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Single Payer Radio Medicare turns 57! The Good, The Bad, and How We improve it
July 20, 2022 17:30 - 57 minutes - 54.7 MBKentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare members discuss the birth of Medicare including its civil rights and medical care desegregation component, privatization efforts, Medicare drug policies and costs to patients
Single Payer Radio | Medicare turns 57 | The Good, The Bad, & How We improve it
July 20, 2022 17:30 - 57 minutes - 54.7 MBKentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare members discuss the birth of Medicare including its civil rights and medical care desegregation component, privatization efforts, Medicare drug policies and costs to patients
REPLAY: Perks S. 2 Ep. 35 | Katy Yocom | Revision and Riding the Tiger |
July 20, 2022 14:14 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBThis week Carrie and I traveled to record at the Tompkins-Buchanan-Rankin Mansion, which is a Victorian era mansion built in 1871, with 12-foot ceilings, hand-carved wood balusters, and intricately designed colorful wallpapers. It has been preserved and enveloped by the campus of Spalding University and is the location of their School of Creative and Professional Writing and home base for today’s guest, debut novelist Katy Yocom. Katy’s novel, Three Ways to Disappear, was published in 2019 a...
Bench Talk | Webb Scope - Lower Howard's Creek - Marie Antoinette - Inclusive Science | July 18 2022
July 17, 2022 21:12 - 29 minutes - 31.4 MBWhat is the science behind the first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope? Why did the Geological Society of Kentucky recently name the Lower Howard's Creek Nature & Heritage Preserve as a distinguished geologic site? What's in the redacted letters between the last Queen of France (Marie Antoinette) and her purported lover? Finally, hear about the I Am A Scientist program that is working to enhance diversity and inclusivity in the sciences. Here is a link to those Webb Telescope i...
Sustainability Now! | Doug Tallamy | Nature's Best Hope | July 18, 2022
July 15, 2022 21:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, brings you a preview conversation with Dr. Douglas Tallamy who will be the guest speaker at a special event on Friday in collaboration with UofL’s Sustainability Council and Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Joining the conversation is Bernheim’s Director of Education, Kristin Faurest, Ph.D. Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has...
Truth To Power | Highlights from the 2022 Bluegrass VegFest | July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022 20:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBForward Radio was proud to participate in and live-broadcast from the 2022 Bluegrass VegFest at the Melwood Art Center on Saturday, July 9th from 11am-6pm. The VegFest is a Louisville-based vegan food festival showcasing regional businesses and products, with over 50 exhibitors. Not just a cornucopia of delicious plant-based food, it also featured craft beer and summer cocktails, nationally renowned speakers, arts and crafts, kid’s activities, and much more. The festival attracted thousands o...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Jeff Compton | Shawnee Park, Dirt Bowl, Police Shooting | 7-15-22
July 15, 2022 18:59 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews Community Activist Jeff Compton about the Sunday July 10 , 2022 incident in Shawnee Park at the Dirt Bowl where the Louisville Metro Police Department decided to serve a warrant in the middle of a crowd of women and children and gunfire ensued. The Dirt Bowl is a summer basketball tournament, a community event that people have enjoyed for many years. Recorded Friday July 15, 2022.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Guest: Jeff Compton, Shawnee Park, Dirt Bowl, Police Shooting
July 15, 2022 18:59 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews Community Activist Jeff Compton about the Sunday July 10 , 2022 incident in Shawnee Park at the Dirt Bowl where the Louisville Metro Police Department decided to serve a warrant in the middle of a crowd of women and children and gunfire ensued. The Dirt Bowl is a summer basketball tournament, a community event that people have enjoyed for many years. Recorded Friday July 15, 2022.
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 55 | "Leaning into Discomfort" | Alexa Quinter | July 12, 2022
July 13, 2022 19:09 - 57 minutes - 53.9 MBThis week we our joined by Alexa Quinter, who shares how a traumatic childhood experience has had a profound and lasting impact on her mental health. We talk about coexisting with trauma, dealing with anger, and accepting changes in yourself even when others don't. Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas
REPLAY: Perks S. 6 Ep. 127 | Angela Jackson-Brown | Writing Racism to Right Racism Wrongs
July 13, 2022 13:12 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBThis week’s guest, Angela Jackson-Brown, is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. She is also a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana who completed her MFA at Spalding University in Louisville where she is also a member of the creative writing graduate faculty. Her most recent novel, When Stars Rain Down, was published in 2021 and is a historical fiction story set in 1930s Georgia, and has been nominated for several awards. Angela also has a new novel coming out in...
