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! 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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Voices Amplified on SNAP Cuts + Food Drives on Campus, Tech Classroom Bans, KRCL Women DJs

Posted November 6th, 2025

Rising journalists at the University of Utah take over the show to discuss how the federal shutdown is hitting college students and what they're doing about it, technology in the college classroom, and KRCL history with Maggie Laun of Women Aloud.

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Fierce Urgency of Now with Neighborhood House + Kahve Cafe's Giving Table

Posted November 5th, 2025

Wednesday, Nov. 5: As the federal shutdown continues and benefits are cut in part or whole, Utahns are stepping up to help. RadioACTive talks with Neighborhood House and Kahve Cafe about their work and how you can help. Plus, Every Kid Outdoors, Filméxico and more.

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More Local, More Vocal with About Face, Diverted, Utah Film Center, Utahns Against Hunger + More

Posted November 4th, 2025

Tuesday, Nov. 4: Adrian Rollins is a veteran, an anti-war activist, and a socialist. RadioACTive finds out why he started a local chapter of About Face, Veterans Against the War. Wake the GSL and KRCL's own Valene MC are back with Diverted: Indigenous Stewardship and Saving Great Salt Lake, which premieres this week. Plus, Adopt-A-Native-Elder, Utahns Against Hunger, Kurbasy at Kingsbury, and Vivaldi by Candlelight.

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RadioACTive Pop! Asks What You Can Do for Your Community

Posted November 3rd, 2025

Monday, Nov. 3: With SNAP benefits in limbo, as many as 86,000 Utah households are now feeling the pinch of the federal government shutdown at the kitchen table. RadioACTive Pop! will have resources, food drives, and drop-off locations to share on the show tonight. Project Rainbow leaders and volunteers are getting ready for Transgender Awareness Week. Plus, Tree Utah needs volunteers for the 3rd annual Wuda Ogwa Restoration Project with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.

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