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Perks S. 7 Ep. 154 | Lily Raiti | Around The World Reading: Australia | 11-9-22
November 09, 2022 05:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBWe are back with a global reader episode this week and are traveling to Australia using the magic of the internet. We had the pleasure of chatting with Lily Raiti, an avid reader who lives outside Melbourne and has worked as a personal trainer for 16 years and also does some freelance copyediting on the side. It’s always fun to hear about what book lovers in other places are reading and Lily had some great indigenous author suggestions for us which we’ll have in our show notes for you to che...
The Climate Report #352 | Wars R Us | 11-7-22
November 08, 2022 00:18 - 28 minutes - 46.7 MBWelcome to The Climate Report on Forward Radio WFMP 106.5 FM, Louisville. Also streaming worldwide at Forwardradio.org This is Hart Hagan your host. We are on episode number 352, Wars R Us Wars are the way we settle conflicts. Wars are the way we get what we want. Wars are the way we get the populace stirred up against some perceived external threat. Unless we bring the war machine under control, there is no reason for us to hope. “War is the health of the state.” Randolph Bourne. “Of a...
Single Payer Radio | Child Trauma Drs. Cindy Downard and David Foley
November 07, 2022 13:33 - 57 minutes - 54 MBPediatric surgeons Dr. Cindy Downard and Dr. David Foley discuss causes and treatment of child trauma at Louisville's Children Hospital with Dr. Mike Flynn and Dr. Gene Shively
Sustainability Now! | Kathryn Anderson | Plastic Pollution | Ocean Legacy Foundation | 11-7-22
November 07, 2022 04:53 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBTake a deep dive into the issue of ocean plastics on this week’s show as your host, Justin Mog, dips into the topic with Kathryn Anderson, Education Coordinator at the Ocean Legacy Foundation (http://oceanlegacy.ca), from Vancouver Island, BC. The Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution emergency response programs, with the goal to end plastic pollution. They have just released an updated EPIC Academy, a free onlin...
Bench Talk | Cosmetic History - November Sky - Gingko Rain & Climate Change | Nov. 7, 2022
November 07, 2022 00:38 - 29 minutes - 31 MB'The Beautiful Chemistry Project' is a collaboration between art historians, physicists and chemists to decipher the cosmetic recipes popular during the Renaissance and beyond. In this episode we explore the case of Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of King Charles I of the United Kingdom back in the 1600s. Then, Professor Scott Miller tells us how we can see meteors, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and a lunar eclipse during the month of November. Finally a discussion of 'Ginkgo Rain' produced by the...
Election Connection | Tina Ward-Pugh and KY Senate District 26 candidates : 11-2-22 - 10 - 12 - 22
November 05, 2022 19:38 - 58 minutes - 66.4 MBAt this candidate forum put on Oct. 12, 2022 by the Louisville League of Women Voters, Tina Ward-Pugh speaks about her reasons for running for Jefferson County Clerk and what her plans are if she wins. Bobby Holsclaw, the Incumbent, declined to participate. Also at this forum, hear Dr. Karen Berg (Democrat) and James Peden (Republican), who are running for KY Senate in District 26.
Election Connection | Amendments 1 and 2 | 11-1-22
November 05, 2022 19:18 - 59 minutes - 66.9 MBOn this show, you will learn all about Amendments 1 and 2, proposed to amend Kentucky's Constitution, on the 2022 Ballot. But first, three Independent candidates for Louisville mayor give brief statements about themselves.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Malcolm Sanders | Educational + Youth Programs | November 3, 2022
November 03, 2022 18:46 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Malcolm Sanders. Malcom is a longtime developer of educational and youth programs. Recorded by K.A. Owens on Thursday November 3, 3022, 2PM.