The Climate Report #337 Regenerative Farming in Kenya and the USA
July 11, 2022 22:04 - 28 minutes - 44 MBI had a chance to speak with a group of Kenyans about farming. Here's what I had to say. It applies to the US, just as well. If we farm regeneratively, and/or get our food from farmers who do so, then we will experience a range of benefits, in terms of nutrition, water quality, climate and community wealth building. I recommend rotational grazing of livestock and practicing the principles of soil health in our crop fields and vegetable gardens.
Sustainability Now! | Connor Giffin | C-J's New Environmental Reporter | Under-Reported | 7-11-22
July 11, 2022 01:35 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOn this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, sits down with Connor Giffin, the new Courier-Journal Environmental reporter and Report for America corps member. We discuss some of his first impressions of Louisville and his recent coverage of pollution in Beargrass Creek, MSD and the city's efforts to reduce sewage overflow. We also discuss some of the under-reported sustainability stories in Louisville such as: 1. Transportation and how Louisville is very lazy about that - intellectually and p...
LIVE Broadcast from Bluegrass VegFest | July 9, 2022
July 09, 2022 22:33 - 6 hours - 370 MBForward Radio was proud to participate in and live-broadcast from the 2022 Bluegrass VegFest at the Melwood Art Center on Saturday, July 9th from 11am-6pm. The VegFest is a Louisville-based vegan food festival showcasing regional businesses and products, with over 50 exhibitors. Not just a cornucopia of delicious plant-based food, it also featured craft beer and summer cocktails, nationally renowned speakers, arts and crafts, kid’s activities, and much more. The festival attracted thousands ...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: KY Rep. Mckenzie Cantrell, Judicial Candidate
July 08, 2022 18:16 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews KY State Rep. Mckenzie Cantrell about her legislative career and her entrance into the election for Judge on the KY Court of Appeals. Recorded Friday July 8, 2022, 12 Noon.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | KY Rep. Mckenzie Cantrell, Judicial Candidate | 7-8-22
July 08, 2022 18:16 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews KY State Rep. Mckenzie Cantrell about her legislative career and her entrance into the election for Judge on the KY Court of Appeals. Recorded Friday July 8, 2022, 12 Noon.
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Steffie Woolhandler | The Need for a Single Payer System
July 08, 2022 11:44 - 59 minutes - 48.2 MBSingle Payer Radio | Dr. Steffie Woolhandler | The Need for a Single Payer System by FORward Radio
Single Payer Radio Dr. Steffie Woolhandler speaking for the need for a single payer system
July 08, 2022 11:44 - 59 minutes - 48.2 MBSingle Payer Radio Dr. Steffie Woolhandler speaking for the need for a single payer system by FORward Radio
#186 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Airport Books! | July 7, 2022
July 07, 2022 14:29 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBWe discuss airport books!
Perks S. 6 Ep. 140 | Courtney Maum | YOLO So Polo | 7-6-22
July 04, 2022 17:54 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBIn this last episode of Season 6, we feature a writer who we had the pleasure of meeting in real life at Carmichael’s Bookstore during a leg of her book tour. Courtney Maum is a celebrated author of literary fiction but her latest book is a memoir about how a return to horse riding in her late 30s helped her rediscover herself. It isn’t uncommon at all for women to lose themselves in their roles as mothers or wives or employees and forget what it is that brings them joy and passion and a sens...
