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Listen To Some Of Our Favorite John Active Stories

Of all the roles John Active played: journalist, comedian, radio host, translator, and culture bearer, he identified himself most as a storyteller.
Katie Basile
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KYUK

It's been one year since John Active died on June 4, 2018. Of his many roles in broadcasting, John identified most as a storyteller, a craft he learned from his grandmother, Maggie Lind. KYUK is remembering John this week by listening to his stories. Here is a selection of some of our favorites. Quyana, John.

john_active_story-_needle_fish.mp3
"Needle Fish" by John Active
john_active_story-_spring_camp.mp3
"Spring Camp" by John Active
john_active_story-_jesus_bugs.mp3
"Jesus Bugs" by John Active
john_active_story-_holy_sacrament___two_old_men.mp3
"Holy Sacrament And Two Old Men" by John Active
john_active_story-_haunted_hunting_sod_house.mp3
"Haunted Hunting Sod House" by John Active
john_active_story-_gillerman.mp3
"Gillerman" by John Active
john_active_story-_cannibal_story.mp3
"Cannibal Story" by John Active

Anna Rose MacArthur served as KYUK's News Director from 2015-2022.
Johanna Eurich's vivid broadcast productions have been widely heard on National Public Radio since 1978. She spent her childhood speaking Thai, then learned English as a teenager and was educated at a dance academy, boarding schools and with leading intellectuals at her grandparents' dinner table in Philadelphia.