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On this week's Truth to Power, we tackle the issue of higher education's role in reintegrating the formerly incarcerated into society. On Monday, Sept. 29th, at the University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library, the UofL Liberal Studies program presented this event on "Reimagining Public Safety: Transforming Public Universities into Pathways of Reintegration and Repair" with philosopher and higher ed...

This week on Single Payer Radio, we discuss how the cuts to healthcare in the Big Beautiful (Ugly) Bill will affect Kentuckians, especially in rural areas.

On this week’s Access Hour, we explore the Environmental Footprint of Artificial Intelligence with Shaolei Ren, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California - Riverside. This presentation was given on September 19, 2025 as part of the Kentucky Resources Council’s on-going Kentucky Environmental Leadership Institute (KELI). Learn more at https://www.kyr...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down at the farm table with LeTicia Marshall, an urban farmer with Bearfruit & Grow in southwest Louisville, and Kimberly "Kimmie" Ishmael, Policy Specialist with the Community Farm Alliance (https://cfaky.org). On the menu for today’s hearty conversation is the FREE event coming up at LeTicia's farm: Policy on a Plate: A Farm Bill Stor...

Moira Kaleida has a degree in education from Penn State University, and has combined her academic knowledge and lived experience (as a student, teacher, parent, school board member, and wife of a teacher) to beat the drum of public education across Pennsylvania. In 2015, Moira was elected to serve on the Pittsburgh Public School Board, leading the policy and government relations committees. As a s...

This week, we bring you the final set of highlights from our live broadcast from the Louisville VegFest back 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 was free to over 19,000 sq ft of indoor space, with additional food trucks an...

Patty and Brian take a deep dive into hate-reading and hate-watching.

This Democracy in Action forum, entitled "Constitutional Crisis: Are Our Rights in Jeopardy?" and put on the the Louisville League of Women Voters, featured guest speakers Kentucky Representative Nima Kulkarni, Democrat from the 40th District and immigration attorney and David Tachau, attorney representing the Jefferson County Teachers Association and School Board before the Kentucky Supreme Court...

This week on the Access Hour, Terrell Holder from Forward Radio's proud Community Partner, the Greater Louisville Sierra Club, is in conversation with fellow organizers from Indivisible Louisville. Indivisible is a grassroots movement of thousands of local indivisible groups with a mission to elect, progressive leaders rebuild our democracy and defeat the Trump agenda. Learn more at https://indivi...

Nima Kulkarni, Immigration Attorney and District 40 Kentucky Representative, along with David Tachau, attorney representing the Jefferson County Teachers Association spoke on threats to Constitutional rights, especially of immigrants and intrusion of the federal government into K through 12 curricula.

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, is honored to be in conversation with Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES, Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine, and a researcher with UofL's Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute (https://louisville.edu/envirome). Dr. DeJarnett's research interests include the cardiovascular healt...

Recently, physicists learned how to generate lasers from Peacock feathers. After discussing that, we explore a recent report that 5% of birds in Australia might exhibit 'sex reversal'. In 'sex reversal' the body's sex organs don't match the sex as determined by DNA testing. Finally, Dr. Leslie Moise reads a poem she wrote about an innovative recycling program in New Orleans that converts discarded...

Our guest is the director of Louisville’s La Casita Center, Karina Barillas. Karina Barillas was the keynote speaker at the Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation “Third Thursday Lunch event. The Third Thursday Lunch event that featured Karina Barillas occurred September 18th at Hotel Louisville before a live audience. Karina Barillas received her Master of Education in Counseling in 2002 and her...

This week, we bring you highlights from the third 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...

Patty and Brian team up with Justin Mog (host of Sustainability Now!) for a live broadcast from the Forward Radio studio at 5pm on September 18th in the middle of Give For Good Louisville to help you think about your giving, while you're giving, to improve your giving!! Thanks for all your support of Forward Radio throughout the years and for donating on this special day to help keep us on air and...

Forward Radio volunteer programmers, Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!), Tory Strange (RetroForward), and Goliath & Yanielle (Goliath's Rants, Reviews & Revivals) encourage you to donate whatever you can throughout the day today during Give For Good Louisville, when your contributions will be boosted by the Community Foundation of Louisville! Please donate any amount by midnight to help us reach our...

This week, we bring you highlights from the second 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 was FREE to over 19,000 sq ft of indoor space, with additional food trucks and...

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, catches up with the evolving story about the future of the Nia Center at 2900 W. Broadway with Shaun Spencer, Nia Center tenant (owner of My Hub Print Center) and co-founder of the West Louisville Dream Team, and Timothy Cox, current president of the West Louisville Dream Team (https://www.facebook.com/share/15QUpdZjic/). On August 26, 2025,...

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...