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Alison Brotzge-Elder is a former journalist, and communications professional. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University, graduating cum laude in just three years. She brings a unique blend of community engagement and business leadership to D9. After graduation, Alison spent ten years working as a television producer for both local and national news outlets. Her final year...

A panel discussion on The Erosion and Defense of Voting Rights (both nationally and locally) took place October 19, 2026, hosted by the Louisville League of Women Voters. Panelists were Prof. Samuel Marcosson, Brandeis School of Law, Univ. of Louisville; Amber Duke, Executive Dir., ACLU Louisville; and Cyndi Lewis, Election Defense Coordinator, Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice (LSURJ). Emi...

Patty and Brian discuss why we love being scared, particularly when we know we are safe.

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you a timely Louisville Mayoral candidate forum as you are deciding who to vote for in the upcoming General Election here in Jefferson County, Kentucky! We're sharing with you a September 30th debate between incumbent Mayor Craig Greenberg and challenger Metro Council Member Shameka Parrish-Wright that was organized by the Louisville Forum and recorded by Loui...

The Louisville League of Women Voters held a Candidate Forum on 9-28-26, featuring District 9 candidates Andrea Parr (Democratic Socialist) and Alison Brodsky-Elder (Democrat). At the end is a brief summary of critical election information, presented by Bob Cline (host of Retro Forward). Included is how to get a Sample Ballot, how to find your polling place, early voting dates and locations, where...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, continues his series of conversations to get you ready to be an informed voter in the General Election coming up on November 3rd. This week’s guest is Cassie R. Blausey, the Democrat running for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 29 against Republican Chris Lewis. District 29 is in southeastern Jefferson...

Dr. Sheline was one of six State Department officials who resigned from the Biden/Harris administration due to its ongoing weapons shipments to Israel during the Israeli/Palestinian war—a conflict that resulted in approximately 70,000 Palestinian deaths. The Trump administration continues to advocate for sending weapons to Israel. Currently a research fellow for the Quincy Institute for Responsibl...

Our Halloween show! Hear about the astronomical roots of Halloween, Armadillos that carry the bacteria for leprosy, the Vampire Demons of Poland, Foxes that use the smell of one predator to hide from a different predator, and Algol, the Demon Star! Thanks to Scott Miller, Mary Williams, Leslie Moise, and Dave Robinson for these reports. ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that ai...

Forward Radio was thrilled to live broadcast from the 2026 Louisville Maker Faire on Saturday, Oct. 17th, 10am – 5pm, at the University of Louisville's new Engineering Student Success & Research Building on the Speed School of Engineering campus just south of Eastern Pkwy. Come join us for The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth! Louisville Maker Faire is an annual celebration of creativity, curiosity...

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the final hour of our special live broadcast from the 2026 Louisville Veg Fest, held on Saturday, September 12th at the Mellwood Art Center. Listen now at Today we bring you the final speaker, Marilyn Almonte, a master teacher, intuitive food therapist, energy healer, and co-owner of Sri Mantra, a family-owned Sri Lankan restaurant. Her wor...

Today’s Solutions to Violence program features a political event titled Free America from Ogres. The event occurred at Louisville’s Trellis Bar October 3rd, 2026. The Free America From Ogres event spotlighted the voices of by Dan Kovalik Dr. Mario Ransan is the featured masters of ceremony and one of the major organizers of The Free America From Ogres political event. The Free America form Orges e...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, grabs his hiking boots for a conversation with Rebecca Minnick, Executive Director of the Louisville Nature Center (https://www.louisvillenaturecenter.org/), located near the Zoo and adjacent to the Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve at 3745 Illinois Ave. Tune in to hear all the latest things that are happening at the Nature Center, inclu...

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the third hour of our special live broadcast from the 2026 Louisville Veg Fest, held on Saturday, September 12th at the Mellwood Art Center. Today we bring you the third speaker, Reya Andrews on "The Plant-Based Nutrition Prescription!" Reya is a licensed nutritionist and Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition at Eastern Kentucky Univers...

We continue the discussion of AI from our last episode. What is Artificial General Intelligence, and how is it different than Superintelligence? How does the tech industry get to AGI, from where AI is today? And what are some ways that AGI could cause planet-wide catastrophes? Also, what planets, stars, and meteor showers can we see in the night sky during the month of October? ‘Bench Talk: The We...

Solutions to Violence features James Orlidk. James Orlick is a higher education leader, first-generation college graduate, and Ph. D. candidate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development at the University of Louisville. His research examines the legislative process, enactment, and institutional compliance with Kentucky’s anti-DEI law, House Bill 4 (HB 4). Using Kentucky’s Open Record...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down with two of the panelists in the upcoming Policy & Science Forum, Amber Duke & Tom Fitzgerald. Amber Duke serves as the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (https://ACLU-KY.org). She recommends that anyone facing barriers to voting dial the national Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Tom...

#267 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Adam Deitz and Eastern Ideas | October 1, 2026 by Forward Radio

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the second hour of our special live broadcast from the 2026 Louisville Veg Fest, held on Saturday, September 12th at the Mellwood Art Center. Today we bring you the second speaker, Kim Giovacco, founder of Veg Jaunts and Journeys. Kim presented on “Creating Community through Vegan Travel.” As vegans, one of our favorite parts of traveling i...

Rich Logis was an activist member of MAGA and promoter of Donald Trump for 7 years before becoming disillusioned, dropping out, and creating a website, Leaving MAGA. He recently came out with a book, One Betrayal Too Many: Why I left MAGA. Here, he recounts his story of why he initially gravitated to MAGA, why he so fiercely promoted the MAGA movement and Trump, and why he started to have doubts,...

K.A. Owens comments on the origins of Rape, Racism and Homophobia in the United States of America. Recorded Wednesday September 30 2026.

Dee Pregliasco, former President of the Louisville League of Women Voters, retired attorney and mediator, discusses the status of voting rights in general and, in particular, restoring the voting rights of former felons in the state of Kentucky.

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, grabs his toolbelt for a conversation with Shelby Rodeffer & Nick Garner, volunteers with the Louisville Tool Library! Operating at 1227 Logan Street on Wednesdays 5-7pm and Saturdays 11am-3pm, the Louisville Tool Library has been building community, knowledge, and resilience around repair and maintenance since 2022. Learn more and become a...

Kyle Ellison is a former Kentucky Corrections officer. In 1972 Kyle Ellison became a Kentucky Department of Corrections probation and parole officer in Louisville. He worked for the Department of Corrections for 16 years. Seven of those years were as a training officer for prison and jail staff all over the state, giving him the chance to research the prison history of Kentucky. Kyle Ellison is no...

This week on the Access Hour, your host Bob Cline is in conversation with Allison Leake & Graham Slaby, Communication Coordinator, with the Get On The Bus Campaign organized by the Louisville chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Just in time for the Week Without Driving (Oct. 1-8), we bring you a vital conversation about the people's demand for improved transit in Louisville. Sim...

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the first hour of our special live broadcast from the 2026 Louisville Veg Fest, held on Saturday, September 12th at the Mellwood Art Center. Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor of Kentucky’s premier celebration of all things vegan, featuring over 19,000 sq ft of indoor space filled with over 60 vendors and additional food trucks bringin...