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Plastic Bag Bans – The Unintended Consequences & Environmental Justice Nov 19, 2019

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In the first half, John Kurman joins host Craig Lubow to talk about plastic bag bans. Do they work? What are the unintended consequences? What are the alternatives? John is […]

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Veterans Day Special with Maurice Copeland Nov 10, 2019

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We feature a Veterans' Day Special this week with host Richard Mabion and his guest Maurice Copeland. Mr Copeland is a Kansas City native, Vietnam and Cold War Veteran who served for 32 years. He is also a poet, artist and advocate for the sick and dying workers of the Bannister nuclear weapons production complex.

New Products Made From Recycled Plastics Nov 04, 2019

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On today’s show, Matt Riggs, Outreach Coordinator with Mid-America Regional Counsel (MARC) comes to the KKFI studio to discuss recycling plastics with our host, Teresa Wilke. MARC is a nonprofit […]

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Energy Transition: What’s it going to take? Oct 25, 2019

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This week host Brent Ragsdale brings Frank Jakob into the studio to discuss all aspects of transitioning our energy sources off of hydrocarbon fuels. Frank E. Jakob, PMP, P.E. is […]

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Getting the Lead Out of Health Care & Education and More with Dr Huldah Blamoville Oct 18, 2019

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Richard’s guest this week is Huldah C Blamoville, M.D. Dr Blamoville is a pediatrician in St Louis and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including SSM Health Cardinal […]

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The Corporate Campaign Against U.S. Right To Know, featuring Carey Gillam Oct 06, 2019

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Please tune in this week when Host Teresa Wilke talks live to Carey Gillam, a journalist, author, and a public interest researcher for US Right to Know, a not-for-profit food […]

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Growing, Gleaning and Giving with After the Harvest Oct 05, 2019

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Tune in to hear growers Kathy Dean (President of Uplift) & Pantaleon Florez (Maseualkualli Farms), as well as ATH Gleaning Network Manager Zach Callaway on EcoRadio Oct. 14 at 6 pm. Learn about Kathy's efforts to raise corn to donate and how she has created a partnership with After the Harvest gleaners over the past several years. Since 2017, Kathy has donated 13,722 lbs. of corn, which After the Harvest staff and volunteers delivered to Harvesters. Pantaleon Florez is a Lawrence farmer, educator, sociolinguist and Mexica herbalist who donates a portion of his annual crops to those in need. After the Harvest rescues nutritious fruits and vegetables from going to waste and donates them to agencies that serve hungry people, primarily in Greater Kansas City. Our volunteers glean after the harvest, picking what’s left in farmers’ fields and picking up already harvested leftover produce. The majority of the funds we raise helps secure semi-truckloads of donated produce that might otherwise end up in landfills. After the Harvest, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the largest local produce donor to Harvesters—The Community Food Network. Maseualkualli Farms (The Peoples’ Farms) is a no-till, no fossil fuel machine, vegetable farm growing organically for NE Kansas. Email maseualkuallifarms@gmail.com (or Instagram…

Carbon, Culture and Change Sep 26, 2019

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Co-hosts Dave Bennett Freeling and Brent Ragsdale bring you field recordings from the Prairie Festival at the Land Institute in Salina, KS. Celebrating it's fortieth year, the event has been called “an intellectual hootenanny” in The New York Times. This year's theme is Carbon, Culture and Change: From the Ground Up. Held September 27-29th along the banks of the Smoky Hill River, the festival revolves around “low tech” presentations by notable guests in The Land Institute’s Big Barn. Listen to the sounds of visionaries and geniuses Ann Zimmerman, Bill McKibben, Anna Porzecanski, Wes Jackson, Fred Iutzi and Amory Lovins. Join us for this remarkable event on the prairie and be sure to check out the great scientific work being done at the Institute.

Kansas Hemp Sep 16, 2019

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This week Richard Mabion hosts a program all about the economic potential of industrial hemp in Kansas and beyond. He'll be joined by our friend Zack Pistora, State Lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club to inform you about the latest in legal hemp in the sunshine state. With an eye towards entrepreneurship, we'll also have Murray D Anderson, Sr, Founder of Taylor Made Visions and grassroots organizer, Chris Morrow in the studio. Join us for a lively conversation! Murray D. Anderson Sr. Mr Anderson is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of the “Taylor Made Visions LLC.,” which is a venture capital formation consulting firm solely dedicated to establishing a sustainable Seed and Venture Capital Impact Investment Entity endowed with not less than $1.2 Billion to fund the “Under-served Business Enterprise Ecosystem,” through startup micro businesses, small businesses with less than 25 employees, as well as high growth technology enterprises that in fact enable struggling intelligent men and women of all nations to build wealth and create jobs through entrepreneurship and self- employment, whereas optimization of the double bottom line strategic start up business opportunities in our Kansas City Kansas disadvantaged ethnic markets reaches its optimum financial potential throughout…

Responsible Residential Resource Use Sep 14, 2019

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Host Brent Ragsdale shares an "audio tour" of Project Living Proof, a demonstration house run by the Metropolitan Energy Center. David Albrecht, Program Coordinator with the MEC explains the many energy efficient features of this historic home located at 917 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd that was renovated in 2010 to showcase the benefits of building or retrofitting with energy efficiency in mind. For the second half of the show, Brent is joined in the studio by Craig Wolfe of the Heartland Renewable Energy Society and Rob Jones of Green Cat Service, one of many local companies that provides energy audits and improvements, to talk through the process and possibilities to make our existing houses more efficient and comfortable.

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