Tonight's jam, courtesy of Radio Pocho on @kfai.org, is "El Professor Contra De Facto" by De Facto ("Megaton Shotblast" Clouds Hill, 2001) music.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIk...

First Tracks No. 17 is out! eepurl.com/LGVeHV8xWN Wanna get future First Trackses delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at eepurl.com/jnzRY2!

Thanks to Dan Dittmer for designing this year's Metal Meltdown T-shirt! Today's schedule of hosts: Now-6am Matt the BridgeTroll & The Dark Mistress 6-11 Doof Lawyer 11-3 Prefect Mortificator 3-5 Hadewijch 5-midnight The Metal Evangelist LIVE PERFORMANCES AT 2PM, 5PM and 8PM!

The 24 HOUR TAKEOVER is on! Today is the 8th METAL MELTDOWN in tribute to Earl Root and runs now through midnight! Tune in (90.3/kfai.org) and think about scoring our sweet limited edition T-shirt as a thank you for making a contribution of at least $66.60 at kfai.org/metal

I guest-hosted TEMPOSPHERE on @kfai.org Saturday night & I think it went well? Wanted to invite you to listen in case you missed it: kfai.org/episode/05-1...

Perhaps my favorite analysis of our current information environment is this song by a Miami cumbia band (which I heard on @kfai.org) IF EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE THEN EVERYTHING IS LIES. IF NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE THEN NOTHING IS TRUE. sonoratukukuy.bandcamp.com/track/la-era...

wow, @kfai.org CRAP FROM THE PAST spotted in the wild [see wikipedia article] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_'...

New music this week on Foreign Currency! Your best exchange on Rhythm, Culture, Tradition, and Revolution! Friday 8-10am (GMT-5) kfai.org & 90.3 FM

🎶 🌺 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we celebrate #mothersday with old favorites and new releases from Carsie Blanton, Lucy Kaplansky, Goodnight Moonshine, Kashimana, Sadie Gustafson-Zook, Dawn Landes & more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Oh shit it's our birthday! Happy 48th birthday to us!

Hooray! Our new issue of AIRCHECK is available! kfai.org/aircheck-9?u...

May Day! Tune in for music about labor, strikes, and solidarity! Your best exchange on Rhythm, Culture, Tradition, and Revolution! Friday 8-10am (GMT-5) kfai.org & 90.3 FM

Tune in to #womenfolkradio as we celebrate #mayday & #InternationalWorkersDay and talk with Irish singer/songwriter Grainne Hunt about her big US tour! PLUS ticket giveaways to see Grainne Hunt & Mama’s Broke! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

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Big thanks to @kfai.org for previewing my show this Saturday with Samantha Grimes & Katy Tessman! We’ll be squeezing a whole bunch of songs and harmonies into Dusty’s Big Green Booth so stop by—I kick things off at 8 pm! 🎸 🪕 🎸 🎧 Listen: kfai.org/episode/04-06-2026-msp-sound

Spring Member Drive, Day 12 ($61K/$70K): We're going to easily blow by our goal in our final day of this fundraiser! THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY for supporting our station! We won't bug you again for, like, six months You can still join the party at KFAI.org/donate — keep sharing with your friends!

Spring Member Drive, Day 11 ($53K/$70K): Don't worry; I've sorted the remaining coffee pods. "Donut Shop" has been the most popular so far KFAI.org/donate

Spring Member Drive, Day 10 ($50K/$70K): THANK YOU to the Community for helping us reach the fifty thousand dollar milestone! Be sure to keep telling your friends about Fresh Air! KFAI.org/donate

Spring Member Drive Day 9 ($48K/$70K): CHOIR WALK WITH ME join @masonbutler.bsky.social live on Pardon My Dust! KFAI.org/donate

Spring Member Drive: Day 8 ($37K/$70K)! One week down, one week to go. Over halfway to our $70,000 goal, according to our officially unofficial white board! How was your weekend?

Now playing on Foreign Currency: "Money Money Money" by Balqees & Wissam Hanna - @ForeignCurrency.bsky.social

Spring Member Drive, Day 5 ($25K/$70K): If you know me, you'll know I eat anything. Today's breakfast of champions: leftover Wienery slaw dog from yesterday's lunch run. Still wondering if I should've reheated it instead of just eating it from the fridge (no photo — you're welcome) KFAI.org/donate

Spring Member Drive, Day 4 ($21K/$70K): Some shows offer their own special pledge premiums to donors who call out their programs while giving. @hahpin.bsky.social's House Party collections are a particular recurring favourite amongst contributors! KFAI.org/donate

