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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Queer History Corner: Kate Thomas

Posted June 25th, 2026

For Pride Month, KRCL has collaborated with the Mildred Berryman Institute to bring you Utah queer history each Monday and Thursday throughout June. Today, we learn about the famous Utah poet Kate Thomas. She was a poet, playwright, yogi, and activist in early twentieth-century Utah. She created many famous poems, including one used for Utah's centennial celebration in 1947, but also wrote about romance, love, and, of course, women.  

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The Untold History of Climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon

Posted June 24th, 2026

Wednesday, June 24: Because we can save a place a thousand times, but lose it only once, Salt Lake Climbers Alliance works to preserve and protect iconic climbing landscapes. RA gets a preview of a new film, Alpenbock: The Untold History of Little Cottonwood Climbing. Plus, The Utah Investigative Journalism Project celebrates 10 years, and the Center for Biological Diversity fights another proposed data center in Tooele County.

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Wrapped in Cellophane: Becoming Diana Lone

Posted June 24th, 2026

RadioACTive's Asha Pruitt reconnects with an old friend to share a day in the life of a drag queen during Pride month. The result, which begins with an Elmer's glue stick and ends with a pile of guts, is hilarious and heartwarming. As a content warning, this story includes brief discussion of suicide.

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Pride Celebrations and Fire Fears in the Mountain West

Posted June 23rd, 2026

Tuesday, June 23: Pride celebrations and fire and drought preperation in the Mountain West with another Rocky Mountain Community Radio Regional Roundup. Plus all ages venue The Beehive is in need of a new space to host the variety of programming they offer the community.

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