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“JM Coetzee in the Ukraine,” a meditation on the South African author and the situation in Ukraine.

🎙GRR! KWNK Radio Special 🤘 @girlsrockreno is a week-long rock camp for self-identified girls and trans + non-binary youth ages 9-17, has come to a close and Kiki sat down will the campers, instructors, and organizers to talk about this year's camp! 🎤 The bands talked with Kiki about how they came up with their names, their songwriting practice, and much more!

Off-road bike trail building is big business drawing millions of dollars nationwide. There is a right way to do it and a wrong way. We talk to the Biggest Little Trail Stewardship about how they build trails with all the right permissions from various agencies. We will also talk to a guy out in Fallon, Nevada who built trails without permission on his own and got a very stern letter from the federal government. Building trails can lead to big fines and jail time, not to mention that trails could damage cultural or historical sites and invite people into sensitive areas who may leave behind trash. On our tour of the illegal trails, we saw no trash. It's not clear to the average mountain biker where cultural sites may exist, but what is clear is that what was once undisturbed desert in the area is now disturbed. The illegal trail building and subsequent mountain biking events held on those trails demonstrate an intense demand for more mountain bike trails in the west and rural areas. Building trails appropriately takes time and cooperation from many agencies and people.

Christine from dream sequence chatted with John Waters before his upcoming show this Friday, May 20th at Cargo! John is a gifted storyteller, filmmaker, two-time Grammy nominee, New York Times best-selling author, bibliophile, pervert, curator, artist, and punk rock dandy. Two weeks ago, John released Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance: A Novel. He talks with Christine about what led to his shift in writing non-fiction, getting his education working in book stores, and hitchhiking across the country only to find himself passing through Reno, NV. 

Dismantling the American Poem—Reading Four Native American Poets

A family who built a bicycle business literally from the ground up is launching into the world of politics. We have the stories from the road and how the bicycle has helped gain momentum in the political world. We talk to Kyle Isacksen who is running for Washoe County District 3 as well as a recent transplant to Reno who explains how Reno looks from the outside in terms of its bicycle infrastructure.

A discussion on the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass and its relation to missing and murdered indigenous women. Hosted by Orlando OH with the panel including Olivia Brister, Erika Castro, Gary McKinney, Daranda Hinkey, Beverly Harry, Orlando Ortiz.

In this episode of Mass Liberation Radio, Lily talks to Jas Margarita Tobon (she/they) about navigating community advocacy and organizing, hometown heroes we love, and how artistic expressions can help to keep you grounded. Jas delights us with her own poetry as well.

Reno is getting some recognition in other cities for a 24-hour bike challenge called Scalley Cat. It's inspiring tattoos, red-hot ass branding, milk baths, fireworks, cross-bearing, sexual acts, jumping over people on bikes, costumes, picking up trash, fake IDs, riding through casinos and hundreds of other shenanigans. What ties them together? Bikes. Participants start out in a park and get what is known as "the bible" which has all kinds of silly, gross, fun and wild things to do. To add to the mystery, participants prefer to remain anonymous. The event hit a 15-year anniversary this year. It happens the first weekend in April.

A meditation on an Egypt in transition.