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To commemorate and celebrate 15 years of the Tasty BrewMusic Radio Show on KKFI,  I partnered with the Heartland Song Network in the summer of 2025 to seek submissions for a theme song for the show.  Although I did not ultimately choose the entry submitted by Kansas City based songwriter Tica Felise, I was enchanted by her story and musical journey and invited her to spend some time with me on air so my listeners and I could get to know her better.Tica was born in Costa Rica and has found a home in KansasCity by way of Denver and Omaha.  A very early interest in music led to lessons and performance eventually morphing into writing her own songs and performing and recording as a solo artist in Kansas City.  Enjoy this conversation with an unapologetic ukulele goddess as we share some of the stories behind the recordings of Tica Felise! 

Bill Schmidt discusses his work with the Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants (RIM) committee of the St. Francis Xavier parish in Kansas City, Missouri. This is followed by a brief discussion of the evidence regarding the impact of immigrants on crime and the incomes of the host community. In brief, the research finds that on average immigrants benefit both the sending and receiving countries, and the major media routinely disseminate lies, especially by leading politicians, because challenging those lies would most likely increase their costs without a compensating increase in revenue. St. Francis Xavier  The RIM committee at St. Francis Xavier started in 2012 or 2013 and was further pushed by Father Rafael Garcia, who was their pastor then. RIM was also connected with the Migrant Farm Workers program in Lexington, Missouri. RIM has three different activities: (1) Education, (2) action, and (3) collaboration with other organizations. The RIM committee has been involved with the Encuentro project, which is linked with Father Garcia. That project arranges visits to El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, which are really one metropolitan area split between Texas and Mexico. Those visits include visits to Annunciation House there, which greets immigrants at the border. Schmidt also mentioned Father Peter and Sister Betty, who have tracked people who have crossed the border and died, writing their names on a wall. RIM has had training from Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) and Dell Lamb. RIM has worked with families from the Congo, Venezuela, and Nigeria. Healthy adults whom they have helped have gotten jobs, paid taxes including social security and are applying for US citizenship. Some have had family members killed and their homes destroyed before they decided to take the risks to come to the US. They have also worked with Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR). RIM is also affiliated with the Heartland Welcome and Support Coalition, a 501(c)(3) that is ecumenical, with affiliations with other communities beyond St. Francis Xavier. RIM is also affiliated with Witness on Troost, which peacefully raises signs, voices, and prayers in solidarity with the marginalized and vulnerable. A leader in this group is Kim Meyer: witnessontroost@gmail.com. Schmidt said he was not aware of any raids by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in Kansas City, Missouri, but there have been such in Liberty, Missouri, and Johnson County, Kansas. Schmidt is joined by Bill Clause and Spencer Graves. Research on immigrants  If you, dear reader, know of any honest evidence supporting President Trump's campaign against immigrants, please email your evidence to news at KKFI dot org. There is ample documentation that immigrants on average benefit both sending and receiving countries. Research on sanctuary jurisdictions including sanctuary cities has mixed results. Some find no difference between sanctuary cities and less immigrant-friendly jurisdictions. Others find that sanctuary cities on average have less crime and higher median incomes.1 If you are aware of any serious, credible research relating to this, please email citation(s) to news at KKFI dot org. Research on dysfunctions in the major media Much and likely all of the support for President Trump's campaign against immigrants comes from dysfunctions in the major media. This includes commercial Internet companies, especially social media like Facebook and X, that make money from clicks that herd humans into groups described as "echo chambers". Group members in so-called echo chambers reinforce each other's prejudices without realizing that what they are saying is often contradicted by evidence. This problem is at its worst in news deserts -- communities without a local newspaper. However, it has been increasing worldwide as the growth of the Internet has been funded primarily from advertising revenue that had previously gone to newspapers. Journalists who often checked their facts have been laid off. And the massive consolidation of ownership of the media have reduced competition for audience, and journalists are allowed even less time to check facts. Moreover, the easiest and cheapest content often comes from politicians and other public officials including law enforcement. And public officials tend to be less cooperative with journalists and news outlets they do not like, dramatically increasing the cost of most reporting. This is a major problem documented in many previous episodes of Radio Active Magazine that have also been distributed as the fortnightly "Media & Democracy" series syndicated for the Pacifica Radio Network and available for moderate discussion on Wikiversity under "Category:Media reform to improve democracy". _______ Links to research on immigrants are included in the description of the 2025-07-15 episode of Radio Active Magazine, which cites the Wikipedia articles on “Immigration and crime”, “Immigration”, and “Sanctuary city”, each of which include direct citations to research.  