Perks S. 7 Ep. 153 | Ellen Hagan | Weathering a Poetic Storm | 11-2-22
November 02, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBWe saw this week’s guest in early fall at Carmichael’s Bookstore when she read aloud from her latest book, Don’t Call Me a Hurricane. Ellen Hagan has roots in Kentucky and is part of Spalding University’s low residency MFA faculty but lives and works in New York City. She is a poet, fiction writer, performer, and teacher for several programs including the The DreamYard Project and the International Poetry Exchange Program, programs geared towards young people. She is also the author of many b...
The Climate Report #351 | National Security Strategy | 10-31-22
October 31, 2022 22:52 - 28 minutes - 45.7 MBWe are on episode number 351, The 2022 National Security Strategy. Why are we talking about it on TCR? Pentagon is the world’s biggest consumer of fossil fuels. Plus, the purpose of our military (arguably) is to preserve our unfair advantage on the world stage, whereby we can continue to consume 25% of the world’s resources. Consumption takes a lot of fossil fuels and is therefore a major cause of global warming. War is a moral issue. Climate is a moral issue. War involves important questi...
Sustainability Now! | Samuel Goodman | Beyond Carbon Neutral | Oct. 31, 2022
October 31, 2022 05:41 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, tackles the climate crisis head-on through a sober and inspiring conversation with Samuel Goodman, PhD. Dr. Goodman is a scientist by training, earning his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has since spent his career working at the intersection of science and public policy in Washington, DC, at the National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. International Trade Commission. Dr. Goo...
Election Connection | Metro Council District 25 Candidates & U.S. Senate candidates | 10-25-22
October 28, 2022 17:10 - 58 minutes - 72.3 MBThis edition of Election Connection starts out with a candidate forum for Metro Council District 25, held 9/29/22, put on by the Louisville League of Women Voters and moderated by League member Maureen Welch. Amy Holton Stewart is the Democrat and Khalil "Charlie" Batshon is the Republican. Then, Victoria Strange, co-host along with Ruth Newman, reports on her findings and conclusions regarding the Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Rand Paul and his Democrat challenger Charles Booker.
Single Payer Radio | Establishing non-profit health clinics to address our failed system
October 28, 2022 13:27 - 58 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week's episode of Single Payer Radio is a conversation with doctors Garrett Adams and Mike Imburgia. Both have worked for decades providing care and have witnessed patients denied care in our current system that requires insurance, co-pays, and unaffordable out-of-pocket expenses. Both doctors have established clinics to address the need. Dr. Imburgia established the Have a Heart Clinic in downtown Louisville. Dr. Adams established the Beersheba Clinic in Beersheba Springs,TN a small rur...
Truth To Power | Environmental Justice Conference | Part 3 | Oct. 28, 2022
October 28, 2022 07:01 - 58 minutes - 43.3 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the 2022 Environmental Justice Conference - Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making that was held online on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. The West Jefferson County Community Task Force, NAACP, and UofL's Envirome Institute were proud to present this 6th annual Environmental Justice Conference with presentations on health, climate change, EPA and state new environmental policies, alternat...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Angelyn Rudd | No On Amendment 2 | Immigration | 10-27-22
October 27, 2022 18:20 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews longtime community activist Angelyn Rudd. They discuss Amendments 1 and 2 that will be on the Kentucky ballot during the November 2022 voting process. Amendment 1 enables the KY legislature to call itself in to session when ever it wants to-reducing the power of the Governor. Amendment 2 prevents the KY Constitution from being interpreted as allowing a women to have an abortion. Immigration also discussed. Recorded Friday October 27, 2022.
Solutions To Violence | Dee Pregliasco | League of Women Voters | 10-26-22
October 27, 2022 00:38 - 56 minutes - 40.8 MBDeloris Pregliasco is a retired attorney and current mediator She is a Former prosecutor and district judge; adjunct Professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. She is in her 2nd term as President of the Louisville League of Women voters and now Vice President of the Kentucky League of Women Voters. Dee Pregliasco has delivered speeches in cities across the State of Kentucky and is a strong advocate for an Advisory Commission of citizens that would make recommendations ...
