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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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Single Payer Radio: Where Does The Money Go?
July 14, 2020 16:46 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively and KSPH chairperson Kay Tillow discuss how approximately 1/3 of U.S. healthcare costs is hijacked from patient care
Single Payer Radio: Where Doe The Money Go?
July 14, 2020 16:46 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively and KSPH chairperson Kay Tillow discuss how approximately 1/3 of U.S. healthcare costs do NOT go to providing care.
Single Payer Radio | Where Does The Money Go?
July 14, 2020 16:46 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBDoctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively and KSPH chairperson Kay Tillow discuss how approximately 1/3 of U.S. healthcare costs is hijacked from patient care
Single Payer Radio: Medicare V Medicare Advantage
July 14, 2020 13:53 - 54 minutes - 48 MBKay Tillow and Harriette Seiler discuss and compare the Medicare program services and the confusing array of profit-driven Medicare Advantage programs.
Single Payer Radio: Medicare V Medicare Advantage/ July 15-17, 2020
July 14, 2020 13:53 - 54 minutes - 48 MBKay Tillow and Harriette Seiler discuss and compare the Medicare program services and the confusing array of profit-driven Medicare Advantage programs.
Single Payer Radio | Medicare vs Medicare Advantage
July 14, 2020 13:53 - 54 minutes - 48 MBKay Tillow and Harriette Seiler discuss and compare the Medicare program services and the confusing array of profit-driven Medicare Advantage programs.
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Eulogies; COVID & Climate; Inquiry Learning; Bees | July 13 2020
July 13, 2020 20:28 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MBThis episode is in honor of Barbara Conkin and A. Bennett Jenson, two scientists who passed away late last year. Hear about their lives and accomplishments. Then J. Scott Miller talks about the environmental impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and Jon Dixon discusses inquiry-based learning. Finally, Leslie Moise reports on what we can do to enhance bee populations. She finishes with a poem written specifically for this show. Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FOR...
Access Hour | Rally for Independent Journalists Attacked By Police | July 15, 2020
July 13, 2020 07:07 - 56 minutes - 78.3 MBOn the Access Hour this week, your host, Justin Mog, brings you full coverage of the July 10th rally at 6th & Jefferson organized by Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice in support of independent journalists who have suffered unconstitutional attacks and harassment by police as they try to cover the Black Lives Matter protests around the city and around the country. The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented over 470 such unlawful incidents in over 70 U.S. cities since the May 25...
Sustainability Now! | Kurt Mason | Land Trusts + Urban Conservation | July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 04:44 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBJoin us for some porch-sittin' on this week’s Sustainability Now! as your host, Justin Mog, takes a deep dive into land conservation with Kurt Mason, a retired Urban Conservationist for Kentucky with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Kurt is now the Chair of the Oversight Board for The Louisville and Jefferson County Environmental Trust - a land trust that protects open space for future generations through voluntary cooperative programs. Created in 1997, the Trust helps to im...
Solutions To Violence | Ira Grupper | July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 00:23 - 54 minutes - 21.3 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview Ira Grupper concerning the Israeli-Pakistan conflict. Ira is a well-known member of the Louisville Peace Community. Ira has been involved in civil affairs for over 59 years. He has been an organizer, consultant, and an activist. As an adjunct Bellarmine University professor he has taught civil rights, and the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Election Connection | Shawn Reilly, District 8 | 7-7-20
July 12, 2020 18:52 - 55 minutes - 43.6 MBPolitical activist and community organizer Shawn Reilly spoke of his visions for District 8 (the Highlands) as well as his visions for Louisville. I interviewed him shortly after his defeat in the 6/23/20 Louisville Metro Council race.
Truth To Power | Cornel West's Race Matters | July 12, 2020
July 12, 2020 01:39 - 56 minutes - 78.2 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...
118 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Questions and Reopening amid COVID | July 9, 2020
July 11, 2020 16:44 - 58 minutes - 81 MBHello, CT friends and fiends! This week's show is sponsored by Questions! And what we are really questioning is how can we make decisions during the somewhat "murky" phase of reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is a critical thinking to do when some things are left up to his/her judgment and the "rules" are inconsistent and don't consider every possibility or risk? How do WE assess our risks at this time? Join us as we think through some research about the challenges of reopening and...
118 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Questions and COVID | July 9, 2020
July 11, 2020 16:44 - 58 minutes - 81 MBP2!
Solutions To Violence Interview: Cathy Mekus And Dean Walker W - O Music 7 - 8-20~0
July 08, 2020 18:38 - 52 minutes - 58.2 MBSolutions to Violence's interview features Cathy Mekus and Dean Walker. Cathy Mekus is the Kentucky lead for Mom's Demand Action for Gun Safety. Dean Walker is a Mom's Demand Action Senior Fellow. Together they conduct a compelling presentation.
