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2,869 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 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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Perks Ep. 77 | Tiffany Reisz | Romance Language | 2-10-21
February 10, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBThis coming Sunday, February 14, is Valentine’s Day, and we couldn’t pass up an opportunity to talk about the genre of romance. If you are of a certain age, you may most associate romance novels with Fabio, the long-haired king of Romance novel covers. But romance is a very wide umbrella. There are historical romances like the books that inspired the Netflix series Bridgerton, classical romances (think Jane Austen books), and queer romances. Some romances are just about the emotional aspe...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 28 "People Pleasing" | Sam Sims | Feb. 9, 2021
February 09, 2021 22:04 - 56 minutes - 64.6 MBThis week we are joined by Sam Sims, who shares with us about her recent divorce and the impact it has had on her mental health. We talk about abusive relationships, depression, and the importance of strong support systems.
Sustainability Now! | KCC Summit | Solar + Agriculture | Feb. 8, 2021
February 08, 2021 10:09 - 59 minutes - 70.2 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you highlights from the recently concluded 2021 Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) Legislative Summit & Annual Meeting which was held virtually over three sessions in January. What we’ll hear today is Session 3 from January 29th, which put the spotlight on Kentucky’s renewable energy future and the potential compatibility of utility-scale solar with sustainable agriculture and land stewardship. This session was opened by Dr....
Sit, Stay, Listen | Tracey Hagan, CSAT | Separation Anxiety and Covid | February 7, 2021
February 07, 2021 06:25 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBJoin the Kentucky Humane Society every week as we answer your questions about dog and cat behavior, training, and special topics and events in the Louisville pet community. We are here to help the animals in our community and the people who love them. If you have a question or topic you’d like to know more about, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at www.facebook.com/kyhumane or [email protected]. Host Kait Seyal, CPDT-KA, talks to Tracey Hagan, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, and CSAT (Certif...
Sit, Stay, Listen | Tracey Hagan, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, CSAT | Separation Anxiety | February 7, 2021
February 07, 2021 06:25 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBJoin the Kentucky Humane Society every week as we answer your questions about dog and cat behavior, training, and special topics and events in the Louisville pet community. We are here to help the animals in our community and the people who love them. If you have a question or topic you’d like to know more about, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at www.facebook.com/kyhumane or [email protected]. Host Kait Seyal, CPDT-KA, talks to Tracey Hagan, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, and CSAT (Certif...
Sit, Stay, Listen | Tracey Hagan, CSAT | Separation Anxiety | February 7, 2021
February 07, 2021 06:25 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBJoin the Kentucky Humane Society every week as we answer your questions about dog and cat behavior, training, and special topics and events in the Louisville pet community. We are here to help the animals in our community and the people who love them. If you have a question or topic you’d like to know more about, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at www.facebook.com/kyhumane or [email protected]. Host Kait Seyal, CPDT-KA, talks to Tracey Hagan, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, and CSAT (Certif...
HB258 Moves Through Committee And Flies Through House on Same Day
February 06, 2021 13:33 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBHB258 Moves Through Committee And Flies Through House on Same Day by FORward Radio
Save Our Schools | HB258 Moves Through Committee And Flies Through House on Same Day | Feb. 4, 2021
February 06, 2021 13:33 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBSave Our Schools | HB258 Moves Through Committee And Flies Through House on Same Day | Feb. 4, 2021 by FORward Radio
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, McKenzie Eskridge, Concerned Citizen, February 5, 2021, 8 PM
February 06, 2021 02:06 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews concerned citizen Mckenzie Eskridge about various issues of the day. Recorded Friday February 5, 2021.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | McKenzie Eskridge, Concerned Citizen | February 5, 2021
February 06, 2021 02:06 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBK.A. Owens interviews concerned citizen Mckenzie Eskridge about various issues of the day. Recorded Friday February 5, 2021.
Truth To Power | Black History Month | Cooperative Economics | Feb. 5, 2021
February 06, 2021 00:39 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBThis week on the Truth to Power Happy Hour, we gather around the microphones at the start of Black History Month for a freewheeling conversation among Forward Radio programmers, Justin Mog (Sustainability Now) and Lonnie Griesbaum (Backtracks), along with Forward Radio Community Partner, Doug Lowry (Sowers of Justice). This week we cover Biden’s National Defense Authorization Act, COVID response, and the problems of government-funded private monopolies around vaccine R&D. That leads into a di...
Truth To Power | Social Media | January 29, 2021
February 03, 2021 21:13 - 58 minutes - 42.3 MBThis week on the Truth to Power Happy Hour, we gather at the end of another long week for a conversation about the impacts of social media and the possibilities for regulating it. Forward Radio's Ruth Newman (Election Connection) welcomes guests Barry Zalph, Doug Lowry, and Victoria Strange for the conversation. 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 conversation lik...
