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Forward 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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Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 53 | "Intrusive Thoughts" | Jacke Fossaluzza | Mar. 22, 2022

March 23, 2022 21:49 - 57 minutes - 63.2 MB

This week we are joined by Jacke Fossaluzza, who shares how OCD, ADHD, and depression have affected her mental health at various stages of her life. We discuss the fact that OCD can present very differently than how it is portrayed on television. We also talk about the misconceptions around psychiatric hospitalization and the stressors that come with major life changes.

Solutions To Violence | Rose Smith & Barbara Boyd | Gun Violence | Third Thursday Lunch | 3-23-22

March 23, 2022 21:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MB

Barbra Boyd is the director of the Louisville branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She is also on the board of directors of the Kentucky Alliance against Racist and Political Repression and a director of Sowers of Justice. Rose Smith is the director of the ACE Project. The ACE project is dedicated to diminishing gun violence in Louisville. Rose Smith lost her sun to gun violence and Barbara Boyd’s grandson now struggles with a right-side paralysis as a...

Solutions To Violence, Gun Violence,Rose Smith & Barbara Boyd, Third Thursday Lunch 3 - 23 - 22~0

March 23, 2022 21:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MB

Barbra Boyd is the director of the Louisville branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She is also on the board of directors of the Kentucky Alliance against Racist and Political Repression and a director of Sowers of Justice. Rose Smith is the director of the ACE Project. The ACE project is dedicated to diminishing gun violence in Louisville. Rose Smith lost her sun to gun violence and Barbara Boyd’s grandson now struggles with a right-side paralysis as a...

LouisvilleReads | Ep 28 | Hell of a Book (2021) | Jason Mott | 3-23-22

March 23, 2022 18:55 - 59 minutes - 47.5 MB

Episode #28 of LouisvilleReads! Reviewing 2021 winner of the National Book Awards for Fiction African American novelist Jason Mott's Magical Realist (and magically realistic) triangulation of the 21st century adolescent Black male experience through writers, characters, and inspirations both real and imagined. Interview with the author on the back half!

REPLAY: Perks S. 5 Ep. 108 | David Domine' | Sex, Drugs, and True Crime Vibes | 10-21-21

March 23, 2022 12:31 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

This week’s episode is for true crime enthusiasts. Every city has had murders that make the news, and Louisville is no different. Our guest this week, David Domine', adopted Louisville as his hometown and has a following here as an author, tour guide, and storyteller in the city. He has written a new book called A DARK ROOM IN GLITTER BALL CITY about a sensational murder that was discovered after a domestic disturbance in Old Louisville in 2010. The story includes drugs, drag queens, and mayb...

Single Payer Radio | Racism In Healthcare | March 21, 2022

March 21, 2022 14:18 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MB

Panel discussion from National Improved Medicare for All Summit - Racism in Healthcare: Dr. Claire Cohen, Kim Brown, and Rev. Annie Chambers

Single Payer Radio Racism In Healthcare March 21 2022

March 21, 2022 14:18 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MB

Panel discussion from National Improved Medicare for All Summit - Racism in Healthcare: Dr. Claire Cohen, Kim Brown, and Rev. Annie Chambers

Sustainability Now! | Sam Avery+Margaret Stewart | Renewable Energy Alliance of Louisville | 3-21-22

March 21, 2022 03:10 - 58 minutes - 80 MB

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, basks in the powerful sunshine with Sam Avery and Margaret Stewart, members of 100% REAL - the Renewable Energy Alliance of Louisville (http://renewableenergylouisville.org)! On Wednesday, March 23rd, they are hosting the next event in their REAL Good News - Local Action for Climate Care series: A Virtual Mayoral Candidate Forum from 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. Register for this free event at http://tinyurl.com/5atcz5yh. This will be a great chance to ...

Solutions To Violence | Jim Wayne | Republicans Move To The Right | 3-14-22

March 17, 2022 00:28 - 56 minutes - 73.9 MB

Jim Wayne is a life long Democrat that represented Louisville Kentucky State district 35 for some 29 years. Jim Wayne is also a psychotherapist and director of the Institute for advanced Psychotherapy in Louisville. He is the author of the book The Unfinished Man as well a numerous articles on a variety of political issues.

