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Radio Active Kids October 7! Interview with You & Us!

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Super excited to interview Nicole from You & Us (AKA Emerald Sketch) this week on Radio Active Kids! Their new album Calming a Panic is excellent! Also, new songs by SaulPaul (ft. Lucy Kalantari, Gangstagrass, Uncle Jumbo, Aaron Nigel Smith, & Jabali Afrika!), Itty Bitty Beats, Ronnie Boy Kids (ft. Mista Cookie Jar), The Stacey Peasley Band, Chandrika Tandon/Ammu’s Treasures, Groovy Nate (ft. Kymberly Stewart) & more!!! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or the Asheville FM app & podcasting at https://anchor.fm/radio-active-kids!


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Open Air: WNC Health Policy Initiative

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Today on Open Air, we’ll hear from the WNC Health Policy Initiative podcast. Tune in live on Weds at noon or hear it in our archives for two weeks after broadcast!

School Meals as an Intervention for Food Insecurity in WNC

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies food insecurity as a “non-medical factor that influences health outcomes,” which is also known as a social determinant of health. From long-term impacts associated with “developmental, economic, social” factors, to diet-related illnesses such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes, food insecurity has an impact on health (as noted by the World Health Organization on their 2021 Malnutrition Factsheet).

In NC, following a 2022 submission to the NC Medical Journal, one in six children are food insecure, and seen in the USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas, over 1.6 million North Carolinians live in a food desert where healthy foods are not accessible. Since 2012, NC saw an increase in the number of food deserts.

For WNC in particular, the WNC Health Network (WNCHN) found that “the percent of adults in WNC consuming 5+ fruits and vegetables per day has decreased from 8% in 2015 to 5.6% in 2021” and “more than half of very low-income adults in WNC have experienced food insecurity in the past year.” Data collected by the WNCHN also shows that rates of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes in WNC are consistently higher than the rest of NC and the country.

To improve health outcomes in our region associated with food insecurities, the NC Alliance for Health (NCAH) supports a Free School Meals for All program to work as a preventative strategy. In this installment of the HPI Podcast, Andrew Rainey speaks with Marianne Weant and Alecia Sanders of the NCAH about food insecurity, the School Meals for All Campaign, what we learned from implementing a similar program in NC during COVID, political challenges, and both state and local considerations for implementation. Check out the website at wnchealthpolicy.org for more installments of the HPI podcast and to learn more about public health issues in WNC.


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Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival (LAAFF) – w/ special guests Ray (Groove) Mapp (The Hypnotic Band) / Elizabeth (Slay the Mic) / Asheville Band – Detective Blind – Positive Vibes’ Early Morning Music Sessions – 103.3 AshevilleFM – Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 – starts around 9am

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Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival (LAAFF)

Tune in tomorrow  as I welcome Ray Mapp aka (Ray Groove) / (The Hypnotic Band), our own favorite AFM DJ Elizabeth (Li La) from Slay the Mic /  and the band Detective Blind (Asheville)  to the Positive Vibes’ Early Morning Music Sessions..

My guests are all here to talk about the “Loving Asheville Annual Fall Festival (LAAFF)” –  This is the 2nd year of the festival which takes place October 14-15, 2023 in Pack Square.

Show starts at 8a – great reggae / local vibes  – my guests arrive around 9am..    enjoy…   smittymon

Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival (LAAFF)

“The Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival” celebrates the natural beauty and the ecological preservation of nature and humanity in and around Asheville, NC. This Event is FREE to attend October 14th, and 15th, 2023 at Pack Square Park, N.

The Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival is a fundraiser produced by Asheville Creative Arts (501c3 Non-profit) and Lovely Asheville Enterprises, LLC to benefit at-risk youth by allowing them experiences and opportunities in various performing arts/science careers.

Elizabeth – Slay the Mic

 

 

 

Detective Blind Youth Band

Detective Blind is a 3-sister indie rock band, composed of Montgomery (guitar/vox), Andersen (drums), and Kittredge (bass).

YouTube: “Oh, Tell” by Detective Blind (official video).

Performers for the 2023 “Loving Asheville Annual Festival”               include:

Scroll down to see 8 bands, 1 Acapella Group & 2 Dance Group

Lyric and her Band

Rising Lovely Asheville Star songwriter and performer Lyric with her band performs recorded original songs as well as popular covers. BE SURE TO BE IN LA NC on October 14th and 15th, 2023. 

HOPE 4 the future Dance Squad

Umoja put together this group of young talent together to excite the LAAFF visitors with dance.  

