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On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Dr. Colleen Unroe and Parson Brown | E KY Floods | 9-16-22
September 16, 2022 20:56 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Dr. Colleen Unroe, PHD - visiting Professor of Environmental Studies at Dickinson College, and Parson Brown - Documentarian and Media Activist. Topic: update on the flooding in Eastern KY and its aftermath. Recorded Friday September 16, 2022, 4PM.
Single Payer Radio | Kay and Mary | "Value-Based Care"
September 16, 2022 13:38 - 56 minutes - 46 MBKay Tillow, chairperson for Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and Mary Radford, a local practicing infectious disease control nurse and member of the group's steering committee discuss the so-called Value- based Care model employed by the private FOR PROFIT healthcare industry to imposed more cost and care barriers on patients to increase their profits
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Bill Cheadle | Surgeon Training and VA Care
September 16, 2022 13:16 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBDr. Bill Cheadle, general surgeon discusses the surgical training program and the University of Louisvillle and the local VA hospital
Truth To Power | Louisville Maker Faire, Part 1 | 9-16-22
September 16, 2022 07:01 - 58 minutes - 41 MBOn this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the 2022 Louisville Maker Faire! Forward Radio was thrilled to participate in the 2022 Louisville Maker Faire (http://louisville.makerfaire.com/) held on Saturday, Sept. 10th, from 10am - 6pm, at the University of Louisville's Student Activities Center. Co-hosts Justin Mog and Brian Barnes take you on a tour around the fair, interviewing some of the most creative people you'll ever meet! In part 1, we hear from representatives from: ...
#189 Critical Thinking For Everyone | LIVE for Give For Good Louisville | 9-15-22
September 15, 2022 22:10 - 59 minutes - 45.5 MBPatty & Brian are joined live in the Forward Radio studio by Justin Mog to invite you to think critically about your philanthropy and Give For Good, Louisville! TODAY (Sept. 15, 2022) is Give For Good Louisville and we need YOU to chip in what you can to support Forward Radio now through midnight at https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organizations/wfmp-low-power-radio-inc
Access Hour | Live for Give For Good Louisville | PATH - People Against Trafficking Humans | 9-15-22
September 15, 2022 16:30 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MBTODAY (Sept. 15, 2022) is Give For Good Louisville and we need YOU to chip in what you can to support Forward Radio now through midnight at https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organizations/wfmp-low-power-radio-inc For this special LIVE broadcast from the studio, we sat down with representatives from the People Against Trafficking Humans (PATH) Coalition of KY (http://pathcoalitionofky.org, http://facebook.com/pathcoalitionofky). They are also seeking your contributions today at https://ww...
Solutions to Violence | Tina Ward-Pugh | Candidate for Jefferson County Clerk | September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022 15:30 - 57 minutes - 32.9 MBTina Ward-Pugh is originally from Mississippi. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Belmont University. She moved to Louisville in 1987 and attended Southern Seminary where she earned her Master’s in Social Work and decided to make Louisville her home. As a young Social Worker and Feminist marching for Abortion Rights, LGBTQ rights and for fair housing while at the Coalition for the Homeless, ● She first worked to elect women judges, and other progressive peopl...
Perks S. 7 E. 147 | Sean Petrie of Typewriter Rodeo | Poetry on the Fly | 9-14-22
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWe love finding book lovers who are doing innovative things with words. This week we are talking about making poetry fun and accessible to the person on the street, literally. Our guest is Sean Petrie, a poet in Austin, Texas who, along with his fellow poets in the group Typewriter Rodeo makes poetry become a sensory experience. Sean and his colleagues Jodi, David, and Kari Anne click their vintage typerwriter keys and create poems on the spot for guests who attend all kinds of events in the...
The Climate Report #345 | Reagan & Central America | 9-12-22
September 12, 2022 22:23 - 29 minutes - 31.4 MBLet's take a little journey back to 1984 and talk about why Ronald Reagan sought public support for military involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador
Bench Talk | Four-Year Anniversary Show - How Did We Ever Get That? | Sept. 12, 2022
September 12, 2022 20:14 - 28 minutes - 28.9 MBWe've got a great show to celebrate being on the air for four years. It's our answer to the question 'How Did We Ever Get That?' How were Dippin' Dots invented? Who made the first telescope? How can scientists study the evolution of empathy? How were chickens first domesticated? Finally, there's a poem about this, a basic question regarding the scientific method....How did we ever get that? WFMP (106.5 FM, Louisville) would like you to donate money to keep the radio station afloat. On ...