Solutions To Violence, Republicans Move To The Rights, Jim Wayne, 3 - 14 - 22~0

March 17, 2022 00:28 - 56 minutes - 73.9 MB

Jim Wayne is a life long Democrat that represented Louisville Kentucky State district 35 for some 29 years. Jim Wayne is also a psychotherapist and director of the Institute for advanced Psychotherapy in Louisville. He is the author of the book The Unfinished Man as well a numerous articles on a variety of political issues.

Perks S. 6 Ep. 127 | Angela Jackson-Brown | Writing Racism to Right Racism Wrongs | 3-16-22

March 16, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MB

This 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 ou...

The Dialetical Rise of a White Nationalist State pt. 4+PS-Counter Revolution

March 15, 2022 15:58 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

Conclusion of the four-part podcast series of Michael Tee's academic treatise: "The Dialectical Rise of a White Nationalist State"

The Dialetical Rise of a White Nationalist State pt. 4 and Post Script- Counter Revolution

March 15, 2022 15:58 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

Conclusion of the four-part podcast series of Michael Tee's academic treatise: " The Dialectical Rise of a White Nationalist State"

Community Control Now | The Dialetical Rise of a White Nationalist State pt. 4+PS-Counter Revolution

March 15, 2022 15:58 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

Conclusion of the four-part podcast series of Michael Tee's academic treatise: "The Dialectical Rise of a White Nationalist State"

Bench Talk | Cannabis in KY? - Webb Telescope - Young Engineers - Remote Learning | March 14, 2022

March 14, 2022 15:36 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MB

Rob Weber (Kentucky Academy of Science) describes the various bills that are up for a vote in the KY Legislature, including two regarding medical marijuana. Scott Miller tells us about the exciting new James Webb Telescope. Amanda Fuller (KAS) interviews two students (Tiffany Falch and Alejandro Villasenor Lara) about their research at Northern Kentucky University on solar-panel emulation. Finally, Leslie Moise discusses the upsides of online schooling and concludes with a poem written abo...

Sustainability Now! | Cathy Gomez | Environmental Latinx | 3-14-22

March 14, 2022 03:35 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MB

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, learns about young people of color getting engaged in sustainability and environmental careers, in conversation with Catherine Gomez. Cathy is currently serving as a Community Engagement Advisor for Bellarmine University, through the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Cathy is a 23-year-old Louisville native who graduated from Bellarmine with a degree in Environmental Science. She is passionate about sharing her experiences as a woman and as a person of c...

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Rebecca Dow, Visionary | March 11, 2022

March 11, 2022 18:24 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Rebecca Dow - a Visionary, Christian, Creative Rebel. https://www.instagram.com/rebekahlynndow/ Recorded Friday March 11, 2022, 12 Noon.

Truth To Power | 2022 Root Cause Research Center Community Research Expo | Part 2 | 3-11-22

March 11, 2022 07:32 - 58 minutes - 59.2 MB

On this week's show, we bring you the second half of a two-part series featuring some amazing speakers from the 2nd Annual Community Research Expo presented by Louisville's Root Cause Research Center on February 26, 2022. You'll hear from representatives of the Rowan County Listening Project and then presentations by all three of RCRC's Community Researchers, Woody Pryor, Mariel Gardner, and Joynee Woodward. In June 2021, Root Cause Research Center launched the second annual Community Resea...

Single Payer Radio | Dr. Pat Murphy | Pain and Addiction Treatment | March 10, 2022

March 10, 2022 18:39 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MB

Dr. Pat Murphy discusses pain and addiction causes and treatment with doctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively. Dr. Murphy directs the Murphy Pain Clinic in New Albany, IN. The number 1 deterrent to treatment - lack of insurance. Reminder to Listeners - Healthcare-Now is sponsoring an on-line Medicare for All Strategy Conference April 2-3. For more information, go to http://healthcare-now.org. Registration is open now.

