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We remember the indelible work of Harry Frankfurt, particularly his classic, "On Bullshit."

This week we chat with Katrina Kittle, a Dayton, OH author whose most recent novel is titled Morning in This Broken World. I met Katrina when I took her online writing class not even knowing she had a new novel coming out but had heard such wonderful things about her four previously published books. Katrina is a real delight of a person. She is fun and bubbly but she would say she is also anti-social. So maybe a mix of both Carrie and I?

Her newest novel is about a group of unlikely companions who quarantine together during the Covid pandemic.

You can find Katrina Kittle at her website www.katrinakittle.com or on instagram at @katrinakittle

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Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- 5 star recommednation by fellow book lover Megan Cox

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

2- Morning in This Broken World by Katrina Kittle

3- Reasons To Be Happy by Katrina Kittle

4- Invitation by Mary Oliver

5- Babel by RF Kuang

6- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

7- Yellowface by RF Kuang

8- Come With Me by Erin Flanagan

9- Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane (audiobook narrated by Noah Galvin

10- The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Solutions to Violence features Mathew Evangelista. Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science in the Department of Government at Cornell University. He teaches courses in international and comparative politics. His current teaching and research interests focus on the relationship between gender, nationalism, and war; ethical and legal issues in international affairs (particularly, just war theory and international humanitarian law); transnational relations; and separatist movements.

He is the author of five books, written and edited numerous articles and books including: The Chechen Wars (2002); Law, Ethics, and the War on Terror (2008); and Gender, Nationalism, and War (2011). He is the editor of Peace Studies, 4 vols. (2005), and co-editor of Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? (2017); The American Way of Bombing (2014); Partners or Rivals? European-American Relations after Iraq (2005); New Wars, New Laws? Applying the Laws of War in 21st Century Conflicts (2005); and Democracy and Security (2008).

Doctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively discuss the raging addiction crisis and the overdose epidemic with Louisville native and nationally recognized leader in the field Dr. James Patrick Murphy, M.D.

On this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, plays in the dirt with Mad Marchal, the Urban Agriculture Program Manager for Louisville Grows (http://louisvillegrows.org) and a member of Forward Radio’s proud Community Partner, the Urban Agriculture Coalition (http://foodinneighborhoods.org/grow). Tune-in to celebrate the abundance of mid-summer in our urban gardens/orchards and learn some of the many ways you can get involved in growing more of your own food and in planting seeds of food justice all over our community!

Louisville Grows invites you out to a Community Orchard Info Session at the Healthy House (1641 Portland Ave) on either Thursday 8/3 6-7:30pm, or Saturday 8/5 10-11:30am. If you have been thinking about starting or improving a community orchard, please come to the Healthy House to learn about partnership with The Giving Grove program to provide educational support with organic pest and disease management, proper maintenance of fruit trees, design planning and much more!

They are also seeking volunteers to help out in the Greenhouse (next to the Healthy House at 1639 Portland Ave.) with shifts available through August 17th. Volunteers will help prepare for this year’s Fall Seeds & Starts Sale by planting seeds, potting starts, mixing soil, weeding, installing weed barriers, and performing other tasks in the greenhouse. Get your hands dirty while learning techniques for your own growing. No experience is required and gloves are provided. Volunteers receive a discount at upcoming sales!! Learn more & sign-up for a shift at http://tinyurl.com/GreenhouseSummer23

The Fall Seeds & Starts Sale will be on Sunday, Sept. 10th 10am-3pm at the Louisville Grows greenhouse next to the Healthy House at 1639 Portland Ave. You can learn more and pre-order Mushroom Grow Kits and Microgreens Kits at http://seedsandstarts.org

Register now for the DIY Microgreens Workshop on Tuesday, August 15th 6-7pm at the Healthy House. Learn to grow your own microgreens, an incredibly easy, super nutritious and cost effective way to add major nutrients to any meal year round. There is a registration fee, but all participants will make one kit during the class and receive a second to take home! Learn more and register at http://louisvillegrows.org

You can also register now for Louisville Grows’ fall fundraiser, the Plant 5k on Saturday, September 16th in Jeffersonville, IN. Learn more about sponsorships and registration at http://plant5k.org

Registration is now open (with an Early Bird Deadline of August 1st) for Weaving the Food Web: The People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture, which will take place on Friday-Saturday, September 8–9th at 100 Witherspoon Conference Center. Food in Neighborhoods and KSU Cooperative Extension are organizing this public event which includes tours of local urban ag, food apartheid and grassroots efforts to increase healthy food access. Workshops will address: food apartheid and environmental racism; youth leadership training; how to grow your own food; cooperative economics and Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs); urban and rural land access; New American success stories; and local food policy advocacy. Hot breakfast & lunch, childcare, and ASL & language interpretation will be offered. Grow Appalachia is offering free registration for beginning farmers. Learn more at http://foodinneighborhoods.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!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Elizabeth Hawks, Coordinator for the League of Women Voters for Southern Kentucky and Mathew Ruberg, both of whom are founders and Board members of Rank the Vote Kentucky, join Victoria Strange, occasional co-host and Ruth to explain the different Primary voting methods used in different states and how well each type achieves the goal of representing voter preferences. They also delve deeply into Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), sometimes referred to as instant runoff voting, in which the winner must receive over 50% of the votes.

Hear about 'trace metal fingerprinting' of the 17-year-cycle Cicadas that emerged in 2021. Rob Weber interviews Madison Davis of Thomas More University about this research. Then, Scott Miller tells us what planets, stars, constellations, and meteor showers can be seen in the night sky this month. Finally, Leslie Moise provides an update on gun violence and mass shootings, and reads her haunting poem 'Gladiators 2023'.

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ 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.

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Tony Curtis, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and George Eklund, Director of Education and Advocacy with the Coalition for the Homeless, discuss the ever-expanding strategic networks of charitable nonprofits and their impact on the community.

Solutions to Violence features Ira Grupper and Russ Vandenbroucke. Their topic is the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

Russ Vandenbroucke earned his doctorate of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama and has worked as director, dramaturge, playwright and producer at regional theatres across the country. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia, and a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow in Thailand, where he adapted and directed the play, An Evening with Global Peacemakers. Dr. Vandenbroucke was the founding director of the University of Louisville’s Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation program. He last visited Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine in 2016 through the American Research Center.

Ira Grupper has been a political activist for over 60 years. He has been a teacher of Civil Rights and the history of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Ira is a Bellarmine emeritus professor and has been conducted into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame. Ira Grupper has traveled throughout Israel and the Palestinian territories. He has served as cochair of the New Jewish Agenda which has 5000 members. Ira has been involved in labor, disability and human rights movements covering those issues as a journalist.

We chatted with environmental writer Jeremy Hance in 2021 about his travel memoir BAGGAGE: CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBETROTTING HYPOCHONDRIAC Season 5 Ep. 113.

Our guest this week, Jeremy Hance, writes about 3 topics in his most recent book that we are always drawn to; mental health, travel, and animals. Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-trotting Hypochondriac is a memoir that uses humor to help readers understand what life is like for someone who has a mental health issue like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In Jeremy’s case, his anxiety is always worse when he travels. While traveling to all corners of the globe is one of the best parts of his life as an environmental writer and is necessary for the work he does, travel is also fraught with rumination and fear.

Jeremy is an environmental journalist who is currently a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac by Jeremy Hance

2- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

3- The Princess Bride by William Goldman

4- My Antonia by Willa Cather

5- The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

6- Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein

7- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein

8- A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermer

9- Sorry, I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

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