Solutions To Violence | Cathy Mekus and Dean Walker | July 6, 2020
July 08, 2020 18:38 - 52 minutes - 58.2 MBSolutions to Violence's interview features Cathy Mekus and Dean Walker. Cathy Mekus is the Kentucky lead for Mom's Demand Action for Gun Safety. Dean Walker is a Mom's Demand Action Senior Fellow. Together they conduct a compelling presentation.
Read&Succeed | Ep 6 | The Melancholy of Resistance (1989) | László Krasznahorkai | 7-8-20
July 08, 2020 16:47 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBPart two of a four-part Summer 'Read&Succeed' series on Hungarian novelist and 2019 National Book Award winner for Translated Literature László Krasznahorkai. 'The Melancholy of Resistance' (1989) serves as his first creative revision of his first novel 'Satantango' (1985). Cold War darkness descends yet again, but this time Krasznahorkai and his characters see light's return as part of the cosmic harmony and dance. Exclusive content by PEN America in the second half of the show!
Single Payer Radio - Wake Up Everybody
July 08, 2020 14:16 - 50 minutes - 52.2 MBDr. Garrett Adams discusses racism and healthcare disparities with Bob Cunningham, decades long civil rights activist and co-founder of the Ky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Antonio Wickliffe, Treasurer of the Ky Alliance and steering committee member of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare
Single Payer Radio | Wake Up Everybody | June 24, 2020
July 08, 2020 14:16 - 50 minutes - 52.2 MBDr. Garrett Adams discusses racism and healthcare disparities with Bob Cunningham, decades long civil rights activist and co-founder of the Ky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Antonio Wickliffe, Treasurer of the Ky Alliance and steering committee member of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare
Perks Ep. 53 | Julia Royston | Building The Table for Diverse Authors | 7-8-20
July 08, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBWhen they think about the publishing industry, many readers can immediately call to mind the big outfits: HarperCollins, Random House, and MacMillan. But there are many small publishing companies scattered all across the country, and even locally. Our guest today, Julia Royston, is a former school librarian who began her first publishing company as a way to publish her own books in the exact way she wanted them. She jokes that she has “control issues”. But those issues led her to become a...
Election Connection | Money in Politics | 11-6-19
July 06, 2020 18:42 - 51 minutes - 68 MBRuth and her guests Victoria Strange, Melissa Morgenson and Angelyn Rudd discuss the corrupting influence of money in politics, how it makes a mockery of our so-called democratic system of government and what to do about it.
Election Connection | Money in Politics | 11-6-19 |
July 06, 2020 18:42 - 51 minutes - 68 MBRuth and her guests Victoria Strange, Melissa Morgenson and Angelyn Rudd discuss the corrupting influence of money in politics, how it makes a mockery of our so-called democratic system of government and what to do about it.
Sustainability Now! | Patty Payette + Brian Barnes | Critical Thinking for Sustainability | 7-6-20
July 06, 2020 05:49 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBIt’s a critical thinking love-fest on this week’s Sustainability Now! Your host, Justin Mog, sits down with two fellow programmers and UofL colleagues, Patty Payette & Brian Barnes. They are the team behind "Critical Thinking For Everyone,” heard on Forward Radio every Thursday at 5pm, midnight & 11am Friday. In addition to radio stardom, Brian is also a professor of Philosophy & Business Ethics at UofL, IUS, Bellarmine, and Spalding; and he is Director of UofL's EcoReps Program & Community C...
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | July Sky; Green Homes (Dr. Zeel Maheshwari) | July 6 2020
July 06, 2020 02:42 - 28 minutes - 30.6 MBSaturn and Jupiter are visible in the night sky this month. Professor J Scott Miller will tell you about them, and one of our galaxy's black holes. Then, hear the first episode of 'Bench Talk Live' a new online series sponsored by the Kentucky Academy of Science. This week listen to Dr. Zeel Maheshwari (an electrical engineer at Northern Kentucky University) speak about building environmentally-sustainable 'Green Homes'. To see the slides from this 'Bench Talk Live' program and/or sign u...
Primary ELection Review
July 03, 2020 17:54 - 59 minutes - 36.4 MBPrimary ELection Review by FORward Radio
Save Our Schools With Dear JCPS | KY Primary Election Review
July 03, 2020 17:31 - 59 minutes - 36.4 MBBruce Maples with Forward Kentucky joins Gay and Ivonne following Tuesday's disappointing loss of a grassroots candidate.
