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2,869 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsForward Radio is independent, listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, grassroots community radio WFMP-LP Louisville, Kentucky. We have been broadcasting at 106.5fm and live-streaming at forwardradio.org since April 9, 2017. Please donate at forwardradio.org to keep us on-air. It costs $20/day to keep this programming coming your way.
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Bench Talk | How Does the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Cause Disease? Dr. Stuart Williams | June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022 03:09 - 29 minutes - 27.9 MBHow does the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus invade our bodies? How does it get to the brain? Why do children seem less affected by COVID-19 compared to adults? How effective is hydroxychloroquine (the drug espoused by Donald Trump) in treating COVID-19? These topics, and others, are discussed by Dr. Stuart Williams of the University of Louisville's Department of Physiology and Biophysics. This April-2021 lecture is part of the 'Bench Talk Live' series sponsored by the Kentucky Academy of Scienc...
Sustainability Now! | Lora Haynes | Resilient Families Project | June 13, 2022
June 12, 2022 21:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s show, we talk Resilient Families and Little Free Libraries with Lora Haynes, UofL Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences , whose research interests include: Cognitive and social/cognitive development with specific interests in effective parenting and interactive reading, achievement motivation, and development of expertise, focus on visual arts. You can learn more about Lora and her amazing work at https://louisville.edu/psychology/haynes Lora also recommends yo...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Rhunette Bazzell | Child Development & Self-Esteem | June 10, 2022
June 10, 2022 17:26 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Rhunette Bazzell, a potential new programmer on Forward Radio. Rhunette has important concepts to share in regards to child development and self-esteem. Recorded Friday June 10, 2022, 1PM.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Rhunette Bazzell, Friday June 10, 2022, 1PM
June 10, 2022 17:26 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Rhunette Bazzell, a potential new programmer on Forward Radio. Rhunette has important concepts to share in regards to child development and self-esteem. Recorded Friday June 10, 2022, 1PM.
#184 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Characteristics of Critical Thinkers | June 9, 2022
June 10, 2022 16:02 - 58 minutes - 81 MBPatty and Brian talk about characteristics of critical thinkers!
Solutions To Violence | Judy Munro-Leighton | Treaty of Versallies | 6-13-22
June 09, 2022 15:05 - 54 minutes - 58.7 MBJudy Munro-Leighton began her teaching career at Roosevelt Elementary School in Louisville’s West End in 1973. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Kentucky 1994. She has been a history professor at Louisville’s Jefferson Community College for 20 years, and now a professor emeritus.
Solutions To Violence, Treaty Of Versallies, Judy Munro - Leighton, 6 - 13 - 22~0
June 09, 2022 15:05 - 54 minutes - 58.7 MBJudy Munro-Leighton began her teaching career at Roosevelt Elementary School in Louisville’s West End in 1973. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Kentucky 1994.She has been a history professor at Louisville’s Jefferson Community College for 20 years, and now a professor emeritus.
Perks S. 6 Ep. 136 | Donna Gordon | A Man, A Boy, A Mom, A Pig, and Ben Franklin 6-8-22
June 08, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIn this episode, we chat with debut novelist Donna Gordon. While she has a long background as a poet and short story writer, she ventured into writing a novel when two ideas began swirling around in her head. Her novel, What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me, tells the story of two characters, Lee and Tomás, who seem to have nothing that connects them and yet they do. It’s a novel that deals with some heavy topics in a way that doesn’t leave you despondent but instead you feel strangely hop...
Single Payer Radio Addiction Crisis Part 2 Dr. Pat Murphy May 2022
June 07, 2022 16:20 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBDr. Pat Murphy, pain and addiction specialist, continues his discussion with Mike Flynn and Gene Shively regarding the U.S. addiction epidemic and a healing path forward.
Single Payer Radio | Addiction Crisis Part 2 | Dr. Pat Murphy | May, 2022
June 07, 2022 16:20 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBDr. Pat Murphy, pain and addiction specialist, continues his discussion with Mike Flynn and Gene Shively regarding the U.S. addiction epidemic and a healing path forward.
