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Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji)

2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)

3- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)

4- Working by Robert Caro (Rec by Rachel M. Harper)

5- The Seven Moons by Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Rec by Mel Joulwan of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)

6- A Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel (Rec by David Humphries of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)

7- The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)

8- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)

9- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Rec by Kika Hatzapoulou)

10- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby (Rec by Katrina Kittle)

11- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Rec by Katrina Kittle)

12- Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century by Dana Stephens (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious Podcast)

13- River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and the Curious Podcast)

14- If We Were Villains by ML Rio (Rec by Katrina Monroe)

15- The Wanderers by Meg Howrey (Rec by Lydia Welker of the Appalachian Prison Book Project)

16- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Rec by Kelsey Madges, middle school librarian)

Carrie's Favorite Books of the Year

1- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

2- Atomic Family by Ciera Horton McElroy

3- Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

4- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith

5- We All Wants Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Amy's Favorite Books of the Year

1- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

2- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

3- Martin Marten by Brian Doyle

4- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue

5- The Keeper by Kelcey Ervick

6- Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Other Recommendations:

1- American Murderer by Gail Jarrow

2- Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy

3- These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

4- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

5- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

6- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

7- Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby

8- Wool by Hugh Howey (and the TV adaptation on Apple + called Silo)

Escambia County Dictionary Ban -

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/12/escambia-county-florida-dictionary-ban/72202686007/

Solutions to Violence features Bonnie Jean Feldkamp, Eleanor McCrary and Connor Giffin. Before becoming a member of the Louisville Courier-Journal staff, Bonnie Jean Feldkamp served on the Cincinnati Enquirer's editorial board and was the Media Director for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Bonnie Jean is also an award-winning syndicated columnist.

Eleanor McCrary is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and is the Metro Government reporter for the Courier Journal. She recently received her master's degree in investigative and data journalism at the University of Missouri. Before working at USA TODAY as a climate fact-check fellow, Eleanor worked at the Courier Journal as a news intern.

Connor Giffin is an environmental reporter for The Courier Journal and a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues.

A couple weeks into the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly, your Sustainability Now! host, Justin Mog, puts down the phone to the Capitol for a chat with Lane Boldman, Executive Director of the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC). Get caught up on what’s happening in Frankfort, particularly with respect to environmental legislation. You’ll also get a preview of the:

KCC Annual Meeting & Legislative Summit

Sunday, Jan. 21st, 1-5pm at Kentucky State Univ. or virtual

Get the resources you need to be an effective advocate for a wide range of environmental issues impacting Kentucky. Includes a keynote by Public Service Commission Chairman Kent Chandler and panels on:

“Forever Chemicals” (PFAS)

Guests: Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong & Rep. Nima Kulkarni

“Outdoor Recreation as an economic driver for land conservation”

Guests: Gerry Seavo James & Sen. Matthew Deneen.

“Our emerging Electric Vehicle Infrastructure”

Guests: Mike Proctor of EVolve & Justin Harrod with the KYTC

It's free and open to the public. Register at https://kyconservation.org/legislative-summit-2024

The Kentucky General Assembly ends April 15th. Some of the bills KCC is watching now:

Energy/Utilities:

• HB180 (support) - Makes it harder for utilities to disconnect service during extreme temperatures, or following the receipt of a certificate of need, certifying that disconnection of service would threaten the health and safety of the customer.

Outdoor Recreation/Trails

• SB35 (support) Establishes the Trail Town operations grant fund.

Water Quality/Toxics

• HB116 - Establishes a PFAS Working Group to research the effect that exposure to PFAS has on health; and a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in products for sale in the Commonwealth and for PFAS releases in the Commonwealth.

Kentucky River Metals Recycling bills (Backstory: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/campbell-county/newport-community/newport-files-complaint-against-recycling-company-over-explosions)

• HB91 - Controls explosions and combustion events at metal recycling facilities; and notice of violations of noise standards from a metal recycling facility.

• HB197 - Requires a notice of violation by a recycling facility be sent to the local governing body.

Agriculture:

• HB68 (support) Establishes a healthy soils program in the Dept. for Natural Resources.