Sustainability Now! | Ellen Trahan | Louisville Sustainability Council | Sept 12, 2022
September 12, 2022 04:59 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, throws the first pitch with Ellen Trahan, Board Chair, of the Louisville Sustainability Council (LSC). The LSC is another local non-profit that, along with Forward Radio, will be participating in Give For Good Louisville on Thursday, Sept. 15th! Donations will help fund the LSC’s micro grant program, which will soon be opening applications for proposals in the 2022 cycle. The LSC is in its 12th year and we discuss its history and evolution over the ...
Live Broadcast from the Louisville Maker Faire at UofL | Sept. 10, 2022
September 10, 2022 22:19 - 2 hours - 116 MBForward Radio was thrilled to participate in the 2022 Louisville Maker Faire (https://louisville.makerfaire.com/) held on Saturday, Sept. 10th, from 10am - 6pm, at the University of Louisville's Student Activities Center. Co-hosts Justin Mog and Brian Barnes take you on a tour around the fair, interviewing some of the most creative people you'll ever meet, including representatives from: Capitol Custom Bicycles; Momentum Motorsport; DIY Solar; Electrified Riding Lawn Mower; FirstBuild; Glassb...
Pleading Out
September 09, 2022 15:16 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBMike Vince and the crew break down the latest book from Dan Canon " Pleading Out : How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class"
Community Control Now | Pleading Out | Sept. 8, 2022
September 09, 2022 15:16 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBMike, Vince, and the crew break down the latest book from Dan Canon " Pleading Out : How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class"
Access Hour | Women's Equality Day | Sept. 7, 2022
September 09, 2022 14:22 - 57 minutes - 68.9 MBRuth Newman brings you highlights from the Women's Equality Day celebration on August 27, 2022 at the Filson Historical Society. Featured speakers include: UofL Brandeis School of Law’s Enid-Trucios Haynes; HRC’s Education Committee Chair Dawn Wilson; and Change Today, Change Tomorrow’s Taylor Ryan. Information about the event is at https://filsonhistorical.org/event/womens-equality-day-2022/ In 1973, Congress designated August 26th as Women's Equality Day. It is the date that the 19th Amend...
Solutions To Violence Features Ryan Busse, 9 - 7-22~0
September 07, 2022 14:34 - 47 minutes - 28.1 MBRyan Busse is A former firearms executive who pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the gun industry and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist–all things that the firearms industry was built on, Ryan Bussy chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America’s most popular gun companies. But b...
Solutions To Violence | Ryan Busse | Former Firearms Executive | 9-5-22
September 07, 2022 14:34 - 47 minutes - 28.1 MBRyan Busse is a former firearms executive who pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the gun industry and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist–all things that the firearms industry was built on, Ryan Bussy chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America’s most popular gun companies. But b...
Perks S. 7 Ep. 146 | Ben Aitken | A May-December Friendship | 9-7-22
September 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBOne of our guests from this past summer, Kate Wickers, introduced us to the work of British nonfiction writer Ben Aitken. His books are funny, intelligent, poignant and we’re thrilled he agreed to speak with us from his home in London. We chatted with him about his many books, particularly The Marmalade Diaries which was just published in the US in June. Ben is funny in that understated way that Americans like us find charming. The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple follows ...
Bench Talk | Promotion for Semi-Annual Fund Drive (55 seconds) | September 2022
September 06, 2022 22:41 - 54 seconds - 1.01 MBOur promotional advertisement asking you to donate to Forward Radio during the 'Give For Good Louisville' charity campaign on Thursday, September 15, 2022. Please go to https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/ and search for 'Forward Radio' in order to donate. This money will help keep Forward Radio, WFMP, 106.5 FM in Louisville, Kentucky alive and kicking! Thank you.
The Climate Report #344 The True Cost of Energy | 9-5-22
September 05, 2022 19:39 - 28 minutes - 31.4 MBWe are treated to an endless stream of cheerleading around renewable energy. But what is the underlying reality? And if flooding the energy market with solar panels and wind turbines, turns out to create more problems than it solves, then what? Let's count the true cost of all energy extraction generation and consumption. Let's count the cost of fossil fuels. And let's count the cost of solar and wind. Let's count the cost of electric vehicles. Let's count the true cost of lithium ion batter...
