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TCR 333 | Food, Farming & Climate, Part 1 | May 30, 2022

May 30, 2022 22:50 - 29 minutes - 45.7 MB

Agriculture has a tremendous impact on our climate, for better or worse. Unfortunately, today's agriculture has a negative impact on our climate. To understand this, let's see how it works. To do this, we have to question everything we have been led to believe about what constitutes healthy farming, starting with plowing and fertilizers.

TCR 333 Food, Farming & Climate, Part 1

May 30, 2022 22:50 - 29 minutes - 45.7 MB

Agriculture has a tremendous impact on our climate, for better or worse. Unfortunately, today's agriculture has a negative impact on our climate. To understand this, let's see how it works. To do this, we have to question everything we have been led to believe about what constitutes healthy farming, starting with plowing and fertilizers.

Bench Talk | Gun Deaths and Children - The Night Sky in June - RIP Vangelis | May 30, 2022

May 30, 2022 18:49 - 29 minutes - 31.3 MB

What is the latest data on childhood mortality rates due to firearms? What are the trends in childhood gun-deaths by race/ethnicity? Then, NASA updates us on their recent accomplishments in space. Finally, Scott Miller fills us in on the constellations and five planets we can see in the night sky in the month of June. This episode of 'Bench Talk: The Week in Science' is dedicated to music composer Vangelis, who recently passed away. Here is the NASA video of the Jupiter flyby featuring V...

Sustainability Now! | Kira Meador | Toza Apothecary + Tea House | 5-30-22

May 30, 2022 01:36 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

We talk soapmaking, zero waste living, and local small business on this week’s show, with Kira Meador, Founder and Owner of TOZA Apothecary & Tea House at 976 Barret Ave. (http://tozasoap.com) we talk about The Refillery at TOZA; ways you reduce, reuse, and recycle; greenwashing of “eco” products, and how to avoid them; easy changes to make in your home, and best practice when trying to transition to more sustainable living; and soapmaking! As always, our feature is followed by your communit...

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Shelton McElroy | Corrections In Norway | 5-27-22

May 27, 2022 20:17 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

K.A. Owens interviews activist Shelton McElroy. Shelton has recently returned from Norway, where he and others visited and studied the prison system of that country. In Norway the prisoners are encouraged, shaped and developed to lead a normal life in and after prison. Recorded Friday May 27, 2022, 3PM.

LouisvilleReads | Ep 30 | Winter in Sokcho (2021) | Elisa Shua Dusapin | 5-25-22

May 25, 2022 21:19 - 59 minutes - 46.6 MB

Episode #30 of LouisvilleReads! Reviewing Franco-Korean writer Elisa Shua Dusapin's 2021 winner of the National Book Awards for Translated Literature 'Winter in Sokcho' (2016) for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. Already operating in the political, cultural, emotional, and altogether existential limbo near the North Korean DMZ even under normal conditions, the South Korean beach town of Sokcho slowly rides out a grey, quiet winter as told through the ...

Perks REPLAY | Travel Expectations with Amber Share and Suzanne Roberts 9-1-21

May 25, 2022 13:17 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MB

It's travel season so a great time to revisit our episode with Amber Share and Suzanne Roberts from last summer. This week’s episode is jam-packed with travel writing. We chat with two guests this week. Our first guest is not a writer, but a graphic designer who began making cool illustrated posters of national parks on an Instagram account called Subpar Parks. Amber Share couples her illustrations with terrible one-star Yelp reviews those parks receive from visitors who weren’t terribly im...

Single Payer Radio | Eastern KY Voices and Senate Budget Hearing | May 24, 2022

May 23, 2022 12:55 - 58 minutes - 85.6 MB

This week's episode begins with community voices of eastern KY for healthcare followed by excerpts from the recent U.S. Senate Budget hearing for Medicare for All healthcar.e

Sustainability Now! | Julie Donna + Wallace McMullen | KySES | Solar Over Louisville | 5-23-22

May 23, 2022 05:12 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

The sun shines bright on this week’s show, with Julie Donna, Sustainability Coordinator with Louisville Metro Government, and Wallace McMullen from the Kentucky Solar Energy Society. With your host, Justin Mog, they discuss the progress of the Solar Over Louisville campaign and plans for the Kentucky Solar Energy Society’s Annual Meeting coming up on Saturday, June 4th 10:30am-2:30pm, at the University of Louisville’s Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium. It’s free and open to the public and we en...