WOMEN TO THE FRONT BAND

All female band with all family-friendly music with the WTF new sound.

Detective Blind Youth Band

Youth girl’s band that will SHOCK YOU with their songwriting and performing abilities. Watch them on YouTube, and Instagram.

The LA Song Band

“The Hypnotic Band” is a 5 to 6-piece local band of veteran musicians with lead singers Queen Olympea and Tyron Young spanning the musical spectrum from Jazzy Soul to R&B, Afro Beats, Reggae, and Rock. The band’s entire playlist is family-friendly. The Hypnotic Band aims to inspire young people to learn to play live instruments and respect all humanity in the process.” 

Visit www.thehypnoticband.com

FUNK and R&B and Go Go Music

All their music is family-friendly and their show will make you party and dance.

Motown Music and other Oldies

A good time Band with the older Club Music.

A CAPELLA ALIVE

A CAPELLA ALIVE bring the voice music and lyrics to the LAAFF 2023. 

Releve’ Performing Arts Center

Dramatic dance styles and groups of ALL KIND…

Virtuous & Her Band

Inspirational/Gospel R&B and Hip Hop artist that is a rising Lovely Asheville Star.

Delta House Jazz Band

Delta House provides music lessons and mentors to create this awesome band. Excited to have them perform at the 2nd Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival.

 

Loving Asheville Annual Fall Festival (LAAFF)


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Ukrainian + Belarusian Perspectives on Resisting Russian Invasion

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Ukrainian + Belarusian Perspectives on Resisting Russian Invasion

Graffiti in support of Lesho, Chia & Harris fallen fighting in Ukraine against the Russian invasion

The following is the first half of a presentation by anarchists from Ukraine and Belarus, alongside a question and answer portion with the audience, conducted in part via live translation services. This panel is facilitated in part by Nina of Anarchist Black Cross Dresden, and features presentations by Masha (Belarus) an anarchist in Warsaw, Nastya is a member of Solidarity Zone (not speaking on behalf of that group), Mira from Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv and Solidarity Collectives and Boris of Belarus Anarchist Black Cross. The rest full audio can be found at our blog.

The discussion, much like previous discussions by anarchists supporting anti-authoritarians joining the armed defense against the Russian invasion, was interrupted a number of times by pacifists or others who didn’t want a discussion of the complexities of joining the territorial defense forces to have space. Those interruptions were mostly not recorded as they happened off-mic, but you’ll hear the reactions to them. I felt like this audio was important to share here with the audience, particularly in spite of their silencing.

I recorded this at the 2023 St-Imier anarchist gathering on the 151st anniversary of the first anarchist and anti-authoritarian Workers International, following the purges by Marxists and Blanquists. Like the first one in 1872 hosted by the Jura Federation, this gathering was hosted in small village of St-Imier with a population of 4,000 being nearly doubled in size over the course of 5 days of workshops, concerts, discussions, food, film showings and tablings.

You can find reflections from some folks at crimethinc.com, alongside a link to recordings from the live, multi-lingual radio broadcast throughout the event and the website for the gathering where you’ll see lists of happenings from the week. Hopefully in the near future you’ll be able to find the recordings of the presentations that got recorded such as this one, some in video and some in audio.

I’ll be reflecting on some of this in an upcoming episode of the ItsGoingDown podcast while speaking with my friend and former co-host Scott Branson about how the bookfair here in Asheville went. Here’s an article (in French) about an Islamophobic scandal that occurred with members of the French Anarchist Federation (Kropotkin).

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Radio Active Kids September 30! You AUTUMN be listening to new music!

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Sorry for the terrible pun, but you AUTUMN be listening to new music this week on Radio Active Kids! New songs by Andrew & Polly (ft. Kristin Andreassen, Mista Cookie Jar, & Alphabet Rockers!), Suzi Shelton (ft. Josh Lovelace & Little Miss Ann), Levity Beet & Claudia Robin Gunn, Rolie Polie Guacamole (ft. Katie Ha Ha Ha & No Parking Studio), Simone Ludwig, Mega Ran (ft. Stacked Like Pancakes & Koo Koo Kanga Roo), The Microphone Doctors, Deniz & Ove, The Cuddly Koalas & LOOPY TUNES Preschool Music, the Pocket Joys, and The Bruces (Morley), plus older songs by Pottörhead and artichoke, AND a new release ON VINYL by Laurie Berkner Band!!!! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or the Asheville FM app & podcasting at https://anchor.fm/radio-active-kids!


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