Perks S. 7 Ep. 152 | Lee Mandelo | Dark Academia's Haunts and Curses | 10-26-22
October 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBTo close out October this week, we chat with Lee Mandelo, author of Summer Sons, which recently went into paperback. This creepy novel is hard to categorize because it’s queer Southern Gothic, dark academia, and ghost story. It also touches on issues of race and class. The book is an amalgam of a lot of different ideas rolled into a complex story of friendship, grief, and family curses. We’re so glad Lee joined us to chat about their novel as well as an upcoming novella titled Feed Them Silen...
The Climate Report #350 | National Security Strategy | 10-24-22
October 24, 2022 22:12 - 28 minutes - 48.6 MBWe examine the most recent National Security Strategy, released October 12, 2022
The Climate Report #350 | ational Security Strategy | 10-24-22
October 24, 2022 22:12 - 28 minutes - 48.6 MBWe examine the most recent National Security Strategy, released October 12, 2022
Single Payer Radio Complaint to United Nations - Gross Violations of Right to Health
October 24, 2022 15:36 - 57 minutes - 38.9 MBInternational human rights expert Martha Schmidt and long time healthcare and human activist Mary Gerisch discuss preparing a formal complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Council about U.S. gross violations of the right to health. For more info about the group and telling your story, go to https://www.m4m4all.org and click on the United Nations tab at the top right of the home page.
Single Payer Radio | Complaint to United Nations | Gross Violations of Right to Health
October 24, 2022 15:36 - 57 minutes - 38.9 MBInternational human rights expert Martha Schmidt and long time healthcare and human activist Mary Gerisch discuss preparing a formal complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Council about U.S. gross violations of the right to health. For more info about the group and telling your story, go to https://www.m4m4all.org and click on the United Nations tab at the top right of the home page.
Sustainability Now! | Martina Kunnecke | Independent Mayoral Candidate | 10-24-22
October 24, 2022 02:43 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBIndependent media brings you Independent candidates! On this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a chat with Martina Kunnecke, an Independent candidate for Louisville’s next Mayor. Born and raised in Louisville, Martina is a long-time grassroots advocate with Neighborhood Planning and Preservation (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064732026603) for historic preservation, environmental justice, and a stronger role for citizens in the city's decision-making. You can lea...
Truth To Power | Environmental Justice Conference | Part 2 | 10-21-22
October 21, 2022 07:30 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the 2022 Environmental Justice Conference - Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making that was held online on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. The West Jefferson County Community Task Force, NAACP, and UofL's Envirome Institute were proud to present this 6th annual Environmental Justice Conference with presentations on health, climate change, EPA and state new environmental policies, alternat...
Bench Talk | ‘Forever Chemicals’ & Women – What Motivates Black & Latino Voters? | Oct. 24, 2022
October 21, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 28.5 MBHear Mary Williams discuss the effect of ‘forever chemicals’ on women’s health. Then, political scientist Dr. Andrea Benjamin speaks about black:latino coalitions and the role of black or latina endorsements in elections. Thanks to the Union of Concerned Scientists for permission to broadcast this ‘Got Science?’ podcast ‘Why Some People Vote and Others Don’t’ from Sept. 20, 2022: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/why-some-people-vote-and-others-dont ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a w...
Election Connection | Mayoral Candidate Forum | 10-18-22
October 21, 2022 00:58 - 59 minutes - 77.6 MBThis Louisville mayoral candidate forum, which took place Oct. 7, 2022 at the Mixx Restaurant in South Louisville, featured Democrat Craig Greenberg, Republican Bill Dieruf, and two Independent candidates, Manetta Lemkheitir and Martina Nichols Kunnecke. This event was organized by Shameka Parrish Wright.
Vegan Breakfast Teach In Highlights ( Abolish the Supreme Court, Community Control Now )
October 18, 2022 22:33 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBOct. 8th Highlights of Community Control Now's event where they did a teach-in of their campaign. Also featuring the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Louisville branch doing a teach-in on abolishing the Supreme Court.
