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JD Vance first made news when he published his book Hillbilly Elegy in 2016, but he has since become a senator in Ohio and a vice presidential candidate. When his memoir came out, there were many people who had strong negative feelings about his book, namely other people from Appalachia who felt that he misrepresented them and their struggles.

When JD Vance was selected as Donald Trump’s VP, we thought it might be a good time to look at some other Appalachia-related books that perhaps provide a fuller picture of the region, which spans 206,000 square miles, 423 counties, and six states. A region this large cannot be summed up by one person in one book.

So our goal this week is to give you some diverse Appalachian voices to add to your TBR for a broader view of this region.

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

1- Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

2- Storyteller by Dave Grohl

3- Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Clare Dederer

4- Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard

5- Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis by Emily Willingham

6- The Sirens of Soleil City by Sarah C. Johns

7- A Five Star Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Nikki Lee @nikkileethrillseeker - The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee

8- "A Ribbon for Baldy" by Jesse Stuart (short story)

9- The Beatinest Boy by Jesse Stuart

10- Andy Finds a Way by Jesse Stuart

11-Many-Storied House: Poems by George Ella Lyon

12 - Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Carver Jr.

https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/s9-ep-187-bluegrass-moon-and-neckbones-with-guest-willie-carver-jr-9623/

13- "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon (poem)

14- Prodigals: A Sister's Memoir of Appalachia and Loss by Sarah Beth Childers

15- Township by Jamie Lyn Smith

16- Water street by Crystal Wilkinson

17- Affrilachia by Frank X Walker

18- "Burying Albatross" by Frank X. Walker (poem)-

https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/ars-poetica/frank-x-walker

19- "Neoteric Kama no Sutra" by Frank X. Walker (poem)-

https://poets.org/poem/neoteric-kama-no-sutra

20- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms

https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/ep-62-mystical-in-the-mountains-with-ashley-blooms-9-30-20/

21- Smothermoss by Alisa Alering

22- Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White

23- Clay's Quilt by Silas House

24- The Coal Tattoo by Silas House

25- Parchment of Leaves by Silas House

26- Fair & Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

27 - Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers

https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/ep-39-mountain-mamas-and-the-meaningful-memoir-with-cassie-chambers-3-25-20/

28- Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/s-6-ep-129-masala-in-a-mason-jar-with-guest-neema-avashia-4-6-22/

29- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Media mentioned--

1- The To Read List Podcast

2- Slow Horses (Apple +)

3- The Bear (Hulu)

4- Ripley (Netflix)

5- True Detective: Night Country (HBO MAX, 2024)

6- Steve! (documentary) (Apple +, 2024)

7- Kaos (Netflix, 2024)

8- The Princess Bride (1987)

9- The Tourist (Netflix)

10- The Good Girl's Guide to Murder - (Netflix, 2024)

News articles

1- Dave Grohl Announcement -

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/09/11/dave-grohl-baby-shock/75176681007/

2- Neil Gaiman controversy -

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/13/neil-gaiman-screen-adaptations-halted-after-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct

Our Guest today is

Mary Lu Marizan graduated from Assumption High School attended Jefferson Community College and completed her Bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Louisville. She has served as Transplant Coordinator at the University of Louisville. She has also served as Dialysis Home Trainer, University of Louisville, 1985-1989 and has been a Registered Nurse, at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, from 1974-1985. Mary Lu Marzian has been a member of the Kentucky Nurses Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Mary Lu’s Marizan’s political career began as a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 34 from 1994 to 2023.[1] She retired from the house in 2022 after District 34 was redistricted into district 41st.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, heads out into the fields to glean inspiration and food for the hungry with Meghan Kontic, the North Central Field Coordinator for Glean Kentucky (https://gleanky.org). Glean Kentucky gathers and redistributes excess fresh fruits and vegetables to nourish Kentucky’s hungry. It was founded in 2010 by three individuals seeking to attack two problems: food waste and hunger. Recognizing that excess produce presented an opportunity to serve the large number of people needing food, they explored creative and effective ways to connect the two.