Truth To Power | Stephen Bartlett | Agro-solidarity | July 5, 2020
July 03, 2020 15:36 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about food, agriculture, solidarity, justice, and autonomy. Forward Radio’s Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk) discuss these issues with Stephen Bartlett, Director of Forward Radio Community Partner, Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (http://salouisville.org). He’s also an active member of the Black Lives Matter movement, and works with the Com...
Truth To Power 7 - 5-20
July 03, 2020 15:36 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio for a community conversation about food, agriculture, justice, and autonomy. Forward Radio’s Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk) discuss these issues with Stephen Bartlett, Director of Forward Radio Community Partner, Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (http://salouisville.org). He’s also an active member of the Black Lives Matter movement, and works with the Common Earth Ga...
#117 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Tom Payette & teaser for Sustainability NOW! | July 2, 2020
July 02, 2020 17:33 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBListen to this sparkling re-run of an earlier show in which we interview Patty's dad, Tom Payette, about his decades-long career in the auto business and what he learned along the way about critical thinking...and discover what he means by saying "a good deal" on a car is what YOU think it is. Come and learn and laugh along the way. "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 mid...
Solutions To Violence Hardy Merriman 6 - 28 - 2020 No Music 2~0
July 02, 2020 02:03 - 55 minutes - 72.1 MBHARDY MERRIMAN has worked in the field of civil resistance for 18 years and is President & CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, { the ICNC } He has presented at workshops for human rights activists and grassroots organizers from around the world. His primary interest is in how ordinary people organize themselves, strategize, and mobilize to overcome adverse conditions, hold powerholders accountable, and win rights, freedom, and justice.
Solutions To Violence | Hardy Merriman | Part 2 | June 28, 2020
July 02, 2020 02:03 - 55 minutes - 72.1 MBHARDY MERRIMAN has worked in the field of civil resistance for 18 years and is President & CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, { the ICNC } He has presented at workshops for human rights activists and grassroots organizers from around the world. His primary interest is in how ordinary people organize themselves, strategize, and mobilize to overcome adverse conditions, hold powerholders accountable, and win rights, freedom, and justice.
Solutions To Violence | Hardy Merriman | Part 1 | June 22, 2020
July 02, 2020 01:48 - 52 minutes - 59.6 MBHARDY MERRIMAN has worked in the field of civil resistance for 18 years and is President & CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, { the ICNC } He has presented at workshops for human rights activists and grassroots organizers from around the world. His primary interest is in how ordinary people organize themselves, strategize, and mobilize to overcome adverse conditions, hold powerholders accountable, and win rights, freedom, and justice.
Solutions To Violence Hardy Merriman 6 - 22 - 2020 ~0 No Music
July 02, 2020 01:48 - 52 minutes - 59.6 MBHARDY MERRIMAN has worked in the field of civil resistance for 18 years and is President & CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, { the ICNC } He has presented at workshops for human rights activists and grassroots organizers from around the world. His primary interest is in how ordinary people organize themselves, strategize, and mobilize to overcome adverse conditions, hold powerholders accountable, and win rights, freedom, and justice.
Perks Ep. 52 | Amanda Beverly | Jane is for Everyone | 7-1-20
July 01, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” These words, from Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are, perhap, some of the reasons why many readers swoon over his character and develop a love for Austen and her works. Other readers, though, like our guest this week, Amanda Beverly, see their families or people they know in the quirky individuals who make up Austen’s communities. W...
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 14 "A Better Way to Live" | Courtney Kolarik | June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020 17:47 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThis week, Courtney Kolarik, who is three years sober, joins us to tell her recovery story. She was twenty years old, addicted to alcohol and drugs, and was facing jail time when she first decided to become sober. Courtney shares the ups and downs of the recovery process that made her the resilient person she is today. Original Music for Two Nuts in a Pod by Neil Lucas.
#116 CriticalThinking for Everyone | Intellectual Traits | June 25, 2020
June 30, 2020 17:33 - 58 minutes - 81 MBDo you have what it takes to be intellectual virtuous? Are you cultivating regular habits of mind that help you check your biases or think through messy problems on your own? This show uses an instrument about the Intellectual Traits that asks us questions about our own thinking habits so we can assess how well we demonstrate intellectual traits in our lives, and which ones we have affinity for. Brian and I pose some tough questions and answer a few about our own thinking--and share some 'tru...
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Gene-Based Vaccines for COVID-19, Part-2 | June 29 2020
June 29, 2020 17:18 - 29 minutes - 32 MBSecond part of our story about making gene-based vaccines for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This week we discuss some of the challenges facing this ambitious effort. Are we really going to have a vaccine available in early 2021? The first half of this story was broadcast on June 22, 2020. 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. The music heard on t...
