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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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#123 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Signs you are NOT a critical thinker | August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020 18:40 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBThis episode asks us to consider red flag behaviors that tell us we are *not* thinking critically. Brian and I take a deep dive into Brian Lee's article "The First Clue You're Not a Critical Thinker" and consider his perspective. We compare Brian Lee's interesting examples and advice to our own ideas about filters to use to catch yourself not thinking critically. It's a fun show and we hope you'll join us and add to the conversation. Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, ...
Single Payer Radio with Canadian surgeon Dr. Ted Young
August 12, 2020 18:22 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBCanadian surgeon Dr. Ted Young discusses the Canadian healthcare system with Dr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Ted Young | Canadian Healthcare System | Aug. 10, 2020
August 12, 2020 18:22 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBCanadian surgeon Dr. Ted Young discusses the Canadian healthcare system with Dr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 17 "Okay Is Not Great" | August 12, 2020
August 12, 2020 14:29 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBIn this solo episode, we talk about unsolicited advice, asking for the support you need, panic attacks, and fears. We also introduce two new segments, "How are you, for real?" and "Gratitudes." Featured: Original theme music by Neil Lucas. Recommendations: Armchair Expert, Monica and Jess Love Boys: https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/mjlb-dan-savage
Bench Talk | Neuroscience & the Pandemic with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis | August 10 2020
August 10, 2020 18:31 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWhat does the National Academies of Science say about the age groups that are most harmed by online schooling? Then, hear Dr. Naomi Charalambakis of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) speak on the neuroscience behind how visual and auditory information is transmitted in our bodies. What causes 'ZOOM fatigue', for instance? The title of her talk is 'What You See Is What You Get'. It is part of the 'Bench Talk Live' series put on by the Kentucky Academy...
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Neuroscience & the Pandemic (Naomi Charalambakis) | August 10 2020
August 10, 2020 18:31 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWhat does the National Academies of Science say about the age groups that are most harmed by online schooling? Then, hear Dr. Naomi Charalambakis of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) speak on the neuroscience behind how visual and auditory information is transmitted in our bodies. What causes 'ZOOM fatigue', for instance? The title of her talk is 'What You See Is What You Get'. It is part of the 'Bench Talk Live' series put on by the Kentucky Academy...
Perks Ep. 55 | Jennie Cole | The Stories History Tells Us | 8-12-20
August 10, 2020 13:16 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBDo you read historical fiction or narrative nonfiction and wonder where your favorite authors do their research for the books you love? Our guest this week, Jennie Cole, is an archivist with the Filson Historical Society. An archivist is like a highly specialized librarian who takes care of historical materials such as letters, diaries, transcripts, photos, or even objects and organizes them to preserve them for the public use. And the Filson Historical Society is just a different kind of ...
Election Connection | Doug Lowry on running for office | 8-4-20
August 09, 2020 22:36 - 58 minutes - 42.2 MBDoug Lowry, long-time activist for social and environmental justice, lays out a road map for running for partisan and non-partisan office. Having run for School Board himself, and advised several political campaigns, he has many tips and lessons learned for anyone curious about the process.
Sustainability Now! | The Louisville Community Grocery Needs You! | Aug. 10, 2020
August 09, 2020 04:31 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you the full July 30th press conference held by the Louisville Association for Community Economics (LACE) to update everyone about the progress in launching a cooperatively owned Louisville Community Grocery in one of our core urban neighborhoods plagued by grocery closures and lack of access to fresh, healthy, local food. The need and process for becoming co-owners of the Louisville Community Grocery is discussed, by a variety...
#122 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Critical Thinking in Popular Song Lyrics | August 6, 2020
August 09, 2020 00:40 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBThis show looks at thinking as reflected in popular song lyrics. Songs that point out flawed thinking, songs that invite an approach or new way of thinking, or songs that embody a critical thinking quality or trait--we've got some this week! Join us as we analyze and learn from songs that we may have heard dozens of times but never pondered their messages--fun stuff! Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at ...
Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Song Lyrics | August 6, 2020
August 09, 2020 00:40 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBP2! We sing!
#122 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Song Lyrics | August 6, 2020
August 09, 2020 00:40 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBP2! We sing!
Solutions To Violence | Francesco DaVinci | Conscientious Objector | Aug. 3, 2020
August 06, 2020 15:28 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBFrancesco Da Vinci is a Los Angeles based photo journalist, author, film and documentary producer and political activist. Da Vinci’s compelling story explains his reasons for his Conscientious objector application during the Vietnam war era.
Solutions To Violence Francesco DaVinci 8 - 3-2020 ~0 No Music
August 06, 2020 15:28 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBFrancesco Da Vinci is a Los Angeles based photo journalist, author, film and documentary producer and political activist. Da Vinci’s compelling story explains his reasons for his Conscientious objector application during the Vietnam war era.
Read&Succeed | Ep 8 | Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming (2016) | László Krasznahorkai | 8-5-20
August 06, 2020 05:18 - 57 minutes - 65.6 MBFourth and final episode in our four-part series reviewing Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai's 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature as a capstone to his 40-year career and creative quadrilogy. All literal and literary roads converge as the author (and his final character) return to face the post-Communist realities they left behind in Hungary in the late 1980's...and reality has it's own conclusions. Exclusive content by City Lights Booksellers & Publishers! Enjoy!
Truth To Power | People Over Petro | Aug. 9, 2020
August 06, 2020 01:57 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about resisting the petrochemical build-out in the Ohio River Valley. Joining Forward Radio programmer Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) in the virtual studio this week are four members of the People Over Petro coalition: Alice Melendez (Extinction Rebellion Kentucky), Mary Aguilera (Buckeye Environmental Network & Ohio Poor People's Campaign, Cincinnati), Kelsey McNaul (Climate Reality Project...
Perks Ep. 54 | Melanie Moore | A Bus Service For Book Lovers | 8-5-20
August 05, 2020 00:29 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBWelcome book lovers back to our first episode of Season 3. I was away on vacation so Carrie teamed up with former guest and Ohio friend Giselle Spurgeon, to co-host this week to interview a fellow Ohioan Melanie Moore, owner of the Cincy Book Bus. When you see an old rusty truck, the first thing that pops into your head is probably not “book store”. Melanie though had other ideas. Her dream of opening her own bookstore after retiring from 25 years of teaching was hampered somewhat by the h...
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | August Sky; Microbiomes; Gray Hair; Dino vs. Squid | August 3 2020
August 03, 2020 20:52 - 29 minutes - 31.6 MBWe are celebrating our 2nd birthday this week! Find out what planets, constellations, and meteor showers you can see in the night sky in August. Then hear about the Global Microbiome Vault project, the cellular link between stress and graying hair, and an extinct Pterosaur ('flying reptile') that lost a tooth inside the fossilized body of ancient Squid. Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at ...
Sustainability Now! | Terrance Sullivan + OJ Oleka | AntiRacismKY | Aug. 2, 2020
August 03, 2020 06:51 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, throws open the mics to two UofL alumni from opposite sides of the political spectrum, OJ Oleka, PhD (’10) and Terrance Sullivan, J.D. (’09, ’12) co-founders of AntiRacismKY, a coalition focused on rooting out institutional racism in Kentucky state and local government policy. OJ Oleka is a Republican who graduated from UofL with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a minor in political science, and is now president of the Association...
Truth To Power | Beargrass Thunder | Reimagining the Public Commons | Aug. 2, 2020
August 02, 2020 01:43 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about reimagining our public commons and outdoor spaces as thriving, vibrant, life-giving spaces rather than manicured lawns and concrete jungles. Joining Forward Radio programmers Ruth Newman (Election Connection), Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!), and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk) in the virtual studio this week are Jody Dahmer and Mariah Corso, co-founders of Beargrass Thunder...