Community Control Now | Vegan Breakfast Teach-In Highlights | Abolish the Supreme Court | 10-20-22
October 18, 2022 22:33 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBOct. 8th Highlights of Community Control Now's event where they did a teach-in of their campaign. Also featuring the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Louisville branch doing a teach-in on abolishing the Supreme Court.
Vegan Breakfast Teach In
October 18, 2022 22:33 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBOct. 8th Highlights of Community Control Now's event where they did a teach-in of their campaign. Also featuring the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Louisville branch doing a teach-in on abolishing the Supreme Court.
The Climate Report #349 | 1776 Part 3 | 10-17-22
October 17, 2022 22:01 - 28 minutes - 29.8 MBI'm joined by my fellow programmers Michael Tee and Vincent Gonzalez, to continue our conversation about the Counterrevolution of 1776,
REPLAY: Perks S. 5 Ep. 109 | Johann Trotter | Horror Is Like. Jar of Salsa
October 17, 2022 17:30 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBWe are halfway through spooky October and maybe you are looking for a good scary book to read. Our guest today, Johann Trotter, can give you some tips. Johann lives in Northern Ireland and works as a scientific researcher. But her hobby gone wild is horror in all its forms. She is a self-professed horror junkie. She is a bit obsessed with Stephen King, but on her instagram page @jobis89, you can find a wide variety of non-Stephen King horror book suggestions and reviews to make any spooky rea...
REPLAY: Perks S. 5 Ep. 109 | Johann Trotter | Horror Is Like A Jar of Salsa
October 17, 2022 17:30 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBWe are halfway through spooky October and maybe you are looking for a good scary book to read. Our guest today, Johann Trotter, can give you some tips. Johann lives in Northern Ireland and works as a scientific researcher. But her hobby gone wild is horror in all its forms. She is a self-professed horror junkie. She is a bit obsessed with Stephen King, but on her instagram page @jobis89, you can find a wide variety of non-Stephen King horror book suggestions and reviews to make any spooky rea...
Sustainability Now! | Keon Farris | Senior Sustainability Major at UofL | 10-17-22
October 17, 2022 04:20 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a chat with Keon Farris, a senior who is pursuing a major in Sustainability at the University of Louisville. We discuss his experience in the program, how he first got interested in sustainability, and what he is seeing in terms of careers in sustainability. He is also interning at Schneider Electric in Louisville, using this time to pursue his dream of becoming a sustainability consultant for businesses and corporations. Information ...
Election Connection | Karen Faulkner, Judge Candidate | 10-11-22
October 16, 2022 22:29 - 59 minutes - 76.2 MBRuth interviews Karen Faulkner, candidate for 30th District Court Judge, covering a wide range of topics, all relating to our judicial system.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Carla Wallace, Topic: Deaths in Louisville Jail
October 14, 2022 15:31 - 28 minutes - 31.6 MBK.A. Owens interviews Carla Wallace of Louisville (Kentucky) Showing Up For Racial Justice (LSURJ). Topic: The death rate in the Louisville (KY) Metro Department Of Corrections facility (jail). What we as a community need to do to lower or eliminate the unnecessary deaths. Recorded Friday October 14, 2022, 10AM.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Carla Wallace | Deaths in Louisville Jail | 10-14-22
October 14, 2022 15:31 - 28 minutes - 31.6 MBK.A. Owens interviews Carla Wallace of Louisville (Kentucky) Showing Up For Racial Justice (LSURJ). Topic: The death rate in the Louisville (KY) Metro Department Of Corrections facility (jail). What we as a community need to do to lower or eliminate the unnecessary deaths. Recorded Friday October 14, 2022, 10AM.
