Ark to Microchip
1st Half Hour:
CAPTURED BIRD: As We are On the Inside
New Songs and Reflections by Young Visual Artists
A KCAI Sound Project
2nd Half Hour:
TREE of LIFE: The Music of Evolution
by Michael Henry (Star Trek Online) & Dwight Frizzell (Bridge)
September 16, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Stand Up! – National Hispanic Heritage Month – September 16th at 7pm
Join us on Thursday September 16th at 7pm for an important round table discussion on National Hispanic Heritage Month. The conversation will be moderated by Ani Mal, and Cecilia Ananya.
ListenAugust 19, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Stand Up! A Round Table on Exclusion in K-12 Education – August 19 at 7pm
Join us on Thursday August 19th for an important round table discussion on exclusion in K-12 Education. The round table discussion will be moderated and hosted by Catina Taylor.
ListenAugust 12, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Shots In The Night: Potpourri
A potpourri of entertainment: remembrances, parodies, wacky humor!
Read MoreJuly 29, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
TIMECAPSULES: a KCAI Sound Project featuring David Ossman & Judith Walcutt
Timecapsules, as reinvented by David Ossman, are audio holograms—projections of historic texts through the lens of today—but from a future perspective. As audio fossils, they connect us across time while indulging in the particularities of our moment. The layered Timecapsule approach flows through Firesign Theatre’s work, but here the form is liberated from the revolutionary narratives they once served. Unfettered from the past while capsulizing it, they are surprisingly compelling on their own.
Read MoreJune 10, 2021 Arts & Culture, Local, News & Public Affairs
Shots In The Night: Pride Month!
We celebrate Pride Month and the KKFI Spring Fund Drive!
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