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Air Quality in Kansas City July 16, 2018 | 6:00 pm On EcoRadio KC Amanda Graor, Principal Planner/Air Quality Program Manager for the Mid America Regional Council joins us to discuss air quality and ozone alerts in Kansas City.
Tuesday
Living More Mindfully with Digital Technology with Claudia L’Amoreaux July 17, 2018 | 5:00 am On New Dimensions Studies show that humans are becoming more and more an “indoor species.” We are living in a culture that is hooked up to digital media 24/7. This deep dialogue with L’Amoreaux addresses how to mindfully navigate this technologically saturated environment. Having family conversations about values and how to be better informed about the technology we’re using is the first step
Law and Disorder Wisconsin was known as a laboratory of democracy, the birthplace of labor and environmental movements, that has changed under Republican Governor Scott Walker. A strategic campaign includes a multistate effort to reach 5 million teachers, librarians and other public sector workers.
Wednesday
A People’s History of the United States July 18, 2018 | 9:00 am On Alternative Radio Howard Zinn, professor emeritus at Boston University, was perhaps this country's premier radical historian. He was born in Brooklyn in 1922. His parents, poor immigrants, were constantly moving to stay, as he once told me, "one step ahead of the landlord."
Wednesday MidDay Medley presents Tim Finn + KC Fringe + Moms Demand Action July 18, 2018 | 10:00 am On Wednesday MidDay MedleyMark welcomes special guests: Cheryl Kimmi of KC Fringe, Timothy Finn of A Look Back at Rockville: Great Moments in Kansas City Concerts, and Howard Iceberg & Pranav Nanda of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense Benefit. Plus we'll spin New & MidCoastal Releases from: Miles Bonny, Payge Turner Music, The Fey, Brandon Draper, Emmaline Twist, Belle & The Vertigo Waves, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics, Shapiro Brothers, The Hermanos Brothers, Benjamin Clementine, courtney barnett, Vacationer, The War and Treaty, and also Patsy Cline, Michael Jackson, and The Beatles.
Big Scary UFO Show July 18, 2018 | 11:30 pm On From Ark to Microchip Curious acausal time‐links connect the Children’s Crusade of 1212 AD Europe, a Killer Clown infestation in 1970’s Kansas City, and the 1897 airship flap in Aurora, Texas.
Thursday
A Better Future Is A Zone To Defend July 19, 2018 | 12:00 pm On Sprouts For the last 50 years, a French activist group has been fighting against the construction of an airport and its world, by building an example of a better future. They created the ZAD, zone to defend, a new way to act against the system.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors: When They Call You A Terrorist (ENCORE) July 19, 2018 | 12:30 pm On Making Contact This week is the five-year anniversary of the Black Lives Matter movement. We hear from Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of strength and resilience.
Friday
Under the Skin We’re All Kin: Reading the Minds of Animals July 20, 2018 | 9:30 am On Bioneers Calling someone an “animal” means they’re less than human – not worthy of respect, rights, or even of life itself. But in truth -- and in biological fact -- human beings ARE animals. Scientists continue to find that intelligence and what we call “consciousness” appear to saturate all of nature. Clearly it’s high time to think differently about just what it means to be an animal. Can we know what it’s like to be other-than-human? How can we see into the minds of animals? Visionary naturalist, author and conservationist Carl Safina says that the first step is paying attention and observing. And, he suggests, if we had humility, we’d have everything
Saturday
Patriarchy and Aid (Don’t Mix) July 21, 2018 | 2:30 pm On WINGS From the podcast series Gender at Work, feminists with experience in United Nations and aid organizations explain how policies to stop discrimination and abuse of privilege fail, and what might discourage the culture of impunity.
Every Woman – 20180721 – Barbara Bain July 21, 2018 | 3:00 pm On Every Woman Join us this week as we welcome three time Emmy Award winning actress Barbara Bain, an actress who lead the way in roles for strong female characters, from MIssion Impossible and Space:1999, as well as being a fierce advocate for literacy.
Monday
July 23, 2018 | 6:00 pm On EcoRadio KC Bob Groves, Sierra Club - Mo Chapter Legislative Chair, joins host Craig Lubow to talk about Environmental issues being confronted by the Sierra Club in Missouri. More details later.