Community Control Now | Buffalo White Supremacy | May 21, 2022

May 22, 2022 20:11 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

Michael Tee, Vincent Gonzalez, and O discuss the white supremacist attack in Buffalo and the present day implications for the movement.

Solution to Violence, Kentucky Legislator, Stevenson, May 13, 22~0

May 21, 2022 00:34 - 56 minutes - 30.8 MB

Pamela Stevenson was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Stevenson graduated from the JG Brown School. She served in the U.S. Air Force for 27 years and reached the rank of colonel. Stevenson earned a J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University. Her career experience includes working as an adjunct professor with the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and Air Force JAG School, as a professional leadership consultant, and founding a nonprofit law firm.[1]

Solution to Violence | Kentucky Legislator, Pamela Stevenson | May 13, 2022

May 21, 2022 00:34 - 56 minutes - 30.8 MB

Pamela Stevenson was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Stevenson graduated from the JG Brown School. She served in the U.S. Air Force for 27 years and reached the rank of colonel. Stevenson earned a J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University. Her career experience includes working as an adjunct professor with the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and Air Force JAG School, as a professional leadership consultant, and founding a nonprofit law firm.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Lisa Brooks, Post Primary Political Overview

May 20, 2022 19:14 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Lisa Brooks. She shares a Post Primary Political Overview. Recorded Friday May 20, 2022, 2PM.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Lisa Brooks | Post Primary Political Overview | May 20, 2022

May 20, 2022 19:14 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Lisa Brooks. She shares a Post Primary Political Overview. Recorded Friday May 20, 2022, 2PM.

#183 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Biases | May 19, 2022

May 19, 2022 20:08 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MB

Patty and Brian discuss biases!

Perks S. 6 Ep. 134 | Namrata Patel | Hyphenated Lives | 5-18-22

May 18, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB

Namrata Patel has been writing for 20 years, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that she had more time to work on it. She had always been interested in dual culture and challenges of the diaspora, specifically Indians who had moved to the United States. The isolation of COVID really brought home how lonely life can be if you don’t feel like you fit anywhere. Her debut novel The Candid Life of Meena Dave follows a photojournalist who inherits an apartment from a stranger. The apartment in Back B...

Bench Talk | Dr. Paula Bates - Using Aptamers to Fight Cancer & COVID-19 | May 16, 2022

May 17, 2022 00:35 - 29 minutes - 21.6 MB

Dr. Paula Bates, Professor of Medicine at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville discusses the development of the anticancer drug AS1411 and how it could be useful it fighting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Learn about aptamers and how they could be used to fight both cancer and COVID. Hear Dave Robinson convert an aptamer sequence into music! More information about Dr. Bates and AS1411: https://louisville.edu/medicine/research/cancer/pjbate0...

Sustainability Now! | Shameka Parrish-Wright | Louisville Mayoral Candidate | May 16, 2022

May 16, 2022 05:55 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

On this week’s show, we help get you prepared to vote in Louisville’s Primary Election with an in-depth interview with Democrat Mayoral Candidate Shameka Parrish-Wright (https://shamekaparrishwright.com). Forward Radio does not endorse any particular candidates, but we do endorse an informed electorate and are happy to offer equal air time to all candidates. Shameka Parrish-Wright is an organizer at heart – she works for The Bail Project and has been a community and voter empowerment organiz...

LIVE at the How-To Festival | Louisville Free Public Library | May 14, 2022

May 14, 2022 20:11 - 4 hours - 195 MB

Forward Radio was thrilled to live broadcast for the entire duration of the 2022 How-To Festival at the main Louisville Free Public Library! Listen in as we drop-in on all kinds of workshops and talk to a wide variety of local experts and enthusiasts about everything from How to do Stage Combat, to How to Raise a Herd of Urban Goats! These are just some of the more than 50 things you could learn in five hours at the Library’s annual How-To Festival -- Saturday, May 14, 10:00 a.m–3:00 p.m. at...