• HB74 (support) Establishes the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative pilot program for 6- to 18-year-olds to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban UK Cooperative Extension Service office.

• HB93 (support) Establishes the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and fund.

• SB16 (oppose) - "Ag Gag" bill which prohibits unmanned aircraft, recording devices, or cameras on or above a concentrated animal feeding operation or commercial food manufacturing or processing facility.

Transportation:

• HB29 - Allows a local government to issue permits for racing events on state highways subject to approval by KYTC. KCC would like to see a requirement for environmental and animal collision assessments conducted before each race by KYTC personnel, with race organizers responsible for producing a mitigation plan.

To find out bill status, call 1-866-840-2835

Call 1-800-372-7181 to leave a message for a legislator or an entire committee. (Monday-Thurs. 7AM-9PM and Friday 7AM-6PM).

For questions about the lawmaking process or legislative resources, call the LRC Public Information Office 502-564-8100 ext. 59105.

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. http://appalatin.com

Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on

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Things we talked about in the intro:

Movie:

Poor Things (2023)

Adapted from the book Poor Things by Alisdair Gray

Podcast:

NPR's Book of the Day

Social Media Links

1- The Dogist - Insta and FB

2- Dancing Chickens -

Check out Strong Sense of Place Podcast and LOLT at

https://strongsenseofplace.com/ for show notes for these episodes.

This show veers from the usual subject matter, but addresses issues of hearing loss, especially in the Baby Boomer community. Dr. Cathy Miller, Audiologist at Doctors Hearing Care in New Albany IN, talks about signs to look out for, causes, remedial options and tools available, as well as ways one can protect oneself from hearing loss. She also explains two bills before Congress (one in the House and one in the Senate) that, if passed, would ensure that Medicare covers diagnostic and treatment services performed by audiologists -- something that currently is an out-of-pocket expense for Medicare recipients.

To kickoff UofL’s new spring semester on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, shares with you one of the highlights from last spring’s UofL Sustainability Roundtable series! On April 18th, the UofL Sustainability Council concluded its spring Sustainability Roundtable series by featuring the work of Angela Campbell, a UofL Interdisciplinary Masters in Sustainability and Public Health student who served as a Graduate Research Assistant in Environmental Health. Listen in as Angela shares her research associated with UofL's Green Heart Project to assess the mental health impacts of neighborhood trees and green space. Her talk was entitled "Mental Health and Residential Greenness Exposure."

Learn more about the Green Heart Project at https://greenheartlouisville.com/

Learn more about UofL’s Sustainability Roundtable and watch video of past presentations at https://louisville.edu/sustainability/education-research/scholars

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

Patty and Brian discuss connections between Arthur Brooks's book, "From Strength to Strength" on this week's show.

K.A. Owens interviews Lori Stahlgren, Archaeologist, Oxmoor Farm.

Lori gives us an update on Oxmoor Farm projects and explains the nature of her work.

Recorded Friday January 5, 2024, 1PM.

This week we bring you six more fascinating science stories! Hear how brains evolved after the disappearance of the dinosaurs, how bumblebees manipulate plants, how pre-humans were engineers, how ancient Egyptians preserved their mummies, and how the building blocks of DNA and RNA might have been brought to earth on meteorites. Finally, what planets, stars, constellations, nebulae, and meteor showers can be seen in the night sky during the month of January?

‘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 ('Waltz of the Flowers') is from 'The Nutcracker Ballet' by Peter Tchaikovski (1892); public domain.

You can find Jennifer Caloyeras at her website www.Jennifercaloyeras.com or on Instagram @ jennifercaloyeras.

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Our Shownotes:

Books Mentioned in this Introduction:

1- The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Borwn

Movies Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Get Out (2017)

2- Saltburn (2023)

3- The Lighthouse (2019)

4- Asteroid City (2023)

5- The Boys in the Boat (2023)

5 Star Read by a Fellow Book Lover - Mindy from the Our Nerdiest Thing Podcast @ournerdiestthing

- Pucking Around by Emily Rath

Books Are My People Shownotes:

This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets.

Books Discussed:

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier

What We're Reading Next:

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather oneill

The Rot by Siri Peterson

The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. CarreySent from my iPhone