New music this week on Foreign Currency for the Spring Membership Drive! Donate and mention Foreign Currency: kfai.org/donate Listen Friday 8-10am (GMT-5) kfai.org & 90.3 FM

Spring Member Drive, Day 3 ($18K raised/$70K goal): FOSHAY WE GOT SWEATSHIRTS Donate $90 or more to cop this sweet wild retro design! KFAI.org/donate

Our Spring 2026 Member Drive is underway! This is Day 2 (CRZ took a snow day yesterday); with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting officially dissolved, we're once again in "now more than ever" territory. Even five dollars makes a difference when enough people bring them fives! KFAI.org/donate

COMING MONDAY: WE BEG YOU FOR MONEY

The latest AIRCHECK is available! kfai.org/wp-content/u...

Miss any of the 24 hours? I bet you did! You're in luck, the whole shebang is now on the cloud of sound: soundcloud.com/kfaifmradio/...

Guest hosting "Crap From the Past" AGAIN tonight 10PM @kfai.org

Streaming this right now and I'm hearing some of the same music I heard the night in 1984 that I discovered KFAI as a young person in a far-flung (at the time) suburb

COMING UP: 24 straight hours of TWIN CITIES NEW WAVE DAY celebrating March 4th! The takeover is at KFAI.org/FA2 — you can even tune in on 90.3 FM-HD2 if your radio is from the FUTURE

The Soundtracks of Giorgio Moroder contained many disco gems! Join us for 2 hours of his best. Skatetown USA Moroder Composer Skate Sesh is now available for your streaming pleasure. Let’s Roll! #KFAI #Disco #GiorgioMoroder #skatetownusa #iceout #rollerskating kfai.org/player/?epis...

COMING UP: Haley Fohr (Circuit Des Yeux) and Alan Sparhawk (Low) for 40 minutes! Don't miss this! Listen on Fresh Air or visit dronenotdrones.com for links to YouTube and Twitch live streams

Tonight! link.dice.fm/hfauqO3nz0b?...

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE DUDE

Hey guys! I'm here in Studio 4 @kfai.org where we're live simulcasting DRONE NOT DRONES: THE ELEVENTH 28-HOUR DRONE from The Cedar Cultural Center. Check out their YouTube/Twitch feed if you don't like radio! (BUT on a radio, you get to hear me say "90.3 The Resistance" at the top of every hour)

Big shoutout to Alex Bissen for pulling together matching donations for local mutual aid efforts. Alex and Zak Sally appeared on the Brian Oake show to promote the event. www.iheart.com/podcast/966-...

I look forward to Drone Not Drones every year but this time around it feels even more meaningful.

More information about Drone Not Drones can be found at The Cedar: www.thecedar.org/events/drone... Live video will also be available starting Friday 7PM at dronenotdrones.com

If you can't be in person at The Cedar Cultural Center, tune in Friday at 7PM for our COMPLETE simulcast of DRONE NOT DRONES - THE 11TH 28-HOUR DRONE — yes, all 28 hours! In additional to raising funds for Doctors Without Borders, this year ALL donations are being matched for local mutual aid!

All throughout Black Futures / Black History month of February, join us on KFAI 90.3 FM in the twin cities and kfai.org for the stream mixcloud.com/kfaiFMradio/...

Please join me as I have the great pleasure of curating 2026 KFAI Black History Month programming - "Black Futures in the Hour of Chaos" on 90.3 FM all through the month of February. Listen in on this first important episode!

Big #WomenfolkRadio show this week as we talk with fiery bluegrass band Big Richard!🔥 🎻 We also talk with a song leaders from the Singing Resistance movement in Minneapolis! 🗣️ ☮️ Plus lots of new releases! 🎶 💿 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

Tune in on Tuesday, January 27th for Active Voice, featuring 12 original programs designed to inform and support listeners during a period of heightened public concern, while upholding KFAI’s longstanding role as an inclusive, noncommercial platform for civic engagement. kfai.org/activevoice

Due to a mix-up, I finally got my @kfai.org fall member drive incentive items today and, holy guacamole, I am super impressed with the quality of this hoodie! Very awesome tote bag and sticker set too. Support your local community radio station!!!

Greetings from Cedar-Riverside where there's at least one neon vest on every corner and nary a fascist to be seen. Two more hours of Resistance Radio based around a community playlist of YOUR requests starts in 30 minutes on @kfai.org ! But tune in NOW for the rest of Caribbean Jam!! 90.3 or...

I wonder how many ICE agents listen to KFAI

Two hours of resistance coming up on @kfai.org! 90.3 / KFAI.org/listen

What's YOUR best thing you heard on KFAI in 2025?