Perks S. 6 Ep. 133 | Jess Montgomery | New Sheriff in Town | 5-11-22

May 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

This week we talk to our first mystery series author: Jess Montgomery. The first book in her 4-book Kinship mystery series is The Widows which introduces us to Lilly Ross, a wife and mother in 1920s rural Ohio whose husband Daniel, the county sheriff, is killed in the line of duty.  The town council asks Lilly to take over the sheriff’s position for the rest of the term and the first crime she wants to investigate is the murder of her husband.  Lilly Ross is inspired by a real Ohio woman name...

TCR 332 | Your Climate Friendly Backyard, Part 2 | May 9, 2022

May 09, 2022 22:53 - 28 minutes - 46 MB

Our home landscapes can be a force for good or ill. They can be teaming with life, or they can be dead zones. They can contribute to climate change or help cure climate change. In this episode, we will explore the wonders of Your Climate Friendly Backyard.

TCR 332 Your Climate Friendly Backyard, Part 2

May 09, 2022 22:53 - 28 minutes - 46 MB

Our home landscapes can be a force for good or ill. They can be teaming with life, or they can be dead zones. They can contribute to climate change or help cure climate change. In this episode, we will explore the wonders of Your Climate Friendly Backyard.

Sustainability Now! | Louisville Mayoral Candidates Forum | May 9, 2022

May 09, 2022 06:22 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MB

On this week’s show, we help get you prepared to vote in Louisville’s Primary Election with sustainability-related highlights from the April 12th Mayoral Candidate Forums hosted by the Courier-Journal at Simmons College. We’ll hear from both Democrat and Republican candidates on vital issues such as public transportation, racial inequity, and affordable housing. Participants included: Bill Dieruf (R) Age: 66 Occupation: Jeffersontown mayor and former hardware store owner Tim Findley Jr. (D)...

5-5-22 | Dark Money Dems To Avoid in the May 17 Primary

May 06, 2022 20:51 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MB

Kentucky's Primary Election will be held on May 17, despite legal challenges and objections to the new gerrymandered GOP maps. We've identified several "infiltrators" who are running in the Democratic Primary and want to warn people what to look out for and how to get more information to make the most informed decisions. Visit www.AllEyesOnKentucky.org for more information. Website updated daily.

Save Our Schools with Dear JCPS | Dark Money Dems To Avoid in the May 17 Primary | 5-5-22

May 06, 2022 20:51 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MB

Kentucky's Primary Election will be held on May 17, despite legal challenges and objections to the new gerrymandered GOP maps. We've identified several "infiltrators" who are running in the Democratic Primary and want to warn people what to look out for and how to get more information to make the most informed decisions. Visit www.AllEyesOnKentucky.org for more information. Website updated daily.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Chanelle Helm, BLM, Abortion Rights, Jail Crisis, May 6, 2022

May 06, 2022 19:48 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Chanelle Helm of Black Lives Matter Louisville. Topics: Abortion Rights, and the crisis of deaths in the Jefferson County Jail. Recorded Friday May 6, 2022, 3PM

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Chanelle Helm | BLM, Abortion Rights, Jail Crisis | May 6, 2022

May 06, 2022 19:48 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Chanelle Helm of Black Lives Matter Louisville. Topics: Abortion Rights, and the crisis of deaths in the Jefferson County Jail. Recorded Friday May 6, 2022, 3PM

#182 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Profanity | May 5th, 2022

May 05, 2022 18:24 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB

Patty and Brian talk about profanity!

Perks S. 6 Ep. 132 | Court Stevens | Whodunit In The Family |5-4-22

May 04, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Our guest this week, Court Stevens is outreach director for a public library and the author of 6 young adult suspense novels.  Her most recent, We Were Kings, came out this past February and is her contemporary version of an Agatha Christie locked room mystery where our main character, Nyla King’s dysfunctional family and juicy secrets means everyone is a suspect of a murder that took place 20 years earlier. You can find Court Stevens on instagram at @quartland or on her author website, www....

