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Sustainability Now! | Carrie Cole & Jessica Reese | Freedom Fridays | May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 04:19 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBWith the pandemic giving everyone behind bars a potential death sentence, your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a conversation about decarceration with two leaders in the Freedom Fridays Caravan. Carrie Cole MSSW, is a Client Advocate with The Bail Project Louisville and Jessica Reese is a member of Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice. Both are leaders in decarceration work and the Freedom Fridays Caravan—which started here in Louisville and has gone national. More info about participati...
Solutions To Violence Carla Wallace 5 - 11 - 2020
May 18, 2020 02:23 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview Carla Wallace. Carla is a civil rights activist in Louisville, Ky. She is co-founder of the Fairness Campaign and Showing Up for Racial Justice and a member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame.
Solutions To Violence | Carla Wallace | May 11, 2020
May 18, 2020 02:23 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview Carla Wallace. Carla is a civil rights activist in Louisville, Ky. She is co-founder of the Fairness Campaign and Showing Up for Racial Justice and a member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame.
Solution To Violence Judd Hendrix IPP 5 - 18 - 2020 ~0 No Music
May 18, 2020 02:06 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBSolution To Violence Judd Hendrix IPP 5 - 18 - 2020 ~0 No Music by FORward Radio
Solutions To Violence | Judd Hendrix | Interfaiths Paths to Peace | May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 02:06 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBSolutions To Violence | Judd Hendrix | Interfaiths Paths to Peace | May 18, 2020 by FORward Radio
Truth To Power | Native Plants | May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 01:27 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather around the microphones to talk about the importance of native plants! Forward Radio programmers, Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and Hart Hagan (The Climate Report & Let’s Talk) are joined in the virtual studio by a diversity of local experts: Elizabeth Kuhn - Owner of Backyard Botanicals (http://backyardbotanicalsky.com) Alisha & Josh Fewell - Owner off Grow Wilder Native Plant Nursery (http://facebook.com/growwilderky) Barbara Berman - a park stewar...
#110 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | Dr. James-Etta | May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020 19:23 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBThis show features our interview with Dr. James-Etta. She leads her own consulting agency that offers professional development sessions that are grounded in ideas related to critical thinking and aim to advance social change and equity. James-Etta shares her journey with "education, exposure, and experiences," both personally and professionally, that led her to where she is now. She finds that journaling and reflection are keys to unlocking one's own thinking and vehicles for new perspectives...
Read&Succeed | Ep 3 Part 1 | Lizzy Carraway | A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972)| Handke | 5-13-20
May 13, 2020 04:44 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBRead&Succeed | Ep 3 Part 1 | Lizzy Carraway | A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972)| Handke | 5-13-20 by FORward Radio
Perks Ep. 45 | Robin Weiss | The Quarantine Quest For a Book Club | 5-13-20
May 13, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBWe all had big plans for our quarantine free time, right? Maybe we wanted to Marie Kondo organize the whole house, learn how to make beautiful loaves of bread, or begin training for that marathon you’ve had on your bucket list. Our guest today, Robin Weiss, had a different kind of quarantine goal. She was determined to revitalize her reading life. This mother of 9 who is also a professor of public health as well as a childbirth expert and doula, fell out of love with reading when she att...
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | White House & Science Part-2; Ocean Salinity Levels | May 11 2020
May 11, 2020 18:44 - 28 minutes - 31.3 MBHear the end of the story about the NIH grant that was abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. Dave Lott, local activist, gives his take on Wuhan conspiracy theories. And J Scott Miller discusses the impact of global climate change on ocean salinity. 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...
Sustainability Now! | Meg Stern | Kentucky Health Justice Network | May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020 04:56 - 58 minutes - 80 MBWith the pandemic raging, your host, Justin Mog, takes a close look at the state of reproductive health care access in our Commonwealth with Meg Stern, Support Fund Director at Kentucky Health Justice Network. Meg started volunteering in abortion access in Kentucky almost 20 years ago. As a Louisville native, Meg has a strong background in grassroots organizing with Louisville Clinic Escorts, The Fairness Campaign, and Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice. In this conversation, we talk ab...
