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On this week's Truth To Power, we bring you the next installment of a new program on Forward Radio called "Sacrifice Zones" hosted by Stretch. The program features an interview that Stretch conducted in a community room at a climate conference back in 2019. Activists repelled from the Houston shipping channel bridge and stopped all traffic for 18 hours. The event was timed to coincide with the Democratic National Convention and the story that Mary relates here is about what happened once they were inside the jail they were taken to. Five years later, things seem to have taken the turn that Mary warns of and her clarion call rings true as a warning of how far in the wrong direction we have gone. Below are some helpful references related to the program: The Shell Cracker plant in PA https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05052024/todays-climate-plastic-pennsylvania-ethane-cracker-plant/ Project 2025 pdf https://archive.org/details/project-2025-mandate-for-leadership-full_202309-manifesto/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/ Brittanica article on Katrina https://www.britannica.com/event/Hurricane-Katrina Bus fire in Wilmer https://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/23/bus.fire/ Brittanica article on Ian https://www.britannica.com/event/Hurricane-Ian-2022 Houston shipping channel daily output 2023 https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/record-us-crude-exports-rising-shale-output-boosts-oil-flow-houston-2023-05-12/ The Black Cat Riots https://hornet.com/stories/black-cat-raid-history/ Houston ship channel action 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/greenpeace-members-face-federal-state-charges-in-houston-protest-idUSKCN1VY1EV/ The Reluctant Radical https://www.collectiveeye.org/products/the-reluctant-radical Pictures and the story of the Greenpeace activists, updated https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/grand-jury-refuses-felonies-for-greenpeace-activists-and-others-charged-in-houston-oil-industry-protest/ Update on the activists https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/grand-jury-refuses-felonies-for-greenpeace-activists-and-others-charged-in-houston-oil-industry-protest/ Meet the activists https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/meet-the-brave-activists-who-shut-down-the-largest-fossil-fuel-ship-channel-in-the-us-for-18-hours/ Catlettsburg refinery in Kentucky https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Operations/Refining/Catlettsburg-Refinery/ There is a Financial Times article on Gaza2035 that is available when you sign up by email. 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 http://forwardradio.org

How is artificial intelligence already impacting our society? How do programmers train AI computers to mimic human thought? How accurate is ChatGPT? Then, hear what planets, stars, and constellations we can see in the night sky during September. ‘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

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. You can find Britton online at her website https://www.booksbybritton.com/ IG @booksbybritton On Etsy - Books By Britton This week we chat with Britton Perelman, a unique artist and craftsperson who creates miniature bookshelves. We saw her at the Columbus OH Book Festival in 2023, which was the first festival she attended selling her amazing creations, and we were delighted when she agreed to be a guest. We chat with her about how she sort of fell into designing and crafting miniature bookshelves during COVID and how the business has been booming, which leaves Britton, who has a BA in journalism and an MFA in screenwriting, with little time to compose written work. Britton has had to get all hands on deck, including her mom and sister, which means Books by Britton is a female-owned, family business. Books Mentioned In this Episode: 1- The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 2- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3- Tiny Treasures: Amazing Miniatures You Can Make by Nancy Holyoke 4- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 5- The Guest List by Lucy Foley 6- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 7- Truly, Devious series by Maureen Johnson 8- A Five-Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Steve Elliot @stevereadthatbook - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 9- Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy 10- The Measure by Nikki Erlick 11- A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston 12- The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye 13- One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus Shows mentioned-- The Decameron (Netflix, 2024) Links: 1- Pandora Productions - Little Shop of Horrors - https://www.pandoraprods.org/ 2- Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest-- https://www.bulwer-lytton.com 3- Louisville Book Festival - https://www.louisvillebookfestival.com/

This panel discussion of Christian Nationalism and what it means for our democracy comprised Sam Marcosson, Prof. of Law at Brandeis Law School, Cassie Chambers Armstrong, Kentucky State Senator and Law Prof.. Philip Shepherd, Franklin County Circuit Court Judge, Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky Third District U.S. Congressman, the Reverend Erica Whittaker, Pastor and Director of the Institute for Black Church Studies, and Dr. David Gushee, Prof. of Christian Ethics & Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer Univ whose book, Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies, was the inspiration for this panel. This event took place at the Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY.

