Is This Normal?? Heartfelt Check-In With Our Community

  • August 21, 2025
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RadioACTive's Valene MC sits down with HEAL Utah to discuss local tribal nations' opposition to the White Mesa Uranium Mill Operations. Take a Hike correspondent Ashley Brown, author of Urban Trails SLC, shares her hike of the week and checks in with Salt Lake County Search and Rescue. Then we debut "Is This Normal??" a semi-regular check-in on the times. This week: Kilo Zamora, who creates learning environments for groups to develop themselves and transform their communities.

Plug into your community with tonight's guests, organizations and community events.

Rallies + Resources Highlights

Dark Cinema, Utah’s Horror Film Festival

Connor England is a local filmmaker and director of Dark Cinema, Utah’s horror film festival dedicated to showcasing local filmmakers and original dark short films you won’t find anywhere else.

  • DEADLINE: Dark Cinema is still taking submissions through September 20, 2025 
  • FESTIVAL EVENT: October 11th, 2025 Dark Cinema Film Festival will go from 4:00pm - 11:00pm at the Ritz Theater, Tooele, UT  
    4pm- Youth Film Showcase (Free to public)
    5pm- Filmmaker Lectures (Free to public)
    7pm- Dark Cinema Official Selections
    9pm- Awards Ceremony & Filmmaker Q&A
    10pm- Special Feature: High School Ghost Story by East Hollywood High


Standing In Solidarity

HEAL Utah to discuss local tribal nations' opposition to the White Mesa Uranium Mill Operations. Carmen Valdez is a senior policy associate for the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah or HEAL Utah where she works on radioactive and toxic issues affecting our state. HEAL has been working with communities like the White Mesa Concerned Community to protect our state’s public health from radioactive and toxic threats to our environment.  

Take A Hike

Local hiking expert Ashley Brown, author of Urban Trails: Salt Lake City, shares her hike of the week and checks in with Salt Lake County Sherrif's Search and Rescue of do's and don'ts to keep you safe and empowered to get out into Nature.

Is This Normal??

Radioactive is debuting Is This Normal, a semi-regular check-in on the times. 
This week: Kilo Zamora, who creates learning environments for groups to develop themselves and transform their communities.

  • EVENT: Thursday, Oct 16 is 50 years of Gender Studies Gala at UMFA time TBD

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!

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.

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