Truth To Power | Transportation for the People | May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020 01:24 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBOn this week’s Truth To Power, we gather around the microphones to collectively envision a sustainable, just transportation system for Louisville! Forward Radio programmers, Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!), Hart Hagan (The Climate Report & Let’s Talk), and Ruth Newman (Election Connection) are joined in the virtual studio by Jackie Green, owner of Bike Courier Bike Shop, and local transportation advocate, Jackie Cobb. We not only discuss a new vision for a way forward, but chew on two big pi...
SOS with Dear JCPS: Tribalism with Ian Reifowitz
May 08, 2020 18:56 - 59 minutes - 37.3 MBSOS with Dear JCPS: Tribalism with Ian Reifowitz by FORward Radio
Save Our Schools with Dear JCPS | Ian Reifowitz | Tribalism
May 08, 2020 18:56 - 59 minutes - 37.3 MBSave Our Schools with Dear JCPS | Ian Reifowitz | Tribalism by FORward Radio
Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Full interview with Extinction Rebellion for #109 | May 2020
May 08, 2020 14:19 - 50 minutes - 70 MBThis is an interview conducted in early May, 2020, between three representatives of Extinction Rebellion Kentucky -- Alice Melendez, Bev Reed, and Deanna Rushing -- and Dr. Brian Barnes, co-host of "Critical Thinking for Everyone!" This interview is the longer version of the interview aired on episode #109, May 7th, 2020. // Recommended reading by Extinction Rebellion -- http://www.desmogblog.com/ https://www.resilience.org/ https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/category/geoengineering/disinf...
INTERVIEW for #109 --Extinction Rebellion Full, May 2020, on Critical Thinking for Everyone! (#109)
May 08, 2020 14:19 - 50 minutes - 70 MBThis is an interview conducted in early May, 2020, between three representatives of Extinction Rebellion Kentucky -- Alice Melendez, Bev Reed, and Deanna Rushing -- and Dr. Brian Barnes, co-host of "Critical Thinking for Everyone!" This interview is the longer version of the interview aired on episode #109, May 7th, 2020. // Recommended reading by Extinction Rebellion -- http://www.desmogblog.com/ https://www.resilience.org/ https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/category/geoengineering/disinf...
#109 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | Extinction Rebellion Kentucky | May 7, 2020
May 08, 2020 13:41 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBThis episode centers around an interesting interview that Brian did with members of Extinction Rebellion, or XR. This group is a global environmental movement that uses nonviolent civil disobedience to compel governments to make changes to avoid climate collapse and extinction of life as we know it. Pretty serious stuff and these XR folks have some interesting perspectives to share. Brian and i add our commentary and think critically about this important group and what they have to say to all...
Election Connection | Interview with Disgruntled Listener | 5-5-20
May 08, 2020 00:53 - 54 minutes - 40.6 MBAfter Tom wrote to our station that he was distressed over what he saw as our leftist views and frequent Trump bashing, I invited him on my show. What transpires is a wide-ranging, uplifting exploration into some of our core assumptions and values, as well as mutual desire to bridge the divide between liberals and conservatives.
Single Payer Radio Dr. Mike Flynn and Dr. Gene Shively air date June 10
May 06, 2020 18:05 - 58 minutes - 81 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively devote most of the show discussing healthcare in rural settings. They open the show discussing the terms "public option" and "single payer."
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Mike Flynn and Dr. Gene Shively | June 10, 2020
May 06, 2020 18:05 - 58 minutes - 81 MBDr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively devote most of the show discussing healthcare in rural settings. They open the show discussing the terms "public option" and "single payer."
#108 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | April 30, 2020 | P2!
May 06, 2020 15:55 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBP2!
CriticalThinking for Everyone 118 | April 30, 2020 | P2!
May 06, 2020 15:55 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBP2!