Truth To Power | Community Control Now Vegan Breakfast Teach-in | 10-14-22
October 14, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the Community Control Now Vegan Breakfast Teach-In held on Saturday, Oct. 8th at First Unitarian Church, 809 S. 4th St. Tune in for great progressive community voices, including: - Vegan testimonials with Food Not Bombs - Gaye Aldeman for JCPS District 3 School Board - Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) - Abolish the Supreme Court - Change Today, Change Tomorrow On Truth to Power each week, we gather Forward Radio programmer...
Access Hour | Live From The Garvin Gate Blues Festival | Oct. 12, 2022
October 12, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBForward Radio was excited to participate in and live broadcast from the Garvin Gate Blues Festival in Old Louisville at Oak & Garvin Place (5th Street) on Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 1-11pm! Learn more at http://www.garvingatebluesfestival.com. Come on out and visit our booth to the right of the main stage on Garvin Place. Learn about how to get involved and support Forward Radio. Pick up a bumper sticker and you can also get yourself registered to vote at our booth (the deadline to regist...
Perks S. 7 Ep. 151 | Stacie Dotson | Library Haunts | 10-12-22
October 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBMany book lovers could spend hours in a library wandering around perusing the shelves, but the Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana is a little more unique because it houses not only books and magazines but some spooky residents. In the 1930s, staff members and patrons first started seeing apparitions including a woman in Victorian clothing named The Gray Lady, a gentleman named Frank, and a little boy named Billy Bobby who likes to play on the stairs. These are friendly ghosts and each ye...
Solutions To Violence | Sister Helen Prejean | Death Row | Oct. 10, 2022
October 11, 2022 14:52 - 29 seconds - 422 KBHelen Prejean is the author of three books, River of Fire, The Death of Innocence and Dead Man Walking. These books are about Helen’s compassionate support of men as they prepared for their execution by the state of Louisianan. The Book Dead Man Walking was made into a major motion picture staring Sean Penn, who played the part of Eddie Sonya whose execution was ordered by the state of Louisianan and Susan Sarandon who played the part of Helen Prejean. Sister Helen Prejean has become an outs...
The Climate Report #348 | 1776, Part Two | 10-10-22
October 10, 2022 21:39 - 28 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode I’m joined by my friends and fellow programmers at Forward Radio Michael Tee and Vincent Gonzalez, hosts of Community Control Now. We’re talking about The Counterrevolution of 1776 by Gerald Horn. This books takes the position--and compellingly argues--that the American revolution was really a counterrevolution because a revolution is from the ground up. A revolution of the people, by the people and for the people. But when you look into it, the American Revolution was not b...
Election Connection | Rachel Roarx | KY State Rep. candidate District 38 | 10-4-22
October 10, 2022 18:06 - 58 minutes - 69.9 MBRachel Roarx, Democratic Candidate for KY State Representative, District 38, answered questions posed by the Louisville League of Women Voters as well as audience questions at a Candidate Forum, held 9/29/22 at the Iroquois Public Library. (Her Republican opponent didn't show up.) In addition, Ruth Newman and Victoria Strange, co-hosts of Election Connection, discussed the Democratic candidates, Morgan McGarvey, and his Republican opponent, Stuart Ray, both running for U.S. House of Represent...
Election Connection | Rachel Roarx-KY State Rep. candidate-District 38 | 10-4-22
October 10, 2022 18:06 - 58 minutes - 69.9 MBRachel Roarx, Democratic Candidate for KY State Representative, District 38, answered questions posed by the Louisville League of Women Voters as well as audience questions at a Candidate Forum, held 9/29/22 at the Iroquois Public Library. (Her Republican opponent didn't show up.) In addition, Ruth Newman and Victoria Strange, co-hosts of Election Connection, discussed the Democratic candidates, Morgan McGarvey, and his Republican opponent, Stuart Ray, both running for U.S. House of Represent...