The Climate Report #334 Food, Farming & Climate, Part Two
June 06, 2022 22:17 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MBFood and Farming is the sector of our economy that has the greatest impact on our climate. Therefore, it pays to understand how it works, what is wrong and how we can change it for the better, so that every bite of food might have a positive impact on our climate and our biodiversity. That's what we examine in this episode 334 of The Climate Report, "Food, Farming & Climate, Part Two."
The Climate Report #334 | Food, Farming & Climate | Part Two
June 06, 2022 22:17 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MBFood and Farming is the sector of our economy that has the greatest impact on our climate. Therefore, it pays to understand how it works, what is wrong and how we can change it for the better, so that every bite of food might have a positive impact on our climate and our biodiversity. That's what we examine in this episode 334 of The Climate Report, "Food, Farming & Climate, Part Two."
Sustainability Now! | Iyana Burton | Careers | Communication | Fashion | Greenspace | 6-6-22
June 06, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOn this week’s show, we spend some quality time with Iyana Burton, recent winner of the 2022 Outstanding Student Award in UofL’s Sustainability Masters Program! Iyana graduated from the University of Louisville in December 2021 with a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Sustainability, after majoring in Communication as an undergrad at UofL. She is just launching her career in sustainability and, in addition to some great advice for people starting out in the f...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Jerry Crawley, New Programmer | June 2, 2022
June 02, 2022 18:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Jerry Crawley, who is a potential new programmer for 106.5FM Forward Radio. Recorded Thursday June 2, 2022, 1PM
Perks S.6 Ep 135 | Sarah Munroe | Good Press | 6-1-22
June 01, 2022 10:38 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBReaders have heard of the big 5 publishing companies that include Harper Collins, and Penguin/Random House. But there is something really special about university presses. Unfortunately, they don’t often get the attention they deserve. Sarah Munroe, Marketing Manager and Acquisitions Editor at West Virginia University Press, is our guest this week who talks to us about what makes a university press special and how they operate differently from the big 5. One of the unique things about th...
Single Payer Radio Resisting the Privatization of Medicare update June 1 2022
May 31, 2022 14:43 - 58 minutes - 82.3 MBDr. Susan Rogers, president of Physicians for National Health Program facilitates the discussion of efforts of Wall Street and Private Equity firms to privatize the Medicare program. Discussion includes efforts to resist these privatization efforts.
Single Payer Radio | Resisting the Privatization of Medicare | June 1, 2022
May 31, 2022 14:43 - 58 minutes - 82.3 MBDr. Susan Rogers, president of Physicians for National Health Program facilitates the discussion of efforts of Wall Street and Private Equity firms to privatize the Medicare program. Discussion includes efforts to resist these privatization efforts.
TCR 333 | Food, Farming & Climate, Part 1 | May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022 22:50 - 29 minutes - 45.7 MBAgriculture 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 MBAgriculture 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 MBWhat 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 MBWe 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 MBK.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 MBEpisode #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 MBIt'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 MBThis 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 MBThe 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 MBMichael 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 MBPamela 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 MBPamela 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 | Lisa Brooks | Post Primary Political Overview | May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022 19:14 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.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, Guest: Lisa Brooks, Post Primary Political Overview
May 20, 2022 19:14 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBK.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 MBPatty 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 MBNamrata 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 MBDr. 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 MBOn 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 MBForward 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 MBThis 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 MBOur 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 MBOur 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 MBOn 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)...
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 MBKentucky'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.
5-5-22 | Dark Money Dems To Avoid in the May 17 Primary
May 06, 2022 20:51 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MBKentucky'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 | Chanelle Helm | BLM, Abortion Rights, Jail Crisis | May 6, 2022
May 06, 2022 19:48 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.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, Guest: Chanelle Helm, BLM, Abortion Rights, Jail Crisis, May 6, 2022
May 06, 2022 19:48 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.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 MBPatty 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 MBOur 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 MBWhen 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 MBOn 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 MBTruth 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 MBK.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.