#108 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | April 30, 2020 |Emergency Ethics and COVID-19
May 06, 2020 15:55 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBHey, pandemic partners! In this episode, we talk about the concept and components of "emergency ethics" and how we think through decisions in times of crises. We consider what makes a leader a good thinker during the pandemic or any time, and we revisit the conversation about the "Open it Up" protestors. Do they have a utilitarian leg to stand on? We have thoughts! Join us at 5pm today, tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 11am, streaming live at forwardradio.org on the local dial at 106.5FM. ...
#108 CriticalThinking for Everyone! | Emergency Ethics and COVID-19 | April 30, 2020
May 06, 2020 15:55 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBHey, pandemic partners! In this episode, we talk about the concept and components of "emergency ethics" and how we think through decisions in times of crises. We consider what makes a leader a good thinker during the pandemic or any time, and we revisit the conversation about the "Open it Up" protestors. Do they have a utilitarian leg to stand on? We have thoughts! Join us at 5pm today, tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 11am, streaming live at forwardradio.org on the local dial at 106.5FM. ...
Read&Succeed | Ep 2 Part 2 | Danielle Sims Brooks | The Yellow House (2019)| Broom | 5-6-20
May 06, 2020 04:32 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MBRead&Succeed | Ep 2 Part 2 | Danielle Sims Brooks | The Yellow House (2019)| Broom | 5-6-20 by FORward Radio
Perks Ep. 44 | Anita Martin | Postcards on The Edge of Reading | 5-6-20
May 06, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBWe probably all have memories of picking up a 25 cent postcard at a cheesy souvenir shop on a summer vacation to send to a friend or family member back home. The first postcard was invented by an Englishman in 1840 but now these iconic colorful cards have whole websites, youtube videos, and pinterest boards devoted to them with themes such as the best ways to write a meaningful message in just a few lines, postcards as a writing process, and 8 reasons you should be sending postcards right no...
Election Connection | Food Insecurity in Louisville | 4-28-20
May 05, 2020 19:13 - 58 minutes - 50.4 MBStan Siegwald and Ron Burse of Dare to Care, Louisville, describe their work distributing food to the hungry, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic. They are followed by Mark Howell and Katie Litanga of United Crescent Hill Ministries, a partner of Dare to Care.
Bench Talk: The Week in Science | Nightsky in May; The White House & Science | May 4 2020
May 04, 2020 23:13 - 29 minutes - 32.2 MBHear from Professor J. Scott Miller about what we can see in the night sky this month. Then Professor David Robinson discusses the NIH grant on the novel coronavirus that appears to have been abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. 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 this episode: ht...
Access Hour | COVIDeniers | U.S. Census | May 6, 2020
May 04, 2020 07:07 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBOn the Access Hour this week, your host, Justin Mog, explores a couple unrelated topics of great importance right now: COVIDeniers and the U.S. Census. In the first half of the show, we dive into COVIDeniers - the overlaps between coronavirus denial, climate denial, and the dark money behind it all with investigative journalist Steve Horn from the DeSmog Blog. Read his April 20th article, COVID-19 'Liberate' Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial at https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04...
Sustainability Now! | Shane Tedder | Sustainability & The New Normal | May 4, 2020
May 04, 2020 03:45 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBWith the pandemic teaching us all the value of slowing down and reconnecting with what truly matters, your host, Justin Mog, is thrilled to finally sit a spell in the virtual space with Shane Tedder, a true brother in arms in the struggle for sustainability. A native Kentuckian from Taylor Co., Shane has served as the University of Kentucky's Sustainability Coordinator since 2009. Together we explore sustainability’s role in our “new normal”; and how we can use this opportunity to respond and...
Truth To Power | Food and Agriculture in the Pandemic | May 3, 2020
May 03, 2020 01:03 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBOur conversation this week revolves around the state of food in the midst of the pandemic - what this crisis is teaching us about the fragility of our food supply chain; the vulnerability of front-line food and agricultural workers; and how local growers are responding. Our guests are members of Forward Radio’s community partner, the Urban Agriculture Coalition: Lilias Pettit-Scott, an Urban Agriculture Conservationist with the Jefferson Co. Soil & Water Conservation District (http://jeffcd.o...
