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K.A. Owens interviews former journalist, and retired schoolteacher Ivonne Rovira. Topic: United States President Joe Biden decides not to run for re-election. Rovira discusses the true reason Biden was pushed out.

Recorded Sunday July 21, 2024, 5PM.

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from our live broadcast from the 5th Annual Bluegrass VegFest held on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor of this year’s VegFest, providing wall-to-wall live coverage. Tune in for a sample of Kentuckiana’s Largest Vegan Food Festival - a free public event produced by Bluegrass Veg, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, featuring 30,000 sq ft of marketplace halls at the Mellwood Art Center. Learn more at https://bluegrassvegfest.com

In this third hour of our broadcast, we caught up with some of the plant-based vendors, including learning about vegan kefir with KFR, and the latest innovations coming from Louisville Vegan Jerky in Shelby Pakr. We also bring you the incredible insights of keynote speaker, bestselling author, animal advocate, and founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, Victoria Moran. Victoria has been vegan for 40 years and is the author of twelve books including the iconic Main Street Vegan and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. She hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast and the Main Street Vegan Salon, streaming on UnchainedTV. Victoria is also the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators since 2012. She appeared twice on Oprah, was voted Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50 in 2016, and long ago before either was even vegetarian, Paul McCartney bought Victoria a drink.

On Truth to Power each week, we gather people from around the community to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else!

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at forwardradio.org

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So back during Season 10 we flew to Los Angeles, California for the LA Times Festival of Books, which was held on the campus of USC. We were able to meet our bookish friend, Jennifer Caloyeras from the Books Are My People podcast; hear cool authors and audiobook narrators speak; and visit some awesome places in LA.

Amy is usually the one who reads around the places she is visiting, although she is apparently rubbing off on me because I’m finding myself doing it too. We decided to make an episode centered around Los Angeles/Hollywood reads.

Books Discussed in This Episode:

1- Everything I Learned, I Learned In a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin

2- The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

3- The Library Book by Susan Orlean

4- A 5 Star Read Recommended by a Fellow Book Lover Lauren Becker @laurenashleybecker- Elephant and Castle by Hannah Ledford

5- Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins series) by Walter Mosley

6- The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang

7- Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

8- Daytime Drama by Sarahlyn Bruck

9- Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem

10- California Dreamin: The True Story of the Mamas and Papas by Michelle Phillips

12- Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

13- Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

14- The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia

15- Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle

16- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

17- Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

18- Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

19- Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Movies mentioned--

Feast of Death (documentary about James Ellroy) - 2001

Articles mentioned--

100 Best Books of the 21st Century - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

Episodes mentioned--

1- https://www.perksofbeingabooklover.com/episodes/kim-vidrine

2- https://www.perksofbeingabooklover.com/episodes/shakespeare

Joel Edward Goza is a Professor of Ethics and the Director of Academic Partnerships at the Historically Black College, Simmons College of Kentucky. In addition, Joel offers Simmons’ courses in Kentucky Prisons.

Joel is the author of two books: "America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics" as well as "Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America."

Joel has also published in The Hill, The Houston Chronicle, The Louisville Courier Journal, Religion News Service, Salon, and Salon.

Before focusing on writing and teaching, Joel worked in urban redevelopment and community activism for over a decade. Joel is a graduate of Wheaton College and received his Master’s of Divinity from Duke University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas.

Forty percent of the COVID19 deaths in the US (as of February, 2021) were preventable, according to an analysis published in the respected journal 'The Lancet'. On our last episode we covered things that the U.S. got 'correct' during the COVID19 pandemic. This week we discuss what policies could have been done better!

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ 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

A discussion of the Louisville low income housing shortage by examining the 2024 Louisville Metro Government Housing Needs Assessment report. A look also at the national housing problem.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, hugs some trees with Morgan Grubbs, Volunteer & Programs Director with TreesLouisville (http://treeslouisville.org), which has a new home in Smoketown and is looking forward to marking its 10th birthday next year! Tune in for a vital conversation about the value of trees, particularly in an urban setting, and the role they play in mitigating Louisville’s extreme Urban Heat Island effect.

We also discuss the importance of not just planting trees, but investing the time and resources into properly maintain trees over the years, and thus prolong their life and maximize the services they provide. We discuss proper mulching, watering and pruning, which is a task they seek volunteer help with throughout the summer.

You’ll also get a sneak peek into the 2024 Louisville Tree Week coming up October 12-20th; and learn about the public process currently underway to develop the first ever Louisville Tree Plan! Learn more and take the survey at https://www.louisvilletreeplan.org/

Finally, we discuss MSD Reforestation Grants for landowners in Jefferson County (up to $8000) which are open for application July 1st - August 1st (https://louisvillemsd.org/trees); and you can propose a Tree Planting Project: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKvqg4aPfFbgblc7WVWHiirdjZCSSgAudbNF_DQNM9C65v1w/viewform

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

Thomas Lambert, Professor of Economics at the Univ. of Louisville, discusses his research into the economic and social reasons for worker angst in today's economy and their co-option into the ranks of far right populists and growing support for authoritarian leaders, such as Trump. His recent paper titled "Displaced Worker Angst and Far Right Populism" is soon to be a chapter in a book.

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You can find Mai Corland on IG @maicorland as well as at her website at https://meredithireland.wordpress.com

This episode begins Season 11 for us–we’ve got over 200 episodes under our belts and are back to bring you more.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that fantasy is big right now, and we discovered a fun fantasy that feels like an Ocean’s 11 type romp with multiple characters trying to take down a king. The book is titled Five Broken Blades and it is written by Mai Corland. We were delighted to speak with her a couple weeks back, especially since she is now an international bestselling author. And in fact, while recording this episode you will hear Mai receiving some good news. While some people might let this success go to their heads, Mai is down-to-earth and gets entirely too much pleasure poking fun at her new status.

We chat about the fantasy series she can’t stop recommending, why writing middle grade and YA novels was such good prep for pacing in her new romantic fantasy, and how riding the subway opened up her world as a teen.

Books Discussed In This Episode:

1- Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

2- Four Ruined Realms by Mai Corland

3- You Are Here: Connected Flights edited by Ellen Oh

4- Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland

5- The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland

6- Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

7- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

8- The Jane City trilogy by Fonda Lee

9- The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

10- 5 Star Read Recommended by a Fellow Book Lover Marné Deranger @readerbythewater - Sandwich by Catherine Newman

11- Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives by Melissa Bruntlett and Chris Bruntlett

12- Such Charming Liars by Karen McManus

13- One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

14- The Cousins by Karen McManus

15- Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson

JP Lyninger is a proud JCPS graduate of duPont Manual High School, as well as the University of Louisville. After graduation from UofL, JP became a long-time activist and organizer, fighting for a better Louisville at protests against police violence, anti-war rallies, direct actions, and standing in solidarity with workers on picket lines. In 2022, he served as campaign manager for Shelby Park resident Robert LeVertis Bell’s campaign for State Representative. Later, JP managed Access For All KY’s “No On 2” campaign, helping defeat Amendment 2’s permanent ban on abortion access in Kentucky. He also served three terms as co-chair of Louisville DSA. J.P. Lyninger is the newly elected Louisville Metro Council member representing Jefferson County's district 6.