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The last West Jefferson County Community Task Force monthly Community Meeting on February 17, 2026 featured Donovan Taylor, JD on HB 377, the Utility Disconnection Protection Law and the collaborative effort to get it passed in order to protect our vulnerable neighbors during extreme weather. The companion bill in the Senate is SB 88. Donovan Taylor is a West Louisville native and graduate of Cent...

K.A. Owens interviews Activist, Playwright, Actor Michael T. Topics: The legacy of Jesse Jackson and the War in Iran (the United States and Israel attack Iran). Recorded Thursday March 5, 2026, 3PM.

Patty and Brian discuss artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, and related topics.

Sam Daley-Harris is an esteemed pioneer in citizen advocacy with over four decades of experience in empowering individuals to become impactful changemakers. Through his work starting and supporting organizations, he has been instrumental in mobilizing efforts to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Sam Daily-Harris is the author of two books, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen's Guide to Tran...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, tackles the issue of artificial intelligence (AI) and how we might just be able to use it to reclaim our humanity. This week, we are in conversation with Jason Delambre, a Kentucky entrepreneur, sustainability consultant, and Owner of Midwest Clean Energy Enterprise. Jason is a Certified Energy Manager who holds bachelors degrees in History...

K.A. Owens interviews activist Howard Owens about the legacy of the Rainbow Coalition and the late Rev. Jesse Jackson. Recorded Thursday February 26, 2026, 7PM.

Tom Joseph, business owner, social activist and innovator, believes he has come up with a legal and user-friendly method for removing money and outside influence from the candidate selection process. In this interview, Mr. Joseph explains his model for using the Internet to offer a "free and equal system for nominating members to Congress."

We continue our story on Roundup, the Monsanto company's best-selling herbicide. We discuss the evidence linking Roundup exposure with cancer (Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma). In 2017, the 'Monsanto Papers' were released showing that the company was trying to conceal the real health risks of their flagship product, Roundup. We discuss ghostwriting, and how corporate-written research papers about the drug Vi...

Our guest today is Kay Tillow, Kay Tillow is currently the chair for Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare. Kay Tillow was the keynote speaker at the Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation “Third Thursday Lunch event. The Third Thursday Lunch event that featured Kay Tillow occurred February 19th, 2026, at Hotel Louisville before a live audience. We would like to thank the Louisville Fellowship...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, mounts up for a rolling conversation with Taylor Nichols & Nick Richert, co-hosts of the national program on the Pacifica Network, Bike Talk, now airing on Forward Radio on Thursdays at 12am (premiered 1/29/26). https://biketalk.org/ Nick Richert founded Bike Talk in 2008 on Killradio.org to amplify the growing bike movement in Los Angeles....

Join psychotherapist Dr. Michael Eiden as he explores the critical issue of screen addiction in this insightful episode. He examines how viewers are intentionally manipulated through revenue-driven business models that employ advanced algorithms. Dr. Eiden discusses the significant effects of screen addiction on young, developing brains, particularly concerning socialization skills, while highligh...

Forward Radio’s proud community partner, the Greater Louisville Sierra Club (https://sierraclub.org/kentucky)organized this February program, focused on Central Appalachia as a central site of mass incarceration. Called "Cages in the Coalfields: Development, Criminalization, and Incarceration in Central Appalachia," it was held Feb 17, 2026 at 7:00pm at Crescent Hill Community Ministries (150 Stat...

Patty and Brian discuss the concept of climate anxiety.

Dustin Pugel is Policy Director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, where he focuses on economic security, health policy and safety net programs while providing strategic support for all of the organization’s policy campaigns. He joined the staff in 2015. Dustin previously worked for BUILD in Lexington, Kentucky where he trained congregations to identify, research and advocate for policy s...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, fills the studio with Green for a discussion about parenting in the age of climate chaos! Our guests this week are Megan Green, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Woven Nest Counseling and Coaching; and longtime local sustainability advocate, Jackie Green. Though unrelated, they are co-facilitators of a new free monthly workshop series com...

Kay Tillow, Chairperson of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and Guest Dare Cima, Social Justice Activist and a member of DSA, on Medicaid Cuts impact on Eastern Kentucky. Dare hails from the foothills of Appalachia in Southeastern Kentucky and still has family there. Dare is uniquely qualified to speak on the state of healthcare while growing up in the region.

This week we bring you a very important community conversation about environmental justice and addressing historical injustices. It took place on at the History & Science Forum on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 5th, at Roots 101 African-American Museum in downtown Louisville. This incredible line-up of discussants constituted the third installment of the “& Science” Forums organized by UofL's Chris...

K.A. Owens interviews Artist Bart Galloway. Bart shares with the audience his life in art. Recorded Thursday February 12, 2026, 7PM.

Only two years after the release of the herbicide 'Roundup', the FDA accused it's manufacturer, Monsanto, of falsifying data about the chemical's safety. In December of 2025, a review of the scientific literature on the safety of 'Roundup' was retracted by the journal that published it, over the issue of 'ghostwriting'. This week we present the first part of a comprehensive history of this effecti...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, is delighted to welcome back into the studio Sarah Pierce, Metropolitan Housing Coalition's Housing & Energy Affordability Program Coordinator with the EveryHome program (https://everyhomelou.org). Tune in to learn what the EveryHome program does to investigate and advocate for affordable housing, including all of the “hidden costs” to housi...

On this week's show, we wrap up our highlights from the 2026 Kentucky Conservation Committee's Legislative Summit held on January 25th. Learn more about it and find links to all the great materials referenced at https://kyconservation.org/legislative-summit-2026 On today's show, we take a deep dive into Kentucky's energy past and potential energy future. Specifically, we respond to all the hype ar...

An enlightening discussion with Dr. Hendrik Van den Berg of the University of Massachusetts on his paper from the 2026 American Economics Association Meeting. Instead of looking for new ways or new technology to solve or fix environmental problems, the solutions are already in our hands and within our means. It is mostly a political and not technological question of how we solve our environmental...

Get ready for the most gambling we’ve ever seen around this year’s Super Bowl! This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, is delighted to welcome back into the studio Dr. Christopher Tuell, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and clinical director of addiction services at University of Cincinnati Health's L...

Rev. Dean W. Bucalos is the former executive director of Mission Behind Bars and Beyond, an ecumenical re-entry program that trains faith-based groups to work with returning citizens upon their release from prison. In addition, he is the founding pastor of New Life in Christ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a congregation he began inside Dismas Charities-Diersen, a women’s re-entry facility...

Patty and Brian talk with local legendary activist, Jackie Green.