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The Senate has passed what it claims to be the largest investment ever in the war on climate. Yes, many dollars were spent, but is it a good use of the money? Are they using our money well? Are they solving problems? Or are they wasting our time?

On this week’s show we bring you a compelling conversation about the evolving meaning of home in the age of climate chaos with science journalist, Madeline Ostrander, author of the brand new book, At Home on an Unruly Planet - Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth, released by Holt on August 2nd, 2022. Learn more at http://madelineostrander.com

How do we find a sense of home and rootedness in a time of unprecedented upheaval? What happens when the seasons and rhythms in which we have built our lives go off-kilter? In her new book, Madeline Ostrander reflects on the climate crisis not as an abstract scientific or political problem but as a palpable force that is now affecting all of us at home. She offers vivid accounts of people fighting to protect places they love from increasingly dangerous circumstances. A firefighter works to rebuild her town after catastrophic Western wildfires. A Florida preservationist strives to protect one of North America’s most historic cities from rising seas. An urban farmer struggles to transform a California city plagued by fossil fuel disasters. An Alaskan community heads for higher ground as its land erodes.

Madeline pairs deeply reported stories of hard-won optimism with lyrical essays on the strengths we need in an era of crisis. The book is required reading for anyone who wants to make a home in the twenty-first century.

Follow Madeline at http://twitter.com/madelinevo

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

Is the naming of the 'James Webb Space Telescope' really appropriate considering the NASA administrator's role in the 1950's 'Lavender Scare' where homosexuals working in government were fired?

The first half of this video was broadcast on our August 1st show: https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/bench-talk-august-night-sky-behind-the-name-james-webb-space-telescope-august-1-2022?in=wfmp-forward-radio/sets/bench-talk-the-week-in-science

Thanks to the 'JustSpace Alliance' for permission to rebroadcast their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqrZ0Pl-KjQ. Here is their website: https://justspacealliance.org/.

‘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/BenchTalkRadio

K.A. Owens interviews Dr. Colleen Unroe, PhD-a former organizer with Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, with Sam and Kelly Sizemore. The Sizemore family is from Clayhole, Kentucky. The Sizemore family and Dr. Unroe give our audience an update on the flooding in Eastern KY that began on Wednesday July 27, 2022.

Recorded on Friday August 12, 2022, 3PM.

This week’s Truth to Power is all about access to public land for urban food growers and community benefits. Joining us this week are several key players in the proposal for a Shively Community Food Park (https://www.facebook.com/ShivelyCommunityFoodPark/) that will be going before the Shively City Council on Monday evening! Haileigh Arnold is Manager of the Hope Community Farm, a project of Gate of Hope Ministries, that will soon be displaced from its home on Bicknell Ave. and would like to relocate to Shively. Alix Davidson is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Food Literacy Project, whose Iroquois Farm has already been displaced and is eager to provide urban farming opportunities for Shively’s youth. And LeTicia Marshall from Bearfruit & Grow is the Shively resident who first had the vision for converting Shively’s abandoned golf course on Crums Lane into a productive, healing, and recreational space for the community.

The Shively City Council will be discussing the proposal for the Shively Community Food Park on Monday, Aug. 15th, 6:45pm, Shively City Hall (3920 Dixie Highway). Most members of the Shively City Council have told organizers that they will not be supporting this important proposal. This is very discouraging news, but there has not yet been an official vote. Organizers have submitted a final written proposal and are calling for the Council to vote on it at the next council meeting on Aug. 15th. The organizers are encouraging citizens to show up, have their voices heard, and get a clear answer from the City.

If you’d like to speak and make a public comment, you’ll need to sign-up between 6:15 and 6:30. But the meeting starts at 6:45, and supporters can also just show up - there will be signs & fans available to show support. More info on the meeting is at shivelyky.gov/events

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

Farrah Alexander is a writer, author, and activist. She began pursuing her J.D. at Indiana University McKinney School of law. In her first year, she won the Indianapolis Bar Association’s inaugural writing competition with an essay proposing a three-point legislative plan to combat the state’s maternal mortality rate. She also served as a student representative of the Jewish Faculty and Staff Council, a research assistant on the Law v. Antisemitism conference, and became a founding member of the university’s Jewish Law Student Association. Her debut book, RAISING THE RESISTANCE: A Mother's Guide to Practical Activism was published by Mango Media in 2020. Her latest book, RESISTANCE IN THE BLUEGRASS: Empowering the Commonwealth, was published by the University of Kentucky Press in 2022 and featured a foreword by Rep. Attica Scott. Her editorial work has been featured in Huffington Post, BUST, and Scary Mommy. Her commentary has been discussed in Scientific American, Buzzfeed, Refinery 29, Yahoo, Hello Giggles, Woke Sloth, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Perez Hilton, Daily Mail, BBC, and others.

She is a member of the Everytown Author's Council, She currently served on the Jewish Community Relations Council in Louisville. She previously served as a Jeremiah Fellow with Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice along with a cohort of young, progressive Jews dedicated to fighting white supremacy, antisemitism, and injustice. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Indiana University.

This week we are joined by Meg Sasse Stern, an abortion access professional. We discuss the reversal of Roe v. Wade, burnout, and self-compassion.

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Original theme music by Neil Lucas

This edition of Truth to Power features Rhunette Bazzell, a Nanny by profession, and Melva Wright, founder and CEO of the nonprofit "We are Children with a Purpose Inc." Both of these women felt called to seek out disadvantaged children in Louisville and, in their own creative ways, to engage these kids in fun, confidence-building activities. Hosted by Ruth Newman.

This week we speak with Cassie Moses, a mom from a small town in Central Kentucky. Cassie grew up in Eastern Kentucky at the Hindman Settlement School where her father was the administrator and where she met and befriended lots of Kentucky artists through the Appalachian Writers Workshop.

Cassie began a book club several years ago with her three daughters, and it has offered a way for her to read books that they’ve selected and have special one-on-one time with each of them to discuss these books while doing something special, like going out for ice cream or lunch. We also spend a few minutes speaking with her oldest child, Riley, who shares some of the great books she’s read with her mom.

You can follow Cassie on Instagram @kybooklady.

For shownotes for any episode at our website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.

We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

2- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

3- Diary of Anne Frank

4- Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

5- Lovely War by Julie Berry

6- House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

7- Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

8- Same Sun Here by Neela Vaswani and Silas House

9- The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

10- A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

11- The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

12- Percy Jackson series

13- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

14- Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

15- The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

16- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

17- The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

18- I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood by Jessi Klein

My email inbox featured a message from the Sierra Club, as follows:

“Those who want to stay alive should vote for Democrats. Those who are willing to die from a severe heat wave (like the one in Europe at this very moment), by drowning in a flood, from severe trauma in a hurricane or tornado, or from smoke inhalation in a wildfire, can vote Republican.”

This episode is my response. I assert that Democratic candidates do not give voters any reason to get out and vote.

Fixing that problem would be easy enough. There are numerous issues that are favored by supermajorities of Americans. One party or the other has to decide to run on POPULAR issues.