Solutions To Violence | Gerald Neal | April 20, 2020
May 01, 2020 04:33 - 52 minutes - 74 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview Kentucky State Senator Gerald Neal. Gerald Neal has degrees from Kentucky State University, and the University of Louisville. His Doctorate of Jurisprudence is from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the National Bar Assoc. and The Urban League and has received the West Louisville Crime Prevention Award, the Minority Business Award, the Sterling Award, Region VI Award as well as the City of Louisville & Jefferson Co Distinguished Service C...
Solutions To Violence Gerald Neal 4 - 20 - 2020
May 01, 2020 04:33 - 52 minutes - 74 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview Kentucky State Senator Gerald Neal. Gerald Neal has degrees from Kentucky State University, and the University of Louisville. His Doctorate of Jurisprudence is from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the National Bar Assoc. and The Urban League and has received the West Louisville Crime Prevention Award, the Minority Business Award, the Sterling Award, Region VI Award as well as the City of Louisville & Jefferson Co Distinguished Service C...
Solutions To Violence JohnYarmuth And Mike Thomas 4 - 13 - 2020
May 01, 2020 04:26 - 58 minutes - 64.8 MBJohn Yarmuth and Mike Thomas, continued from 4-6-2020. At Gun Safety conference
Solutions To Violence | John Yarmuth and Mike Thomas | April 13, 2020
May 01, 2020 04:26 - 58 minutes - 64.8 MBJohn Yarmuth and Mike Thomas, continued from 4-6-2020. At Gun Safety conference
Solutions To Violence | John Yarmuth | Gun Safety | April 6, 2020
May 01, 2020 04:12 - 58 minutes - 66.3 MBRepresentative John Yarmuth on Gun Safety 4-13-2020 at Gun Safety conference
Solutions To Violence - John Yarmuth, Gun Safety 4 - 6-2020 No Music
May 01, 2020 04:12 - 58 minutes - 66.3 MBRepresentative John Yarmuth on Gun Safety 4-13-2020 at Gun Safety conference
Solutions To Violence John Gage 4 - 30 - 20
May 01, 2020 03:39 - 55 minutes - 77.1 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview John Gage 4-18-2020. John Gage is a musician from Louisville, KY, who is one of the two creators of Louisville’s WFPK’s Kentucky Home Front radio show. The albums John has produced include “Down to Earth” by his band Country Folk, “In the Company of a Song,” “Stages,” Earth Heart,” “Your Way and Mine,” by John and Bruce Krohmer,
Solutions To Violence | John Gage | April 30, 2020
May 01, 2020 03:39 - 55 minutes - 77.1 MBJim Johnson and Jamie McMillin interview John Gage 4-18-2020. John Gage is a musician from Louisville, KY, who is one of the two creators of Louisville’s WFPK’s Kentucky Home Front radio show. The albums John has produced include “Down to Earth” by his band Country Folk, “In the Company of a Song,” “Stages,” Earth Heart,” “Your Way and Mine,” by John and Bruce Krohmer,
CriticalThinking for Everyone 117 | P2P2P2P2P2P2P2! | April 23, 2020
April 30, 2020 16:47 - 58 minutes - 81 MBP2!
Critical Thinking for Everyone 117 |Intellectual Traits and the Pandemic | April 23, 2020
April 30, 2020 16:47 - 58 minutes - 81 MBIn this show, Brian and I use the lens of the intellectual traits such as Intellecually Empathy, Fairmindedness, Intellectual Autonomy, and Confidence in Reasoning to examine our own choices and behaviors during this pandemic time, as well as try to understand those of others (including protestors). We need critical thinking now more than ever. And you do, too, so join us today at 5pm, midnight, or 11am tomorrow, streaming at forwardradio.org or local dial at 106.5FM "Critical Thinking for E...