Perks S. 6 Ep. 126 | Mazey Eddings | Love Stories For Every Brain | 3-9-22

March 08, 2022 23:10 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Our guest this week, Mazey Eddings, started out as a massive romance reader. In fact during her most stressful times of life, she would read upwards of a book a day, drawn to that guaranteed happy ending that all romance novels require. But, as someone who has an anxiety disorder, ADHD, and is on the autism spectrum, she felt like she didn’t see the issues that she deals with on a day to day basis portrayed in the books she was reading. So in the middle of dental school she started writing ...

Perks S. 6 Ep. 126 | Mazey Eddings| Love Stories For Every Brain | 3-9-22

March 08, 2022 23:10 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Our guest this week, Mazey Eddings, started out as a massive romance reader. In fact during her most stressful times of life, she would read upwards of a book a day, drawn to that guaranteed happy ending that all romance novels require. But, as someone who has an anxiety disorder, ADHD, and is on the autism spectrum, she felt like she didn’t see the issues that she deals with on a day to day basis portrayed in the books she was reading. So in the middle of dental school she started writing ...

in the event of my demise

March 08, 2022 05:30 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

in the event of my demise by FORward Radio

The Climate Report #328 | Trees & Climate | 3-7-22

March 07, 2022 23:27 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MB

We hear that trees may have some positive impact on our climate, but the mainstream climate narrative tells us only a fraction of what we need to know. Trees are the anchor of forest ecosystems. Even isolated trees in urban areas have a great deal of benefits. This episode shares 13 things that trees do for us. We really need to understand these concepts, principles and phenomena in order to properly grasp the problems and solutions relevant to climate change. This episode explores the wond...

Single Payer Radio Community Voices for Single Payer! March 7 2022

March 07, 2022 14:49 - 57 minutes - 70.2 MB

Our community raises their voices - people not profits! We need an improved and expanded Medicare for All system!

Single Payer Radio | Community Voices for Single Payer! | March 7, 2022

March 07, 2022 14:49 - 57 minutes - 70.2 MB

Our community raises their voices - people not profits! We need an improved and expanded Medicare for All system!

Sustainability Now! | Jacquelyn Ecklund + Mateo Barnett | Louisville Grows | Tree Plantings | 3-7-22

March 07, 2022 01:29 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, gets his overalls dirty talking trees with Mateo Barnett & Jacquelyn Ecklund from Louisville Grows (https://louisvillegrows.org/). You’ll learn all the details about their upcoming volunteer tree planting in South Louisville (which has since been rescheduled for SUNDAY, March 13th, 12:30pm-4pm), as well as other volunteer opportunities, community orchards, Citizen Forester training, and the annual Seeds & Starts Sale which kicks off with cold-tol...

Truth To Power | 2022 Root Cause Research Center Community Research Expo | Part 1 | 3-4-22

March 04, 2022 11:44 - 59 minutes - 60.4 MB

On this week's show, we bring you the first half of a two-part series featuring some amazing speakers from the 2nd Annual Community Research Expo presented by Louisville's Root Cause Research Center on February 26, 2022. You'll hear the keynote speaker, Jerome Scott, a founding member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, who serves on Move to Amend's National Leadership Team, and on the National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum. He is active in Grassroots Global Justice an...

Community Control Now | The Dialetical Rise of a White Nationalist State | Part 3 | 3-3-22

March 04, 2022 03:44 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

After Bacon's Rebellion- The crew explores the escalation of white supremacist violence that coincided with the founding of the United States of America.

#181 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking About Clutter | March 3, 2022

March 03, 2022 16:38 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

IN this show, we look at how clutter impacts our thinking and why clutter is so hard to combat. How can we think in new ways about "too much stuff" and the impact on our life and our mental habits! “Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

#181 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Clutter | March 3, 2022

March 03, 2022 16:38 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

Patty and Brian talk about decluttering!

#178 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking About Clutter | March 3, 2022

March 03, 2022 16:38 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

IN this show, we look at how clutter impacts our thinking and why clutter is so hard to combat. How can we think in new ways about "too much stuff" and the impact on our life and our mental habits! “Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Perks S. 6 Ep. 125 | Ivana B. Murk | Around The World Reading: Croatia | 3-2-22

March 02, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

For me some of the most satisfying episodes we do are when we talk to book lovers from other countries. What is it like to be a book lover from far-reaching places around the world? In the past we have talked to readers and writers from Ireland, Somalia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. This week, we are headed to Croatia to speak with Ivana Murk who gives us a window into her life as a child growing up, learning to read both the Cyrillic alphabet which Slavic languages are based on and the Latin...

Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 52 "Club Meds" | Matt Clem | Mar. 1, 2022

March 01, 2022 23:37 - 56 minutes - 64.6 MB

This week, Matt Clem joins us and shares his experiences with childhood therapy, differing diagnoses, and the lack of conversation around mental health when he was growing up. We also talk about engagement stories, antidepressants, that feeling when you realize you can therapize yourself, and how to accept fatigue. Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas

Bench Talk | KY Legislation; Is Rand Paul Right About Masks? (Part-4); The March Sky | Feb. 28, 2022

February 28, 2022 19:26 - 29 minutes - 31.1 MB

Hear an update on the important science and education bills being discussed by Kentucky legislators this session. Then, does wearing masks prevent spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus? Kentucky Senator Rand Paul says 'no', but does he have good evidence? The first half of this discussion was on our show last week. Finally, J. Scott Miller tells us what to see in the night sky in March, 2022. Thanks to the Kentucky Academy of Science and the Kentuckians for Science Education (kyscied.wordpre...

Solution To Violence, Shameka Parish Wright

February 28, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 36.6 MB

. Shameka Parrish-Wright is the Community Advocacy and Partnership Manager at The Bail Project. She has worked as a community and voter empowerment organizer, a project manager, and a campaign manager. As the child of an incarcerated parent and a formerly incarcerated person herself, Shameka now spent weekends doing art activities with families during visitation with The Louisville Family Justice Advocates Project. Shameka actively serves on several community boards including The Anne Braden...

Solution To Violence | Shameka Parish Wright | Mayoral Candidate | 2-28-22

February 28, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 36.6 MB

Shameka Parrish-Wright is the Community Advocacy and Partnership Manager at The Bail Project. She has worked as a community and voter empowerment organizer, a project manager, and a campaign manager. As the child of an incarcerated parent and a formerly incarcerated person herself, Shameka now spent weekends doing art activities with families during visitation with The Louisville Family Justice Advocates Project. Shameka actively serves on several community boards including The Anne Braden I...

Single Payer Radio Kay Tillow Dr. Garrett Adams Charlie Casper February 28 2022

February 28, 2022 13:52 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MB

Kay Tillow, Dr. Garrett Adams, and Charlie Casper with Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare discuss continued efforts to privatize Medicare and the need for a national non-profit single payer healthcare system.

Single Payer Radio | Kay Tillow, Dr. Garrett Adams, Charlie Casper | 2-28-22

February 28, 2022 13:52 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MB

Kay Tillow, Dr. Garrett Adams, and Charlie Casper with Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare discuss continued efforts to privatize Medicare and the need for a national non-profit single payer healthcare system.

Sustainability Now! | Courtney McLaughlin | Project Warm | Feb. 28, 2022

February 28, 2022 02:26 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, get warm and cozy with Courtney McLaughlin, Program Manager and the amazing Louisville non-profit Project Warm. Explore what Project Warm does, including First Line home assistance, upcoming Energy Management Workshops, and The Blitz in November! Project Warm’s Energy Management Workshops are free and open to the public, with all participants getting a take-home weatherization kit. They will be held from 1:30-2:30pm at the Newburg Community Cente...

The Climate Report #327 | Climate Change and Drought 2-28-22

February 28, 2022 00:56 - 28 minutes - 46.1 MB

Commercial media tends to oversimplify the reasons why we are getting record droughts. They blame it all on "Climate Change." This conclusion ignores some of the biggest and most easily fixed solutions, like changing the way we farm and get our food, avoiding deforestation. With these changes, we could change our landscapes so that they soak up the rain instead of sloughing it off. This would prevent both flooding and droughts. In this episode, I examine three major causes of drought that g...

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Michael T. on the Ukraine Crisis | February 25, 2022

February 25, 2022 19:57 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

K.A. Owens interviews activist, playwright, actor Michael T. about the crisis in the Ukraine. What is impact of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine and what does it all mean? Recorded Friday 25, 2022.

