RadioACTive 08.21.23

  • August 21, 2023
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Where's your water coming from? RadioACTive explores Water Week with SLC Public Utilities. Plus, Labor Day history, honoring communities affected by nuclear fallout, and Loud and Clear Youth Radio, and live music from Susan Bush and Grid City Music Fest.

Tonight's show features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community!

Fresh, homegrown music from Susan Bush, who is part of Grid City Music Fest this weekend:

  • Saturday, Aug. 26: Susan Bush, 4:30 p.m. at Old Cuss Café & Chappel Brewing — all ages 

Laura Briefer, director of SLC Public Utilities, on World Water Week 2023. To do your part, check out these links:

Erin Alberty of Axios SLC, which is sharing Utah labor history as we approach Labor Day. To check out the hyper-local newsletter, click here. To catch up on some of their "Old News" about Utah's labor history, check out the following links:

Ian Zabarte, Principal Man and Secretary of State, Western Band of the Shoshone Nation, was in town last week for an event with HEAL Utah to honor communities affected by nuclear fallout. He stopped by RadioACTive to connect the dots between nuclear testing and Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. 

  • WATCH: Downwind, now live on most major streaming platforms. Released earlier this year at the Slamdance Film Festival, Downwind chronicles the nuclear testing that happened in Mercury, Nevada where 928 nuclear weapons were detonated between 1951 - 1992. Features members of the Shoshone Nation and people who were affected by the radioactive fallout of those tests. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

  • GET INVOLVED: Native Community Action Council

Calling all youth interested in making radio! Loud & Clear Youth Radio is now accepting applications for the school year. RadioACTive talks to mentor Lou Ruegner and students Max and Maggie about the free program.

  • Utah's only weekly, youth-produced radio show, Loud and Clear Youth Radio, is looking for a new crew! Through KRCL's partnership with Spy Hop, host your own radio show, play the music you want to hear, and talk about the issues that are important to you every Saturday night on 90.9 FM KRCL. Become a “Loudie” and learn everything you need to be an amazing teen DJ. Be the mouthpiece for Salt Lake City’s youth. To learn more and get your application in by Sept. 10, visit Spy Hop's website. 

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. Questions, comments or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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