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!

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KRCL History >>> Past, Present, Next Generation

Posted April 2nd, 2026

Thursday, April 2: RadioACTive Workshop celebrates KRCL's historic announcement about our Next Generation Capital Campaign. History Committee Co-Leads Barb Guy and Chris Rohrer bring us an interview conducted by Linda Reeder, who had the privilege of interviewing Stevie Wonder in 1986 (and yes, we have the tape!) for her program Handicapables. Voices of Utah student journalists bring us more arts and culture stories. BONUS: UTAHGives Day with Jill Bennett of Utah Nonprofits Association.

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Plantasia: An Interview with Steph Wacker

Posted April 1st, 2026

Steph Wacker is a vegetation and restoration ecologist in Moab. She studies the deep interconnections of the natural and human world and shares ways to better understand and appreciate the often unappreciated role plants play in our everyday lives. In collaboration with the Transom Traveling Workshop in Moab, RadioACTive's Connor Estes shares more.

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Uranium Queen: An Interview with Mary McGann

Posted April 1st, 2026

The U92 exhibit at the Moab Museum highlights voices from the prospectors, geologists and politicians who defined the golden era of mining on the Colorado Plateau. But one person it doesn't mention is the real-life uranium queen who played a big role in cleaning up the aftermath. In collaboration with the Transom Traveling Workshop in Moab, RadioACTive's Asha Pruitt tells the story.

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Legislative Bloopers + White Board = April Fools' Day with RadioACTive

Posted April 1st, 2026

Wednesday, April 1: Legislative bloopers with Gabi Finlayson of elevate_utah and Bryan Schott of Utah Political Watch. What else ya gonna do on April Fools' Day? Plus, tearing down Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument? The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club issue an alert, especially when it comes to Utah's congressional delegation. BONUS: Skywatcher Leo T reports on the launch of Artemis II, scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center at 4:30 PM.

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