Groundbreaking Film Tour Uncovers Nuclear Testing Secrets

  • July 31, 2024
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Japanese director Hideaki Ito is headed to Utah to screen his new documentary, Silent Fallout. Utah Downwinder Mary Dickson joins us for a preview. Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons to stage a "Peaceful Picket." Utah News Dispatch on the Beehive State's fentanyl problem. Back-to-School wellness with BPOU. Amos Guiora from Jerusalem.

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

Stormey Nielsen of Black Physicians of Utah and its Mental Health Alliance. 

  • Aug. 17: 2nd Annual Back to School Mental Health: Unplugging for Wellness, 8:30a-2p at Myriad Genetics, 322 N. 2200 W., SLC. Event by Black Physicians of Utah: "Join us for an insightful discussion on navigating anxiety and stress as students transition back to school. Our experts will provide practical strategies for managing these challenges both inside and outside the classroom. We'll explore the impact of social media on mental health and discuss ways to maintain a healthy balance in the digital age. Breakout Sessions include Social Media’s Effects on Mental Health, Cyberbullying, Imposter Syndrome, Perfectionism, and Technology in the Developing Brain. BPOU Back to School Mental Health Day Agreement Form." FREE   

Dr. Grant Sunada, Director & Health Officer with San Juan County Public Health.

  • Monticello Cancer Screening Program. If you lived, worked or went to school in Monticello for more than 3 years prior to 2003, you may have been exposed to hazardous mill tailings. To get your free cancer screening today, click here. 

Utah News Dispatch Reporter Kyly Dunphey on his reporting about Utah's fentanyl problem. 

Amos Guiora from his home in Israel about the fallout from assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in the last 48 hours. Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Guiora served for 20 years in the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General Corps and is a dual US-Israeli citizen.

Pegasus of Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which has community actions planned this week and next in conjunction with the 79th anniversary of the United States dropping atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Japanese filmmaker Hideaki Ito and translator Shiho Burke, who will in town later this week for 2 screenings of his new documentary, Silent Fallout: My Body is Proof. Also on the show, Downwinder survivor, advocate and writer Mary Dickson, who is featured in the doc, with an update on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which Congress failed to renew last month.

  • Aug. 1: Silent Fallout: My Body is Proof screening, 7:00 p.m. at Broadway Cinema Theaters, 111 E. Broadway, SLC. Tickets are $15. Now available at slfstix.org or at the door. "The ground-breaking film from the acclaimed Japanese director Hideaki Ito uncovers little-known secrets of the history and lingering consequences of 928 nuclear test in Nevada. The film will be followed by at Q&A with Ito and renowned SLC writer, Downwinder Mary Dickson who is featured in the film." 

  • Aug. 4: Silent Fallout: My Body is Proof screening, 4:00 p.m. at The Leonardo Museum, 209 E. 500 S., SLC. No ticket needed. First-come, first-served seating. Q&A after the film with Ito and Dickson. 

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:

  • Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
  • Community Co-Host: Nick Burns

 

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