The Climate Report #344 | The True Cost of Energy | 9-5-22
September 05, 2022 19:39 - 28 minutes - 31.4 MBWe are treated to an endless stream of cheerleading around renewable energy. But what is the underlying reality? And if flooding the energy market with solar panels and wind turbines, turns out to create more problems than it solves, then what? Let's count the true cost of all energy extraction generation and consumption. Let's count the cost of fossil fuels. And let's count the cost of solar and wind. Let's count the cost of electric vehicles. Let's count the true cost of lithium ion batter...
Solutions To Violence Features Dr. Barry Levy, 8 - 29 - 22~0
September 05, 2022 17:02 - 52 minutes - 29.8 MBBarry Levy is a physician and epidemiologist who has studied the health impacts of war for more than three decades. His new book, "From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War," which was published by Oxford University Press, provides a comprehensive review of the impacts of armed conflict on health, human rights, and the environment and addresses the prevention of war and the promotion of peace. Dr. Levy has spoken and written extensively on these issues, inclu...
Solutions To Violence | Dr. Barry Levy | Health Impacts of War | 8-29-22
September 05, 2022 17:02 - 52 minutes - 29.8 MBBarry Levy is a physician and epidemiologist who has studied the health impacts of war for more than three decades. His new book, "From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War," which was published by Oxford University Press, provides a comprehensive review of the impacts of armed conflict on health, human rights, and the environment and addresses the prevention of war and the promotion of peace. Dr. Levy has spoken and written extensively on these issues, inclu...
Sustainability Now! | Amy Townsend-Small | Abandoned Oil + Gas Wells | Sept. 5, 2022
September 05, 2022 04:25 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, grabs his college rock hammer for an in-depth conversation with environmental scientist, Dr. Amy Townsend-Small, associate professor of environmental science in the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences. Amy has spent years studying abandoned or idled oil and gas wells across the country. Her geology research is helping policymakers understand the scope of the problem and the implications for the environment and public health and s...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest:"O", Topic: Death Of Chris Wells
September 02, 2022 19:28 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews "O" . Topic: Death of Breonna Taylor activist Chris Wells. K.A. reads letters written by the KY Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression regarding the incarceration of Grandmaster Jay and the Prosecutorial Misconduct by KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the Breonna Taylor case. Recorded Friday September 2, 2022, 3PM.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Guest: "O" | Death Of Chris Wells | 9-2-22
September 02, 2022 19:28 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews "O". Topic: Death of Breonna Taylor activist Chris Wells. K.A. reads letters written by the KY Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression regarding the incarceration of Grandmaster Jay and the Prosecutorial Misconduct by KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the Breonna Taylor case. Recorded Friday September 2, 2022, 3PM.
#188 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Quiet Quitting | Sept 2, 2022
September 02, 2022 14:28 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWe discuss "Quiet Quitting"!
Access Hour | Local Disruption Pilot 1 | August 31, 2022
August 31, 2022 05:30 - 57 minutes - 106 MBBrian Barnes interviews Aaron Koshinski from Ohio Valley Creative Energy (https://ohiovalleycreativeenergy.com/) about emerging technologies, quantum computing, humanoid robots, and artificial intelligence.
Perks S. 7 Ep. 145 | Natalie Martin | Romantic Reader Getaways | 8-31-22
August 31, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBOur guest this week is Natalie Martin, a voracious romance reader from Illinois who we met through Tabby Pawlitzki, host of Modern Life podcast. Natalie is the owner of Just Ask Nat! and a virtual assistant for authors and small businesses including the romance podcast Heaving Bosoms where she has also served as guest co-host. We wanted to dig deep with a fellow book lover who reads romance almost exclusively to find out why this genre is so important to her and what authors she recommends f...
The Climate Report #343 | Climate and the War Machine | 8-29-22
August 29, 2022 22:09 - 28 minutes - 31 MBLet's take a journey through time back to March 6, 1991, where George HW Bush is giving the victory speech to a joint session of Congress, after the first Gulf War. Let's look at the rhetoric. Then let's look at the underlying reality. Let's look at the relevant law. And then let's ask: Do we trust these people? Can the people who bring us endless war ever be trusted to bring us solutions to climate change? If not, then what do we do?