Bench Talk | Horse Domestication & Behavior - Kentucky Legislature - May Night Sky | May 2, 2022

May 02, 2022 20:30 - 29 minutes - 26.4 MB

When and where was the modern horse originally domesticated? What's the story behind the amazing body/mind connection between people and their horses? What finally happened (and didn't happen) regarding science and education in the Kentucky Legislature this year? When can we see the meteor shower and lunar eclipse that is happening in the night sky during May, 2022? What planets can we spy? Dave Robinson, Leslie Moise, Rob Weber and Scott Miller all contributed to our 140th episode of 'B...

Sustainability Now! | Jon Clark | Citizens' Climate Lobby | May 2, 2022

May 02, 2022 02:49 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MB

On this week’s show, we have a proper porch-sit with Jon Clark, Appalachian Regional Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/). CCL is focused on engaging citizens in the process of lobbying our leaders for real solutions to the global climate crisis. And here in Appalachia, that means not only putting a price on carbon to speed the transition away from pollution to renewable energy and regenerative agriculture, but offering a just transition for our energy ve...

Truth To Power | Russia-Ukraine Conflict | 4-30-22

April 30, 2022 21:45 - 52 minutes - 31.7 MB

Truth to Power produces a discussion concerning the Russian/Ukrainian crisis featuring WFMP programmers, Dave Campbell (Louisville Reads), K. A. Owens (On The Edge), and Jim Johnson (Solutions to Violence. The discussion is moderated by Doug Lowry from Forward Radio's proud Community Partner, the Sowers of Justice Network. On Truth to Power each week, we gather Forward Radio programmers and friends to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conve...

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Abigail Kenyon, UofL Law Student | April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022 18:20 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Abigail Kenyon, 2nd year Juris Doctor Candidate at Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Abigail shares the motivation for going to law school, what the process has been like so far, involvement in various off-campus projects, and views on the world we live in. Recorded Friday April 29, 2022.

Solutions To Violence | Third Thursday Lunch | Andrew Bacevich | 4-25-22

April 28, 2022 15:07 - 51 minutes - 39.3 MB

Andrew J. Bacevich is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he received his PhD in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. Before joining the faculty of Boston University, he taught at West Point and Johns Hopkins. He is the author of nine books. Among them are: American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U. S. Diplomacy (2002); The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by ...

#181 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Media Bias Strategies | April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022 14:20 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

Patty and Brian discuss media bias and the 5th Forward Radio birthday party!

Perks S. 6 Ep. 131 | Chelsea Hofmann | Thrill Seekers | 4-27-22

April 26, 2022 21:35 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Our guest this week, Chelsea Hofmann, loves to feel her pulse quicken and gets excited by the idea that anything could happen. She lives her life spontaneously so her love of the thriller genre with its twists, turns, and surprise endings fit her personality just fine. After finishing college and moving to Southern California with her husband, she wanted to reconnect with her love of reading books that she had as a child but none of the book clubs she tried felt like a good fit. So she sta...

TCR 331 Your Climate Friendly Backyard

April 25, 2022 22:47 - 28 minutes - 45.1 MB

Our Backyards and Landscapes can be an asset to the natural world on which we depend or can be a liability. This show is how to turn them into an asset for climate, biodiversity, water quality, pollinators, nutrition and human health.

TCR 331 | Your Climate Friendly Backyard | May 2, 2022

April 25, 2022 22:47 - 28 minutes - 45.1 MB

Our Backyards and Landscapes can be an asset to the natural world on which we depend or can be a liability. This show is how to turn them into an asset for climate, biodiversity, water quality, pollinators, nutrition and human health.

Access Hour | Louisville Mayoral Forum Focused On Non-Profits | April 27, 2022

April 25, 2022 06:56 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

This week, on the Access Hour, we bring you a Louisville Mayoral Candidate Forum Focused on the Nonprofit Sector, that was hosted online on March 29th, 2022 by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and moderated by Louisville Public Media’s Stephen George, and Rachel Platt from the Frazier History Museum. Watch full video: https://youtu.be/U0Auu0PNj58. Candidates Participating: Bill Dieruf: https://www.dierufformetromayor.com/ Timothy Findley, Jr.: https://findley4mayor.com/ Craig Greenberg: ...