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As a Marvel property, The Fantastic Four has been downright snakebit. There have been four live-action box office disappointments plus one in the 90s that was never even released. Thankfully, […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (PG-13), “Oh, Hi!” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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“I Know What You Did Last Summer”…and it's pretty much the same thing you did in 1997. This reboot of the slasher franchise is about self-centered teens who cover up […] The post Freeze Frame: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (R), “Finally Dawn” (R), “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Do you long for the classic Superman, one whose main aspiration is wanting to do the right thing for humanity? If so, then writer/director James Gunn's new take on the […] The post Freeze Frame: “Superman” (PG-13), “Brick” (R), “Hotspring Shark Attack” (Not rated) appeared first on KKFI.

“Jurassic World Rebirth” is the seventh installment in the wildly popular sci-fi franchise. Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali lead a covert expedition to recover dinosaur blood samples from living specimens […] The post Freeze Frame: “Jurassic World: Rebirth” (PG-13), “The Old Guard 2” (R), “Heads of State” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

They have the need…the need for speed. If you've seen “Top Gun: Maverick,” just take the planes and substitute formula one race cars, and -‘presto'- you've got “F1 The Movie.” […] The post Freeze Frame: “F1® THE MOVIE” (PG-13), “MY MOM JAYNE” (TV-MA) appeared first on KKFI.

The family sci-fi comedy “Elio” stands as yet another example of why Pixar remains the gold standard for animation. They get the story right before building the spectacular visuals. A […] The post Freeze Frame: “Elio” (PG), “28 Years Later” (R), “Deep Cover” (R), “Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical” (TV-PG) appeared first on KKFI.

The live action remake of the terrific, animated fantasy “How to Train Your Dragon” may not be better than the original, but it's possibly its equal. It's an enjoyable adaptation […] The post Freeze Frame: “How to Train Your Dragon” (PG), “The Life of Chuck” (R), “The Unholy Trinity” (R), Echo Valley (R) appeared first on KKFI.

“Ballerina” from the world of John Wick is an over-the-top action thriller that's really an extended stunt reel. In the fifth film in the bloody franchise, Ana de Armas plays […] The post Freeze Frame: “Ballerina” (R), “Dangerous Animals” (R), “Predator: Killer of Killers” (R), “Mountainhead” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

The quirky black comedy “The Phoenician Scheme” is the most “Wes Anderson-y” Wes Anderson movie yet. Benicio del Toro leads an all-star cast in the story of a corrupt 50's […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Phoenician Scheme” (PG-13), “Bring Her Back” (R), “Lulu is a Rhinoceros” (TV-Y7) appeared first on KKFI.

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Move over “Barbenheimer,” it's time for the “Stitch Impossible” weekend. The live-action remake of Disney's 2002 animated hit “Lilo & Stitch” has landed on Earth, with our fugitive alien befriending […] The post Freeze Frame: “Lilo and Stitch” (PG), “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (PG-13), “Fountain of Youth” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

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Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, stars along with Jenna Ortega in the artsy and very dark musical drama, “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” Tesfaye wrote the script along with Reza […] The post FREEZE FRAME: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” (R), “Murderbot” (TV-MA), “Octopus!” (Not rated) appeared first on KKFI.

Whether or not the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” should have been released at all is a question for another time. Now available on streaming on demand platforms, the controversial Western […] The post Freeze Frame: “Rust” (R), “Fight or Flight” (R), “Clown in a Cornfield” (R), “Nonnas” (PG) appeared first on KKFI.

Nicholas Cage gives yet another gonzo performance in “The Surfer,” an Australian production inspired by and modeled on 70s-era exploitation movies. Cage returns to the beach of his childhood to […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

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In the action thriller “The Accountant 2,” Ben Affleck is back as the autistic savant money launderer and crime fighter…just go with it…who's trying to solve a murder. He recruits […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Accountant 2” (R), “On Swift Horses” (R), “Havoc” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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“The Wedding Banquet” is a remake, or rather a reimagining of the popular 1993 gay rom com of the same name. Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone lead the cast in […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Wedding Banquet” (R), “Sneaks” (PG), “The Dark Money Game” (TV-MA) appeared first on KKFI.

