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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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Truth To Power | Teena Halbig, Sheron Lear, Satchel Walton | PFAS Forever Chemicals | 10-11-20
October 11, 2020 02:03 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBOn this week’s Truth to Power, we gather folks around the microphones for a community conversation about the “Forever Chemicals” in our environment known as PFAS which were made famous by the recent film “Dark Waters.” Joining hosts Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk) are three community experts. Teena Halbig, U of L B.S. and Certificate in Medical Technology, MT(ASCP), Microbiologist, Virologist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, and U of L Research...
Solutions To Violence | Keith Hickman | School-to-Prison Pipeline + Restorative Practices | 10-9-20
October 09, 2020 19:34 - 55 minutes - 73.3 MBKeith Hickman served as an advisor to the Maryland Commission on the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Restorative Practices, is a partner scholar on the CASEL Equity Work Group, and is a member of the Research Development and Design Team for the California Safe, Healthy, Responsive Schools Network. He has worked with school districts and community-based agencies to develop large-scale programs in the cities of Chicago, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Washingt...
Solutions To Violence Keith Hickman Interview Without Music 10 - 9-2020~0
October 09, 2020 19:34 - 55 minutes - 73.3 MBKeith Hickman served as an advisor to the Maryland Commission on the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Restorative Practices, is a partner scholar on the CASEL Equity Work Group, and is a member of the Research Development and Design Team for the California Safe, Healthy, Responsive Schools Network. He has worked with school districts and community-based agencies to develop large-scale programs in the cities of Chicago, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Washingt...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | P | Breonna Taylor Case | Oct 9, 2020
October 09, 2020 18:32 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBHost K.A. Owens interviews "P", a community volunteer who is working to bring about justice in the Breonna Taylor case. Breonna Taylor was killed by the Louisville Metro Police Department, March 13, 2020.
On The Edge With K.A. Owens, P, Breonna Taylor Case, Oct 9, 2020
October 09, 2020 18:32 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBHost K.A. Owens interviews "P", a community volunteer who is working to bring about justice in the Breonna Taylor case. Breonna Taylor was killed by the Louisville Metro Police Department, March 13, 2020.
#130 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Getting "citizen" literate! | October 8, 2020
October 08, 2020 18:12 - 58 minutes - 81 MBCritical thinkers, this week's show takes you through the highlights and strategies from UofL's brand new Citizen Literacy Toolkit. (linked below) This is an awesome, easy to use online toolkit that promotes the development of key information skills for being an informed, savvy citizen and critical thinker in your digital habits. We get into the basics of "algorithmic literacy" and how your online habits are tracked and used to keep you in an "information bubble.' (and what you can do about ...
Perks Ep. 63 | Natalie McCall | You Can't Read This | 10-7-20
October 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBWhat books do you think about when you hear the term Banned Books; do you envision classics like Huck Finn or The Catcher in the Rye? Or books that you wanted to sneak to read when you were a kid because it had swearing, magic, or sexual content? In fact a book series that has been arguably one of the most beloved in modern history, the Harry Potter series, is still high on the list of Banned Books so many years after it was first published. Our episode today was recorded during Banned Bo...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 23 "Narcissism Pill" | Sarah Height | Oct. 6, 2020
October 06, 2020 22:55 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThis week we are joined by Sarah Height, owner of The Breeze Wine Bar in Logan Street Market. We talk about being sad, hangovers, yoga, and why Lizzy hates showering.
Election Connection | Two Constitutional Amendment Proposals on the Nov. Ballot | 9-29-20
October 06, 2020 17:22 - 58 minutes - 42.9 MBDee Pregliasco, retired attorney, former judge, former President of the Louisville League of Women Voters and current V.P. of the Kentucky League offers commentary on the two State Constitutional Amendments up for a vote on the Ballot in the November 2020 General Election.
BenchTalk | October Sky; Science Interference by White House; Emotions of Isolation | Oct 5, 2020
October 05, 2020 17:07 - 28 minutes - 28.5 MBWhat three planets can we see this month? J Scott Miller tells us about the October night sky. Then, hear a summary of how the White House is interfering with COVID science. This was originally broadcast on Slates' 'Political Gabfest' (see link below). Finally, Leslie Moise discusses research on the emotions of isolation (and pandemics) and provides tips on how to deal with it. She finishes with two powerful poems. Here is the link to the original broadcast of 'Political Gabfest': https...
