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Patty and Brian discuss strategies for helping address election anxiety for the upcoming US Presidential election.

In the few days left before the 2024 election, Election Connection host Ruth Newman invited Dee Pregliasco, former President of the Louisville League of Women Voters and retired attorney and judge, to discuss various election-related items. Included were voting information resources; where to find reputable and non-partisan information sources on candidates and issues; the two amendments on the KY...

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 Alisa Alering at www.alering.com or on Insta @alisa.alering. This week we wrap up what has been a month of seasonally spooky books with guest Alisa Alering, the author of Smothermoss, a book th...

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, takes a stroll through Louisville’s historic downtown neighborhoods with Steve Wiser of the Louisville Historical League (https://louisvillehistoricalleague.org) & Martina Kunnecke from Neighborhood Planning & Preservation. We discuss the important role of historic preservation and neighborhood planning in shaping a more sustainable future for our cit...

Cara Fitzpatrick, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who wrote for the Tampa Bay Times and is author of the book "The Death of Public School - How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America," spoke at the Louisville KY Main Library downtown on October 15, 2024. She presented the Pro's and Con's of using taxpayer money to fund private, often religious, schools (including home schooling) whi...

K.A. Owens interviews Writer, Actor, Activist Michael T. Topic: 2024 Presidential election and who should or should not be be a male role model and why. Recorded Saturday October 26, 2024, 5PM.

On this week's program, we bring you some highlights from the 2024 Environmental Justice Conference hosted by the West Jefferson County Community Task Force (WJCCTF) on Saturday, Oct. 19th, 9am - 3pm, at the University Club at the University of Louisville and online. Funding for this free public conference was provided by the Environmental Protection Agency RATHA Grant and the Louisville and Kentu...

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. This week we’re bringing you a Creature Feature in which we suggest books that have creatures of some kind in them. Those may be mythological creatures, cryptids, or beings from your favorite horror film. S...

It’s Sustainability Week at the University of Louisville, and on this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, is in conversation with UofL Class of 2027 ASL Interpreting Studies Major, Katelyn Johnston! In high school, Katelyn co-founded the environmental non-profit Clean 4 Change KY, and the Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) recently named her as one of the Students Taking on Oil & Petrochemical...

Phil and Patrica Lloyd-Sidle are Presbyterian ministers who traveled to Gaza in order to participate a fact-finding mission. Their presentation concerned the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the destruction that has occurred in Palestine as a result of the Palestinian/Israeli war. Their presentation was sponsored by the Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation and their Third Thursday event. The ti...

Did you know that scientists are hoping to bring back the currently-extinct Woolly Mammoth by 2027? Mary Williams fills us in on this provocative cloning research. Additionally, Dave Robinson discusses data on the effect the Supreme Court has had on black voter rights, and how American's life expectancy actually declined between 2014-18. We also feature stories on how the International Space Stati...

Today, I am broadcasting some interviews that were done on site at Voices of Community Activists and Leaders Kentucky. We will hear from Maurice, Carl and Raquel in this show. As I began the editing process for this, most of what I said just got scratched. My questions served to prompt dialogue sometimes but mostly highlighted my ignorance about the obstacles this community faces. The important th...

Patty and Brian discuss some ways that we could think through supposedly-paranormal claims.

On this week's program, we listen back to an important event held at Louisville's Main Public Library on October 15th, 2024. Today, education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good, and the very existence of the traditional public school is threatened, according to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Cara Fitzpatrick. Join her for this compelling discussion on the futur...

John Schaaf is a retired attorney and co-author of the book Hidden History of Kentucky Political Scandals. His op-ed “Church schools restrict choice, yet want public funds" appeared in the Louisville Courier September 16th, 2024. John Schaaf explains that when taxpayer's money is used to fund private schools it drains money from public school system and private schools often prevent students of co...

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 Daniel at his website www.danielolivas.com This week we speak with Daniel Olivas, a lawyer with the California Department of Justice, who is also a novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel, Ch...

It’s a special Tree Week edition of the show! On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, grabs his shovel for a chance to catch up with the staff at Louisville Grows: Ellie Davenport, Community Engagement Manager & Colin Meadows, Urban Forestry Manager. Tune in to learn about all the ways to get involved in helping expand our urban tree canopy this fall! In addition to reviewing some of the wi...

Ruth and co-host Victoria Strange discuss candidates running in the 2024 General Election for Louisville Metro Council District 12, Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, and Kentucky House Districts 36 and 29.

Sacrifice Zones airs on WFMP 106.5FM/lp and ForwardRadio.org on Sundays at 11am, Mondays at 8am and Tuesdays at 2pm. We are doing a series of conversations with people at Voices of Community Activists and Leaders-Kentucky (VOCAL-KY). This is the first show in that series that follows the introduction we did with Pony Morris. This podcast contains no music. Show Notes: Substance Abuse and Mental He...

Kay Tillow, Harriette Seiler, Hamza Jamal, Evan Hawthorn, and Paul Hoppe of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare discuss the poor ranking of our healthcare in this country based on a Commonwealth Fund report comparing industrialized nations.

This week on the Access Hour, we bring you Part 1 of a Conference held on September 27, 2024 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The conference was organized by Dr. Bandy Lee and the World Mental Health Coalition entitled "The More Dangerous State of the World and the Need for Fit Leadership." In this first panel of the day, top national security experts discuss the importance of mental...

This week on the Access Hour, we bring you Part 1 of a Conference held on September 27, 2024 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The conference was organized by Dr. Bandy Lee and the World Mental Health Coalition entitled "The More Dangerous State of the World and the Need for Fit Leadership." In this first panel of the day, top national security experts discuss the importance of mental...

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. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 2- Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker 3- Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig 4- A 5 Star Read Recommended...

Have you heard of Oscillococcinum, a purported homeopathic treatment for the flu? Guest contributor Mark Alsip tells us the theory behind it, how it is synthesized, and about it's effectiveness. Other stories cover the new over-the-counter birth-control pill now available to all ages, and about how you can see Starlink satellites in our night sky. Plus, news on the coming comet and mini-moon. Scot...

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph. D. is a retired Professor Emerita in African American and Religious Studies and affiliated Faculty in Women Studies at the University of Florida. She obtained her BA from Antioch University in Human Service, her MA in Religious Studies & her Ph. D. in Islamic Studies from Temple University. Zoharah Simmons became a SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) fi...