Sustainability Now! | Cara Cooper | KY Solar Advocacy Network | Cooperatives | June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020 05:10 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBNow that the Kentucky Primary Election is behind us, your host, Justin Mog, sits down with someone who is NOT running for office! This week we feature Cara Cooper, Coordinator of the Kentucky Solar Advocacy Network, as well as the Patchwork Cooperative Loan Fund in Lexington. Cara is also a facilitator and trainer at Brighter Future Consulting, working to assist non-profits around the state and nation. Cara has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science from Florida International University a...
Truth To Power | Fighting Eminent Domain for Pipelines | June 28, 2020
June 28, 2020 01:11 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather folks into the virtual studio to continue the community conversation about LG&E's proposed methane gas pipeline in Bullitt County. You may be familiar with this issue through the “Save Bernheim” campaign, as the proposed pipeline would run through Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest. Forward Radio’s Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report / Let’s Talk) discuss the issue with one of the neighbors owning property near the pip...
Election Connection | Discussion on Police, Protesters & Authority Figures | 6-23-20
June 27, 2020 21:13 - 56 minutes - 40.2 MBTwo conservative men and two liberal women discuss their experiences with and attitudes toward authority figures in general and police in particular, especially with regard to the 2020 Protest Demonstrations against Institutionalized Racism in the Police and throughout American society.
#116 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | Intellectual Traits | June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020 17:40 - 58 minutes - 81 MBP2!
Perks Ep. 51 | Giselle Spurgeon | Writers of the Apocalypse | 6-24-20
June 24, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBAre you a reader that shies away from dystopian or pandemic themed books because they just seem too scary in our current reality or do you “lean in” to the darkness and find it “fun”? Our guest this week, Giselle Spurgeon, is a reader who has long had a fascination with this sub-genre of work. COVID-19 has affected book-loving people differently. Some of them couldn't focus on reading their books because they felt like they needed to constantly stay informed by watching the news but others...
Read&Succeed | Ep 5 | Satantango (1985) | László Krasznahorkai | 6-24-20
June 24, 2020 02:00 - 59 minutes - 58.9 MBFirst part in a four-part 'Read&Succeed' series covering works by Hungarian novelist, screenwriter, and 2019 National Book Award winner for Translated Literature László Krasznahorkai. His work 'Satantango' (1985) takes place in Hungary behind the then still standing Iron Curtain where "Revolution" was just another step in the Devil's dance repertoire. English lecture by the author himself courtesy of The Library of Congress on the back half.
Two Nuts in a Pod | Episode 13 "Don't Be Erased" | Kasen Meek | June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 20:02 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBOur guest this week is Kasen Meek, Digital Marketing Coordinator for Centerstone and trans rights activist. We discuss the state of trans rights during the Trump era, and how having a marginalized gender identity impacts mental health. Kasen shares some formative experiences with self advocacy and the importance of difficult conversations. Follow Kasen at trans.parent_kasen on Instagram. Featured: Original music for Two Nuts in a Pod by Neil Lucas. References: -Louisville Pride Foundation ...
Election Connction | Interview with Mera Corlett Metro Council Candidate | 6-16-20
June 23, 2020 18:16 - 51 minutes - 37.6 MBMera Kathryn Corlett, Democratic candidate for the 18th District Metro Council, speaks about her vision for Louisville and her approaches to collaborating and innovating to bring about needed changes in Louisville.
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Gene-Based Vaccines for the COVID-19 Coronavirus | June 22 2020
June 22, 2020 01:59 - 29 minutes - 31.6 MBTraditional vaccines take many years to develop. Why is there so much optimism that a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could be available as early as next spring? It's 'gene-based vaccines'! Learn about them on this show. We'll continue this story next week. 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. The music heard on this episode is 'Meditating Beat'...
The Climate Report 114-115 | Ending Corporate Tyranny
June 22, 2020 01:32 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBThe Climate Report 114-115 | Ending Corporate Tyranny by FORward Radio
The Climate Report 114-115 Ending Corporate Tyranny
June 22, 2020 01:32 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBThe Climate Report 114-115 Ending Corporate Tyranny by FORward Radio
The Climate Report 116 Ending Corporate Tyranny and 123 Disempowering Corporate Ogres
June 22, 2020 01:31 - 58 minutes - 67 MBThe Climate Report 116 Ending Corporate Tyranny and 123 Disempowering Corporate Ogres by FORward Radio
The Climate Report 116 | Ending Corporate Tyranny and 123 Disempowering Corporate Ogres
June 22, 2020 01:31 - 58 minutes - 67 MBThe Climate Report 116 | Ending Corporate Tyranny and 123 Disempowering Corporate Ogres by FORward Radio