Bench Talk | October Night Sky - eDNA & Salamanders - Antibiotic Bacteria | Oct. 10, 2022
October 10, 2022 16:30 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBScott Miller fills us in on what to see in the night sky this month. Then, Rob Weber interviews Rebecca Piche (Asbury College) about her research on using eDNA (environmental DNA) in monitoring semi-aquatic salamanders. Finally, Austin Minton (Kentucky Wesleyan College) discusses his search for bacterial strains that produce antibiotics. ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tues...
Sustainability Now! | Jane Evans + Amelia Baylon | Common Earth Gardens | 10-10-22
October 10, 2022 07:12 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBGet your hands dirty with us on this week’s show as your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a chat with Jane Evans (Program Director), and Amelia Baylon (Urban Agriculture Sustainability Coordinator) from Common Earth Gardens at Catholic Charities of Louisville (https://cclou.org/common-earth-gardens/). The project works with refugees to increase land access, grow food for families, and prepare for the market. Common Earth Gardens was formerly the Refugee Agriculture Partnership Program (RAPP),...
Live broadcast from the Garvin Gate Blues Festival | October 8, 2022
October 08, 2022 20:41 - 45 minutes - 33.6 MBForward Radio is excited to participate in and live broadcast from the Garvin Gate Blues Festival in Old Louisville at Oak & Garvin Place (5th Street) on Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 1-11pm! Learn more at https://www.garvingatebluesfestival.com. Come on out and visit our booth to the right of the main stage on Garvin Place. Learn about how to get involved and support Forward Radio. Pick up a bumper sticker and you can also get yourself registered to vote at our booth (the deadline to regist...
Community Control Now | Live broadcast from Vegan Breakfast Teach-in | 10-8-22
October 08, 2022 18:20 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBForward Radio was proud to live broadcast from the Vegan Breakfast Teach-In organized by our own Community Control Now on Saturday, October 8th at First Unitarian Church. Listen in to hear vegan testimonials from host Vincent Gonzalez and Food Not Bombs, Gay Adelmann who is running for JCPS School Board in District 4, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) on the move to abolish the Supreme Court, Change Today, Change Tomorrow on their mutual aid work in our community, and a special liv...
Truth To Power | Environmental Justice Conference | Part 1 | 10-7-22
October 07, 2022 03:30 - 59 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the 2022 Environmental Justice Conference - Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making that was held online on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. The West Jefferson County Community Task Force, NAACP, and UofL's Envirome Institute were proud to present this 6th annual Environmental Justice Conference with presentations on health, climate change, EPA and state new environmental policies, alternat...
Truth To Power | Environmental Justice Conference, Part 1 | 10-7-22
October 07, 2022 03:30 - 59 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you more highlights from the 2022 Environmental Justice Conference - Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making that was held online on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. The West Jefferson County Community Task Force, NAACP, and UofL's Envirome Institute were proud to present this 6th annual Environmental Justice Conference with presentations on health, climate change, EPA and state new environmental policies, alt...
Perks S. 7 Ep. 150 | Tyler Miller | Making Reading Less Scary | 10-5-22
October 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIn this week’s episode, we chat with Tyler Miller, founder of Reluctant Reader Books, a company that makes books for kids who hate to read. He is also author to several books for young readers in the Nevermore series, including We Bury the Living. In our conversation, Tyler tells us about why he started Reluctant Reader Books and how these books pull in younger readers who don’t normally find books appealing. He also tells us about other authors whose horror-lite novels are ones he recommends...
The Climate Report #347 | The Counterrevolution of 1776 | 10-3-22
October 03, 2022 19:27 - 28 minutes - 29.5 MBThis week on The Climate Report I'm joined by my friends and fellow programmers, Michael Tee and Vincent Gonzalez. We will talk about Gerald Horne's book, the Counterrevolution of 1776, which presents a different, and we believe a much more accurate picture of what really happened in 1776. Why are we talking about history on a show dedicated to climate? Because we must understand our true history and the true nature of our political and corporate institutions in order to solve big problems ...