Solutions To Violence | Robin Wildman | February 1, 2021
February 03, 2021 18:14 - 54 minutes - 48 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMilllin interview Robin Wildman. Robin Wildman began to teach Martin Luther King Jr.'s principles of nonviolence in 2001 at Wakefield Elementary School and continued when she moved to Broad Rock Middle School in Peace Dale. Wakefield, Rhode Island, She worked with the South Kingstown Police Department and Bernard Lafayette Jr., a long-time civil rights activist who worked alongside King. And now, she teaches the strategies of teaching peace to other teachers at Broad...
Read&Succeed | Ep 17 | The Dead Are Arising (2020) | Les & Tamara Payne | 2-3-21
February 03, 2021 16:29 - 58 minutes - 46.9 MBCelebrating Black History Month on Read&Succeed! Reviewing late Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Les Payne's riveting 2020 winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction 'The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X', completed by his daughter and principle researcher Tamara Payne. The entire Payne family joins for discussion about the text, their late husband and father Les Payne, and most importantly Malcolm X himself courtesy of the GBH Forum Network and the Boston Public...
Perks Ep. 76 | Gary Mudd and Jayma Hawkins| Braille Broadens Opportunities | 2-3-21
February 03, 2021 05:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MBIf you are listening to this podcast, you probably appreciate a good book. You can pick up a paperback or read a digital copy on your e-reader whenever you have spare time. But imagine if you didn’t have the ability to see the words on the page? Blindness doesn’t make a person any less of a book lover but it sure does make reading them more complicated. We assumed that technology would make things easier for people with visual impairment, and while it can help, it can also complicate thi...
Save Our Schools | Kumar Rashad - Candidate for JCTA Vice President | 1-28-21
February 02, 2021 17:01 - 58 minutes - 135 MBOn this week's show, we sit down with Kumar Rashad, a candidate for Vice-President of the Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA).
Sustainability Now! | Rev. Dawn Cooley | Kentucky Interfaith Power + Light | 2-1-21
February 01, 2021 19:07 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down in communion with Unitarian Universalist Rev. Dawn Cooley, Executive Director of Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light (http://kentuckyipl.org). Kentucky IPL is a community of congregations, faith-based organizations, and individuals of faith responding to climate change as an ethical and moral issue, through advocacy, education, energy conservation, energy efficiency, stewardship, and the use and promotion of clean, renewable e...
Bench Talk | February Sky; Star Ways; Mind Control of Prosthetics; Reading & Pandemics | Feb 1, 2021
January 31, 2021 17:58 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWhat stars & planets can be seen in the night sky this month? And how did ancient Australian star-mappers determine the location of modern highways? Can prosthetic arms be controlled with our minds? What are the prospects for scientists in the new Biden administration? Does the pandemic affect our reading habits? What can we do about it? This week you will be hearing from J Scott Miller, Earthdate, Amanda Fuller, Kali Tackett, Anthony Fauci and Leslie Moise. Here is the link to the Eart...
We&You | There Is Always Light | Jan 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 16:46 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBThis week we welcome State Representative Josie Raymond on to candidly discuss life at the capital in the Bluegrass State.
#142 Critical Thinking for Everyone! |Troy Plumer | January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 21:10 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBP2!
#142 Critical Thinking for Everyone! |Interview with CT enthusiast Troy Plumer | January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 21:10 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBHello, friends! This show is a fun one. Brian and I welcome our UofL colleague and IT professional Troy Plumer into the conversation. Troy has a passion for critical thinking (or CT, as he calls it) and shares with us his journey from growing up on a family farm in which critical thinking was essential, to his own growth in learning about, and embracing, critical thinking in his everyday life. Brian brings a joke, of course, and then takes us down a (productive) rabbit hole about the thinking...
Solutions To Violence Third Thursday Lunch Event Featuring Sadiqa Reynolds W - 0 Music 1 - 28 - 21
January 28, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 41.3 MBFormer District Judge Sadiqa Reynolds was the first woman to lead the Louisville Urban League. Her work on jobs, justice, education health, and housing has garnered the attention and coverage of CNN, FOX News, the NY Times and other national media outlets. Reynolds was the first African American to clerk for the Kentucky Supreme Court, and also the first African American to serve Kentucky as Inspector General. She has also run a private practice handling criminal defense matters, and represen...