Members of our group discuss the platform policy of several political parties on Single Payer Healthcare

Brad Aronson is the author of the best-selling book, Humankind, Changing the World one small act at a Time. Brad Aronson non-fiction micro historical novel was chosen as the international book award winner. Proceeds from Brad Arison’s book and his speaking tour go the organization, "Big Brothers, Big Sisters." Brad Aronson is also the founder and director of the nonprofit Hope Works where he teaches entrepreneurship.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, catches up with our friends from East Leeds Community Radio in Louisville’s sister city of Leeds, England. Joining us from across the Pond is Kate Lock who lives in York, England, just a short train ride from Leeds, where she serves as the Policy and Communications Manager at the University of Leeds’ Sustainability Research Institute. Kate is also very involved in the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission (https://yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/). She’s also a euphonium player in two brass bands and you’ll not only hear some of her playing on this week’s program, but a conversation about how bands can play a role in addressing climate change! This program would not have been possible without the considerable production assistance of Phil Driscoll from East Leeds Community Radio (https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/). Thank you, Phil!! 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

A discussion of proposals to subdivide Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) into 2 or 3 districts as well as the school choice proposal on the November ballot.

K.A. Owens interviews Nicholas Johnson-Program Manager of the Louisville Sustainability Council. Mr. Johnson provides an overview of the history and purpose of the council. http://www.louisvillesustainabilitycouncil.org https://www.instagram.com/louisvillesustain.council/ https://www.facebook.com/louisvillesustainabilitycouncil Recorded Friday August 23, 2024, 3PM,

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. It's that time of year where kids and teachers are back at school or almost back at school so we thought we would offer recommendations for books related to education—novels or memoirs set in schools or colleges; books with teachers, deans, students, or staff as characters; literature in which education or learning plays an important if not essential role. Books mentioned in this episode: 1- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 2- Shanghailanders by Juli Min 3- A Five-Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Dawn Nacker @dawndevoursbooks - How To Read a Book by Monica Wood 4- Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson 5- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 6- The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Matthieu 7- Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by RF Kuang 7- New Kid by Jerry Craft 8- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 9- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due 10- The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe 11- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart 12- True Biz by Sara Nović 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- All Summer in a Day (short story) by Ray Bradbury 15- Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 16- The Rom-commers by Katherine Center Bookish events— 1- Poe: A Dream Within a Dream https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/belleoflouisville/items/431538/calendar/2024/10/?full-items=yes&back=https://www.belleoflouisville.org/%23&flow=1089772&g4=yes 2- Untimely Ripp’d https://kyshakespeare.com/season/untimely/ 3- Cincy Bookstore Crawl https://cincybookstorecrawl.my.canva.site/ 4- Books by the Banks https://booksbythebanks.org/ 5- Cynthiana KY Skeletons https://wkdq.com/small-kentucky-city-halloween/ 6- Rail Explorers https://www.railexplorers.net/ 7- Fenrir Viking Festival https://www.kyrenfaire.com/viking-fest 8- New Kid by Jerry Craft Book Banning https://www.npr.org/2022/12/28/1144458555/banned-books-author-jerry-craft-new-kid Media mentioned— 1- The Whale Rider — 2002 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 2- Happiness for Beginners (Netflix, 2023)

Kim Wyman fields questions from host Ruth Newman and occasional co-host, Jim Moore, about the security, accessibility and educational outreach needs of our nation's election systems. Ms. Wyman's extensive experience as: the Republican Secretary of State in Washington; Senior Election Security Advisor with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the Biden Administration; currently Senior Fellow, Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center make her eminently suited to provide listeners with valuable information on where we stand with our voting systems in the leadup to the 2024 Presidential Election.

