Forward Radio podcasts

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, helps get you ready for the Primary Election coming up here in Louisville on May 21st. There are three candidates in the Democratic Primary for the District 6 seat on Louisville’s Metro Council. Philip Baker is the incumbent and he is being challenged by two other Old Louisville residents: Kate Dittmeier Holm and this week’s guest on the program, J.P. Lyninger (https://jpforlouisville.com/). J.P. is a Democratic Socialist running to “put the needs of the many back on the agenda.” Listen in as we discuss issues such as:

1) Democratizing LG&E and making it a public utility

2) Police reform & reorienting public safety

3) The affordable housing crisis

4) Expanding TARC and cyclist infrastructure

5) The budget

District 6 is one of Louisville’s most diverse and the most densely populated Metro Council district, covering the neighborhoods of:

Shelby Park

Park Hill

Algonquin

Old Louisville

Limerick

Germantown

University of Louisville

Meriwether

Paristown Pointe

We remind you that Forward Radio WFMP-LP Louisville does NOT endorse any particular candidates or pieces of legislation. What we endorse is an informed electorate and for that reason, we offer equal air-time to all registered candidates for any given seat.

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

John Dear is an American Catholic priest, peace activist, lecturer, and author of 35 books on peace and nonviolence. He has spoken on peace around the world, organized hundreds of demonstrations against war, injustice and nuclear weapons and been arrested 85 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice, poverty, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction.

Dear has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including in January 2008 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has served as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and currently serves as the founder and director of the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus.

Listen to Part 1 at https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/solutions-to-violence-features-john-dear-part-1-2024

A talk with David Melton who is an advocate for Kentucky state employee pension reform. He discusses what has gone wrong with the pension system this century and how chronically underfunded it is. Please listen to this interesting and informative discussion.

NOTE: In this audio, a PowerPoint Presentation is discussed. Unfortunately I am unable to post it here on SoundCloud.com, but please write me at [email protected], and I can send you a copy. Thanks!

On this week's show, we bring you some highlights from our two-hour live broadcast from Logan Street Market on April 13th to bring you all the fun of Forward Radio's 7th Anniversary of broadcasting radio for the people, by the people! Listen-in to hear from our guest speaker, Charles Booker; a conversation across The Pond, with our friends at East Leeds Community Radio in Louisville's Sister City of Leeds, England; and interviews with a wide variety of WFMP programmers, volunteers, supporters, and community partners! Thanks to everyone who joined us to mark this momentous occasion and to support the station. If you didn't get a chance to donate during the Pledge Drive, you can always support the station at http://forwardradio.org

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.

Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod

Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover.

To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button.

This week we are playing the nostalgia card. All of the books we mention are backlist in a big way; the majority are at least 15 years old. Our episode is about books that take up space in our heads. They may be books that, when we see them on a shelf, stir up all kinds of feelings or memories from years past. Or they are books that simply left a huge impression on us and we think about them from time to time. Even though they aren’t new and shiny, these books deserve a place on your TBR.

Books mentioned:

1- The Dead Boy Detectives comic series based on characters developed by Neil Gaiman

2- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

3- Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

4- The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

5- Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin

6- When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker - A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover - Kasey @kayree_reads

7-It by Stephen King (1986)

8- Jack Gance by Ward Just (1997)

9- Burglars Can’t Be Choosers (the Bernie Rhodenbarr series) by Lawrence Block (1977)

10- The Good Men by Charmaine Craig (2003)

11- The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1991)

12- Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography by Marion Meade (1991)

13- Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce by Brenda Maddox (1998)

14- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (1999)

15- Eva’s Man by Gayl Jones (1987)

16- Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith (1988)

17- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (1895)

18- Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

19- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

20- Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay

Shows mentioned—

1- Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix, 2024)

2- Catherine, Called Birdy (Amazon Prime, 2022)

3- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)

4- Sandman (Netflix, 2022)

5- Good Omens (Prime, 2019)

6- Sherlock (Hulu, 2010)

7- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

8- Emma ( Amazon Prime, 2020)

9- 3 Body Problem (Netflix, 2024)

10- Burglar (1987)

11- House of Sand and Fog (Max, 2003)

12- Lion in Winter (1968)

13- Jude (1996)

14- Far from the Madding Crowd (Max, 2015)

Theatre mentioned—

Broadway across America production of “Six”

Articles mentioned—

8 Bookish Podcasts for Booklovers -

https://www.badasswomensbookclub.com/blog/2024/4/2/8-bookish-podcast-for-booklovers

On this week's program, we go LIVE for Pledge Drive! Your hosts, Ruth Newman & K.A. Owens, discuss cohousing in Louisville with guest Don Reinhardt from Louisville Cohousing.

If you appreciate this kind of programming, we are asking for your support during our 7th Anniversary Pledge Drive at secure.givelively.org/donate/wfmp-lo…y-pledge-drive

On this week's program, we go LIVE for Pledge Drive! Your host, Ruth Newman, discusses the state of animal welfare and protecting pets in Kentucky with guests:

- Todd Blevin, Kentucky State Director for the Humane Society;

- Larry Jones, President of the Louisville Dog Run Association; and

- Susan Ganschiff, who fosters dogs for the Humane Society.

If you appreciate this kind of programming, we are asking for your support during our 7th Anniversary Pledge Drive at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/wfmp-low-power-radio/forward-radio-s-7th-anniversary-pledge-drive

This is a conversation with Kyle Ellison, former Parole Officer and Kentucky prison historian, and with Jerry Collins, Chief of Metro Louisville Dept. of Corrections. They spoke on the current state of Kentucky's prison and county jail systems and the ramifications. The event took place at the Louisville League of Women Voters Democracy in Action Forum, held February 19, 2024.

This is a conversation with Kyle Ellison, former Parole Officer and Kentucky prison historian, and with Jerry Collins, Chief of Metro Louisville Dept. of Corrections (which operates the Jefferson County jail system). They spoke on Feb. 19th, 2024 on the current state of our prisons and county jails at the League of Women Voters Democracy in Action Forum.

John Dear is an American Catholic priest, peace activist, lecturer, and author of 35 books on peace and nonviolence. He has spoken on peace around the world, organized hundreds of demonstrations against war, injustice and nuclear weapons and been arrested 85 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice, poverty, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction.

Dear has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including in January 2008 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has served as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and currently serves as the founder and director of the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus.