RadioACTive

Thank you for your support of RadioACTive, KRCL's community affairs program for grassroots activists, community builders, punk rock farmers and DIY makers and musicians. Tune in weeknights at 6 as the RadioACTive team passes the mic so folks can share their stories and the causes they care about.

If you missed the show or want to listen again, visit the RadioACTive Archives or listen on demand. And catch audio clips from the show every day on RadioACTive Rewinds at 6:55 a.m., 10:55 a.m. & 2:55 p.m.

The views, opinions and statements expressed on RadioACTive are solely those of the respective speakers and do not represent or reflect the views, opinions or positions of the board, staff, and members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, nor its hosts, sponsors, and partners.

Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones 

Producer, Host: Connor Estes

Producer, Host: Asha Pruitt

Volunteer Hosts:

GET INVOLVED: If you have a story idea for RadioACTive and a song to match, then let's hear it! Soundoff to RadioACTive with our mobile app. It's free wherever you get your apps. Under the menu options, you'll find "Talk to KRCL." Click on Sound off to RadioACTive and choose audio, video and/or photos to share with us. 

Email radioactive@krcl.org with your ideas or simply dedicate a song to someone in your life or a cause you support — either way, you may end up on the show. Or call 385-800-1889 and leave a voicemail with your story idea and song to match.

PLAY HOMEGROWN MUSIC ON THE SHOW: We have live homegrown music every Friday on the show and always looking for bands to play. Fill out our form!

HAVE YOUR BEATS USED ON RADIOACTIVE: We try to support all things local in all that we do and that means using locally produced music for our bed music and promos. If you're a beatmaker in Utah send over your work and we might use it behind the scenes on the show! Fill out our form!

Ways to listen:

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Got an Idea to Help Kids Get Outdoors? There's a Grant for That!

Tuesday, Aug. 11: Utah's Every Kid Outdoors Initiative wants to give groups up to $15K to help connect families, schools, and communities to nature. Something as simple as a request for binoculars for a birdwatching program qualifies. Plus, Friendly Island Tongan Festival, Red Cross Community Support and Call for Blood Donations, and Salt Lake Book Festival.

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RadioACTive Pop! Welcomes Beto Conejo, SLC Muralist with a Mission

Monday, Aug. 10: RadioACTive Pop! goes big and bold to talk murals and muses with Salt Lake muralist Beto Conejo. He and his friends have just returned from the Chicano Hollywood Film Festival, where Taking Shape, a documentary short about his work with incarcerated youth, was an official selection. Plus, a sneak peek at this weekend’s Westside Culture Fest, featuring Allie Violin.

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Homegrown Music with Modern Speed Kicks Off Punk Rock Farmer Friday

Friday, Aug. 7: Punk Rock Farmer Friday celebrates Utah Music Month with Modern Speed live in the studio! More True Tales of the Agrihood with Cultivate, an app that connects users with gardeners nearby and allows them to share the harvest. Plus, Take a Hike, Colorado peach growers, and Many Cultures, One Sky with Skywatcher Leo T.

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RadioACTive Workshop Talks with an Artist Embracing A.I. on Her Own Terms

Thursday, Aug. 6: RadioACTive Workshop opens the studio to two conversations consuming society these days: artificial intelligence and sports. RA's Asha Pruitt talks with SLC artist Aimee Odum, who collaborated with Google's Gemini to create Searching for Stardust. RA's new volunteer sports contributor Brian Preece debuts his occasional series on sports in the Beehive State. Plus, GSL Hope Line voicemail.

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