Al Gentry is an entrepreneur. and a Catholic,He graduated from Bishop David HS. He has a BS from UofL, and has Attended UK Grad School. He is a member of American One Armed Golfer Assn, a member of Pleasure Valley Lions Club, and a member. US Adaptive Golf Alliance. Alan Gentry (Democratic Party) (also known as Al) is a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 46. He assumed office in 2017. Al Gentry is also Co-Founder, of Hands for Heroes a member of Kentucky Colonels, a former member of Teamsters Union 89 and Founder, of Amputee Players Championship, 1994.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, catches up with Taylor Ryan, Executive Director and Founder of Change Today, Change Tomorrow. Taylor invites you to Build Power with Change Today, Change Tomorrow! All living things go through a process of growth and change over time. It is time to activate our communal power. Join like-minded Black people in community, in conversation, in change for a #FreeFoodFuture. We are devoted to eradicating the food justice and public health barriers that plague Black and marginalized communities. We envision self-sustaining communities that activate self-advocates, ensuring equitable access to nutritious food and fostering food justice. We commit to mentoring kids and teens, instilling positive thinking and self-worth, while also making our staff's lives easier through dedicated support. Entry points to this work include: COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL: Relying on our neighbors to hold us accountable with constructive feedback sessions WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: Join us on third Saturdays from 10 AM to 12:30 PM to carry the local Black food justice conversation and work. FEED THE WEST: Families have access to weekly fresh and free grocery pick up while we eliminate local grocery surplus. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL: Shifting the power dynamic and incentiving youth as experts to curate our future youth outreach. TRIBE TIME: Monthly caregiver and parent support group. Sharing resources and intimate conversations on healthy parenting. FARMERS MARKET: Circulating the dollar within the Black community. Locally sourced food and handcrafted items. COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS: Sharing responsibilities while developing community projects on land we own. FRESH RX: Food as Medicine! Free weekly produce pick up for expecting mothers. Our vision includes leading community-based research to make policies more equitable and actionable, and making complex decisions more understandable. We aim to disrupt capitalism by creating shared resources, activating people to grow their own food, and establishing barter and trade systems. Education remains at the core of our efforts, helping define the 'perfect neighborhood' and what 'home' truly means. We see Black organizations uniting to commit to this vision, working collaboratively towards a future where everyone thrives. Learn more and get involved at https://change-today.org or call (502) 512-2160. UPCOMING EVENTS: AUG 24 2:30 PM - 9 PM Brew at the Zoo (Volunteer Opportunity) AUG 25 4 PM - 8 PM West End Farmers Market (946 S. 25th St.) SEPT 7 8 AM - 12 PM 2nd Annual SK SEPT 12 Give for Good Louisville (24-Hour Fundraiser) SEPT 19 6 PM - 7:30 PM Community Feedback Meeting SEPT 21 2 PM - 6 PM 5th Annual Vegan Cook Off OCT 12 Fall Festival hosted by Youth Advisory Council (2339 Date St) OCT 15 Bless the Block Registration Opens 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

A discussion with Dr. Karl Besel of St. Joseph University on his paper "Racial Justice in the Nonprofit Sector: Addressing Nonprofit Sustainability in Diverse Communities." Interesting findings for nonprofits at the local level.

This week's show is all about birds and our role in protecting them! Listen in as we sit down to discuss the Lights Out Louisville campaign (http://www.lightsoutlouisville.org/) with four members of the Louisville Audubon Society Board: President Brandon McQueen, and three members of the Conservation Committee: Retired UofL Biology professor, Margaret Carreiro, Mary Beth Nevulis & Mary Yandell. The Louisville Audubon Society (https://www.louisvilleaudubon.org/) reminds you that peak Fall Bird Migration occurs from August to October. Please consider participating in LIGHTS OUT LOUISVILLE to make your home, neighborhood, and our city more bird-friendly; and join us for the Louisville Audubon Society's launch event of Lights Out Louisville at the Main Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (The event is free, but space is limited; so register at https://www.lfpl.org/events/23463) WHAT IT IS: Lights Out Louisville is a Louisville Audubon conservation program intended to minimize light pollution in our city to protect migrating birds during key months and times every spring and fall. WHY IT MATTERS: Millions—even billions—of birds are killed each year in the U.S. due to collisions with artificially lit buildings as they migrate over cities, including Louisville. By minimizing light pollution from residential and commercial structures, our city joins the growing international effort to reduce these numbers. WHY YOU SHOULD CARE: Creating bird-friendly communities by going Lights Out benefits us all, from commercial real estate owners/operators to local businesses and residents. Benefits include energy cost savings, contributions to Louisville’s sustainability and conservation goals, and more. AT THE EVENT: Attendees will learn more about this initiative, view a short documentary about a Lights Out success story, and have the opportunity to ask a panel of Kentucky-based experts questions on light pollution and energy efficiency. → CAN’T MAKE THE EVENT? YOU CAN STILL SHOW SUPPORT! • Your organization can join this local conservation effort—it’s as easy as flipping a switch. • Pledge to go Lights Out from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., every night in April and May, and in September and October. Individuals and Homeowners pledge at https://www.lightsoutlouisville.org/residents-homeowners-pledge-to-go-lights-out/ Businesses and Organizations pledge at https://www.lightsoutlouisville.org/buildings_commercial-pledge-to-go-lights-out/ • Contact the Louisville Audubon Society (louisvilleaudubon@gmail.com) for more information or to discuss future partnerships and events. With your support, we can make a difference in our city, and the world, by minimizing needless bird injuries and deaths, reducing energy use, and protecting views of the night sky. 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 http://forwardradio.org

Patty and Brian think about and collaborate with AI!

