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Patty and Brian discuss Artificial Intelligence in our 200th episode!

Anatol Lieven is a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of Pakistan: A Hard Country. Also the author of Climate Change and the Nation State as well as Ukraine & Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry. Anatol Lieven is also an international journalist that was stationed in Moscow at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Dr. Lieven has appeared numerous times on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now, The Zero Hour and other national and international news programs and published hundreds of articles dealing with the Russian/Ukrainian war.

This week we chat with Vicki Johnson, a debut picture book author whose book, Molly’s Tuxedo, is a delightful story about a child who doesn’t want to wear the frilly, itchy dress and tight shoes her mother thinks is appropriate for school pictures. Molly wants to wear…you guessed it, a tuxedo that has pockets. The book, which is illustrated by Gillian Reid, was published by Little Bee Books in collaboration with GLAAD, a nonprofit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation. Vicki tells us all about it and the path to her becoming a writer.

She tells us about her move from DC to a small 200 year old cabin in the woods of WV, her sweaty history, and her new app that has rocked her world.

You can find Vicki at her website www.vickijohnsonwrites.com or on Instagram at @vickijohnsonwrites. You can also see her past work on Instagram at @cabin.reads.

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson

2- Wool (Silo series #1) by Hugh Howey

3- The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

4- The Daughters of Ys by MT Anderson

5- Everywhere With You by Carlie Sorosiak

6- Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall

7- Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate

8- Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery

9- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

10- Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes

TV series mentioned:

1- Platonic (2022 - Apple +)

2- Silo (2022 - Apple +)

Apps mentioned:

1- Merlin Bird ID

2- Seek

Today’s topic is The Lowdown on Climate .

Here’s the lowdown: We have a living planet, and we will heal our climate by attending to her living systems.

It’s not all about CO2. It’s not all about greenhouse gases. It’s not all about fossil fuels. CO2, in my view, has a minor role in catastrophic events like flooding, drought, wildfires and sea level rise, which are all caused--in large measure--by how we treat the land and the ecosystems that reside on the land.

We will talk about how trees make rain and how plants drive our water cycles. If we had healthy water cycles flowing through healthy ecosystems, we would have much less of the flooding, drought, heat waves and wildfires.

Trees make rain and plants create water cycles by slowing the progress of the rainwater toward the streams and rivers. Trees and plants make the soil healthy so it will soak up the rain like a sponge. And trees and plants create a reservoir of water that holds heat and staves off extremes of hot and cold, flooding and drought.

Please join me for this episode #378 of The Climate Report.

Gigi Sohn is a long-time public interest lawyer who spent the last 20 years advocating for policies that ensure that modern communications networks are robust, affordable and available to everyone. She also served as Counselor to former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler and was nominated twice by President Biden to occupy the 5th seat on the FCC. However, after 3 brutal Senate hearings, she withdrew her nomination. In this interview, she gives her take on where we stand in this country with regard to Internet connectivity, federal oversight of the Internet, pay to play politics, monopoly control, and directions for the future.

On this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, kicks off an exciting summer series of interviews with local women/fem artists who are all engaged in some form of struggle for social justice and are all featured in an exciting new exhibit called “We Don’t Wither,” on display at the Muhammad Ali Center April 1 - December 18, 2023. Created to engage our community, We Don’t Wither examines the intersection of art and activism.

The artists featured in this exhibit have created art or chosen from their art, pieces that respond to current socio-cultural and socio-political situations, lived experiences, and related current events—to see our world and our community through their unique perspectives. It is our objective to celebrate the often unheard experiences, opinions, feelings, and perspectives from those who work, create, and fight in our city; to share their artwork and views with our visitors; and to provide a space for conversation and reflection. This exhibit is included in the regular price of admission, but you can see the exhibit for free and meet the artists themselves during any of the upcoming ARTIST SHOWCASES:

Marlesha Woods June 24

Shauntrice Martin July 29

LaNia Roberts August 12

Joanne Weis August 26

Morgan McGill September 30

Nikki Douglas October 28

Learn more at: https://alicenter.org/muhammad-ali-center-announces-new-temporary-exhibit-featuring-louisville-area-artists/

This week, we interview Marlesha S. Woods (she/her), a Louisville native, a dedicated interdisciplinary artist, visual storyteller, creative placemaking strategist, writer, community researcher, and visual arts educator. Pairing visual arts with advocacy, Marlesha has partnered with non-profit organizations within the U.S. and globally to strengthen communities, and spark vital conversations including: health equity, diversity, and civic rights.

She is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education, National Art Education Association, Teaching Artists Guild, and Black Arts & Cultural Center. Her work and scholarship, centered within the intersections of public health and art, provide both cultural nuance and context to develop sustainable community-programming.

As owner & founder of Elsz & O Storytelling Gallery, she lends her consultancy and experience in Louisville Metro and beyond. She has provided community engagement art-based programs for several organizations spanning 17 years of dedicated service. Her community-based research has been featured in collaboration with nationally recognized data-catalyst, Root Cause Research Center.

More at https://www.elszando.design/our-why

Get Social: https://linktr.ee/Marleshart

https://www.instagram.com/elszando.storytelling/

https://www.facebook.com/ElszandO.design

Also joining us for the conversation is Dr. Renee Campbell, Executive Director of the Phoenix Global Humanitarian Foundation, Renee’s grandmother, Ada Doss Campbell, died in 1940 while a resident of Lakeland Asylum, now Central State Hospital, due to professional neglect in the early stages of her illness - tragic death in the time of Jim Crow laws.

For more than 40 years, Dr. Renee Maltinaa Ann Campbells' pedagogy and social practice has been immersed in her multifaceted identity as an award-winning international speaker and leader with Kentucky native roots hailing from Southern Logan County’s rural Adairville. https://www.phoenixglobalhumanitarian.org/our-executive-leadership 

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

On this week's show, we bring you a third hour of highlights from Forward Radio's special live broadcast from the 10th Annual How-To Festival at the Main Public Library on Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In addition to hosting an all-day booth on How to Broadcast with Community Radio, we did a LIVE broadcast from the Festival, dropping in on all kinds of How-To sessions and interviewing participants. From learning how to beat box to dancing Flamenco to painting like Bob Ross – participants learned how to do more than 50 things in five hours, all for free! And thanks to Forward Radio's proud Community Partner, the Louisville Urban Agriculture Coalition, the How-To Fest again featured three gardening tents with classes presented by Urban Ag member groups. The How-To Festival is FREE and takes place throughout the Main Library. Learn more at http;//www.lfpl.org/how-to/

K.A. Owens interviews Bellarmine University English Professor Chuck Hatten, about major changes at the Louisville, KY Catholic university as a result of restructuring.

Recorded Friday June 9, 2023, 3PM.

Brian and his son, Iain, discuss the conspiracy theories surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop.

KY Secretary of State Michael Adams (Republican) and Univ. of Louisville Political Science Prof. Jasmine Farrier discuss Ranked Choice Voting, which would allow voters to rank their choices of candidates on the ballot, and Open Primaries. These are both proposed changes to how Kentucky's elections are run. This event took place at the KY League of Women Voters Annual Meeting, held in Louisville June 3, 2023.