Single Payer Radio/Save our Healthcare Rally/Oct 5, 2020
October 05, 2020 13:55 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBRally to Defend the Affordable Care Act held at the Portland Community Healthcare Clinic in Louisville Portland neighborhood
Single Payer Radio | Save our Healthcare Rally | Oct. 5, 2020
October 05, 2020 13:55 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBRally to Defend the Affordable Care Act held at the Portland Community Healthcare Clinic in Louisville Portland neighborhood
Single Payer Radio/KSPH meet with State Health officials
October 05, 2020 13:36 - 57 minutes - 84.1 MBA report - representatives of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare meet with Kentucky healthcare officials
Single Payer Radio | KSPH meet with State Health officials
October 05, 2020 13:36 - 57 minutes - 84.1 MBA report - representatives of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare meet with Kentucky healthcare officials
Sustainability Now! | Jessica Byassee | Returned Peace Corps Volunteer | Tanzania | Oct. 5, 2020
October 05, 2020 01:31 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, continues a series of interviews with Kentuckians who have served abroad in the U.S. Peace Corps. Jessica Byassee, who is now from Lexington and originally from Clinton, Ky (Hickman County), served in Tanzania from 2010-2013. She served as an environment volunteer in a village and then extended a third year as a health volunteer with RTI International on a malaria research project. Jessica volunteered as a mid-career professional, sta...
Truth To Power | The New Jim Crow | Part 2 | Oct. 4, 2020
October 04, 2020 00:35 - 58 minutes - 81 MBOn this week’s Truth to Power, we gather folks around the microphones for a community conversation in honor of the 10th anniversary of the publication of Michelle Alexander’s seminal book, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” Forward Radio programmers, Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk), and Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) discuss the need to weed out structural racism by the root, as Michelle Alexander so brilliantly exposes. Learn more at http://ne...
#129 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Spotting Fallacies and Sophisms | October 1, 2020
October 01, 2020 18:54 - 58 minutes - 81 MBCheck out this episode on logical fallacies and how to spot them...including catching them in presidential comments, Tweets and debates! Some fallacies we explore are the "Strawman," "Slippery Slope" and "Red Herring" moves, with lots of Trump examples (and a few of our own) to illustrate how they try to manipulate us as thinkers. How can we catch them in our *own* arguments? We talk about that, too! "Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-...
#129 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Fallacies and Sophisms | October 1, 2020
October 01, 2020 18:54 - 58 minutes - 81 MBP2!
Solutions To Violence | Pearce Edwards | Sept. 28, 2020
October 01, 2020 18:44 - 52 minutes - 73.2 MBPearce Edwards is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. His research agenda focuses on repression and resistance in authoritarian regimes. He studies how non-state actors affect regime repression, showing how social elites and ordinary citizens may constrain or enable the efforts of security institutions to eliminate popular threats to authoritarian rule. Applying these theories to regimes in Latin America, his interest is in particular the archival st...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Terrance Sullivan | KY Human Rights Commission | Oct 2, 2020
October 01, 2020 17:06 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBK.A. Owens interviews the Executive Director of the Kentucky Human Rights Commission, Terrance Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan explains the function of the Commission.
Read&Succeed | Special Black Lives Matter Ep. | York Poetry (2004-08) | Frank X. Walker | 9-30-20
October 01, 2020 00:11 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBRead&Succeed | Special Black Lives Matter Ep. | York Poetry (2004-08) | Frank X. Walker | 9-30-20 by FORward Radio
Perks Ep. 62 | Ashley Blooms | Mystical Reads of the Mountains | 9-30-20
September 30, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBI can always count on my husband, a huge sci-fi and fantasy reader to keep me up to date with some of the newest and most exciting authors in that genre. And when one of them is from our home state of Kentucky, you can be doubly sure Carrie and I will quickly ask for an interview. Our guest this week, Ashley Blooms, grew up in rural Kentucky, was a John Grisham Writing Fellow at the University of Mississippi and worked for Tor.com, an online magazine that published a wide range of sci- fi/f...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 22 "Boundaries" | Anonymous | Sept. 29, 2020
September 29, 2020 22:20 - 59 minutes - 54 MBThis week we are joined by anonymous guest "R", who has been a mental health professional for 13 years. She currently works with families who have been separated. We talk about trauma therapy, imposter syndrome, and mother daughter relationships.
