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Radio Active Kids September 9! Interview with beetBite!

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Y’all, I am very excited to interview both Levity Beet & fleaBITE on this week’s Radio Active Kids show about their new collaborative album: beetBite! Also, new songs by Sonia De Los Santos, Itty Bitty Beats, Will’s Jams & Seeka Sings, Rolie Polie Guacamole (ft. Katie Ha Ha Ha), Claudia Robin Gunn, Flor Bromley (ft. Uncle Jumbo), The Tallest Kid in the Room, Noodle Loaf, Angie Who, 3 O’Clock Rock Records, Liederkoffer, & No Application Fee! 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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Civic Roundup for September 6, 2023 covers Downtown Commission on Pack Plaza planning

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The Asheville Downtown Commission voted unanimously to recommend the adoption of the Pack Square Plaza Vision Plan at their regular monthly meeting. This plan outlines a vision for improving accessibility, sharing history, and better connecting Pack Square Plaza to surrounding areas. Hear about it, and more events at the Downtown Commission meeting,  in the Civic Roundup for September 6, 2023 above.


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Local music author Bill Kopp

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On Thursday, JD welcomes Asheville musician, historian and music journalist Bill Kopp for an entertaining two hours of music and conversation! We will discuss Bill’s recent trip to the famed Cavern Club in Liverpool where he performed in a band, on the stage where The Beatles got their start. We’ll also play over a dozen songs related to the new film, “Have you Got it Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd”, a special screening at the Grail Moviehouse this coming Monday. Bill will also give us an update about his latest book! The fun starts at 2 pm and goes 4 pm on Thursday, September 7th. Have your speed-dial ready to call the Studio line, for Ticket giveaways to the film!!! Watch trailer


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Diane Stevens of Jane Collective (ACABookfair 2023)

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Diane Stevens of Jane Collective (ACABookfair 2023)

"Jane, The Underground Abortion Service - Friday 11, 7pm - 8pm @ Different Wrld" featuring a photo of someone holding a mug shot of a very young Diane Stevens from the 1960s

This week on TFSR, we’ll be airing a presentation by Diane Stevens, a member of the Jane Collective in Chicago in the 1960’s. This presentation was recorded at the 2023 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville, NC.

From the presentation description:

The Abortion Counseling Service, now better known as Jane, started out as a referral service in Chicago in the late 1960s, providing counseling and support to women before and after their procedures. Members of the group learned to do the abortions and then were able to do the procedures for whatever the women could afford to pay. Seven women were arrested and charged with the felonies of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion. These charges were ultimately dismissed. It is estimated that about 11 thousand abortions were preformed before the group disbanded in 1973.
Diane Stevens was born in Chicago. She went to school in the suburbs before moving back into the city where she joined the Abortion Counseling Service.
Following the Roe v Wade decision and dismissal of all the criminal charges, Diane went on to have a career in health care and worked as a nurse practitioner in a variety of settings. Her work for reproductive justice has resumed with joining the Reproductive Rights Coalition in Charlotte and being a clinic escort.

You can hear another presentation we recorded from the ACABookfair 2023 in this week’s IGD Podcast, which is sharing Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin in conversation with William C. Anderson.

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Featured Track:

  • I Can See Clearly Now (Instrumental) by Trem One from Amateurs EP

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Radio Active Kids August 29! The Flight of the Blue Whale!

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Alright y’all! Two things this week on Radio Active Kids: (1) I had so much fun doing Random Active Kids back in June that I’m gonna do it again & spin a whole bunch of random, unplanned tunes! WOOT!
(2) Seven years and a month ago, I played the entirety of Pointed Man Band‘s concept album Flight of Blue Whale & read the accompanying story out loud on the air. Just for the heck of it, I feel like it’s time to do that again! So get ready for a magical, surreal nautical experience this week on Radio Active Kids & a pile of awesome random music! 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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