Sustainability Now! | Wayne Visser | Thriving | April 25, 2022

April 25, 2022 03:20 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MB

We go BEYOND sustainability this week for a conversation about not just sustaining, but THRIVING! Your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a rich conversation “across the Pond” with Wayne Visser in Norfolk in the United Kingdom. Dr. Visser is a renowned storyteller, speaker, idea-monger, meme weaver, “pracademic,” and author of the new book, “Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy" (2022 Fast Company Press). Dr. Wayne Visser is a globally recognized “...

LouisvilleReads | Ep 29 | The Promise (2021) | Damon Galgut | 4-22-22

April 22, 2022 23:31 - 1 hour - 40.9 MB

Episode #29 of LouisvilleReads! Reviewing the 2021 winner of The Booker Prizes 'The Promise' by South African novelist and playwright Damon Galgut. The dying matriarch of the Afrikaans Swart family on the outskirts of Pretoria leaves her clan one request: to will a small shack on the family farm to their Black housekeeper Salome. Over the next four decades as South Africa transitions from Apartheid to late 2010's realities, the younger generation of Swart's tries (and fails) to fulfill the...

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Jesten Slaw, Veteran, U of L Law Student, April 22, 2022, 2PM

April 22, 2022 19:44 - 29 minutes - 41 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Jesten Slaw, Army Veteran, University of Louisville Law Student, member of KY Young Democrats. Recorded Friday April 22, 2022, 2PM

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Jesten Slaw, Veteran & UofL Law Student | April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 19:44 - 29 minutes - 41 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Jesten Slaw, Army Veteran, University of Louisville Law Student, member of KY Young Democrats. Learn more about Jesten at https://louisville.edu/law/experiences/student-affairs/student-profiles-salute-the-unbroken/jesten-slaw Recorded Friday April 22, 2022, 2PM

Single Payer Radio | Dr. Greg Brown | April 20, 2022

April 20, 2022 17:26 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MB

Dr. Greg Brown discusses his career path as surgeon, researcher, and entrepreneur.

Single Payer Radio Dr. Greg Brown April 20,2022

April 20, 2022 17:26 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MB

Dr. Greg Brown discusses his career path as surgeon, researcher, and entrepreneur.

Modern Life | The Princess Bride with The Perks Of Being a Book Lover Podcast

April 20, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB

Today is going to be a little different. Unfortunately we had some scheduling difficulties and therefore don’t have a new episode for you this week. But, we do have a “New To You” episode because we have been lucky enough to be guests on several other podcasts. So, today we are offering up our appearance on The Modern Life Podcast, hosted by Tabby Pawlitzki. On the Modern Life Podcast, Tabby and guests read a book and then watch the screen adaptation and then pick apart all the things we...

Solutions To Violence, Dr. Kip Kosek, 4 - 11 - 22~0

April 20, 2022 03:37 - 54 minutes - 33.9 MB

: Dr. Joseph Kip Kosek is associate professor of American Studies at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and author of Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy. Kip Kosek celebrated the publication of his book Acts of Conscience, issued by Columbia University Press in January 2009. The book traces the history of some American religious radicals whose belief in nonviolence led them to work for international peace, economic justice, and racial ...

Solutions To Violence | Dr. Kip Kosek | Acts of Conscience | 4-11-22

April 20, 2022 03:37 - 54 minutes - 33.9 MB

Dr. Joseph Kip Kosek is associate professor of American Studies at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and author of Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy. Kip Kosek celebrated the publication of his book Acts of Conscience, issued by Columbia University Press in January 2009. The book traces the history of some American religious radicals whose belief in nonviolence led them to work for international peace, economic justice, and racial equ...

Solutions To Violence | Cory Shull | Public Education | 4-25-22

April 20, 2022 03:13 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

Corrie 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...

Solutions To Violence Cory Shull 4 - 25 - 22

April 20, 2022 03:13 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

Corrie 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...

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