Sustainability Now! | Angene + Jack Wilson | KY Returned Peace Corps Volunteers | Sept 28, 2020
September 28, 2020 04:50 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts on his Returned Peace Corps Volunteer hat to kick off a series of interviews with Kentuckians who have served abroad in the U.S. Peace Corps. We begin this week in the first years of the Peace Corps with Angene & Jack Wilson from Lexington. As Volunteers, they taught in Liberia 1962-64, and then Jack worked for the Peace Corps as Associate Director in Sierra Leone 1966-68, Desk Officer for Nigeria and The Gambia in 1969, and Dire...
On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Meredith Lanska | Breonna Taylor Case | Sept. 25, 2020
September 27, 2020 12:50 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBK.A. Owens interviews Meredith Lanska, a volunteer from California, who came to Louisville to support the effort to find justice for Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor was killed by Louisville Police, March 13, 2020.
Truth To Power | Switch - How to Change Things when Change is Hard | Sept. 27, 2020
September 27, 2020 00:15 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBOn this week’s Truth to Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about the 2010 book “Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard” by Chip & Dan Heath. The text considers change at every level—individual, organizational and societal. It brings together a plethora of counter-intuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can foster lasting change. Forward Radio programmers, Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’...
Election Connection | Synanon - Part 2 | 9-22-20
September 25, 2020 19:16 - 58 minutes - 71.4 MBThis is the second part of a two-part series on life in a cult group known as Synanon. In this edition, my brother and I continue our conversation on life in Synanon during the late '60's & early '70's. Then, we discuss how we both became disenchanted with Synanon, the circumstances surrounding our respective departures, and what led to Synanon's eventual decline and dissolution.
Solutions To Violence Features David Cochran II W - O Music 9 - 23 - 20 ~0
September 23, 2020 21:13 - 57 minutes - 77.8 MBDavid Cochran's M.A. and Ph.D. are from the University of Maryland. Dave has taught in the Politics Program at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, since 1996, offering a range of courses primarily in the areas of political thought and American politics. His primary teaching and research areas are religion, race, and ethnicity in American politics; political thought; war and peace; and Irish studies. In addition to a wide array of articles and book chapters, he has published five books, most recen...
Solutions To Violence | David Cochran | Sept. 23, 2020
September 23, 2020 21:13 - 57 minutes - 77.8 MBDavid Cochran's M.A. and Ph.D. are from the University of Maryland. Dave has taught in the Politics Program at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, since 1996, offering a range of courses primarily in the areas of political thought and American politics. His primary teaching and research areas are religion, race, and ethnicity in American politics; political thought; war and peace; and Irish studies. In addition to a wide array of articles and book chapters, he has published five books, most recen...
Perks 61 | Tabby Pawlitzki | Bücherfreund Book Lover | 9-23-20
September 23, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBOur guest this week, Tabby Pawlitzki, is helping us continue our series on Global Readers. Once a season, we talk with a book lover who grew up in another country but has made the United States their home. In seasons 1 and 2 we talked to readers from Somalia and Ireland. In Season 3 we are exploring Germany. Fortunately Instagram has made meeting book-loving people who come from all over the world much easier which is how we connected with Tabby. She joined us remotely from her home in L...
Access Hour | We And You | Ruth Bader Ginsburg - I Dissent | Sept. 23, 2020
September 23, 2020 03:54 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MBWe reflect on the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her life's legacy battling discrimination. August 26, 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of the first case that the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights won a case against discrimination in court. To mark the occasion, two KCHR staffers, Brittany Cook and Terrance Sullivan, are launching a new program on Forward Radio called "We and You." This is their fourth program. Connect with them: http://kchr.ky.gov http:/...