Single Payer Radio | Medicare privatization impacts and organizing efforts in Indiana
August 29, 2022 14:39 - 57 minutes - 38.9 MBDrs. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone, doctors practicing in Indiana, discuss the impacts of Medicare privatization and single payer organizing efforts in Indiana
Sustainability Now! | Ashley Wilmes | Kentucky Resources Council | Aug. 29, 2022
August 29, 2022 05:15 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, introduces you to Ashley Wilmes, the new Executive Director of Kentucky Resources Council, which combines smart policy and legal advocacy to protect the Commonwealth's natural resources and ensure environmental justice for Kentucky's most vulnerable people and communities (https://www.kyrc.org/). Ashley was appointed director in fall of 2021, replacing Tom “Fitz” Fitzgerald, who served as director throughout the history of KRC and is transitioning i...
Bench Talk | September Sky - Teaching Paleontology - Crop Soils - Climate Policy | August 29, 2022
August 29, 2022 00:22 - 29 minutes - 30.1 MBScott Miller describes the night sky for the month of September. Rob Weber interviews Dr. Kate Bulinski (Bellarmine University) about 'The Waldron Shale Project' for K-12 education. Amanda Fuller interviews Dakota Tate (Murray State University) about his research on carbon sequestration and compaction in crop soils. And finally, Scott Miller discusses the impacts and policies of global climate change. Here is the website for 'The Waldron Shale Project': https://www.bellarmine.edu/arts-a...
LouisvilleReads | Ep 32 | Invisible Child (2021) | Andrea Elliott | 8-26-22
August 26, 2022 23:52 - 58 minutes - 43.5 MBEpisode #32 of LouisvilleReads! Reading and reviewing investigative journalist for The New York Times Andrea Elliott's breathtaking 2022 winner of the Pulitzer Prizes for Nonfiction 'Invisible Child: Poverty Survival & Hope in an American City'. Serialized in NYT articles from approximately 2013 to 2021, Elliott captures life's peaks and valleys for Dasani Coates, a young, homeless, African American girl and her family as they navigate America's often unseen (almost Dickensian) socioeconomi...
LouisvilleReads | Ep 32 | Invisible Child (2021) | Andrea Elliot | 8-26-22
August 26, 2022 23:52 - 58 minutes - 43.5 MBLouisvilleReads | Ep 32 | Invisible Child (2021) | Andrea Elliot | 8-26-22 by FORward Radio
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Jack Spadaro & Dr. Colleen Unroe | Update on E. KY Flooding | 8-6-22
August 26, 2022 20:50 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.A. Owens interviews Jack Spadaro a Mining/Mine Safety/Environmental Engineer and Dr. Colleen Unroe, professor of Environmental Studies at Dickenson University. They explain the relationship between a century of mining in Eastern KY and the severe damage from the heavy rainfall and flooding that began on Wednesday July 27, 2022. Recorded Friday August 26, 2022.
Perks S. 7 Ep. 144 | Shelley Sackier | Getting Into The Spirits | 8-24-22
August 24, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBThis week we are joined by Shelley Sackier who has had an interesting literary journey. She is a young adult fiction writer who has recently published a book about scotch whisky called Make It a Double: From Wretched to Wondrous: Tales of One Woman’s Lifelong Discovery of Whisky. It is part Scotch history, a love letter to the country itself, and part memoir about how her love for the spirit developed especially after she completed an internship at a Scottish distillery. Over the course of 2...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 58 "Step Forward" | Nancy Brooks | Aug. 16, 2022
August 23, 2022 21:29 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBThis week we are joined by returning guest Nancy Brooks, Executive Director of the Louisville chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Nancy shares current initiatives, including "stigma-free workplace," early intervention, and peer-to-peer support groups. The Step Forward for Mental Health Walk will be hosted by NAMI on October 15th, 2022. You can find details about the walk as well as information and links to free weekly online support groups at nami.org. Featured: Origi...
The Climate Report #342 | Whom Do We Trust | 8-22-22
August 22, 2022 22:27 - 28 minutes - 31.9 MBLet's take a look at the Inflation Reduction Act, especially the provisions that are supposed to help solve the climate crisis. Then let's ask, do we trust this government to solve climate problems? Do we trust this government to solve species extinction problems? Let's look at the long record the government has of acting exactly contrary to the interests of the people.