Sustainability Now! | Andy McDonald + Patrick Ferrell | Energy Independence With Solar | 7-4-22
July 03, 2022 16:00 - 58 minutes - 55.4 MBWe are celebrating Independence Day with tips on how you can declare energy independence and freedom from fossil fuels by tapping into the power of the sun! On this week's show, we bring you more highlights from the June 4th Kentucky Solar Energy Society (http://kyses.org) Annual Meeting, hosted on campus by UofL’s Sustainability Council. This week we’ll hear from Andy McDonald, Director of Apogee - Climate & Energy Transitions, a Program of Earth Tools (https://apogeeclimate.org/); and Patri...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Joi McAtee | Louisville Metro Office of Equity | 7-1-22
July 01, 2022 19:38 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Joi McAtee-Director, Office of Equity, city of Louisville, KY. She shared the various purposes and programs of that office. Recorded Friday July 1, 2022, 2PM.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Joi McAtee, Office Of Equity, Louisville, KY
July 01, 2022 19:38 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Joi McAtee-Director, Office of Equity, city of Louisville, KY. She shared the the various purposes and programs of that office. Recorded Friday July 1, 2022, 2PM.
R. Kelly and Patriarchy
June 30, 2022 23:21 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBR. Kelly and Patriarchy by FORward Radio
Community Control Now | R. Kelly and Patriarchy
June 30, 2022 23:21 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBCommunity Control Now | R. Kelly and Patriarchy by FORward Radio
Perks S. 6 Ep. 139 | Michelle Haring | A Cat In The Cupboard | 6-29-22
June 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBWe love independent bookstores and try to feature one each season, but this can be difficult. As small business owners, it is often difficult to carve time out of their weeks to speak with us. So we are always grateful when the stars align and we can make it happen. This week’s episode features Michelle Haring, owner of Cupboard Maker Books in Enola, PA. She tells us about how she first sold rare books, then more widely used books, then new books. And the bookstore has also joined forces wi...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 54 | "Boring is Nice" | Jun. 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 21:46 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MBIn this week's solo episode, we catch up after a little break and read responses to two survey questions: 1.)What are some common misconceptions about mental health that you wish the public better understood? and 2.)Do you find it difficult to talk about your mental health? If yes, why? If no, what has made it possible/easier for you to talk about your mental health? Featured Original theme music by Neil Lucas
Single Payer Radio Dr. Keith Miller Gun Violence
June 28, 2022 17:22 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBDr. Keith Miller associate professor at U of L School of Medicine's surgery department and trauma surgeon at University Hospital in Louisville discusses gun violence in our community.
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Keith Miller | Gun Violence
June 28, 2022 17:22 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBDr. Keith Miller associate professor at U of L School of Medicine's surgery department and trauma surgeon at University Hospital in Louisville discusses gun violence in our community.
The Climate Report #336 Regenerative Landscaping, Part One | 6-27-22
June 27, 2022 22:28 - 28 minutes - 45.4 MBI believe what we do with our home landscapes will lead the way to real change, partly because by so doing, we will be engaging with the people who, as a group, have the power to make change: The upper middle class in the U.S. This episode is about how power works and how change happens.
Bench Talk | Mars Rovers & Sounds of Mars - Geoscience Teacher Award - July Skies | July 4, 2022
June 27, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 28 MBMary Williams tells us about the new chapters in the missions of Mars rovers Perseverance and InSight. Listen to the 'Sounds of Mars' compliments of NASA, and catch Leslie Moise's poem about Marsquakes. Rob Weber interviews Yvonne Garrison (Mason County High School, in Maysville, KY) about receiving the Outstanding Science Teacher Award from the central section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers this year. Finally, J. Scott Miller tells us about the planets, stars, constell...
Bench Talk | Mars' Rovers - Sounds of Mars - Geoscience Teacher Award - July Skies | July 4, 2022
June 27, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 28 MBMary Williams tells us about the new chapters in the missions of Mars' rovers Perseverance and InSight. Listen to the 'Sounds of Mars' compliments of NASA, and catch Leslie Moise's poem about Marsquakes. Rob Weber interviews Yvonne Garrison (Mason County High School, in Maysville, KY) about receiving the Outstanding Science Teacher Award from the central section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers this year. Finally, J. Scott Miller tells us about the planets, stars, constel...
Bench Talk | Mars Rovers & Sounds of Mars - Geoscience Education Award - July Skies | July 4, 2022
June 27, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 28 MBMary Williams tells us about the new chapters in the missions of Mars rovers Perseverance and InSight. Listen to the 'Sounds of Mars' compliments of NASA, and catch Leslie Moise's poem about Marsquakes. Rob Weber interviews Yvonne Garrison (Mason County High School, in Maysville, KY) about receiving the Outstanding Science Teacher Award from the central section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers this year. Finally, J. Scott Miller tells us about the planets, stars, constell...
