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Forward Radio is independent, listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, grassroots community radio WFMP-LP Louisville, Kentucky. We have been broadcasting at 106.5fm and live-streaming at forwardradio.org since April 9, 2017. Please donate at forwardradio.org to keep us on-air. It costs $42/day to keep this programming coming your way.

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00:58:42

#245 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Nicholas Carr...

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2025/09/04

Patty and Brian discuss Nicholas Carr's new book, but they get sidetracked into hate-reading.

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00:56:13

Access Hour | Roots 101 Podcast | Ricky Jones |...

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2025/09/03

In this conversation from May 2024, Dr. Ricky L. Jones, an esteemed professor of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville, discusses education, party affiliations, and the enduring legacy of historical figures with Lamont Collins, host of the Roots 101 Podcast and founder in 2020, of the Roots 101 African-American Museum. Located in downtown Louisville at 124 N 1st St., Roots 101 is a place where visitors can see themselves in history, explore the African-American story in its entirety,

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00:58:43

Election Connection | Louisville's Switch to...

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2025/09/01

This program features Andrew Owen, Louisville's 9th District Councilman, tackling two topics: (1) Changes to Louisville's elections as a result of passage of HB 388 in the Kentucky General Assembly. Starting in 2026, Mayoral and Metro Council elections will be non-partisan; and (2) How Councilman Owen envisions making housing affordable and plentiful, especially in the city center, so that less people will end up homeless.

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00:58:07

Sustainability Now! | Barry Zalph | The Folly of...

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2025/09/01

We bring you something a little lighter and more fanciful on this Labor Day holiday on Sustainability Now!, as your host, Justin Mog, shelves his plans for colonizing Mars with Barry Zalph, retired engineer and environmental advocate. Tune in for a conversation that will debunk some of the myths about our ability to successfully settle humans on Mars and, hopefully, help you understand just how precious Earth is and how important it is that we focus all of our energy and innovation into protecting

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01:02:07

Solutions to Violence | Trillion Dollar Military...

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2025/08/31

Today’s Solutions to Violence program features a panel discussion concerning the now 1.06 Trillion dollar military budget, produced by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and titled “The Trillion Dollar Pentagon Budget: Boondoggle or Beneficial?” Ben Freeman, director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute, will introduce the panel and moderate the discussion. The Panel includes Willaim Hartung, Julia Gledhill and Veronique De Rugy.

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00:58:18

Truth to Power | The Cherokees in War & Peace | David...

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2025/08/29

On the evening of August 19th, 2025 at the Filson Historical Society, Dr. David Narrett, professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington, led a compelling discussion of his latest work, The Cherokees in War & Peace, which traces the Cherokee tribe’s resilience from early English contact to the Trail of Tears. Through vivid personal stories, the book reveals how the Cherokees overcame immense challenges to forge a unified nation. This conversation explores a powerful story of survival

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00:29:01

Bench Talk | Timing Hypertension Pills - Standard...

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2025/08/25

What time of day is best to take pills for high blood-pressure? There is new research indicating that nighttime dosage of hypertension pills might be best, but is it true? Then hear an interview with particle physicist Dr. Harry Cliff, about how the current 'Standard Model of Particle Physics' is insufficient. What gaps are there in our knowledge of subatomic particles and energies? Thanks to the 'Big Picture Science' podcast for permission to rebroadcast this modified version of their August

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00:54:44

Solutions to Violence | Anita Davis | Kentucky...

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2025/08/25

Anita Davis is a native Kentuckian, raised in Meade County. She has a BS in mathematics education and advanced degrees in educational administration. After teaching high school math for nine years, Anita served as an assistant principal in Marion County. She later served as Asst Supt in Elizabethtown Independent Schools before moving to the Oldham County schools district. There she served as the Asst Supt of Curriculum and Instruction and as the Chief Academic Officer before retiring. After

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00:57:54

Sustainability Now! | Tom Lambert | Social Costs of...

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2025/08/24

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, balances his checkbook with Tom Lambert, an applied economist at the University of Louisville’s College of Business, and the host of Economic Impact here on Forward Radio (https://www.forwardradio.org/economicimpact). In 2022, after years of robust modeling and analysis, a multi-institutional team led by researchers from Resources for the Future (RFF) and UC Berkeley released an updated social cost of carbon estimate that reflects new

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00:29:00

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Robbey Taylor of...