Access Hour | We&You | Ruth Bader Ginsburg - I Dissent | Sept. 23, 2020
September 23, 2020 03:54 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MBWe reflect on the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her life's legacy battling discrimination. August 26, 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of the first case that the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights won a case against discrimination in court. To mark the occasion, two KCHR staffers, Brittany Cook and Terrance Sullivan, are launching a new program on Forward Radio called "We and You." This is their fourth program. Connect with them: http://kchr.ky.gov http:/...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 21 "Trauma Recovery" | Anonymous | Sept. 22, 2020
September 22, 2020 21:08 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBThis week an anonymous guest ("A") shares her experiences with childhood sexual abuse. She tells her story and talks about some of the forms of therapy that have helped her recover: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, and Trauma Touch Therapy. You can email A at [email protected]. A's Book Recommendations: "Hush: Moving From Silence to Healing After Childhood Sexual Abuse" by Nicole Braddock Bromley. "Loving What Is" by Byron Katie. "...
Sustainability Now! | Jason Abbott | Extinction Rebellion | Sept. 21, 2020
September 21, 2020 05:40 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down with UofL Political Science professor, Jason Abbott, for a chat about Extinction Rebellion and his own story or radicalization, armchair environmentalism, and renewed fervor for protecting this one planet we all share. Learn more at http://xrebelky.org As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainabil...
Truth To Power | The New Jim Crow | Sept. 20, 2020
September 20, 2020 00:42 - 58 minutes - 80 MBOn this week’s Truth to Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about The New Jim Crow. Michelle Alexander’s seminal 2010 book is now being released in an updated 10th anniversary edition. Forward Radio programmers, Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk), Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) & K.A. Owens (On The Edge) are joined by several guests to discuss the text: De'Nita Wright, a concerned citizen and founder of Coalition for West Louisville Neighbor...
Election Connection | Synanon-Part 1 | 9-15-20
September 18, 2020 20:09 - 52 minutes - 74.1 MBMy brother Sam and I discuss what it was like living in a Cult group known as Synanon during the late 1960's to early 1970's. Together, we trace its beginnings as a drug and alcohol rehab club, its heyday as an alternative lifestyle movement, and its eventual decline -- and this, being from the vantage of both of us having lived there, albeit at different facilities, during a very tumultuous period in the history of this country.
#127 Critical Thinking For Everyone! | LIVE! | Give For Good Louisville | Sept. 17, 2020
September 17, 2020 22:38 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBIn these difficult and strange times, we at Forward Radio have been reflecting on what an incredible pleasure it has been over the past three and a half years to sit down with so many incredible guests in the studios of Forward Radio and make some radio magic together! As fun as it has been, sadly that magic is not sustained by our time, creativity, and thoughtfulness alone. Indeed, it takes a little money to keep a radio station running. And that's where you come in! Forward Radio is partici...
Access Hour | LIVE! | Give For Good Louisville | Sept. 17, 2020
September 17, 2020 16:20 - 54 minutes - 61.5 MBIn these difficult and strange times, we at Forward Radio have been reflecting on what an incredible pleasure it has been over the past three and a half years to sit down with so many incredible guests in the studios of Forward Radio and make some radio magic together! As fun as it has been, sadly that magic is not sustained by our time, creativity, and thoughtfulness alone. Indeed, it takes a little money to keep a radio station running. And that's where you come in! Forward Radio is partici...
#128 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Worry much? Catching our Thinking Habits | September 24, 2020
September 17, 2020 15:08 - 58 minutes - 81 MBIn this episode, we look at some of our thinking habits and how we can catch ourselves in our daily "bad (thinking) habits." Conforming without thought, worrying without solutions, and accepting the news on face value are just some of the habits we talk about. We share tools and tips for better thinking habits and discuss why they are more important than ever during an election season. Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, e...
#127 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking about our Thinking! | September 17, 2020
September 17, 2020 15:08 - 58 minutes - 81 MB#127 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking about our Thinking! | September 17, 2020 by FORward Radio
#128 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking about our Thinking! | September 24, 2020
September 17, 2020 15:08 - 58 minutes - 81 MB#128 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Thinking about our Thinking! | September 24, 2020 by FORward Radio
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Update on Gender Dysphoria Article of 2018 | Sept 14 2020
September 16, 2020 20:05 - 29 minutes - 34.8 MBHear an update on the controversial article about teenage gender dyspohoria that was published in PLOS One in August, 2018. This episode also discusses the ins and outs of retractions of scientific articles. Here is the link to the original research article: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330. Parts of this episode were originally broadcast on Dec. 10, 2018. Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forward...
