K.A. Owens interviews Teresa Lee- Site Supervisor/Volunteer Coordinator of The Landing, Farnsley Moremen, a historic antebellum home on the Ohio River in Louisville, KY. She describes the mission vision and purpose, and shares upcoming events. She describes the focus on enslaved people who worked the land that is part of the programming. Recorded Saturday February 8, 2025

Riviera Sun is the author of several social protest novels, The Dandelion Insurrection, Steam Drills, Treadmills, Shooting Stars, and the award-winning Ari Ara Series. She has also authored nine theatrical plays and a book of poetry. In 2020, her novel The Lost Heir was nominated for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Rivera co-hosts Occupy Radio with David Sierra Lupe, and co-founded the nationwide nonviolent study and action group network, the Love-in Action Network and is the founding editor of the prize-winning Nonviolent News. After six years working as a professional playwright. Rivera Sun serves on the board of the Backbone Campaign and the advisory board of World Beyond War.

Patty is interviewed by Brian Buford for The UofL Employee Success Podcast

On this week's show, we bring you the keynote address from the 2025 Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) that was held at Kentucky State University in Frankfort on January 26th. This year's featured guest was Alice Driver, author of “Life and Death of the American Worker.” Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, the book is an explosive exposé of the toxic labor practices at the largest meatpacking company in America and the immigrant workers who had the courage to fight back.

During the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 16 (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/sb16.html), also known as an “Ag-Gag” bill, prohibiting the operation of recording devices at commercial food manufacturing and processing facilities. This kind of legislation favored large-scale farms such as Tyson, who had been in the process of opening a new $355 million production factory in Bowling Green during the 2024 legislative session. Ms. Driver’s work exposes environmental and worker practices at Tyson foods in Arkansas.

Watch a full replay and see Alice's powerful photos at http://vimeo.com/1051505067?share=copy

Full details are at https://kyconservation.org/legislative-summit-2025

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 7pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at https://forwardradio.org

The Louisville League of Women Voters, in collaboration with the Louisville Urban League and the NAACP, hosted an evening with members of the Jefferson County Legislative delegation (including Joshua Watkins, House District 42; Cassie Armstrong, Senate District 19; Julie Raque-Adams, Senate District 36, Nima Kulkarni, House District 40; Karen Berg, Senate District 26; David Yates, Senate District 37; Keturah J. Herron, Senate District 35; Mary Lou Marzian, House District 41; Pam Stevenson, House District 43; and Sarah Stalker, House District 34. It was moderated by Gabrielle Jones, V.P. of Content and Interim CEO at Louisville Public Media and took place at the Louisville Free Public Library on January 27, 2025.

Get caught up with what's before the Kentucky Legislature this session with respect to the environment! On this week's show, we bring you highlights from the first hour of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) 2025 Legislative Summit and Annual Meeting that was held at Kentucky State University in Frankfort on January 26th. You'll hear from:

- KCC Director, Lane Boldman, and Board President, Gerry James, offering a welcome and review of the chaos caused by Donald Trump's first week back in the Office of the President;

- KCC's Legislative Agents, Randy Strobo, and Lane Boldman offering a review of the Kentucky House and Senate bills reviewed by KCC to date; and

- Heather Jeffs from the Advocacy Team for the Kentucky Land Trusts Coalition, presenting on "Making the Case to Fund Conservation in Kentucky."

Full details and links to the resources mentioned are at https://kyconservation.org/legislative-summit-2025

Watch a full replay at https://vimeo.com/1051505067?share=copy

The Access Hour airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Wednesday at 2pm and repeats Thursdays at 11am and Fridays at 1pm. Find us at https://forwardradio.org

If you’ve got something you’d like to share on community radio through the Access Hour, whether it’s a recording you made or a show you’d like to do on a particular topic, community, artistic creation, or program that is under-represented in Louisville’s media landscape, just go to https://forwardradio.org, click on Participate and pitch us your idea. The Access Hour is your opportunity to take over the air waves to share your passion.

An interview with Dr. Wayne Meaux of Simmons College of Kentucky who is the Chair of the Entrepreneurship program there. We talk about the past, present, and future of Louisville's only HBCU and how it is helping educate future leaders and helping with community development throughout Louisville and especially in Western Louisville. Here is the link for Simmons College:

https://simmonscollegeky.edu/

We’re talking holistic health and healing on this week’s Sustainability Now! Your host, Justin Mog, is excited to reconnect with a dear old friend, Emily Kicklighter, who will share her story of radical remission - healing from stage 4 breast cancer without chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery! Her life-changing experience of healing led Emily to become a Health Coach, Speaker, and Writer, founding The Whole Elephant Coaching.

Learn more at https://emilykicklighter.org or connect with her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570497657706

Emily is offering numerous opportunities this year to learn more and build community through Radical Remissions Workshops in the Louisville area:

Free Intro to Radical Remission Workshops @ the Louisville public libraries (no registration needed)

6-7PM @ The Louisville Free Public Library, includes 1 hr multimodal presentation of Radical Remission Content

* Iroquois Branch, 601 West Woodlawn Ave, Feb 4th

* Western Branch, 604 South Tenth St, Feb 6th

* Main Branch, 301 York St, Feb 12th

* Jeffersontown Branch, 10635 Watterson Trail, Feb 18th

* Northeast Branch, 15 Bellevoir Circle, Feb 20th

5-Week, Weekly Series Radical Remission Workshop Intensive @ Valaterra

 Includes:

* 10 hours of the Radical Remission Multimodal Content presented by Emily (devised by Dr. Kelly Turner, author of Radical Remission and Radical Hope) 

* 5 hour-long wellness offerings such as accessible yoga, meditation, sound bath, qi gong

* 5 Farm-to-table dinners with both plant-based and keto options

Thursdays, 4-8pm, March 6-April 3rd

Wednesdays, 4-8pm, May 7-June 4th

Thursdays, 4-8pm, Sept 4-Oct 2nd

Mondays, 4-8pm, December 1-29th

Radical Remission Weekend Workshop Intensive @ Valaterra

Includes:

* 10 hours of the Radical Remission MultimodalContent presented by Emily (devised by Dr. Kelly Turner, author of Radical Remission and Radical Hope) 

* 3 hour-long wellness offerings such as accessible yoga, meditation, sound bath, qi gong

* 6 Farm-to-table meals with both plant-based and keto options (dinner Fri & Sat, breakfast and lunch Sat & Sun)

* Special Presentations from thought-leaders and healers in the cancer community

* Discounted accommodations under Group Reservation Code: EG4 @ the Holiday Inn Express, La Grange

* Shuttle from Holiday Inn Express, La Grange to/from Valaterra

Friday @ 4pm-Sunday @ 3pm

April 25-27th

June 13-15th

August 29-31st

November 7-9th

Learn more and register at https://www.emilykicklighter.org/radical-remission-workshops.html

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

A conversation with Dr. John Komlos, Professor Emeritus of the University of Munich, who has edited and contributed to the book, Neoliberal Economic Policy and The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in which I have written a chapter. Dr. Komlos discusses how past economic policies have given rise to working class discontent and the rise of far-right ideas and policies. This book has a message and warning about the future of US democracy. It has recently been published, and for more information on it, here is the publisher's site for the book:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-74979-7

Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare members, Kay Tillow, Charlie Casper, and Paul Hoppe join their guest, union organizer, Tamara Bell in a discussion about unionized Starbucks workers trying to gain a contract from their employer which would include fair wages and other benefits including affordable and accessible health care.