Election Connection | Kim Wyman, Washington Secretary of State | Mail-In Voting | 7-28-20
July 31, 2020 18:37 - 54 minutes - 40.4 MBKim Wyman, Republican Secretary of State for Washington State explains the universal mail-in voting system that has been in effect in Washington since 2011. In 2019, Washington was the Clearinghouse Award winner for outstanding innovations in elections, voter registration and election management systems.
#121 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Career Advice | July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 18:36 - 58 minutes - 81 MBP2!
#121 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Best and Worst Career Advice | July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 18:36 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWhat's the best career advice you ever received? Beware, says the research, because our biases tend to get in the way in terms of who we choose to ask for advice and how we sift through what we hear! In this episode, Brian and I delve into some nifty insights on giving and receiving advice and how to think through the challenges of being an advice seeker and an advice giver! Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursd...
Single Payer Radio - Pharmaceutical Profits and Regulation
July 29, 2020 18:04 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively discuss the pharmaceutical industry - regulatory environment, costs, and profits
Single Payer Radio | Pharmaceutical Profits and Regulation | Dr. Michael Flynn + Dr. Eugene Shively
July 29, 2020 18:04 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively discuss the pharmaceutical industry - regulatory environment, costs, and profits
Single Payer Radio - German healthcare model with Dr. Miriam Krause
July 29, 2020 13:48 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively discuss the German healthcare model with German-born Dr. Miriam Krause who practices locally at Fertility and Endocrine Associates for patients in need of fertility and related gynecoligic and endocrine care.
Single Payer Radio | German healthcare model | Dr. Miriam Krause
July 29, 2020 13:48 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively discuss the German healthcare model with German-born Dr. Miriam Krause who practices locally at Fertility and Endocrine Associates for patients in need of fertility and related gynecoligic and endocrine care.
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Miriam Krause | German Healthcare Model | Aug. 17, 2020
July 29, 2020 13:48 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively discuss the German healthcare model with German-born Dr. Miriam Krause who practices locally at Fertility and Endocrine Associates for patients in need of fertility and related gynecoligic and endocrine care.
Perks Replay Ep. 30 | William Sutton | Not All Superheroes Wear Capes | 7-29-20
July 29, 2020 11:50 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MB**Our replay this week is an episode that was our first of Season 2 back in January before Covid hit. We talked with children’s librarian with the Louisville Free Public Library system William Sutton. If you are anything like Carrie and I, you are sorely missing your libraries and the dedicated people who staff them. In fact, our library system in Louisville KY furloughed the majority of its librarians for 3 months and only in the last month have patrons been able to do curbside pickup fo...
Solutions To Violence | Vincent Gonzalez | July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020 23:52 - 54 minutes - 70.3 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview local activist Vincent Gonzalez who, along with three other people, is holding a hunger strike to pressure the Ky. State Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, to complete the investigation of the Louisville Metro Police event that took the life of Brianna Taylor.
Solutions To Violence Vincent Gonzalez 7 - 27 - 2020 ~0 No Music
July 27, 2020 23:52 - 54 minutes - 70.3 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview local activist Vincent Gonzalez who, along with three other people, is holding a hunger strike to pressure the Ky. State Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, to complete the investigation of the Louisville Metro Police event that took the life of Brianna Taylor.
Election Connection | Restoring Felon Voting Rights-2020 Census | 7-21-20
July 27, 2020 17:21 - 55 minutes - 39.3 MBDee Pregliasco, VP of the Kentucky League of Women Voters, Chair of the League's Redistricting Committee, former Louisville League President, and retired attorney, tackles the longstanding disenfranchisement of former felons in Kentucky who've served their sentences but never get their right to vote restored, unlike most U.S. states. Also on the show is Helene Longton, Media Specialist for the regional U.S. Census Bureau, based in Louisville. She talks about job opportunities with the Burea...
