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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RadioACTive Workshop on Grief, from Art to Capitol Hill

Posted March 5th, 2026

Thursday, March 5: RadioACTive Workshop digs into Material Gallery's Grief Work, a multidisciplinary exhibition that approaches grief as an experience that unfolds across time, cultures, bodies, and artistic practices. Project Rainbow and Advocates for Trans Equality with a legislative update on bills targeting the trans community. Easy Legislature Utah, an independent, volunteer-run civic project. Homegrown music with singer-songwriters Everbloom & Mandy Danzig.

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Body Politics

Posted March 4th, 2026

Wednesday, March 5: Planned Parenthood Association of Utah's Shireen Ghorbani is back from a trip to our nation's capital; perhaps less stressful than the last few days of the Utah Legislature? Find out when she stops by forNick @ 6. HEAL Utah with environmental bills @ #ThePeoplesHouse. Plus, the homegrown music of Rachael Jenkins, who will play Kilby Block Party this summer.

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Roundtable Tuesday with Jo and Risshan Leak

Posted March 3rd, 2026

Tuesday, March 3: Risshan and Jo Leak take over Roundtable Tuesday. Guests include folks from Stewardship Utah, 5th Annual International Women's Day Celebration, Symphony of Disappearing Sounds for the Great Salt Lake, Black Bold and Brilliant, Voices of Utah, and homegrown music of Pearly Blue.

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Woman, Life, Freedom in the Face of US Military Strikes on Iran

Posted March 2nd, 2026

Monday, March 2: RadioACTive Pop! revisits woman, life, freedom in light of the U.S. attack on Iran. Joining us - Emerald Project co-founder Satin Tashnizi and her mother, Samira Barkat, who was born in Iran. Lucky Clover Market with Creators for a Cause, Switchpoint Exchange, and a mother-daughter piano duo from the University of Utah Piano Outreach Program.

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