Solutions To Violence | Third Thursday Forum with Sadiqa Reynolds, Louisville Urban League | 1-25-21
January 28, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 41.3 MBFormer District Judge Sadiqa Reynolds was the first woman to lead the Louisville Urban League. Her work on jobs, justice, education health, and housing has garnered the attention and coverage of CNN, FOX News, the NY Times and other national media outlets. Reynolds was the first African American to clerk for the Kentucky Supreme Court, and also the first African American to serve Kentucky as Inspector General. She has also run a private practice handling criminal defense matters, and represen...
Sit Stay Listen | Andrea Blair | Trends at Animal Shelters during Covid | January 31, 2021
January 28, 2021 07:51 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBJoin the Kentucky Humane Society every week as we answer your questions about dog and cat behavior, training, and special topics and events in the Louisville pet community. We are here to help the animals in our community and the people who love them. If you have a question or topic you’d like to know more about, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at http://www.facebook.com/kyhumane or [email protected]. On our premier episode, host Kait Seyal, CPDT-KA, sits down with the Kentuck...
Sit Stay Listen | Andrea Blair | Trends at Animal Shelters | January 31, 2021
January 28, 2021 07:51 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBJoin the Kentucky Humane Society every week as we answer your questions about dog and cat behavior, training, and special topics and events in the Louisville pet community. We are here to help the animals in our community and the people who love them. If you have a question or topic you’d like to know more about, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at http://www.facebook.com/kyhumane or [email protected]. On our premier episode, host Kait Seyal, CPDT-KA, sits down with the Kentuck...
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Mary Barry | January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 18:23 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Eugene Shively discuss telemedicine with Dr. Mary Barry
Single Payer Radio Dr. Mary Barry January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 18:23 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Eugene Shively discuss telemedicine with Dr. Mary Barry
Perks Ep. 75 | Amy Hunter | The Perks of The Merc | 1-27-21
January 27, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBIf you are a book lover, you are probably also a library lover. Those two things just go together, like peanut butter and jelly or Sherlock and Watson. Some book lovers not only visit their local libraries all the time, but they also visit libraries when they travel. Carrie, for example, checked out Maison de la litterature in Quebec City when she visited several years ago. It is cool to see what libraries in other places look and feel like. Closer to home, there is a membership library in ...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 27 "Relationships" | Nadia Jarfi | Jan. 26, 2021
January 26, 2021 23:59 - 59 minutes - 62.7 MBThis week we are joined by the lovely Nadia Jarfi, friend of the show and Community Manager at Story Louisville. We talk about relocation, relationships, seasonal depression, and social anxiety. Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas. Recommendations: storylouisville.com
We&You | Free To Speak | Jan 22, 2021
January 25, 2021 18:45 - 54 minutes - 99.1 MBTerrance and Brittany team up for a stream-of-conscious discussion on free speech and constitutional rights. Hold onto your collars, and let us know your thoughts @humanrightsKY on Twitter.
Sustainability Now! | Robin Wall Kimmerer | Indigenous Perspectives On Sustainability | 1-25-21
January 25, 2021 12:29 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, shares one of his favorite moments of the year just past. Back on October 22nd, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) featured as their 2020 keynote speaker the amazing Robin Wall Kimmerer. Robin is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching ...
TCR 307-308 Minneapolis' Clean Energy Plan, Parts 3-4
January 25, 2021 03:27 - 57 minutes - 93.8 MBIf you want to reduce fossil fuels, then reduce fossil fuels. We need to do a lot of that. But don't assume that adding layers of "clean energy" is going to reduce fossil fuel usage.
TCR 307-308 | Minneapolis' Clean Energy Plan | Parts 3-4
January 25, 2021 03:27 - 57 minutes - 93.8 MBIf you want to reduce fossil fuels, then reduce fossil fuels. We need to do a lot of that. But don't assume that adding layers of "clean energy" is going to reduce fossil fuel usage.
TCR 305-306 MInneapolis' Clean Energy Plan, Parts 1-2
January 25, 2021 03:24 - 57 minutes - 92.8 MBIf you want to reduce fossil fuels, then reduce fossil fuels. We need to do a lot of that. But don't assume that adding layers of "clean energy" is going to reduce fossil fuel usage.
TCR 305-306 | Minneapolis' Clean Energy Plan | Parts 1-2
January 25, 2021 03:24 - 57 minutes - 92.8 MBIf you want to reduce fossil fuels, then reduce fossil fuels. We need to do a lot of that. But don't assume that adding layers of "clean energy" is going to reduce fossil fuel usage.
TCR 303-304 | Des Moines' Clean Energy Plan | Parts 3-4
January 25, 2021 03:20 - 57 minutes - 91.1 MBWe take an irreverent look at Des Moines Iowa's clean energy plan. Here is a state that is overrun with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), which generate greenhouse gases in hundreds of ways. But the Des Moines clean energy plan does not talk about that. It only advances plans for buying industrial products from heavy polluters.