Sustainability Now! | Sumeda Rao + Steve Ricketts | Solar Over Louisville + Solar Scammers | 6-27-22
June 26, 2022 04:52 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBJust in time for the June 30th deadline to sign-up for Louisville’s highly successful Solar Over Louisville program (http://100percentlou.com/2040), this week's show brings you highlights from the June 4th Kentucky Solar Energy Society (http://kyses.org) Annual Meeting, hosted on campus by UofL’s Sustainability Council. This week we’ll hear from Sumedha Rao, LEED AP, a Sustainability Specialist in Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Advanced Planning and Sustainability (http://louisvillek...
#185 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Mysteries of CT | June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022 17:56 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWe look at some different characteristics of critical thinking systems!
#185 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Mysteries of Critical Thinking | June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022 17:56 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWe look at some different characteristics of critical thinking systems!
The Access Hour Features "March for Our Lives," June 11, 2022
June 22, 2022 21:42 - 59 minutes - 48.3 MBThe Access Hour features the March for Our Lives event that occurred in Louisville as well as cities across the country. Locally the speakers included Mayor Greg Fischer, Congressman John Yarmuth, Ace project director Rose Smith, Kentucky Department of Education member Soi Anna Mestin, and poet Jalanda Smith. Moms Demand Action leader, Cathy Mekus, provided analysis.
Access Hour | March for Our Lives | June 11, 2022
June 22, 2022 21:42 - 59 minutes - 48.3 MBThe Access Hour features the March for Our Lives event that occurred in Louisville as well as cities across the country. Locally the speakers included Mayor Greg Fischer, Congressman John Yarmuth, Ace project director Rose Smith, Kentucky Department of Education member Soi Anna Mestin, and poet Jalanda Smith. Moms Demand Action leader, Cathy Mekus, provided analysis.
LouisvilleReads | Special Ukraine Episode | Secondhand Time (2016) | Svetlana Alexievich | 6-22-22
June 22, 2022 21:28 - 59 minutes - 74.6 MBSpecial Ukraine Episode of LouisvilleReads. Read and reviewing Belarussian journalist and winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature Svetlana Alexievich's 2016 'Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets'. Capping off nearly three decades of collection the oral history of the Soviet peoples from WWII, the late 20th century Soviet-Afghan War, and the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster, Alexievich captures the social and psychological landscape of the former Eastern Bloc from the 1990's forward as "Sovi...
Perks S. 6 Ep. 138 | Kate Wickers | Treks with Toddlers to Teens | 6-22-22
June 22, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBThis is the time of year when lots and lots of people travel so it makes sense to have a travel memoirist on our show. Kate Wickers is a British writer who has spent 25 years or so writing about her extensive travel experiences and publishing in magazines and newspapers all over the world. When COVID hit, she decided to turn her many travels with her husband and three sons into a collection of essays about what travel has meant to their family and the lessons they’ve learned from the experien...
Bench Talk | History of COVID-19 Treatment (Dr. Stuart Williams, Part-2) | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 15:21 - 29 minutes - 29.5 MBDr. Stuart Williams (Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Louisville) finishes his talk about the history of COVID-19 treatment. Here is the first half of his talk: https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/bench-talk-how-does-the-sars-cov-2-virus-cause-disease-dr-stuart-williams-june-13-2022?in=wfmp-forward-radio/sets/bench-talk-the-week-in-science This April-2021 lecture is part of the 'Bench Talk Live' series sponsored by the Kentucky Academy of Science: www.kyscience.or...