Sustainability Now! | Hank Linderman | U.S. Congress Candidate, KY 2nd District | July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020 03:44 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, gets back to the campaign trail for another conversation with Kentucky candidates! This week we do some porch sittin’ with Hank Linderman, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress from Kentucky’s 2nd District in west central Kentucky (including Bullitt Co., Owensboro, Elizabethtown, Danville, and Bowling Green). Hank is now from Grayson County, but he grew up here in Louisville in the 1970s and has had a stellar music career. Kentuc...
Truth To Power | This Pandemic | July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020 01:26 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic. As of July 25th, Jefferson County has 6080 confirmed cases and 218 deaths from COVID. But the story is much bigger. On today’s show, we talk about the many issues raised by the pandemic - psychology, causes & prevention, U.S. compared to other countries, impact on musicians and other gig workers, public health, mental health, the health care system, economic impacts...
Let's Talk 005 | We The People of Louisville
July 25, 2020 20:40 - 58 minutes - 92.9 MBWhat if we had a real democracy and could demand--and get--anything we ask for?
Bench Talk : The Week in Science | Mars Rover; Dead Sea Scrolls; A Walk in the Park | July 27 2020
July 25, 2020 04:04 - 29 minutes - 32.6 MBPrepare yourself for the upcoming launch of 'Perseverance', the new Mars Rover. Then, hear what DNA analysis reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls. The show ends with an essay about finding a balance between the science and the joyful appreciation of nature. Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in t...
#120 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Susannah Johnson from Hawaii chats with Brian| July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020 18:16 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBThis week, Brian sits down for an interview with Susannah Johnson, an innovative critical thinking educator in Hawaii. Susannah turns us on to how critical thinking is related to creative work, good living, and how it's at the core of all approaches to education approaches. 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.forwardrad...
Read&Succeed | Ep 7 | War & War (1999) | László Krasznahorkai | 7-22-20
July 23, 2020 02:13 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThird episode in a four-episode series on Hungarian writer and winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature László Krasznahorkai. With late 1980's Hungarian Communism now a decade-distant memory Krasznahorkai's 1999 'War & War' turns to the author's inner totalitarian dictator: literary and artistic ideas that simply will not relent until expressed. Exclusive content by the Goethe-Institut Boston and Boston University back half!
Perks Re-Play Ep. 27 | Mick Sullivan | A "Meat" and Greet with the Past | 7-22-20
July 22, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBCarrie and I are still on vacation this week but you can find us with all new interviews and episodes August 5. But Today we have a replay of our interview with Mick Sullivan. Mick is a friend of the show. He helped us begin our adventure in broadcasting and podcasting by giving us the tools and the confidence to get started. He is the creator of the award winning children’s history podcast, The Past and the Curious, which was recently named by the New York Times as one of the best childr...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 16 "Anxiety Toolkit" | Aimee Jewell | July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020 20:47 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe are joined this week by Aimee Jewell, Engagement Specialist at the Leadership Louisville Center and wise woman. We talk about feeling like a burden, dealing with bad days, and people pleasing. Note: we discuss suicide in this episode. Featured Original Theme Music for Two Nuts in a Pod by Neil Lucas.
Sustainability Now! | People Over Petro invade the Northeast Petrochemical Conference | 7-20-20
July 20, 2020 04:45 - 58 minutes - 80 MBJoin us on this week’s Sustainability Now! as your host, Justin Mog, gathers concerned citizens who took action this week to get an insider’s perspective on the petrochemical industry which is posing such a threat to our region. Despite failing economics and environmental health hazards, the petrochemical industry is persistent in its attempts to develop in the Ohio River Valley. One way we have seen this unfold is through the holding of the Northeast Petrochemical Conference and Exhibition, ...
