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Washburn University students from Topeka joined a Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba to learn about race, environment and the U.S. economic blockade aimed at undoing the Cuban revolution. They […] The post Cuba Through the Eyes of Washburn University Students appeared first on KKFI.

The Trump administration has attacked the federal workforce with firings, union busting, weakened job protections, reduced telework, and speedups.  This week in our continuing labor leader series on the Heartland […] The post Labor Leader Series: Federal Unions and Workers in the Crosshairs of DOGE appeared first on KKFI.

Sometimes familiarity is what audiences want, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan deliver just that in “Freakier Friday,” the sequel to their 2003 comic fantasy, “Freaky Friday.” This time out, […] The post Freeze Frame: “Freakier Friday” (PG), “Weapons” (R), “Sketch” (PG), “My Mother’s Wedding” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

In the Netflix comedy “Happy Gilmore 2,” Adam Sandler (“Uncut Gems”) returns to the goofy golf character he created in 1996. The post Take Two: “Happy Gilmore 2” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

In an age of Amazon, Starbucks and Google it may seem impossible for workers to win a union. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll talk with Olivia Geho, […] The post What the Boss Doesn’t You To Know. . .and NAFTA-USMCA Renegotiation: Where Is Trade Justice? appeared first on KKFI.

EcoRadio KC is glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world.  Our goal is to ensure our listeners are aware of how we can create a sustainable present for […] The post FOCUS ON FINDING FUEL appeared first on KKFI.

The extremely creepy and highly original body horror flick “Together” is a date movie for the truly twisted. Real life husband-and-wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie play a struggling couple […] The post Freeze Frame: “Together” (R), “The Naked Gun” (PG-13), “The Bad Guys 2” (PG), “She Rides Shotgun” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Reece Peck describes how he thinks Left media outlets could increase their effectiveness by working harder to understand the concerns of the working class and packaging policy prescriptions in terms […] The post What the Left can learn from Fox appeared first on KKFI.

“Brick” is a German sci-fi thriller now featured on Netflix. It’s available dubbed in English or in German with English subtitles. The post Take Two: “Brick” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Economist Richard Wolff – podcaster, professor, Marxist and strong advocate for worker-owned cooperatives is more relevant today than ever. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll ask Rick Wolff […] The post Richard Wolff: How Will Trump's Economic Plans Change Our Working Class? appeared first on KKFI.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by […] The post CROSS LINES THAT DIVIDE US appeared first on KKFI.

EcoRadio KC is glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world.  Our goal is to ensure our listeners are aware of how we can create a sustainable present for […] The post SIERRA CLUB'S FOCUS appeared first on KKFI.

EcoRadio KC is glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world. The problems that result from global energy increase are frequently brought to our attention. We move to the […] The post TRANSPORTATION ECOLOGY appeared first on KKFI.

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.

Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” stars in a race car thriller from filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, director of “Top Gun: Maverick” fame. The post Take Two: “F1® The Movie” (PG-13) appeared first on KKFI.

The Third year of the KC Fringe Fest is being hosted Performances July 17-27 Visual Art July 06-26 Film July 18-20 For more information: Home The post KC Fringe Fest appeared first on KKFI.

An interesting guest is on this week talking about his two books! The post Arts Magazine Show: Dr. Scott Eveloff appeared first on KKFI.

Audrey Crabtree-Executive Director joins Hogge in studio to talk about the 21st Fringe Fest in KC! The post Arts Magazine Show: KC Fringe Festival Part 2 appeared first on KKFI.

The global movement to stop arms sales and shipments to Israel is growing as dockworkers refuse to load war cargo. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll hear from […] The post Unions and Israel/Palestine plus Labor Songs and SUMMER PLEDGE DRIVE appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause asked attendees at  July 17 John Lewis Day “Good Trouble” event why they were there; that event was organized in part by Indivisible Kansas City, discussed in the […] The post John Lewis, Democratic Socialists, and Christian Nationalists appeared first on KKFI.

Danielle Anderson aka Danielle Ate the Sandwich is a very talented artist. She recently filled in as host for the Heartland Song Network's monthly song salon (The Song Sanctuary)at Kansas City's PH Coffee. A gentleman named Jesse Jack Sample from Toronto, KS attended and blew everyone, including Danielle, away with his amazing contributions to the afternoon. She immediately contacted me as she thoughtJesse was a great candidate for inclusion on the Tasty Brew Music Radio Show's rotation. She was right and with some back and forth, we were able to come up with a date for Jesse to come in and share his stories with our KKFI audience.Sample began his musical journey in the Wichita rock scenebut then paused to raise a family and live a quieter life. In recent years he's found himself living in Toronto, Kansas a place more in tune with the country sounds heard on his album “King of the Plains.”For a time he operated a bait shop/music venue in Toronto, adifficult venture to sustain in a small town. Building an audience is difficult within an urban center; super challenging from a place like Toronto, KS. Enjoy this musical conversation and performance with JesseJack Sample… Dillon Boren on acoustic bass and Jack Riebel on fiddle…. Oh and grab a tissue for Jesse's original composition “Juliet.” 

EcoRadio KC is glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world. The problems that result from global energy increase are frequently brought to our attention. We move to the […] The post TRANSPORTATION ECOLOGY appeared first on KKFI.

“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.

Unions that haven't gone on strike in years are facing doing so as an increasing number of bosses refuse to bargain in good faith. This week on the Heartland Labor […] The post How to Have a Successful Strike and Should We Get Rid of Taxes on Tips? It's KKFI's SUMMER PLEDGE DRIVE 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.

Two women started Boots on the Ground Midwest on a whim and full of despair.  It's evolved quickly mobilizing and motivating citizens to protest creeping fascism. We'll hear their experiences […] The post Who's Raising Hell in KC? Boots on the Ground and the Kansas City Defender 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.

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes EXPOSED members Beth Marshall, Josie Nixon […] The post Artspeak Radio with EXPOSED, Bracke, Noriega, Shell, and Mattingly appeared first on KKFI.

We are thrilled to welcome back award-winning novelist Rachel Kushner for a second in-depth interview—this time about her gripping new corporate-surveillance, bad guy spy-thriller, Creation Lake. This is a twisted tale […] The post Rachel Kushner: Novelist of Activism, Revolution and Intrigue and What's a Workers' Center? 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.

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer/author Mike Matzdorff, Director Saving […] The post Artspeak Radio presents Mike Matzdorff, Gary Otte, and Curtis V. Smith appeared first on KKFI.

The United Electrical, Radio and Machine workers is a union that's much more than just those occupations. UE as it's called, has organized thirty thousand graduate workers in the last […] The post What’s a Member-Run Union? Carl Rosen, President of UE – the United Electrical Radio and Machines Workers Union appeared first on KKFI.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by […] The post WE GOT TO MAKE THIS LAND A BETTER LAND appeared first on KKFI.

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Katrina Revenaugh, The Critterz, and […] The post Artspeak Radio with Katrina Revenaugh, Alej Martínez, and The Critterz 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.

KU Labor Historian David Roediger is a scholar of white working-class studies. His new memoir, An Ordinary White; My Anti-Racist Education chronicles growing up in a sundown town and then […] The post Two Books: David Roediger: An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education and Eric Blanc: We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big appeared first on KKFI.

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes independent fashion designer Cory Infinite, multi […] The post Artspeak Radio with Cory Infinite, The Critterz, Luis Garcia, and Boyd Bauman appeared first on KKFI.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by […] The post RECOVERY; STEP FORWARD, STEP STRONG appeared first on KKFI.

There's a lot of controversy about Trump's tariffs for auto. Is it just spectacle, or could they actually lead to more domestic auto production and at what cost? We'll talk […] The post UAW's Support of Tariffs and Jeremy Brecher: the Green New Deal from Below appeared first on KKFI.

Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes designer/artist/gallery owner Leslie Beck, artist Sue Moreno, and Phil Kinen theater producer/playwright/director/educator. LESLIE BECK, designer/owner/artists Blue Sky Art + Home: A Creative Sanctuary Blossoms in […] The post Artspeak Radio with Leslie Beck, Phil Kinen, and Sue Moreno appeared first on KKFI.

Trump dumped NIOSH – the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health? We'll ask if we can save it and why it's important to workers. Then many unions in the […] The post Can We Save NIOSH? and Labor for Palestine appeared first on KKFI.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by […] The post CLAY CHASTAIN SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MOST RECENT PLAN FOR MASS TRANSIT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI; THEN ISSUES ABOUT THE PROPOSED CORE CIVIC ICE DETENTION CENTER IN LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS appeared first on KKFI.

