Anatomy of a Fascist Regime

  • May 28, 2025
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Loudies are back to talk about the impact of book banning for their final mini takeover. Plus, RadioACTive intern Eden August with her report on 'The Anxious Generation.'

Plug Into Your Community with Tonight's Guests, Organizations & Community Events

Loud & Clear Youth Radio Takeover3

The Loud and Clear team shares conversations about different community issues that they are passionate about. You can hear Loud and Clear Youth Radio’s regular show on Saturday nights from 9-10 PM. If you know someone interested in being a part of this program, you can learn more at spyhop.org or email lou@spyhop.org.

Part 1: The Loud and Clear team speaks with past Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal about the meaning and impact of book bannings on a local and national level. They also talk with Let Utah Read activists — Rebekah Cummings, Peter Bromberg and Susan Heiner — in a conversation that they had as a part of their April 15th Banned Book Club hosted by Legendarium.

Rebekah Cummings is the Digital Matters Interim Director and associate librarian at the University of Utah.

Peter Bromberg of EveryLibrary is a library advocate on the local, state and national levels.

Paisley Rekdal is the former Utah poet laureate and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah, where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program. She is the author of four books of nonfiction and seven collections of poetry. You can listen to the full conversation we had with her at this link. Here are some links to check out more of her work:

  • Broken Country: The Broken Country is a book-length essay on cultural trauma and the intergenerational legacies of war. 

  • West: A Translation: In 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned by the Spike 150 Foundation to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad’s completion. The result is West: A Translation, a linked collection of poems that respond to a Chinese elegy carved into the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station (San Francisco Bay), where Chinese migrants to the United States were detained until 1940.

Check out Let Utah Read’s current action request at this link.

Part 2: The Loud and Clear team speaks with experts from The Salt Lake City Public Library about the importance of the local library in the community and why access to all perspectives in literature is so important. Guests include:

  • Noah Baskett has served as the executive director of the Salt Lake City Public Library since 2024. You can hear our full conversation with him at this link.
  • Stephanie Costa has proudly served as a librarian for The City Library since 2005. She currently works as the teen services coordinator. You can listen to our full conversation with her at this link.

The City Library builds a foundation of equity, connection, and limitless possibilities. Check out these resources:

You can read more about the current state of the battle against the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services for IMLS at this link. You can learn more about how you can support your local library here.

You can also get involved with Unite Against Book Bans, which is a national coalition of 200+ organizations that connects, equips and mobilizes the public to advocate in their communities for the right to read and to defeat attempts at every level of government to censor reading material. If you would like, you can print and distribute this rad “Book Bans FAQ” zine shared with us by Steph Costa. 

Loud & Clear Hosts:

  • Roya
  • Johnny
  • Jamie, aka "Ronald Reagan, the actor?"

Is the Anxious Generation Really Anxious?

RadioACTive Intern Eden August presents her report on what a popular book calls The Anxious Generation. That's her peers, and she's not so sure the description is accurate. Guests include:

  • Lauren Stivers, Rowland Hall School Counselor

  • Julie Barbero, Licensed therapist\ Director of Gateway Academy

  • Aspen Haeri, Sophomore student at Rowland Hall  

  • Shaler Mahan, Sophomore student at Rowland Hall and rows for Utah Row

  • Lowe Palmer, Sophomore student at Rowland Hall

  • Tyler Bastian, Director, Roots Charter High School 


We Want Your Feedback

How'd you like the show? Share your thoughts, suggestions and observations by calling the RadioACTive hotline: ‪(385) 800-1889. Or, send a voicememo to radioactive@krcl.org. Please tell us your name and neighborhood and leave a short message that may air on the show. So, keep it clean!

Tonight's RadioACTive Team

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9FM. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

  • Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 
  • Loud & Clear Executive Producer, Spy Hop Radio Production Mentor: Lou Ruegner

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