Truth To Power | Cornel West's Race Matters, Part Two | July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020 17:18 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about the classic 1993 text, "Race Matters" by Cornel West. The book analyzes moral authority and racial debates in the U.S. It questions matters of economics, politics, ethics, and spirituality; and it also addresses the crisis in black American leadership. Forward Radio’s Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk), and K.A. Owens (On The Edge) discuss thes...
#119 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | Thinking Critically about "Cancel Culture" | July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 19:19 - 58 minutes - 81 MBThis week's show looks at the concept of "cancel culture" and the implications and consequences of this social media-fueled approach to public shaming people and organizations. What is cancel culture? Is it censorship in the guise of taking the moral high ground? Is it an important tool for calling out those who violate norms and use their platform or public venue to denigrate others? How do we understand this type of digital discourse in light of critical thinking? Critical Thinking for Eve...
Perks RePlay | Amy Attaway | Shakespeare Summertime| 7-15-20
July 15, 2020 12:06 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBCarrie and I are on vacation this week. We are refreshing, renewing, and most importantly Reading for our upcoming season 3 beginning August 5. So today we have a rebroadcast. We reached way back in the archives to our first season and one of our very early guests, Amy Attaway of the Kentucky Shakespeare Theater. If you are a book nerd like us, it just doesn’t seem like summer in Louisville without seeing one of the great free performances under the stars in Central Park of one of the Ba...
Perks REPlay | Amy Attaway | Shakespeare Summertime| 7-15-20
July 15, 2020 12:06 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBCarrie and I are on vacation this week. We are refreshing, renewing, and most importantly Reading for our upcoming season 3 beginning August 5. So today we have a rebroadcast. We reached way back in the archives to our first season and one of our very early guests, Amy Attaway of the Kentucky Shakespeare Theater. If you are a book nerd like us, it just doesn’t seem like summer in Louisville without seeing one of the great free performances under the stars in Central Park of one of the Ba...
Perks RePlay | Amy Attaway | Shakespeare Summertime | 7-15-20
July 15, 2020 12:06 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBCarrie and I are on vacation this week. We are refreshing, renewing, and most importantly Reading for our upcoming season 3 beginning August 5. So today we have a rebroadcast. We reached way back in the archives to our first season and one of our very early guests, Amy Attaway of the Kentucky Shakespeare Theater. If you are a book nerd like us, it just doesn’t seem like summer in Louisville without seeing one of the great free performances under the stars in Central Park of one of the Ba...
Perks RePlay Ep. 4 | Amy Attaway | Shakespeare Summertime | 7-15-20
July 15, 2020 12:06 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBCarrie and I are on vacation this week. We are refreshing, renewing, and most importantly Reading for our upcoming season 3 beginning August 5. So today we have a rebroadcast. We reached way back in the archives to our first season and one of our very early guests, Amy Attaway of the Kentucky Shakespeare Theater. If you are a book nerd like us, it just doesn’t seem like summer in Louisville without seeing one of the great free performances under the stars in Central Park of one of the Ba...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 15 "Be Cautious But Free" | Nicole Ward | July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020 20:10 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBThis week's guest, Nicole Ward, is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She shares how a difficult childhood drove her to become a therapist. We discuss COVID's influence on mental health and the impacts of the current civil rights movement. Original theme music by Neil Lucas. Recommendations https://www.cliniciansofcolor.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Clinicians-of-Color-LLC-100691908379452
Single Payer Radio/ Access to mental health services
July 14, 2020 17:23 - 55 minutes - 39.3 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively talk with Dr. Jesse White, MD faculty member University of Louisville Psychiatry Department: access to care in rural and urban areas and disadvantaged communities; providing services during the pandemic.
Single Payer Radio | Access to mental health services
July 14, 2020 17:23 - 55 minutes - 39.3 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively talk with Dr. Jesse Wright, MD faculty member University of Louisville Psychiatry Department: access to care in rural and urban areas and disadvantaged communities; providing services during the pandemic.