RadioACTive 07.21.22

  • July 21, 2022
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Third parties and partisan politics in Zion, featuring the United Utah Party and the Justice Movement. Plus, hitting the one million mark in COVID infections, union yes at local Starbucks stores, and This Is The Place monument to Black Pioneers.

Tonight's show featured the following people, organizations and/or events:

Utah just hit the COVID milestone of 1 million infections. RadioACTive got an update from Kylie Sage, a surveillance manager with the Salt Lake County Health Department.

Celebrating Black Pioneers on the 175th anniversary of Mormon pioneers entering the SL Valley. While the popular narrative has Brigham Young looking down on the valley and proclaiming This Is the Place, a new monument set to be unveiled tomorrow at This Is The Place Heritage Park memorializes the stories of Green Flake, Jane Manning James with her two sons, Sylvester and Silas, as well as Hark Wales and Oscar Smith. RadioACTive spoke with Robert Burch of Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation and Ellis Ivory, CEO and Chairman of This Is The Place Foundation, about setting the historic record right.

As we head into a general election, RadioACTive talked about third parties and their ability to break the two-party system here in Utah. Guests included:

Questions, comments or suggestions? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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