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Our guest this week, Rijula Das, is originally from India but now makes her home in Wellington, New Zealand. She is an author and a Bengali-to-English translator. Her debut novel A Death in Shonagachhi was published in India last year but has come to the United States with a different title, Small Deaths. Her book was named by the website Crime Reads as a “must read” and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn recommended Rijulas’ debut during an appearance on Good Morning America. The book has been optioned to adapted for the screen.

You can find Rijula Das on Instagram at @rijuladas and at her website www.rijuladas.com

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.

1- Small Deaths/ A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das

2- Hamlet by Shakespeare (Amleth)

3- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

4- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

5- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

6- The Kissing Bug: The True Story of a Family, an Infect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez

7- Less by Andrew Sean Greer

8- Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

9- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

10- Haven by Emma Donoghue

11- Room by Emma Donoghue

Movies mentioned--

1- The Northman (Prime Video )2022

2- The Wonder (Netflix) 2022

3- Room (2015)

Dr. Solomon is an interdisciplinary scholar and conflict resolution practitioner interested in core questions of identity- including religious, cultural, national and gender identities- in peace and reconciliation. Her work focuses on political science, with strong roots in political psychology, social psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology. It is based in a scholar-practitioner approach informed by my own work and training in conciliation, facilitation, negotiation and mediation.

Dr. Solomon is an Assistant Professor at Kent State University in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, focusing on community conflicts and conflict resolution. And a prior position was as the Mellon Post-Doctoral Scholar in Peace and Conflict Studies at Grinnell College.

She a certified mediator in California with hundreds of hours of mediation experience with conflict resolution practice working with programs such as the Alternatives to Violence Project.

In this episode, I bring peer reviewed research to bear on the question of whether livestock is always bad for the climate or whether it could be good for the climate.

On this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, interviews some of our new neighbors here in the Heyburn Building from VOCAL-KY (https://vocal-ky.org). Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people. On today’s show, we speak with Executive Director, Shameka Parrish-Wright; Organizer, Jennifer Twyman; and Lead Grow Team member, Jessica Lawrence.

VOCAL-KY is building a movement of low-income people dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and homelessness across the country. They fight for systemic change rooted in justice, compassion, and love, and they approach this work with a firm belief in reducing harm and ending stigma, and the knowledge that the issues impacting our communities are driven by institutional oppression, not personal failings.

Check out VOCAL-KY’s 2022 Roadmap for Louisville Metro Government to End Overdose and Reverse the Harms of the War on Drugs at https://vocal-ky.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Louisville-Metro-Government-2022-Roadmap_final.pdf

Join them on Thursday, Dec. 1st at 10am for a World AIDS Day rally at the Hall of Justice, 600 W. Jefferson St. More info at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=145740221548156&set=a.144183501703828

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

K.A. Owens interviews Mike King of the Rotary Club of Louisville Suburban, The Woody Williams Foundation and the National Association of Black Veterans. Topic: preservation of Greenwood Cemetery, in the West End of Louisville, KY, where many Black veterans are buried.

Recorded Wednesday November 23, 2022, 2PM.

This is our holiday gift-giving episode with Sam Miller from Carmichael’s Bookstore. Sam always gives us great recommendations for what to buy from literary fiction to cookbooks to picture books.

To see Carmichael’s Holiday Gift guide visit their website at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com.

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- We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

2- Galatea by Madeline Miller

3- Toad by Katherine Dunn

4- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

5- The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

6- Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

7- The Whalebone Theater by Joanna Quinn

8- All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

9- Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Agatha Christie

10- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

11- White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

12- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

13- Lark Ascending by Silas House

14- Leech by Hiron Ennes

15- The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

16- Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong

17- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong

18- Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay

19- The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

20- And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

21- The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: Paul Newman by Paul Newman

23- Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes by Aleksandra Crapanzano

24- Home is Where the Eggs Are by Molly Yeh

23- Dinner in One by Melissa Clark

24- Go-To-Dinners by Ina Garten

25- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

26- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

27- Runaway: Notes On the Myths That Made Me by Erin Keane

28- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donohue

29- Waverly Hills Sanatorium: A History by Lynn Pohl

30- How It Went: Thirteen More Stories of the Port William Membership by Wendell Berry

31- Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

32- Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka

33- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

34- The Real Dada Mother Goose by Jon Scieszka

33- This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve

34- The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy

35- The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

36- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

37- Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer

38- The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp

39- The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert

40- A White Wind Blew by James Markert

41- Babel by R.F. Kuang

42- Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

Shows mentioned--

The Last Movie Stars directed by Ethan Hawke (HBO Max)

Today’s topic is … An Ode To Water

Why are we talking about Water on The Climate Report?

Water is an important part of climate.

When we talk about climate change, we typically refer to rising temperatures as a result of CO2.

But climate is not just about temperatures.

If the amount of rainfall goes up or down, that’s a change in climate.

If rainfall becomes less frequent, that’s a change in climate.

If when it does rain, you get heavier downpours, that’s a change in climate.

If winds are stronger because there are fewer trees, that’s a change.

Desertification represents a change in climate.

Aridification represents a change in climate.

So when we talk about climate, we should think in terms not only of hot or cold but wet or dry, as well as the frequency and duration of rain events, and the total amount of precipitation.

So let’s talk about Water in relation to Climate.

On this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, mounts up for a conversation on two wheels with friends from Falls City Community Bikeworks (http://fccbikeworks.org). We chat with Executive Director, Laurance Levine; new Shop Manager, Justin Mackowiak; and Board member, Lou Lepping, about what’s been happening at FCCB since former shop manager Nathan Green suffered a horrible hit-and-run accident in July. You can learn more about Nathan and support his recovery at https://www.gofundme.com/f/nathaniel-green-family-fund

FCCB is a 501c3 non-profit community bike shop, founded in 2014 at 1217 Logan St. in Shelby Park. The shop is open to the public Sundays 1:00 to 4:00pm and Wednesdays 6:30 to 9:30pm, and has bikes, tools, parts, and volunteers who can teach you how to repair or upgrade your bike for free. Connect with them at https://www.facebook.com/FCCBikeworks

If you are interested in sponsorship or volunteering, get in touch with Laurance at: [email protected]

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

Hear our interview with Professor Frederick 'Fritz' K. Hilton, retired physiologist at the University of Louisville Medical School. Not only did he conduct 40 years of research on the physiology and biochemistry of birds, bats and other mammal species, but he is an experienced ornithologist, and a renowned wildlife artist. This is the first installment of our interview with this fascinating artist-scientist.

‘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.

Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal

Public-domain music ('Fourth Symphony, 3rd Movement' by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1878) was provided by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sir Thomas Beecham directing (1958).

Election Connection regular Ruth Newman was joined by guest host Justin Mog, as well as Bob Cline, Victoria Strange, Lettie Heer and David Dutschke for an Election "Decompression" commentary on the 2022 Midterm Election results. Included were suggestions for making elections more fair, candidates more accountable and citizens more organized to overcome gross inequities in political influence and representation. In that vein, Mr. Dutschke described his group, CLOUT (Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together), which seeks to use their extensive network of diverse congregations to come up with issues and solutions for applying people pressure to elected representatives.