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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 now a strong advocate for prison reform. The presentation...

This week, we bring you highlights from the first hour of our live broadcast from the Louisville VegFest on Saturday, September 6th, 2025, noon-6pm, at the Mellwood Art Center! Again this year, Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor of Louisville VegFest —Kentucky’s premier celebration of all things vegan! Admission is FREE to over 19,000 sq ft of indoor space, with additional food trucks and sel...

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This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you into the audience, last Tuesday evening, September 4th, when the Louisville Palace played host to a packed audience for Beyond the Bridge: Film Screening & Panel Discussion on Ending Homelessness. “Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness” sheds light on homelessness and the urgent need for permanent supportive housing, and p...

This week we summarize and supplement a July 31 article in 'The Atlantic' magazine called "Every Scientific Empire Comes To An End: America’s Run As The Premier Techno-Superpower May Be Over." (https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/). We discuss repressive regimes that have stifled scientific achievement in the past, and compare that with what is...

Michael Slider is the executive director of Kentucky Citizens for Democracy, Oldham County Branch. Kentucky Citizens for Democracy has become the go-to group in Kentucky media and other organizations looking for information on the connections between immigration/ICE and Kentucky jails. Michael Slider has been featured in the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Lexington Herald-Leader and Jeffersonvill...

Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor of Louisville VegFest - Kentucky’s premier celebration of all things vegan - on Saturday, September 6, 2025 from noon-6pm at the Mellwood Art Center! Formerly known as Bluegrass VegFest, this all-vegan, community-focused event highlights the joy of plant-based eating and conscious, sustainable living. Enjoy delicious food from regional restaurants and food t...

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

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 p...

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 pe...

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 pr...

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 discussi...

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...

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...

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 A...

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 Fu...

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.

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...

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

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 T...

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...

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...

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 caree...

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 th...

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