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes GK Callahan, Izzy Vivas, and Sean […] The post Artspeak Radio with Izzy Vivas, Sean Whalen, and GK Callahan appeared first on KKFI.

To the best of my knowledge, Kris Schultz is the second“merch slinger” I've met that went on to pursue a lyrical life as a troubadour in her own right.  My first experience was with Texas songwriter Kayla Ray as she first visited KC slinging merch for Jason Eady.  I love Kris' trajectory…. check this out.  Growing up in Topeka, Kansas, Kris was obsessed at an early age with the country songs of heartbreak and loss on the jukebox at a bar she visited regularly with her parents.  At an early age, she showed promise in several sports, especially the field part of track and field eventually accepted a scholarship to throw Javelin at Kansas State University, where she majored in Radio/Television Journalism.  While competing in the Texas Relays during her college career, she fell in love with Austin, TX.  And soon moved there with only a box of books & CDs, a small stereo, and a bag of clothes.  She walked into the city-ran Austin Music Network TV channel, asked for an internship, and soon was spending her days proof-checking videos of local music and taking in every note. But she still hadn't thought of playing music herself. After years assisting musicians as merch slinger, roadmanager and van driver, but never playing or singing herself, Kris eventually  acquired a guitar and began writing songs.She released her full-length album, Standard Issue Heart, inOctober 2021, has played such legendary venues as The Saxon Pub and Cactus Café in Texas, toured in the Midwest, Southwest and Southeastern US, has been featured in the live performance series “Songs In Places.”  Kris recently found herself in the Heartland and we connected to make an appearance on the Tasty Brew Music Radio Show happen.   Enjoy this performance and conversation with Austin transplant Kris Schultz.  Tasty Brew Music Radio Show "Showcasing the best of Americana/Roots Music in andfrom the Heartland!”Fridays 10 AM to Noon CST on 90.1FM KKFI Kansas CityCommunity Radio !!Since 2010, spinning a “tasty brew” of Americana/Bluegrass/Country/Roots Music… empowering the art of the song! "How can I listen?"Kansas City turn your radio dial to 90.1FM every Friday from 10 am to NoonAround the world use your cellphone or computer to go to www.kkfi.org and click the red "Live" button on the top left of the screen every Friday from 10 am til Noon Central Standard Time Missed it live? Or want to listen again? go to archive.kkfi.org to listen for up to 2 weeks from the date the episode aired! KKFI has a mobile app!? Download the app to listen live and see the current playlist, listen to replays, and see the entire show calendar including bios for each show & DJ. Tasty Brew Music with DJ Diana LinnFridays 10 am - Noon CST on90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio https://kkfi.org/program/tasty-brew/https://kkfi.org/program/tasty-brew/#tastybrewmusic #americanamusic #songwriter #rootsmusic #austinmusic

Last November Missouri citizens made their voices heard at the ballot box in favor of abortion access and paid sick leave for workers.  Then during the last week of the […] The post Licking Our Wounds: A 2025 Missouri Legislature Wrap-Up appeared first on KKFI.

Americans have many questions these days about government services like the postal service that are under attack. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll visit with Darcy Wood, President […] The post Labor Leader Series: Darcy Wood and Our Right to Read Is Under Attack appeared first on KKFI.

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by […] The post PEACE ADVOCACY BUILDS STRONG SOCIETIES appeared first on KKFI.

UAW founder Walter Reuther was famous, his brother Roy wasn't, but he made important contributions to both the labor and civil rights movements. Roy's son, Alan joins us this week […] The post Alan Reuther: From Flint to Selma: How Roy Reuther Shaped Labor & Civil Rights in America and Bert Nash Mental Health Workers Organize appeared first on KKFI.

Former Commissioner Martin O'Malley says Social Security could collapse within just a few months. Social Security workers report bedlam at work, and their union leader Everett Kelley says Elon Musk […] The post Social Security Workers Speak Out appeared first on KKFI.

It's May Day and this week the Heartland Labor Forum is celebrating International Workers Day with songs to raise the spirit, an interview from 1997 with Studs Terkel on the […] The post HLF-May1-2025-May Day! – Songs, History, and Rants to Celebrate Worker Power appeared first on KKFI.