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Thursday Night Special
Thursday nights are special!
First Thursday: Jasmine Jones hosts Next Step Forward, a spotlight on millennials of Kansas City who are within a marginalized group, but are using their talents, business, activism etc. to help bring positivity within their communities. This program exists to be a place that is inclusive, safe, fun, inspirational and educational not only for the listeners but for the guest as well.
Second Thursday: Shots in the Night radio theatre; hosted and produced by various members of Shots In The Night. In 2023 SITN has received seven awards for podcast productions in the 9th Annual Hear Now Audio Fiction and Arts Festival produced by the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Third Thursday: People Power Hour, brought to you by KC Tenants, hosts a rotation of speakers featuring members and leaders from KC Tenants and other tenant unions across the country to analyze, inform, and inspire listeners about the power of tenant unions in America. Every episode will showcase a different lesson about tenant unions and America's problematic history with housing by providing in-depth historical analysis, testimonials and stories from leaders who organized in their communities, and collectively brainstorming a vision for a better world where housing is treated as a human right.
Fourth Thursday: Sirisha Naidu and Taki Manolakos host Economics For the People, a journey to explore the transformative power of economics when it is harnessed for the working classes, to advance social justice, and to create an inclusive and equitable society. It is an open invitation to participate in collectively shaping and reimagining an economy that prioritizes the needs and aspirations of the working classes, marginalized communities, and individuals of different gender expressions, sexualities, and abilities. The show features diverse voices, experiences and perspectives that often remain unheard in mainstream conversations about economics, markets and numbers.
Fifth Thursday: The provocative "From Ark to Microchip", produced by Dwight Frizzell, mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
Note: These programs may be preempted by special presentations.
Johnson County Mental Health Center staff discusses the epidemic of teen suicide in a two-part series April 5 and April 12 from 7pm to 8pm on KKFI’s Thursday Night Special.
Please join us at 90.1FM or stream online at KKFI.org. The programs will be available on podcast after each show.
The Kansas City metro community, like the rest of the nation, has seen an alarming rise in teen suicides, which is the second leading cause of death for teens. Both Missouri and Kansas have high rates of youth suicide. And the pace is accelerating.
More than three times as many teens are killing themselves now than in the 1950s. A 2015 study found that people who know a suicide victim are almost twice as likely to develop suicidal thoughts as the general population. What kind of risk does this pose for teens whose schoolmate dies by suicide?
Firearms account for almost 50% of all suicides. Helping reduce the quick access to guns may give enough pause for people to seek help. The Johnson County Suicide Prevention Coalition and Johnson County Mental Health Center have a program to distribute free gun locks to the public and law enforcement agencies. Is this program working?
Many parts of the KC metro area have Crisis Intervention Teams, a program that dispatches trained mental health professionals with law enforcement officers on mental health calls. Do these teams help reduce “suicide by cop?”
The discussion will cover the scope of the issue—what is it; the causes, the response in the aftermath, and how to prevent suicide.
The panel of experts from Johnson County Mental Health Center includes Agency Director Tim DeWeese, Deputy Director Susan Rome, and Crisis Team Leader/Johnson County Co-Responder Supervisor Jessica Murphy.