Access Hour | We&You | Charles Booker | Power Out Of Trauma | Sept. 16, 2020
September 16, 2020 05:47 - 55 minutes - 101 MBKentucky House Representative Charles Booker from the West End of Louisville is founder of Hood to the Holler, a barrier breaking, coalition building, people centered movement to ignite new political power and transform our future. Learn more at https://hoodtotheholler.org/ August 26, 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of the first case that the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights won a case against discrimination in court. To mark the occasion, two KCHR staffers, Brittany Cook and Terrance Su...
Access Hour | We And You | Charles Booker | Power Out Of Trauma | Sept. 16, 2020
September 16, 2020 05:47 - 55 minutes - 101 MBKentucky House Representative Charles Booker from the West End of Louisville is founder of Hood to the Holler, a barrier breaking, coalition building, people centered movement to ignite new political power and transform our future. Learn more at https://hoodtotheholler.org/ August 26, 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of the first case that the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights won a case against discrimination in court. To mark the occasion, two KCHR staffers, Brittany Cook and Terrance Su...
Perks Ep. 60 | Kris Keppeler | Bibliophiles Meet Audio Files | 9-16-20
September 16, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBDid you know the use of audiobooks is on the rise? While print format and e-books are still the most popular, it’s only the audiobook format that has grown in popularity over the last few years. Audiobooks have some great qualities; they are easy to listen to while doing other tasks like commutes in the car and exercise; they are perfect for modern busy lives of multi-tasking; but they also can add a whole new layer of interest to a story if in the hands of a deft and talented narrator. At...
Read&Succeed | Ep 11 | Justin Magnuson | The Undying (2019)| Boyer | 9-16-20
September 16, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 24 MBLook at American poet and essayist Anne Boyer's terrific (and terrifying) 2019 cancer memoir and winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Mr. Justin Magnuson of the University of Louisville's Trager Institute and host of Louisville's 'Before I Die Festival' joins to discuss death, dying, end-of-life doulas, and ways to expand the dialogue on life's silent end to rich and vibrant conversations on the subject in the hear and now.
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 20 "All Over the Place" | Sept. 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 21:19 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn this solo episode, we do a recap of our summers. Spoiler alert: they were depressing! We talk about the emotional turmoil of COVID life, suicidal thoughts, seasonal depression, and the things that are keeping us going. Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas.
Election Connection | Secretary of State Adams on the Nov. 3 Election | 9-8-20
September 15, 2020 17:07 - 58 minutes - 42.2 MBThis edition is all about the upcoming Nov. 3rd 2020 General election. My two guests, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams and Nore Ghibaudy, Spokesperson for the Jefferson County Board of Elections, discuss in detail some of the unique aspects of voting in Kentucky and in Jefferson County during a Pandemic. Important information and resources pertaining to the Nov. 3rd election are presented.
Sustainability Now! | YouthBuild | Sept. 14, 2020
September 14, 2020 04:25 - 58 minutes - 57.2 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts on his overalls for a chat with two folks from YouthBuild Louisville. Victoria Rodriguez is the Urban Conservation Corps Manager, and Layfierre Mitchell is a 2016 graduate of the program. YouthBuild assists young people in meeting significant life goals, such as preparing for college and careers, by providing services in education, vocational training, community service, case management, placement, and post-graduation support. Le...
Solutions To Violence | Keturah Herron | ACLU | 9-14-20
September 13, 2020 19:41 - 57 minutes - 76.5 MBKeturah Herron is the Policy Strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union of Ky and a Louisville civil right activist that was recognized by the Louisville Courier Journal as one of the “Women of the Movement.” Keturah Herron drafted an ordinance to band No-knock warrants and led the fight that persuaded the Jefferson County Metro Council to adopt a ban that would forbid Louisville Metro Police from instituting No-knock warrants.