Save Our Schools with Dear JCPS | SB183 HB313 and Other Heinous Bills | 2-24-22

February 24, 2022 22:29 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MB

Save Our Schools with Dear JCPS | SB183 HB313 and Other Heinous Bills | 2-24-22 by FORward Radio

#180 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | The Seasonal Blues? | Feb 17th, 2022

February 23, 2022 20:31 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

This show is for all of you who are feeling the Winter Blues, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This show comes right as we are all slogging through the final weeks of winter and craving spring. We talk about the research behind SAD and the ways in which we can keep our mental and physical health on the upswing despite the "winter blahs." We also talk about some research related to how happiness connects to winter climates and we compare notes on how we "think our way throu...

#177 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | The Seasonal Blues? | Feb 17th, 2022

February 23, 2022 20:31 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

This show is for all of you who are feeling the Winter Blues, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This show comes right as we are all slogging through the final weeks of winter and craving spring. We talk about the research behind SAD and the ways in which we can keep our mental and physical health on the upswing despite the "winter blahs." We also talk about some research related to how happiness connects to winter climates and we compare notes on how we "think our way throu...

HB313 Bail Fund Testimony and Closing Remarks

February 23, 2022 19:08 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

HB313 Bail Fund Testimony and Closing Remarks by FORward Radio

Access Hour | Andrew Owen | Candidate for Louisville Metro Council District 9 | 2-23-22

February 23, 2022 13:56 - 52 minutes - 57.6 MB

Andrew Owen is a candidate for the 9th Metro District. Feb 17,2022 via Zoom he shares his perspectives regarding some healthcare issues with Dr. Mike Flynn and Dr. Gene Shively. Regular WFMP listeners may recognize Mike and Gene from Single Payer Radio. The interview with Mr. Owen is conducted apart from Single Payer Radio which is a project of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and the Ky chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Access Hour 9th Metro District candidate Andrew Owen talks with Mike Flynn and Gene Shively

February 23, 2022 13:56 - 52 minutes - 57.6 MB

Andrew Owen is a candidate for the 9th Metro District. Feb 17,2022 via Zoom he shares his perspectives regarding some healthcare issues with Dr. Mike Flynn and Dr. Gene Shively. Regular WFMP listeners may recognize Mike and Gene from Single Payer Radio. The interview with Mr. Owen is conducted apart from Single Payer Radio which is a project of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and the Ky chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.

LouisvilleReads | Ep 27 | All That She Carried (2021) | Tiya Miles | 2-23-22

February 23, 2022 13:20 - 58 minutes - 45.2 MB

Episode #27 of LouisvilleReads! Reviewing 2021 National Book Awards winner for Nonfiction Tiya Miles 'Ashley's Sack'. Now located in the Smithsonian, a simple linen sack once passed on a mid-19th century slave auction block between mother and daughter takes on deeper (and multiple meanings) as Harvard historian Dr. Tiya Miles moves archaeology and anthropology past Eurocentric perspectives and into the perspective of a people once counted as items themselves. What scant historical evidence...

Perks S. 6 Ep. 124 | Brittany Thurman | Double Dutch Debut | 2-23-22

February 22, 2022 23:31 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

This week we chat with Brittany Thurman, a native of Kentucky, who has recently published her first children’s picture book titled FLY illustrated by Anna Cunha. She worked as a children's specialist at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh which is where the idea to write her own book occurred, and she even took inspiration from one of the children who would come to her storytimes. FLY is the story of a young girl who wants to enter a double dutch jump rope competition but doesn’t know how to d...

The Climate Report 326 | Climate and Flood Control | 2-21-22

February 21, 2022 23:02 - 28 minutes - 46.4 MB

The New Republic publishes an article entitled: "Americans Are In Total Denial About Flooding." The article talks about how flooding affects everyone, but yet, fossil fuel companies and "denialism" thwarts all the best intentions of Biden's Build Back Better plan. This episode talks about how the real denialism is in The New Republic, which cannot see the real causes of flooding, or its solutions, or the real causes of climate change, or its solutions. Most of the solutions to flooding and...

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