Oscar winner Rami Malek stars in a tight and smart throwback spy movie, “The Amateur.” Malek plays a meek and mild CIA computer analyst and decoder whose wife is murdered […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Amateur” (R), “Sacramento” (R), “The Luckiest Man in America” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Don't be fooled by the deceptive advertising. The big dog movie “The Friend” with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray is NOT a family friendly comedy. It's an R-rated drama about […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Friend” (R), “Freaky Tales” (R), “MobLand” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

You can chalk up the comic horror thriller “Death of a Unicorn” as a near miss. Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega play a father and daughter who hit a unicorn […] The post Freeze Frame: “Death of a Unicorn” (R), “A Working Man” (R), “Number One on the Call Sheet” (TV-MA), “Holland” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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Maybe the best thing to say about the controversial live-action revision of the Disney's classic “Snow White” is that it's not nearly as bad as feared. Rachel Zegler is a […] The post Freeze Frame: “Snow White” (PG), “Locked” (R), “The Twister: Caught in the Storm” (Not rated), “The Electric State” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

Want a spy thriller with a little meat on its decadent bones? A first rate cast lights up the screen in Steven Soderbergh's “Black Bag,” a twisty tale of duplicity. […] The post Freeze Frame: “Black Bag” (R), “Novocaine” (R), “Rule Breakers” (PG), “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” (PG) appeared first on KKFI.

Director Paul W. S. Anderson scored big at the box office with his “Resident Evil” franchise. That same excessive visual style is on display with “In the Lost Lands,” an […] The post “In the Lost Lands” (R), “The Rule of Jenny Pen” (R), “Plankton: The Movie” (TV-PG) appeared first on KKFI.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has stepped into yet another role, movie producer. His production company has released a new film that is much better than its awkward […] The post Freeze Frame: “My Dead Friend Zoe” (R), “Riff Raff” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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The Apple TV+ movie “The Gorge” is half of a really solid sci-fi thriller. Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy are fine in this high concept horror flick about two highly […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Gorge” (PG-13), “Kinda Pregnant” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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The Brazilian political drama “I'm Still Here” from acclaimed filmmaker Walter Salles is a nominee for this year's Best International Feature Oscar. Fernanda Torres has already won a Golden Globe […] The post Freeze Frame: “I'm Still Here” (PG-13), “Heart Eyes” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in the high-concept sci-fi romance, “Love Me.” Long after mankind has destroyed itself, two remaining AI entities, a smart buoy and a satellite, begin […] The post Freeze Frame: “Love Me” (R), “Dog Man” (PG), “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (PG-13), “You're Cordially Invited” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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There have been multiple films about the tragic massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The tense drama “September 5” tells the story from the perspective of the […] The post Freeze Frame: “September 5” (R), “Flight Risk” (R), “Star Trek: Section 31” (PG-13), “Brave the Dark” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

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The Golden Globe-winning drama “The Brutalist” is half of a great movie. The first half.  In Brady Corbet's 3 1/2-hour epic, Adrian Brody excels as a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who […] The post Freeze Frame: “The Brutalist” (R), “Nickel Boys” (R), “Wolf Man” (R), “Back in Action” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

Pop star Robbie Williams is a major artist in the UK. But Williams suffers from so much self-loathing that in his musical autobiography “Better Man”, he portrays himself…as an ape. […] The post Freeze Frame: “Better Man” (R), “The Last Showgirl” (R), “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (PG) appeared first on KKFI.

Happy New Year! Time to look back at my picks for the best movies of 2024. 10) HIT MAN (R) is a snappy tongue-in-cheek thriller. Glenn Powell stars as a […] The post Freeze Frame: Russ' Top 10 movies of 2024! appeared first on KKFI.

The early years of Bob Dylan's career are effectively depicted in “A Complete Unknown.” Timothée Chalamet captures the nuances of the enigmatic troubadour and does his own singing and playing, as do most […] The post Freeze Frame: “A Complete Unknown” (R), “Nosferatu” (R), “The Fire Inside” (PG-13), “Homestead” (PG-13), “Babygirl” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

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Disney once again attempts to mine gold from the Serengeti with “Mufasa: The Lion King.” This photo-realistic animated film is a prequel to “The Lion King,” telling the musical adventure […] The post Freeze Frame: “Mufasa: The Lion King” (PG), “The Six Triple Eight” (PG-13), “ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs' Clothing” (Not rated) appeared first on KKFI.

Angelina Jolie's stunning performance is the main draw of filmmaker Pablo Larraín's “Maria,” a Netflix biopic about the last tragic days in the life of famed operatic diva Maria Callas. […] The post Freeze Frame: “Maria” (R), “Queer” (R), “Kraven the Hunter” (R), “Carry On” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.