Forward Radio podcasts

Forward Radio was proud to live broadcast from the Vegan Breakfast Teach-In organized by our own Community Control Now on Saturday, October 8th at First Unitarian Church. Listen in to hear vegan testimonials from host Vincent Gonzalez and Food Not Bombs, Gay Adelmann who is running for JCPS School Board in District 4, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) on the move to abolish the Supreme Court, Change Today, Change Tomorrow on their mutual aid work in our community, and a special live version of Community Control Now with Vincent Gonzalez and Michael Tee. The live broadcast was hosted by Forward Radio's Justin Mog.

On this week's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the 2022 Environmental Justice Conference - Climate Change and Health: People, Principles, Priorities and Policy Making that was held online on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. The West Jefferson County Community Task Force, NAACP, and UofL's Envirome Institute were proud to present this 6th annual Environmental Justice Conference with presentations on health, climate change, EPA and state new environmental policies, alternative energy, what we can do to improve the environment, odors, biomarker studies, Park Hill neighborhood activities, and more. Find more info at http://facebook.com/WJCCTF or email [email protected]

On this first edition of highlights, we hear from:


- Tom Fitzgerald, JD, Former Executive Director, Kentucky Resource Council

- Rachael Hamilton, Director, Louisville Air Pollution Control District

- Daymond Talley, Operations Manger, Treatment Facility, Metropolitan Sewer District

- Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Director, Louisville Climate Action Network

On Truth to Power each week, we gather Forward Radio programmers and friends to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else!

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org

In this week’s episode, we chat with Tyler Miller, founder of Reluctant Reader Books, a company that makes books for kids who hate to read. He is also author to several books for young readers in the Nevermore series, including We Bury the Living. In our conversation, Tyler tells us about why he started Reluctant Reader Books and how these books pull in younger readers who don’t normally find books appealing. He also tells us about other authors whose horror-lite novels are ones he recommends.

You can find Tyler Miller and Reluctant Readers on their social media at @reluctantreaderbooks and on their website at www.reluctantreaderbooks.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 BookLover

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Nevermore series by Tyler Miller (We Bury the Living, The Thirteenth Floor, Death Cab)

2-Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

3- Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine

4- The Jack Henry novels by Jack Gantos

6- The Haunting of Avaline Jones (and others in series) by Phil Hickes

7- The Goolz Next Door series by Gary Ghislain

8- I Know Your Secret by Daphne Benedis-Grab

9- The Smashed Man of Dread End by JW Ocker

10- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series by Alvin Schwartz

11- Monsterstreet series by J.H. Reynolds

12- Fright Vision series by Culliver Crantz

13- Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

14- Dracula by Bram Stoker

15- Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

16- This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

17- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

18- Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

19- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

20- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

21- We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

Movies/Shows mentioned--

1- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2- Studio 666 (2022)

3- The Why Files (YouTube)

This week on The Climate Report I'm joined by my friends and fellow programmers, Michael Tee and Vincent Gonzalez. We will talk about Gerald Horne's book, the Counterrevolution of 1776, which presents a different, and we believe a much more accurate picture of what really happened in 1776.

Why are we talking about history on a show dedicated to climate? Because we must understand our true history and the true nature of our political and corporate institutions in order to solve big problems like climate change, which we will never solve unless we radically rethink what we've been taught.

A theatrical production of 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie' is playing at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY) this week. Then, hear an interview with Ruby Mason (University of Louisville) on her research on 'Development of Novel Biologic Inhibitors to Target the Phosphatase PRL-3 in Cancers'. Then, Presley Woodrum Nickens (Murray State University) speaks on her research on 'Evaluating Topsoil Health Under Different Management Conditions: An Important Indicator for Sustainable Agriculture'. This show is interspersed with some of the latest science headlines on topics like cloned arctic wolves, Black Death, dogs that can smell our stress, and recently detected radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

‘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 is by Kevin MacLeod: 'Meditating Beat'.

This week’s show goes global as your host, Justin Mog, is joined by Ilana Solomon with the Trade Justice Education Fund (http//TradeJusticeEdFund.org). You won’t want to miss this insightful conversation about how our current global trade system undermines climate action, and how the fossil fuel industry is increasingly using of free trade agreements to challenge climate action. In July 2021, the company TC Energy launched a suit against the United States under NAFTA challenging the Biden administration’s decision to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. They’re demanding $15 billion in compensation for their “lost expectation of future profits.” This is just one of dozens of similar trade suits challenging and undermining climate policies around the world.

What can we do about it? The Trade Justice Education Fund has a proposal for a Climate Peace Clause to stop governments from using trade rules to challenge climate policies. You can sign up to get updates and take action at http://TradeJusticeEdFund.org

Facebook: TradeJusticeEd https://www.facebook.com/TradeJusticeEd/

Twitter: @TradeJusticeEd

Instagram: @TradeJusticeEd

YouTube: Trade Justice Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAN3SJXzQt4x4Lr1OcCR2cQ

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 Margaret Payne, Zora Smart and June Owens about the history of Bowman Valley School, the former one room schoolhouse for Blacks in Bullitt County, KY (https://bullittcountyhistory.org/memories/bowmanschool.html). Margaret shares details of an event regarding the school on the day of this recording. Also discussed was Maya Smart's book "Reading For Our Lives - A Literacy Action Plan From Birth to Six".

Recorded Friday September 30, 2022.

We play a game about thinkers from The School of Life! Play along with us!

Susan Weston, from the KY League of Women Voters, spoke at a Democracy in Action program put on by the Louisville KY League on Sept. 19, 2022. Among other items, she explained in detail what is in store with the new voting laws in effect for the Midterm Election on Nov. 8, 2022 and what steps to follow to make sure your vote counts. Also discussed are the two Amendments on the 2022 ballot.

This week’s show gave us an opportunity to speak to Erin Keane, who is the editor in chief of Salon.com but also a well-known Louisville writer who has recently published a book that defies classification a bit—it is a family memoir, but it is also an examination of history and culture.

Erin’s book, Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me, covers a lot of ground. While it is based on her mother’s runaway experience in her early teens in the 1970s, it is also about how her parents met and married when Erin’s now deceased father was in his 30s and her mother was 15. Erin explores the myths she held about her father, how they shaped her life, and how certain myths shape all of our lives. The LA Times listed Runaway as one of its 30 most anticipated books of fall.

You can find Erin Keane on Instagram and Twitter at @eekshecried.

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.

We are on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Runaway: Notes From the Myths That Made Me by Erin Keane

2- Out Came the Sun by Mariel Hemingway

3- A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari

4- The Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum

5- All I Should Not Tell by Brian Leung

6- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Movies mentioned--

Manhattan (1979)