RadioACTive Celebrates 2025 Utah Book Award Authors

  • November 19, 2025
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Wednesday, Nov. 19: Nick @ 6 talks with the Utah writers behind Wat Kept Playing (illustrated and Children Utah Great Reads Selection), Battletech: A Question of Survival (speculative fiction),  Path of Light (memoir and Adult Utah Great Reads Selection), and Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath (general non-fiction). Jack Stauss of Save Our Canyons on more trees, less SUVs in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Plus, Giving Tuesday Spotlight: Fit to Recover.

Get More Local, More Vocal with Tonight's Guests, Organizations & Community Events

Rallies & Resources Spotlight (full list here):

  • Now-Feb. 28, 2026: Friday Night Fall Out Cold Weather Drive in partnership with Uprok. DJ Keith McDonald shares the list of new and gently used items that are needed. See if you can put some of them on your list and drop them off at Uprok, 1594 S State St, SLC, through the end of February.

  • Nov. 19-20: 2025 Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium | 9:30A-4:30P @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center, WVC. Keynote: Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, renowned forest ecologist and host of KUER’s weekly TreeNote segment.

  • Dec. 2: #Giving Tuesday, a global campaign meant to focus charitable donations on local nonprofits. Tonight, Lara Jones visits with Fit to Recover's Vickie Shaw and Peter Shipman. The nonprofit gym has a challenge for you, so stop by from 9-9 on Dec. 2 to donate dollars or squats. Every bit helps!

A Win for 'More Trees, Less SUVs' in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Jack Stauss of Save Our Canyons on 'more trees, less SUVs' in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Since 1972, the nonprofit has been protecting the wildness and beauty of the Wasatch mountains, canyons and foothills. Give them a look on #GivingTuesday, which is December 2, 2025.

2025 Utah Book Awardees

After a successful first year back, the Utah Book Awards honor works of outstanding literary merit by Utah authors. Awards are given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance, and overall quality. As Utah Center for the Book's Kase Johnstun tells Nick Burns, the program seeks to recognize exceptional writing that makes a meaningful contribution to Utah’s literary culture. Tonight's guests:

The Utah Book Awards are a project of The Utah Center for the Book at Utah Humanities, an affiliate of The Library of Congress Center and The League of Utah Writers. To learn more about submitting for UBA's 2026 awards, click here.

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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:

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