Single Payer Radio/ Public Health/ A conservative's case/ Dr. Steve Lippman
June 20, 2022 12:11 - 58 minutes - 50.7 MBJune 20,2022 A couple samplings from Medicare for All Explained, a podcast produced by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Joe Sparks: Dr. Anthony Spidaro discusses a single payer healthcare system as a public health issue; Dr. Joseph Jarvis advocates for single payer from a conservative's perspective; locally, Dr. Steve Lippman advocates for a single payer system
Single Payer Radio | Public Health - A Conservative's Case | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 12:11 - 58 minutes - 50.7 MBJune 20,2022 A couple samplings from Medicare for All Explained, a podcast produced by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Joe Sparks: Dr. Anthony Spidaro discusses a single payer healthcare system as a public health issue; Dr. Joseph Jarvis advocates for single payer from a conservative's perspective; locally, Dr. Steve Lippman advocates for a single payer system
Sustainability Now! | Alan Miller | Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now | June 20, 2022
June 19, 2022 21:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MBOn this week’s show, we talk with climate expert Alan Miller about his recent, critically important book, co-authored with Durwood Zaelke, ”Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! The Ozone Treaty's Urgent Lessons for Speeding Up Climate Action.” Listen in to the revolutionary story of a 10-year sprint to reduce 'super climate pollutants', cut global warming in half, and avert catastrophe. We have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points t...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | New Programmers, Rhunette Bazzell & Jerry Crawley | 6-17-22
June 17, 2022 18:06 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews potential new WFMP programmers, Rhunette Bazzell and Jerry Crawley. We learn more about them as people as well as programmers. Recorded Friday June 17, 2022, 1PM
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guests: Rhunette Bazzell, Jerry Crawley, New Programmers Share
June 17, 2022 18:06 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews potential new WFMP programmers, Rhunette Bazzell and Jerry Crawley. We learn more about them as people as well as programmers. Recorded Friday June 17, 2022, 1PM
Perks S. 6 Ep. 137 | Bookseller Sam Miller | Hello Summer Reading | 6-15-22
June 14, 2022 15:03 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBOnce again we have our favorite local bookseller, Sam Miller, of Carmichaels Books in Louisville KY on the show to talk about summer reads. She is like our in house book seller who joins us every summer and winter to tell us what is new and notable in bookstores. Not all of these books are the typical fluffy summer books about the beach and booze; we have her cover all genres—sci/fi, cookbooks, local authors, YA, and literary fiction. We always enjoy when Sam visits us. And this week besid...
The Climate Report #335 | Food, Farming & Climate | Part Three
June 13, 2022 22:45 - 28 minutes - 45.1 MBThe most remarkable things about the "age of information" is what we are not told about the most consequential issues of our time. We are not told that food and farming impacts climate, biodiversity, water quality and food security more than any other sector of our economy. We are not told that water and ecosystems are a quick, easy, accessible, scalable way to heal the climate and the biosphere. We are not told that food and farming, if done properly, could reverse desertification and give...
The Climate Report #335 Food, Farming & Climate, Part Three
June 13, 2022 22:45 - 28 minutes - 45.1 MBThe most remarkable things about the "age of information" is what we are not told about the most consequential issues of our time. We are not told that food and farming impacts climate, biodiversity, water quality and food security more than any other sector of our economy. We are not told that water and ecosystems are a quick, easy, accessible, scalable way to heal the climate and the biosphere. We are not told that food and farming, if done properly, could reverse desertification and give...
Solutions To Violence | Anti-Racist, Deborah Laporte & Di Kerrigan | 6-13-22
June 13, 2022 18:03 - 53 minutes - 29.6 MBDeborah LaPorte spent most of her adult life in Las Cruces, NM where she taught literature and writing at New Mexico State University. She has also produced plays and published short fiction. Upon retirement, she moved back to Louisville to be near family. She volunteers with the Earth and Spirit Center as a Mindfulness Mentor, sharing meditation and mindfulness teachings in under-resourced communities. In 2020, after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, she joined Di Kerrigan in co-founding...
Solutions To Violence, Anti - Racist, Debrah 0Laporte & Di Keffigan, 6 - 13 - 22~0
June 13, 2022 18:03 - 53 minutes - 29.6 MBDeborah LaPorte spent most of her adult life in Las Cruces, NM where she taught literature and writing at New Mexico State University. She has also produced plays and published short fiction. Upon retirement, she moved back to Louisville to be near family. She volunteers with the Earth and Spirit Center as a Mindfulness Mentor, sharing meditation and mindfulness teachings in under-resourced communities. In 2020, after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, she joined Di Kerrigan in co-founding...