On this week’s edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, climbs to the eighth floor of the Heyburn Building for a chat with Julie Donna, a Sustainability Specialist in the Office of Advanced Planning & Sustainability within Louisville Metro Government’s Department of Develop Louisville. Julie is involved in seeking public input for the development of a Climate Adaptation Plan for Louisville this fall. She is organizing three Open Houses and Community Dialogues this week with the aim of collaborating with residents to analyze the climate risks and develop the adaptation strategies:

Thursday September 26, 12:00-2:00 pm at UofL Ekstrom Library, Room W210. Co-hosted by the UofL Sustainability Council.

Thursday, September 26, 6:00-8:00 pm at Russell Vision Development Center. Co-hosted by the West Jefferson County Community Task Force.

Saturday, September 28, 10 am – noon at Northeast Regional Library. Co-hosted by the Louisville Sustainability Council (Green Convene).

There is also a short survey online that community members can take to share their concerns and ideas for preparing – find it at http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/preparelouisville.

More information is available at http://louisvilleky.gov/sustainability or https://www.facebook.com/SustainLou/

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

VFP Chapter 168 member John Wilborn discusses Part I of Stephen Kinzer's 2006 book "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq" (Henry Holt & Co.).

Hear the end of last week's NASA documentary about the Hubble Space Telescope (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-documentary-film-hubble25). Then, Professor Scott Miller discusses how recent measurements of cosmological phenomena are influencing our models about General Relativity and gravity. Finally, Professor Robinson discusses possible links between women's health and the consumption of artificially-sweetened drinks or processed meat.

Bench Talk 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

The music heard on this show is 'Marimba on the Hunt' by Daniel Birch at freemusicarchive.com.

Listen to this NASA documentary about the Hubble Space Telescope. If you want to watch the public-domain film go to: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-documentary-film-hubble25. The end of this documentary will be played on this show next week!

Bench Talk 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

The music heard on this show is 'Marimba On The Hunt' by Daniel Birch (freemusicarchive.com).

"Solutions to Violence" interview Greg Caldill. Greg Caldill has thirty years experience in the health care insurance business. Most of his career in health care insurance has been with Health Maintenance Organization and Humana. He believes in universal health care and brings an enormous amount of data and research to the table.

Forward Radio broadcast LIVE from 6th & Jefferson during Louisville's Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20, 2019 from 2:30-4pm. We interview participants of all ages and backgrounds about why they are striking today. We also bring you some of the youth musical performances that fired up the crowd. https://globalclimatestrike.net/

Listen to audio recordings of Dear JCPS in court with KY PTA. Both the initial hearing and the motion for appeal are on this episode.

Ruth and her guests, Victoria Strange, Melissa Morgenson and Angelyn Rudd tackle the issue of voting machines in general and in particular, with regard to Kentucky. They also look into the media's penchant for characterizing campaigns along the lines of competitive sporting events, rather than providing facts and analyses that could equip the public for making informed choices at the ballot box.

When you think about taking English classes in college, do you envision heavy dusty textbooks written by old dead guys, like Thoreau, Chaucer, and Dickens? Well perhaps that was true 20 years ago, but colleges now have changed a bit and we have a real live English professor with us today to talk about how teaching university English has changed and what things have stayed the same. Dr. Jon Blandford is an associate professor of English at Bellarmine University and also leads their Honors Program.

He discusses how he incorporates more than just old white guys in his curriculum, which modern authors will be considered “classics”, why an English education is useful for any career, and what music he loves to listen to at really high decibels.

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.

On this week’s edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, digests his international feast at Sunday’s Big Table potluck over a chat about the organization Define American with Executive Director, Ryan Eller, and Summit Field Organizer, Holden Dillman. Define American is a nonprofit media and culture organization that uses the power of story to transcend politics and shift the conversation about immigrants, identity, and citizenship in a changing America.

The inaugural Define American Summit will be in Louisville Thursday, October 10th through Sunday, Oct. 13th. More info and tickets are at http://defineamerican.com/summit

Get more information about the organization at http://defineamerican.com

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