Did the Trump administration purposefully target international Muslims during the COVID pandemic? Should gain-of-function research on microorganisms be outlawed? What did the pandemic reveal about the American healthcare system? And do these things (and other issues) warrant a non-partisan congressional commission to investigate the US response to COVID? Then, we review the state-of-the-climate. Are we going to be able to limit global warming to only 2 degrees? And what is the 'global climate tipping-point' that we might surpass as early as 2032? ‘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

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. You can find the Bookery Cincy at https://www.bookerycincy.com/ or on IG @bookerycincy. To find info about the Bookstore Crawl visit FB at Cincy Bookstore Crawl. This week we chat with Sierra Hollabaugh, one of the co-owners and founders of Bookery Cincy, an independent bookstore located in Cincinnati, OH. When Amy went to Cincinnati recently, she met Sierra so we thought it would be nice if everyone got to know a little more about the bookstore as well as a cool October event, the Cincy Bookstore Crawl, which includes 16 small bookstores in the area. Cincinnati is a great place for a weekend visit, and the bookstore crawl just makes it an even more appealing location. We talk about the resurgence of the independent brick and mortar bookstore, what it’s like running a small business when you have young kids, and what visitors can expect if they come to Cincy for the Bookstore Crawl which is the weekend of Oct 4-6. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Orbital by Samantha Harvey 2- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3- Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis 4- Sociopath by Patric Gagne 5- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 6- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 7- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 8- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 9- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 10- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 11- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 12- Trust by Hernan Diaz 13- In the Distance by Hernan Diaz 14- The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt 15- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Elias Eells @eliaseells - The West Passage by Jared Pechaček 16- Cocktails and Consoles by Elias Eells 17- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby 18- Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby 19- Sandwich by Catherine Newman 20- We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman 21- Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family by Catherine Newman 22- A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney Media mentioned-- 1- American Psycho (2000, Netflix) 2- Catastrophe (2015-2019, Prime Video) 3- Art is Not a Luxury with Ethan Hawke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeCuqtFKLHI 4- Utah Book Ban -Utah recently banned 13 books by 7 authors from all public schools in the state. https://apnews.com/article/utah-school-book-ban-d7345be6a89cfa6cd2cb5ddd25fca700

In this episode, Victoria Strange (my occasional guest and co-host) reports on what she has uncovered about V.P. Harris's running mate, Tim Walz. Next, I discuss with Victoria the current state of our nation's election officials, who have been leaving in droves after the traumatic events of 2020 that they experienced first hand in the wake of Trump's disproven claims of election fraud. Finally, we make appeals to listeners to sign up to become poll workers for the Nov. 5th, 2024 election and to donate during the one-day Give4Good extravaganza happening on Sept. 12.

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, puts on his overalls for a chat with Purdue University professor of agronomy, Laura Bowling. Laura is the hydrologist working in collaboration with others at Purdue’s Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE) (https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agry/acre/index.html). The team is addressing an issue that Midwestern farmers are increasingly facing with climate chaos: drought tolerance. Adequate rainfall has spared most of the Midwest from drought conditions (https://www.drought.gov/) so far this summer. However, in the future, farmers must be prepared, placing an importance on tools that manage dry periods throughout the growing season. Purdue’s Drainage Water Recycling project (https://transformingdrainage.org/), based at (ACRE), works to capture drainage water to prevent downstream flow and redirect it back to fields during drier conditions later in the growing season. Through drip irrigation–lines that run directly beneath crop rows–water and fertilizers are placed precisely as needed. Laura Bowling, professor of agronomy, estimates that the program will reduce nitrate going downstream by 30-40%. While Shaun Casteel, professor of agronomy, notes that soybean production has increased around four to six bushels since the project’s beginning. This collaboration has resulted in major developments for the reutilization of runoff, the moisture stability of corn and an increase in crop production. The Purdue team, Bowling, Casteel, Daniel Quinn (assistant professor of agronomy specializing in corn production), Keith Cherkauer (direct of the Indiana Water Resource Research Center and professor of agricultural and biological engineering) and Juan Sesmero (professor of agricultural economics) is continuing to refine their system to maximize the water recycling and nutrient supply, as well as benefit Midwestern farmers throughout drought seasons. For more information, please view Purdue College of Agriculture’s story: https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/06/maximizing-midwest-drought-resilience-through-sustainable-solutions.html 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