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2025/08/23

K.A. Owens interviews Robbey Taylor of Black Lives Matter and 50501. Topic: The State of Organizing in America. Recorded Saturday August 23, 2025, 1PM.

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00:58:54

Truth To Power | Elisa Owen | Data Centers and LGE |...

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2025/08/23

This week we bring you a vital community conversation about the impacts of Data Centers and LG&E/KU's plans to power them on our utility bills, our climate, and our environment. On the evening of August 19, 2025, Forward Radio’s proud Community Partner, the Greater Louisville Sierra Club hosted this conversation at United Crescent Hill Ministries with Elisa Owen, Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Organizer in Kentucky. Corporate energy giant PPL Corporation — parent company of Louisville Gas &

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00:58:42

#244 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Critical...

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2025/08/21

#244 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Critical Thinking Coaching | August 21, 2025 by Forward Radio

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00:58:55

Election Connection | The Public Speaks Out at...

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2025/08/20

Big crowds turned up at two public meetings to express their ideas, make comments and ask questions regarding what they would like to see happen at these flood-prone parks and other public areas along River Rd between the Big Four Bridge and Indian Hills. These meetings took place August 11 and 13, 2025 and were put on by the Louisville Office of Metro Planning, Metro Parks and the Department of Transportation. Everyone was encouraged to fill out an online survey by Googling River Road Land Use

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00:58:58

Single Payer Radio | Dr Pat Murphy - Successful...

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2025/08/18

Dr Pat Murphy on his holistic approach to addiction treatment. James P. Murphy, MD, DFASAM is founder and CEO of Murphy Pain Center. He serves gratis as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He has earned a Master of Medical Management from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. He has board certifications in Pain Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Anesthesiology. His Pain Management fellowship was at Rochester, Minnesota’s

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00:58:24

Sustainability Now! | The Cottonwood Buds | Live in...

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2025/08/18

It’s a special live music edition this week, as your Sustainability Now! host, Justin Mog, is joined in studio by three local musicians who make up The Cottonwood Buds (https://www.instagram.com/thecottonwoodbuds). Rina Perlin is a lifelong singer and, for the past several years, also a practicing psychiatrist in Louisville. Jon Riesser enjoys all sorts of guitar, but especially likes flatpicking and accompanying folks in bluegrass and old time music - he plays guitar, banjo, a little harmonica, and

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00:56:14

Solutions to Violence features James Orlick w., Aug....

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2025/08/17

Solutions to Violence features James Orlick. James Orlick is a higher education leader with more than 18 years' experience advancing inclusive excellence, social justice, and institutional change. He currently serves as Director of Grant Writing & Innovation for Inclusive Excellence at the University of Louisville, where he has helped secure millions in external funding to expand college and career pathways for historically underserved students.A first-generation college graduate from McDowell

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00:58:50

Truth To Power | War and Climate Change | Covering...

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2025/08/16

On this week's program, we bring you a vital community conversation about "War and Climate Change" hosted by Covering Climate Now on May 29th, 2024. In this conversation, we explore how conflict, war, and climate change are connected. Violent conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere are not only causing terrible human suffering, they are fueling the climate crisis. This press briefing laid out the connections between war, conflict, and climate change. War — and military operations in general — have

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00:58:42

#243 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Generative AI...

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2025/08/14

Patty and Brian discuss some benefits and pitfalls of generative AI for critical thinking skills.

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00:54:37

Election Connection | The SAVE ACT and Other Voter...

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2025/08/13

Dee Pregliasco, former President of the Louisville League of Women Voters, former District Court Judge, attorney retired from practice and currently Mediator, explores ramifications of a rush of voter suppression measures being introduced or having passed in Republican state legislatures, as well as the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) which, as of this recording, has yet to be voted on in the U.S. Senate.

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00:58:49

Election Connection | Kentucky's Profit-Driven Jail...

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2025/08/13

This is a talk given by Kyle Ellison on overcrowding in Kentucky's profit-driven county jail system and how county jails interface with ICE. Mr. Ellison is a retired parole officer, trainer for the prison/jail system in Kentucky and prison historian. He spoke at the St. James Episcopal Church in Oldham County on July 22, 2025.

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