Sober Hip Hop and the Recovery Community

  • April 16, 2024
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April 16: Day 2 of a RadioACTive Takeover by Stories From the Other Side, a collaboration between rising journalists from the University of Utah, graduates of The Other Side Academy (TOSA), Amplify Utah, and KRCL's RadioACTive.

In addition to our takeover story tonight, you also hear from:

  • Russell Roots of the Utah Film Center, which is mashing up its Black Bold and Brilliant program with the 2024 Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids, April 19-20 at the Viridian Event Center, 8030 S. 1825 W., West Jordan. Tumbleweeds is the Mountain West’s longest-running international, independent film festival that is centered on stories about young people from around the world. Screening tickets are free, but you must reserve a seat at tumbleweedskids.org.

  • And from Aspen Public Radio's Kaya Williams, Culture Shifters event aims to ‘make the mountains more colorful’ by diversifying snowsports. This report was shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio, a network of public media stations in Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah, including KRCL.

Stories From the Other Side, a RadioACTive Takeover. Tonight: Sober Hip Hop. Salt Lake City has a large recovery community, with even more communities hidden within it. Music has become an impactful and transformative experience for many people in recovery. Clay Josewski is a former addict who aims to spread his message of a lifestyle change through “Sober Hip-Hop,” under the name Zevskee. Over the last 4 years, Clay has been able to transform his past drug-induced, freestyle sessions into projects that invoke positive change. Clay’s journey to recovery started when he was 29 years old, in 2017, when he was given his “God shot” by the police raiding his motorhome and busting him for a string of burglaries he had committed. 

People and places in this story include:

Looking for Clay's music? Click here for his Soundcloud page.

Check out the #StoriesFromTheOtherSide playlist: 

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 and put “Stories from the Other Side” in the subject line. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

  • Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
  • Academic Advisor, Host: Marcie Young Cancio, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Utah;  Executive Director of Amplify Utah
  • Sober Hip Hop: Students Katie Bennett and Malcolm Swope; Clay Josewski, graduate and full-time staffer at The Other Side Academy
  • Production Assistant: Connor Estes

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