TCR 303-304 Des Moines' Clean Energy Plan, Parts 3-4
January 25, 2021 03:20 - 57 minutes - 91.1 MBWe take an irreverent look at Des Moines Iowa's clean energy plan. Here is a state that is overrun with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), which generate greenhouse gases in hundreds of ways. But the Des Moines clean energy plan does not talk about that. It only advances plans for buying industrial products from heavy polluters.
TCR 301-302 Des Moines' Clean Energy Plan, Parts 1-2
January 25, 2021 03:19 - 58 minutes - 93.2 MBWe take an irreverent look at Des Moines Iowa's clean energy plan. Here is a state that is overrun with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), which generate greenhouse gases in hundreds of ways. But the Des Moines clean energy plan does not talk about that. It only advances plans for buying industrial products from heavy polluters.
TCR 301-302 | Des Moines' Clean Energy Plan | Parts 1-2
January 25, 2021 03:19 - 58 minutes - 93.2 MBWe take an irreverent look at Des Moines Iowa's clean energy plan. Here is a state that is overrun with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), which generate greenhouse gases in hundreds of ways. But the Des Moines clean energy plan does not talk about that. It only advances plans for buying industrial products from heavy polluters.
Bench Talk | Tree Buttressing: Stream Sampling; Sea Level Rise | Jan 25 2021
January 24, 2021 08:06 - 29 minutes - 29.3 MBTwo undergraduate students who recently won conference awards from the Kentucky Academy of Science talk about their research on tree buttressing (Erin Carleton, NKU) and novel ways to monitor stream contamination (Samuel Kessler, UL). The show ends with Professor J Scott Miller commenting about sea level rise. Thanks to Amanda Fuller (KAS) for the student interviews: https://www.kyscience.org/2020_student_competition_winne.php Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FO...
#141 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | jokes and news | Jan 21, 2021
January 23, 2021 17:54 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBP2!
#141 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Research on Negative Emotions | Jan 21, 2021
January 23, 2021 17:54 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBWhat YOU thinking about? This week's show looks at research about how we can boost our mental health by accepting--instead of suppressing--negative feelings. We explore how critical thinking can offer tools to help you process and make sense of your feelings and experiences. Brian brings all the jokes and some juicy critical thinking news tidbits. “Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Th...
Save Our Schools | Sample Phone Script | Jan. 21, 2021
January 22, 2021 22:07 - 2 minutes - 5.94 MBSave Our Schools | Sample Phone Script | Jan. 21, 2021 by FORward Radio
Chris Tobe and Randy Wieck
January 22, 2021 03:54 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBChris Tobe and Randy Wieck by FORward Radio
Save Our Schools with Dear JCPS | Chris Tobe and Randy Wieck | Jan. 21, 2021
January 22, 2021 03:54 - 59 minutes - 135 MBSave Our Schools with Dear JCPS | Chris Tobe and Randy Wieck | Jan. 21, 2021 by FORward Radio
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Michael T., Post Inauguration Comment, January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 20:51 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Michael T., writer, actor, playwright and activist. They discuss the Inauguration in Washington, D.C. and the first days of the Biden/Harris administration. Recorded Thursday January 21, 2021.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Michael T. | Post Inauguration Comment | January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 20:51 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Michael T., writer, actor, playwright and activist. They discuss the Inauguration in Washington, D.C. and the first days of the Biden/Harris administration. Recorded Thursday January 21, 2021.
On The Edge With K.A. Owensn| Michael T. | Post Inauguration Comment | January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 20:51 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBK.A. Owens interviews Michael T., writer, actor, playwright and activist. They discuss the Inauguration in Washington, D.C. and the first days of the Biden/Harris administration. Recorded Thursday January 21, 2021.
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 26 "The Lazy Socialist" | Dylan Holland | Jan. 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 18:42 - 58 minutes - 66.3 MBDylan Holland, long-time friend and cohost of Horrorble Podcast, joins us on the show this week. We talk about bipolar, introversion, career changes, and Emory's childhood fear of the toilet. Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas. Recommendations: http://www.horrorblepodcast.com/
Perks Ep. 74 | Danica Novgorodoff | She Illustrates the Point | 1-20-21
January 19, 2021 16:14 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBOur guest this week, Danica Novgorodoff, is a writer, graphic novelist, and illustrator who has written 3 of her own graphic novels but her work has received some extra special attention recently. She is the illustrator of the new graphic novel edition of Jason Reynolds’ award winning young adult novel Long Way Down. She believes she was chosen for the book partly because of her special use of watercolors as a medium for graphic art, which gives the work an ephemeral feel. Besides this p...