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Barry Levy is a physician and epidemiologist who has studied the health impacts of war for more than three decades. His new book, "From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War," which was published by Oxford University Press, provides a comprehensive review of the impacts of armed conflict on health, human rights, and the environment and addresses the prevention of war and the promotion of peace.

Dr. Levy has spoken and written extensively on these issues, including the health impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine. Dr. Levy has authored or co-authored more than 250 published articles and book chapters and Dr. Levy previously served as a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Past President of the American Public Health Association.

On this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, grabs his college rock hammer for an in-depth conversation with environmental scientist, Dr. Amy Townsend-Small, associate professor of environmental science in the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences. Amy has spent years studying abandoned or idled oil and gas wells across the country. Her geology research is helping policymakers understand the scope of the problem and the implications for the environment and public health and safety. In a study of idled or abandoned wells in Texas, she found they could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year.

This is a very timely conversation in light of the recent news that Kentucky is going to invest $25M to cap leaking oil and gas wells. The U.S. Department of the Interior awarded the funds to Kentucky as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Kentucky has a disproportionate number of derelict oil and gas wells.

Follow Amy at https://twitter.com/ATownsendSmall

She recommends the PBS Frontline documentary Plastic Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dk3NOEgX7o

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 "O". Topic: Death of Breonna Taylor activist Chris Wells. K.A. reads letters written by the KY Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression regarding the incarceration of Grandmaster Jay and the Prosecutorial Misconduct by KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the Breonna Taylor case. Recorded Friday September 2, 2022, 3PM.

We discuss "Quiet Quitting"!

Brian Barnes interviews Aaron Koshinski from Ohio Valley Creative Energy (https://ohiovalleycreativeenergy.com/) about emerging technologies, quantum computing, humanoid robots, and artificial intelligence.

Our guest this week is Natalie Martin, a voracious romance reader from Illinois who we met through Tabby Pawlitzki, host of Modern Life podcast. Natalie is the owner of Just Ask Nat! and a virtual assistant for authors and small businesses including the romance podcast Heaving Bosoms where she has also served as guest co-host.

We wanted to dig deep with a fellow book lover who reads romance almost exclusively to find out why this genre is so important to her and what authors she recommends for someone new to this category of novels. We talk about all kinds of romance tropes and themes and have a grand old time that devolves into a discussion that neither of our moms should listen to. But we don’t, as far as we know, violate any FCC regulations.

Reminder to listeners that Give for Good Louisville is coming up on September 15, and Forward Radio is part of that. There are some cool donor challenges this year that you can learn about at GiveforGoodLouisville.org.

You can follow Natalie on Instagram @justasknat or at her business website www.justasknat.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 and Authors Mentioned In This Episode:

1- Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul by Jack Canfield

2- All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

3- Nancy Drew series

4- Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

5- Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas

6- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

7- A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings

8- Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan

9- Reel by Kennedy Ryan

10- Everything for You by Chloe Liese

11- Always Only You by Chloe Liese

12- Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas

13- Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon

14- Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

15- Shirley Jackson: A Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

16- Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell (fiction)

17- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

18- We've Always Lived in the Castle

19- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

20- Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

21- Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

22- Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer #1)by Kiersten White

23- Vampiric Vacation (Sinister Summer #2) by Kiersten White

24- Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett

TV/Movies mentioned--

1- Chopped (Hulu)

2- Bridgerton (Netflix)

Podcasts mentioned--

1- Heaving Bosoms

2- The Modern Life Podcast

Let's take a journey through time back to March 6, 1991, where George HW Bush is giving the victory speech to a joint session of Congress, after the first Gulf War. Let's look at the rhetoric. Then let's look at the underlying reality. Let's look at the relevant law. And then let's ask: Do we trust these people? Can the people who bring us endless war ever be trusted to bring us solutions to climate change? If not, then what do we do?

Drs. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone, doctors practicing in Indiana, discuss the impacts of Medicare privatization and single payer organizing efforts in Indiana

On this week’s show, your host, Justin Mog, introduces you to Ashley Wilmes, the new Executive Director of Kentucky Resources Council, which combines smart policy and legal advocacy to protect the Commonwealth's natural resources and ensure environmental justice for Kentucky's most vulnerable people and communities (https://www.kyrc.org/). Ashley was appointed director in fall of 2021, replacing Tom “Fitz” Fitzgerald, who served as director throughout the history of KRC and is transitioning into a senior staff role.

Ashley attended Centre College and the University of Oregon School of Law, where she earned a specialty certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Before joining KRC, she practiced environmental law as a solo practitioner, served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and worked as in-house counsel for environmental advocacy organization WildEarth Guardians. Ashley has represented organizations across the country on environmental matters and has argued cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits. She recently stepped down as Chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Kentucky Bar Association.

For 35 years, the Kentucky Resources Council has been a trusted source of legal representation, advice, and assistance to individuals, communities, and local governments on a wide range of environmental and energy issues. KRC provides consistent, aggressive advocacy on environmental and public health issues by monitoring and educating the public on permits, regulations, and legislation; facilitating networking among environmental and citizen groups; and providing direct and indirect legal representation without charge to individuals, community groups, and local governments.

You can donate to support KRC at https://www.kyrc.org/get-involved/donate

Read Joe Childer’s Op-Ed “In EKy, people can’t live on high ground because it’s all owned by corporate interests”: https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article264568066.html

The KELI Podcast is available at:·        

https://anchor.fm/kyresources

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kentucky-resources-council/id1509478015?uo=4

https://open.spotify.com/show/7djs7cxyFrv36Fc6NmeXzT

Donate to ACLC's Flood Recovery:

https://appalachianlawcenter.networkforgood.com/projects/165958-urgent-donate-to-aclc-s-flood-recovery-fund?fbclid=IwAR22NdMMjiItf7eLWXG2Ebork1-kkJDQnIBA43rB7LxUGPkPiRbE8vcwg_o

More great resources for how to support flood recovery in Eastern Kentucky is at https://appalshop.org/news/appalachian-flood-support-resources

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

Scott Miller describes the night sky for the month of September. Rob Weber interviews Dr. Kate Bulinski (Bellarmine University) about 'The Waldron Shale Project' for K-12 education. Amanda Fuller interviews Dakota Tate (Murray State University) about his research on carbon sequestration and compaction in crop soils. And finally, Scott Miller discusses the impacts and policies of global climate change.

Here is the website for 'The Waldron Shale Project': https://www.bellarmine.edu/arts-and-sciences/department-of-environmental-studies/the-waldron-shale-project/?fbclid=IwAR154K8qh-4n3D_yv24COQYaeQITvKXxCOU09Wgy0poGgQcDBk0CK1_QBao

‘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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