By gleaning (aka, gathering) excess produce from farms, orchards, grocery stores, farmers markets and home gardens, Glean Kentucky reduces local food waste and provides fruits and vegetable for more than 100 feeding programs. Glean Kentucky produce is never sold and is intended only for members of our community facing food insecurity. Since inception, the organization has served as a vital link between local sources of food and dozens of feeding programs. They glean nearly a thousand times a year and yet they’ve just scratched the surface of diverting wasted food. As Glean Kentucky’s network of food sources and partners continues to grow, they’re expanding their reach across Central Kentucky.

Both Meghan and Justin highly recommend you check out https://fallingfruit.org to find the best foraging opportunities in your neighborhood and to add sites to this great crowd-sourced map!

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 https://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at https://appalatin.com

K.A. Owens interviews military veteran and retired librarian Mack Shaw about Afro-Centric book talks held in the Louisville Kentucky area.

The concept of white supremacy is also discussed.

Recorded Saturday September 14, 2024, 2PM.

On today's Critical Thinking for Everyone, we broadcast live from the Forward Radio studios in the Heyburn Building to encourage you to support the station TODAY, September 12, 2024 during Give For Good Louisville! Donate before midnight tonight at https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/wfmp-low-power-radio-inc

On today's Access Hour, we broadcast live from the Forward Radio studios in the Heyburn Building to encourage you to support the station TODAY, September 12, 2024 during Give For Good Louisville! Donate before midnight tonight at https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/wfmp-low-power-radio-inc

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You can find Kelly Hill on IG @kellyehill_author .

This week we chat with Kelly Hill who published her debut novel, A Home for Friendless Women, this year in March. It is the story of three Victorian-era women who experience a home for “fallen” women in very different ways.

What makes this novel especially unique is that Kelly got the idea for it from her time interning at The Filson Historical Society while she was completing her dissertation at the University of Louisville. She came across historic documents about a home for pregnant women here in Louisville and fictionalized them to create a powerful story. While the story is about a tough time for women over a century ago.

Books Mentioned In this Episode:

1- A Home for Friendless Women by Kelly Hill

2- The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni

3- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

4- A Five Star Read Recommended by fellow Book Lover Tracey Myers-Quesada @cubadianmom3 - Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French

5- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

6- When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by Jon Ganz

7- Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings

Media:

1- The Lost Kitchen (Hulu, Amazon, 2021- present)

2- The Wild Robot (2024)

Last week we covered some of the positive aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how we are already utilizing it. This week we discuss the concerns and potential hazards of AI. Even though the US is not regulating AI very much, what are other countries doing to address concerns about data privacy, accountability, transparency, bias, and ethics?

‘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

Nik Nartowicz is the State Policy Counsel at Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Nik joined Americans United in 2017. As State Policy Counsel, Nik tracks and analyzes state legislation that would affect church-state separation and religious liberty. He drafts letters to state legislators and works with allies to defeat bills that would undermine religious freedom.

He joined AU after working for 2 years for Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in the Office of Federal and Regional Affairs. As Policy Counsel, he worked with Congress and federal agencies to advance D.C.’s priorities in judiciary, legal, public safety, LGBTQ, and technology issues. He also helped lead D.C.’s successful 2016 Statehood referendum.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, takes an unusual stroll down the music memory hole with Forward Radio’s own, Bob Cline. Bob had a long career as a professional radio DJ in the region starting in 1973 and is now host of RetroForward, heard on WFMP Louisville every Wednesday at 12am, Thursday at 2pm, and Sunday at 5pm. RetroForward is a music history show, exploring songs from the 20th Century and beyond, putting an emphasis on what it was telling us at the time and its relevance today.

Join us for a conversation about the music that raised his awareness about the environment. Songs discussed on this program include:

What Have They Done To The Rain by The Searchers (1965)

Tar And Cement by Verdelle Smith (1966)

Mercy, Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye (1971)

Where Do The Children Play by Cat Stevens (1971)

Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell (1974)

Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil (1987)

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