#107 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Intellectual Traits and the Pandemic | April 23, 2020
April 30, 2020 16:47 - 58 minutes - 81 MBIn this show, Brian and I use the lens of the intellectual traits such as Intellecually Empathy, Fairmindedness, Intellectual Autonomy, and Confidence in Reasoning to examine our own choices and behaviors during this pandemic time, as well as try to understand those of others (including protestors). We need critical thinking now more than ever. And you do, too, so join us today at 5pm, midnight, or 11am tomorrow, streaming at forwardradio.org or local dial at 106.5FM "Critical Thinking for E...
#107 Critical Thinking for Everyone! |Intellectual Traits and the Pandemic | April 23, 2020
April 30, 2020 16:47 - 58 minutes - 81 MBIn this show, Brian and I use the lens of the intellectual traits such as Intellecually Empathy, Fairmindedness, Intellectual Autonomy, and Confidence in Reasoning to examine our own choices and behaviors during this pandemic time, as well as try to understand those of others (including protestors). We need critical thinking now more than ever. And you do, too, so join us today at 5pm, midnight, or 11am tomorrow, streaming at forwardradio.org or local dial at 106.5FM "Critical Thinking for E...
Election Connection | Kyle Ellison on Prison Overcrowding and Disease Spread | 4-21-20
April 29, 2020 17:52 - 55 minutes - 43.5 MBKyle Ellison, retired Probation and Parole Officer, as well as KY prison system historian, describes conditions of prisoner overcrowding, especially in Kentucky's county jails, and what that bodes for heightened disease spread during this Pandemic.
Single Payer Radio with Dr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively, April 29,2020
April 29, 2020 13:04 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBOn this episode of Single Payer Radio, Dr. Flynn and Dr. Shively discuss the Covid-19 virus For more information go to https://kyhealthcare.org
Single Payer Radio | Dr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Shively | April 29,2020
April 29, 2020 13:04 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBOn this episode of Single Payer Radio, Dr. Flynn and Dr. Shively discuss the Covid-19 virus For more information go to https://kyhealthcare.org
Single Payer Radio with Dr. Michael Flynn and Dr. Eugene Levy, April 29,2020
April 29, 2020 13:04 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBOn this episode of Single Payer Radio, Dr. Flynn and Dr. Levy discuss the Covid-19 virus
Perks Ep. 43 | DC Alexander | A Trifecta of Books, Bluegrass, and the Backstretch | 4-29-20
April 29, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBThere is a collective sigh of disappointment that you can hear in our hometown this week. The Kentucky Derby race is always run the first Saturday of May; except this year. I checked the weather and it looks like it will be beautiful this Saturday, 79 degrees and sunny, and there are no horses to be run. But now that you’ve had your Kentucky Derby primer from Carrie and I, we can all still celebrate this event quarantine-style, with a book and maybe a glass of bourbon. Our guest today, D.C....
Read&Succeed | Ep 2 Part 1 | Danielle Sims Brooks | The Yellow House (2019)| Broom | 4-29-20
April 29, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 57 MBAssistant Vice President for Student Affairs Mrs. Danielle Sims Brooks joins 'Read&Succeed' in-studio to discuss 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction 'The Yellow House' by African-American author Sarah Broom about her life journey before, during, and after the destruction of her childhood home during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We talk space. We talk place. We talk race.
Sustainability Now! | Ryan Fenwick | Candidate For Metro Council District 10 | April 27, 2020
April 26, 2020 03:40 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBSustainability Now! takes you down the campaign trail this week! With the pandemic putting a halt to traditional in-person canvassing, your host, Justin Mog, was able to get some time with Ryan Fenwick, a candidate for Metro Council District 10. He is running against the incumbent, Pat Mulvihill, in the Democratic Primary on June 23rd that will decide the race for this working-class, Democrat-leaning district stretching southeast from Germantown through Audubon Park, Poplar Level, Camp Taylor...