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GRACIE LEWIS is a journalist and retired employee of the federal government and former Staff Assistant, United States Congress, Subcommittee on Labor Standards. She has spent some 50 years as a “warrior for justice.” Her contributions to many organizations have demonstrated her unwavering dedication to justice, equality and community development.

GRACIE LEWIS started her activism in 1971 with the “Free Angela Davis” Defense Movement in Washington, DC. Since then she has lived by the creed, “If I can help somebody along the way, my living has not been in vain.”

Dr Tom James joins Drs Mike Flynn and Gene Shively along with Paul Hoppe in a discussion on womens reproductive rights in Kentucky. Kentucky currently has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States. As of December 2024, abortion is illegal in Kentucky at all stages of pregnancy, with very limited exceptions.

David Bollier, author, co-author and co-editor of 12 books on new, more earth- and human-aligned paradigms, presents his views of our current economic, political and social systems -- why they are failing us, and how a parallel system of self-growing communities he calls "the Commons" or "the Commonsverse" is popping up in different parts of the world to rekindle a sense of agency, belonging and self governing.

A talk on how the horse replaced the ox as the preferred farm animal and its consequences for economic development in Britain and how it helped the animal mattered in the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Based on my paper "The Horse versus the Ox during Medieval Times.......and Horse Power versus Horsepower Today." This can be accessed at https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/868/ .

Mark Alsip debunks some common myths like the real reason hot water helps clean our hands, and how the majority of the earth's atmospheric Carbon Dioxide is there naturally, and how humans are upsetting it's balance. He also discusses whether daily megadoses of Vitamin C really prevent colds and flu. Then, Dave Robinson discusses a new Texas public school curriculum that integrates the Bible into lesson plans for K-5 students. Next year, millions of children could be required to study, and be tested on, stories from the Book of Genesis and the New Testament. Why are STEM-education activists opposed to these changes?

Here is the 'Bad Science Debunked' website of Mark Alsip: https://badscidebunked.wordpress.com/author/markaaronky/

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly radio 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

Music heard on this episode is 'Dance of the Reed Flutes' from 'The Nutcracker Ballet' by Peter Tchaikovski (1892); public domain.

To wrap up the year on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts his overalls on for a conversation with Ben Heimach-Snipes. Ben is a gardener, composter, Prebyterian pastor and much more. He moved to Louisville two years ago and has been working in roofing sales to fund his dream of starting a compost business, similar to what Vermont Compost or Charlie's Compost south of Owensboro (http://charliescompost.com/) does - high value, high quality compost for gardeners or farmers. He'd like to contract with restaurants and other businesses that have pretty consistent waste volumes without herbicides.

Join us as we discuss compost as the story of new life and the theology of soil, as Genesis in the bible says, we are made from the "best, richest, darkest, thickest soil.” You’ll also learn about creating safe compost and get introduced to the ideas of Jessie Frost from the NoTill Market Garden podcast (http://Notillgrowers.com), who says over and over again that there is no source of compost in Kentucky that is guaranteed to be free of persistent herbicides and affordable enough to be part of a farmer's budget. Ben’s goal is to one day fill this gap in the perceived market.

We also talk about the Soil Food Web School (https://www.soilfoodweb.com/), soil food web based lawn care, and healthy gardening in Kentucky through healthy soils.

Get in touch with Ben at [email protected]

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

To mark the 400th edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, is delighted to sit down once again with local environmental educator, researcher, and consultant, Carolyn Waters! Gather ‘round the hearth as we catch up with Carolyn and her current pursuits, including: teaching an internship class in Bellarmine University’s Department of Environmental Studies; delivering a workshop on environmental education and natural history interpretation at the Association of Nature Center Administrators summit; publishing an article on exclusionary narratives in the field in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (https://rdcu.be/dGOKX); submitting two applications for EPA community change grants with Origin Park in southern Indiana; touring a permaculture-style agave farm in Oaxaca, Mexico; reflecting on past and present experiences in intentional community and how that informs resiliency; experiencing the Givaudan explosion and ongoing aftermath in her Clifton neighborhood; and growing chickens, veggies, and fruit trees at home.

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

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, nerds out about the power of maps with DJ Biddle (Director) and Laura Krauser (GIS Research Coordinator) from the University of Louisville’s Center for Geographic Information Sciences (GIS). Join us as we discuss:


• What GIS is and how it informs sustainability

• Related academic programs at UofL: BS or MS in Applied Geography, and a Certificate in Applied Geospatial Technology

• Local initiatives like the:

• EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)

• State of Metro Housing Report (https://louisville.edu/cepm/current-projects/state-of-metropolitan-housing-report)

• Air Justice project (https://www.airjusticelou.org)

• Cardstorm - UofL's stormwater GIS

• Collaboration with Waggener High School Black Student Union's Grub on Wheels project

• Wastewater-based epidemiology

• Global initiatives like:

• An International Service Learning Program in Peru

• Laura's dragonfruit farming research in Southeast Asia

Learn more online:

UofL Center for GIS: https://www.ulcgis.org

Cartocards: https://www.tinyurl.com/cartocards

UofL Department of Geographic & Environmental Sciences: https://www.louisville.edu/geogeo

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

You can find Tracy Clark on social media on Instagram @tpclark2000, on FB at Tracy Clark and on her website tracyclarkbooks.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

This week we have a Remix episode and catch up with Tracy Clark, who we interviewed in Season 8 (episode 161) about her first Harriet Foster novel titled Hide. Her most recent title, number 3 in the series, is called Echo, and it came out Dec 3. We chat with her about this book, as well as the Harriet Foster book she is currently writing. We caught her on a writing day in which Harriet Foster was not cooperating. Then you will hear some of our conversation with Tracy back in 2023 when Harriet Foster first arrived on the scene.

Books Mentioned In This Episode

1- Hide by Tracy Clark

2- Echo by Tracy Clark

3- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

4- Her Name is Knight series by Yasmin Angoe

5- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

6-The Ninja's Oath (Lily Wong series) by Tori Eldridge

7- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

8- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

9- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

10- American Fever by Dur e Aziz Almna

Authors mentioned:

1- Sarah Paretsky

2- Sue Grafton

3- Agatha Christie

4- Valerie Wilson Wesley

5- Barbara Neely

Kay Tillo is the director of the Nurses Professional Organization. She is also involved in the southern civil rights movement. Kay Tillo worked for decades in the union movement with health care workers and other nurses. Currently Kay Tillo is Chair of Kentuckians for Single Payer HealthCare and Coordinator of Unions for Single Payer.