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Solutions to Violence features Mark McKinley, Charlie Casper and Dr. Barbra Casper. They are among the founding members of Single Payer of Louisville. They advocate for a national Single Payer health care insurance system. Hope you have time to listen to Mark, Barbra and Charlie explain why they believe a single payer system is a very common-sense approach to funding everyone’s health care needs.

As a book lover, there are two things I’ve often fantasized about doing. Being a bookseller and writing my own novel would be at the tippy top of the list. Our guest today, Kim Colette Ballard, has hit the booknerd jackpot. She is a book buyer for Riot Book Cellar, a new independent bookstore and wine bar in the small town of Bardstown Kentucky, a place known for its bourbon distilleries and being at the heart of the Bourbon Trail. She helped the manager and owner develop the book bar concept in this quaint tourist town about 45 minutes outside of Louisville KY. She is also the author of a young adult novel, Running on Empty, published in 2014 and winner of several regional awards for young adult fiction. And while she has several other novels on the backburner she is very honest about the extreme highs and sometimes extreme lows you can experience during the publishing process.

Kim talks to us about the great features Riot Book Cellar has added to make coming into their bookstore feel like hanging out with “Friends”, the experience that sparked her journey to writing her first book, and why she stopped reading for awhile but vows to never let that happen again.

You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com

Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.

Amy and Carrie talk about some bookish events they have attended lately such as a storytelling festival, Southern Festival of the Book, author talks, and private bookstore recommendations.

Sam Miller’s Recommendations

Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams - Western

Opiod, Indiana by Brian Carr - Gritty Lit

New Boy by Tracy Chevalier - Shakespeare retelling

Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach - YA

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer - Romance Lite

Neverhome by Laird Hunt - Historical Fiction

The Lonely City by Olivia Lang - Nonfiction

In this episode of the Veterans For Peace Radio Hour, Steven Gardiner interviews Marine Corps veteran and former state department official Matthew Hoh. Matt's resignation from his State Departement position in Afghanistan in 2009 sent shockwaves through the military and foreign policy establishment and he remains a prominent voice for peace in the United States.

On this week’s edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you highlights from this month’s Third Thursday Lunch: Stories from the US-Mexico Border presented by the Louisville chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation & the Sowers of Justice Network.

On October 17th, Tricia Lloyd-Sidle and Cory Lockhart spoke to a packed house at Hotel Louisville. These two Louisville residents talked about their recent experiences as human rights accompaniers on the US/Mexico border. Working in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Tricia Lloyd-Sidle (in June-July) and Cory Lockhart (in September) witnessed the impact US militarization of the border has on Mexican border communities. They accompanied asylum seekers hoping to enter the US and the Mexicans whose work with migrants makes them vulnerable.

Tricia is a retired Presbyterian minister who volunteers locally with the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Cory teaches and facilitates classes and workshops on Compassionate Communication, nonviolence, and related topics, and is a reservist with Christian Peacemaker Teams.

Details: https://louisvillefor.org/third-thursday-lunch/

As always, our interview 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! 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 used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at http://www.appalatin.com

Erica Allen is the director of Chicago's Urban Growers Collective. She was invited to speak at Louisville's Sowers of Justice October 5th, 2019 Conference. Chicago's Urban Growers Collective teaches urban youth how to grow organic gardens in urban settings.

Tony Dingman is an actor, historical educator, playwright, and creator of the Frazier History Museum’s annual event An Evening with Poe, which is a celebration of everything dark and macabre about this great American author. For 10 years he and the other actors at the Frazier have been adapting and creatively performing such classics as The Raven, The Bells, and the Tell-Tale Heart but they also include the lesser known works of Edgar Allan Poe each Halloween season.

Tony tells us how long it takes to research and write scripts for the historical figures he plays, which Poe story literally made a school student scream , and why it’s ok to fail at something before you actually succeed, regardless of whether you are Edgar Allen Poe or someone not famous at all.

You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com

Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.

Rep. Yarmuth joins the show to discuss journalism, education, and ... impeachment?

On this week’s edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you a preview of the 2019 Louisville Sustainability Summit with two representatives from the Louisville Sustainability Council, Ellen Trahan (Chair of the Planning Committee) and Alicia Hullinger (Chair of the Board of Directors). This year’s Louisville Sustainability Summit will take place:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 3:00-7:30 PM

At the Louisville Zoo (1100 Trevillian Way, Louisville, KY 40213)

THEME: MAKING THE CUT: ACTING LOCALLY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Plan to join the Louisville Sustainability Council, Metro Office of Advanced Planning & Sustainability, and the Louisville Zoo for the 6th Annual Sustainability Summit! This year we will be celebrating wins, reflecting on changes, and tackling greenhouse gas emissions. This year the hope is that the Summit will foster connections, engage the Louisville community, inspire action, and recharge our members for continuing the push for change in the city we love!

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Robert Brinkmann, Vice Provost for Scholarship and Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at Hofstra University, on “Seven Ways to Advance Your Sustainability Agenda in a Time of Change”

The last few years have seen some great progress on a number of sustainability fronts. At the same time, we have had some major setbacks. This talk will review seven ways to advance your organization’s sustainability agenda in a time of change. Around the world, individuals and groups are doing amazing things regardless of their political and economic environment. As organizations around the country are preparing their sustainability goals for the coming year or coming decade, it is important to focus on what we can learn from those who have achieved great success in the areas of environmental sustainability, green economic development, and environmental justice.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:

Mighty Shades of Ebony

Mayor’s Address

Local Panel

Zoo Ambassadors

Local Low-Carbon Menu & Cocktails

Networking & Exhibitors – Always a popular part of the Summit

Silent Auction – NEW for 2019!

Register for the 2019 Summit at http://louisvillesustainabilitycouncil.org/2019-sustainability-summit/

If you have any questions about registration or ticket sales, contact [email protected]

As always, our interview 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! 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 used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at http://www.appalatin.com