The incarceration rate in the US is five times what it was over 40 years ago, around 1974. It increased dramatically in the last quarter of the twentieth century after being relatively stable at roughly 0.1 percent of the population …

RadioActive Magazine host Pat Riehle interviews four members of the local KC Democratic Socialists of America. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International. DSA's members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics. Plus an interview with retired postal worker Pat Fischer, who experienced four episodes of  on-the-job gun violence on the streets of Kansas City.

RadioActive features interviews from Our Revolution, the organization that has formed to carry forth the Bernie Sanders agenda.  Both national and local activists will be featured. The mission statement of Our Revolution: Our Revolution will reclaim democracy for the working people of our country by harnessing the transformative energy of the “political revolution.” Through supporting a new generation of progressive leaders, empowering millions to fight for progressive change and elevating the political consciousness, Our Revolution will transform American politics to make our political and economic systems once again responsive to the needs of working families.

Radical economist and renowned author Dr Richard Wolff explains how a candidate as outrageous as Donald J Trump was able to appeal to the most oppressed working class voters to win the 2016 presidential election.  This engaging analysis sets the stage for the appearance of Prof Wolff at the KKFI fundraising event on Friday, March 24th, in a public lecture entitled TRUMP'S ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. Further details at http://kkfi.ticketfly.com/ or click on events box on the KKFI website.

Spook Handy, folk musician, joins host Craig Lubow in the second of a two part series commemorating the life and music of Pete Seeger. Spook performs songs written or sung by Pete Seeger, as well as songs written by Spook …

Spook Handy, folk musician, joins host Craig Lubow in the first of a two part series commemorating the life and music of Pete Seeger. Spook performs songs written or sung by Pete Seeger, as well as songs written by Spook …

What's up with all the sudden raucous citizen participation in congressional town hall meetings and other forms of push back for our elected representatives? Part of the answer lies with the surge of a new nationwide organization called Indivisible. RadioActive host David Mitchell talks with Indivisible KC activists Anne Becker Schutte and Rachel Norman.

RadioActive host Tom Huffman is joined by StandUp activist Rachel Hogan and a minimum wage worker to discuss the prospects of passing a $15 minimum wage. We will learn the challenge of trying to live on less than poverty level wages.