Sustainability Now! | Dan Maloney | Louisville Zoo Director | Aug. 22, 2022
August 22, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, puts down his binoculars for a chat with Dan Maloney, who stepped in as the new Director of the Louisville Zoo (http://louisvillezoo.org) last fall. Dan comes to us with over 39 years of experience working in zoos around the world. He speaks about what is so special about the Louisville Zoo and what drew him here. The Louisville Zoo is a non-profit organization, but it’s also an agency of Louisville Metro Government, and it is the state zoo of Kent...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Tina Ward-Pugh | County Clerk Candidate | 8-19-22
August 19, 2022 18:42 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.A. Owens interviews Tina Ward-Pugh, former member of the Louisville Board of Alderman and the Louisville Metro Council. She is now running for the position of Jefferson County Clerk. Recorded Friday August 19, 2022, 1:30PM.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Tina Ward-Pugh, County Clerk candidate
August 19, 2022 18:42 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.A. Owens interviews Tina Ward-Pugh, former member of the Louisville Board of Alderman and the Louisville Metro Council. She is now running for the position of Jefferson County Clerk. Recorded Friday August 19, 2022, 1:30PM.
#187 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Patty speaks on HSC's Faculty Feed | August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022 19:31 - 58 minutes - 81 MBPatty talks to The Faculty Feed team at Louisville's Health Sciences Campus about how Critical Thinking connects with Clinical Thinking.
Solutions To Violence | Cory Shull | Public Education | Aug. 17, 2022
August 18, 2022 01:24 - 57 minutes - 35.4 MBCorrie Shull is a lifelong champion of public education, and his record of community service underscores his advocacy for a strong, diverse, progressive JCPS system. He is the father of Zoe and Harrison. Corrie has served on the JCPS Facilities Committee and the Behavioral Support Alternative Task Force. He has participated in Flash Dads and mentors JCPS middle school boys. For the past eight years, Corrie created and led the Teen Summit Enrichment Program, which offers a mix of academic inst...
Perks S. 7 Ep. 143 | Erin Flanagan | Mind Games | 8-17-22
August 17, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBIn this week’s episode, we chat with Erin Flanagan, an author whose debut novel Deer Season won a 2022 Edgar Award for Best First Novel; her most recent book that published this past summer is a thriller called Blackout. Blackout revolves around a sociology professor named Maris who begins having blackouts despite the fact that she gave up drinking seven months before and then discovers other women in her community are experiencing the same thing. It’s a bit of a #metoo novel with some specu...
The Climate Report #341 The Inflation Reduction Act | 8-15-22
August 15, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutes - 32.5 MBThe Senate has passed what it claims to be the largest investment ever in the war on climate. Yes, many dollars were spent, but is it a good use of the money? Are they using our money well? Are they solving problems? Or are they wasting our time?
The Climate Report #341 | The Inflation Reduction Act | 8-15-22
August 15, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutes - 32.5 MBThe Senate has passed what it claims to be the largest investment ever in the war on climate. Yes, many dollars were spent, but is it a good use of the money? Are they using our money well? Are they solving problems? Or are they wasting our time?
Sustainability Now! | Madeline Ostrander | At Home On An Unruly Planet | 8-15-22
August 15, 2022 03:32 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBOn this week’s show we bring you a compelling conversation about the evolving meaning of home in the age of climate chaos with science journalist, Madeline Ostrander, author of the brand new book, At Home on an Unruly Planet - Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth, released by Holt on August 2nd, 2022. Learn more at http://madelineostrander.com How do we find a sense of home and rootedness in a time of unprecedented upheaval? What happens when the seasons and rhythms in which we have built our ...
Bench Talk | LGBTQIA+ Concerns About The James Webb Space Telescope | August 15, 2022
August 13, 2022 04:03 - 29 minutes - 32 MBIs the naming of the 'James Webb Space Telescope' really appropriate considering the NASA administrator's role in the 1950's 'Lavender Scare' where homosexuals working in government were fired? The first half of this video was broadcast on our August 1st show: https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/bench-talk-august-night-sky-behind-the-name-james-webb-space-telescope-august-1-2022?in=wfmp-forward-radio/sets/bench-talk-the-week-in-science Thanks to the 'JustSpace Alliance' for permis...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guests: Dr. Collen Unroe PhD, Sam And Kelly Sizemore, E. KY Flooding
August 12, 2022 20:17 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Dr. Colleen Unroe, PhD-a former organizer with Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, with Sam and Kelly Sizemore. The Sizemore family is from Clayhole, Kentucky. The Sizemore family and Dr. Unroe give our audience an update on the flooding in Eastern KY that began on Wednesday July 27, 2022. Recorded on Friday August 12, 2022, 3PM.