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Forward Radio is independent, listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, grassroots community radio WFMP-LP Louisville, Kentucky. We have been broadcasting at 106.5fm and live-streaming at forwardradio.org since April 9, 2017. Please donate at forwardradio.org to keep us on-air. It costs $42/day to keep this programming coming your way.

12h ago

Access Hour | Overdose Awareness Day | VOCAL | 8-26-26

This hour is devoted to VOCAL (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders), an organization whose membership consists of low income, unhoused, former (some current) drug addicts and people formerly incarcerated. These are folks whose struggles are monstrous, but who have joined together under this umbrella to tell their stories, help each other and advocate for better policies, more resources and for more of a voice in problem solving. Representing VOCAL on this program are Jennifer Twyman, Drug Policy Organizer for VOCAL and members Anthony and Marcus. Part of this conversation was about the Overdose Awareness Day demonstration that took place Monday, August 31, 2026 in downtown Louisville.
1d ago

Sustainability Now! | Monica Unseld | Until Justice Data Partners | 8-31-26

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down with UofL alum Monica E. Unseld, Ph.D, MPH, founder and director of Until Justice Data Partners (https://www.ujdp.org/). Until Justice believes that data can be a powerful advocacy tool. Their mission is to support organizations in finding reputable data sources and providing suggestions for messaging around the data. Until Justice Data Partners also seeks to encourage more community-based research and community-based research partnerships, creating a community of justice researchers. UJDP has several focus areas, including: Beauty Justice; FencelineData.org; Science Communication; Research United Data Core; and Data Consulting. And you can find helpful resources available on their website about: Safer Cosmetics; and Chemical Disaster Resources for Communities. Monica recommends checking out https://louisvillecharter.org. Stay connected with Monica's work by following UJDP on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/until_justice_data_partners/. As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at https://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at https://appalatin.com
1d ago

Solutions to Violence | Kentucky State Legislator Sarah Stalker | Aug. 31, 2026

Sarah Stalker, a Democrat, is a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 34. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027. Stalker (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 34. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Sarah Stalker's career experience includes working as a consultant with On Purpose Consulting, LLC, the director of community engagement and membership of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and a radio co-host with Crescent Hill Radio. Stalker has served as a foster parent mentor with the University of Kentucky, the advisory board of Aetna SKY Governance, and an education committee member of the Coalition Supporting Youth Advocates
3d ago

Economic Impact | Episode 73 | Economist Phillip O'Hara on Hegemony and Current US Economic Problems

A talk with economist Dr. Phillip O'Hara with the Global Political Economy Research Unit (GPERU) in Perth, Australia on one of his latest books, Long Waves of Growth, Hegemonic Power, and Climate Change in the World Economy. We also discuss various global economic issues such as current US economic problems regarding tariffs and slow economic growth as well as the rise of China as a global power. He also gives some insights into the current state of affairs in Australia. Please listen to this fascinating discussion.
3d ago

Truth To Power | GreenPrint | Dr. Brian Stone | Trees and Louisville's Urban Heat Island | 8-28-26

This week on Truth To Power, we're listening back to a community conversation about the Urban Heat Island effect here in Louisville and the role trees can play in keeping our urban core cool. Back on June 10, 2026, UofL's Envirome Institute organized this event at Spalding University to welcome back to town Georgia Tech’s Dr. Brian Stone who has been studying the Urban Heat Island effect in Louisville and other U.S. cities for over a decade. Today you'll get caught up on the latest data about Louisville’s urban heat risk and the use of trees as urban infrastructure. A full recording of the presentation is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toEh4kQ-f1c As part of the Greenprint initiative, the University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute invited Dr. Brian Stone of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Urban Climate Lab to Louisville to present the results of a new Jefferson County urban heat and tree canopy study to Mayor Craig Greenberg, Envirome Institute researchers, and more than 75 community leaders at Spalding University’s Egan Leadership Center. The study builds on Louisville’s groundbreaking 2016 heat risk assessment—the first of its kind for a major U.S. city. In addition, Louisville is the first city to have commissioned a follow-up study. The findings showed that afternoon temperatures increased in nearly two-thirds of Louisville neighborhoods between 2016 and 2024, with some areas warming by more than 10°F and experiencing temperatures up to 20°F hotter than neighborhoods with greater tree canopy. Researchers also found that planting trees in just 50% of the available planting spaces could lower average afternoon temperatures by 1.8°F, with some neighborhoods cooling by as much as 7°F. These findings will help guide Greenprint and other urban forestry efforts to reduce extreme heat, improve public health, and better manage stormwater while strengthening Louisville’s climate resilience. A new StoryMap from our Urban Design Studio team provides an overview of the new heat risk and mitigation data and highlights some of the insights that can be derived from it. Please contact Sean Willis (cc’d here) if you’d like access to the data. To learn more about the Greenprint initiative, visit: https://udstudio.org/greenprint Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 7pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at https://www.forwardradio.org
5d ago

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Michael T. | Black August | 8-29-26

K.A. Owens interviews actor, writer activist Michael T. Topic: Upcoming event Saturday Augusts 29, 2026- BLACK AUGUST.
Aug 24

Sustainability Now! | Robin Frederick | Kentucky Mushroom Festival | 8-24-26

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, gets mushy with a long-time friend, collaborator, and former Forward Radio programmer and leader, Robin Frederick! Robin is now the Owner & Director of the Kentucky Mushroom Festival coming up on September 18-20, 2026 out at Rockcastle Riverside, 4211 Lower River Rd, Livingston, KY. Robin was last on the program for a Live Pledge Drive broadcast way back in October 2018, but this week we are catching up on the Kentucky Mushroom Festival (https://www.kentuckymushroomfest.com/) and Robin’s personal journey in the festival world, since she’s also an organizer for the Kentucky Yoga Festival May 14-16, 2027 (https://www.kyyogafest.com/) and PlayThink Festival June 17-20, 2027 at Barren River Magic (https://www.playthinkfestival.com/). But before talking festivals, Justin and Robin caught up with her sustainability journey! Listen into find out how Robin first got involved in sustainability and then she tells us about the Sustainability 101 class she now teaches at UofL, her PhD program, and her dissertation work on Digital Infrastructure and Uneven Development: A Comparative Study of AI-Intensive Data Center Infrastructure Siting, Governance, and Public Participation in Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphis, Tennessee. As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at https://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at https://appalatin.com
Aug 21

Access Hour | We Are the Power to Win the Future | Gary Lucks | 8-19-26

In the leadup to the November 2026 General Election, attorney, community organizer and author Gary Lucks discusses "We Are the Power to Win the Future," his recently published practical guidebook and clarion call to all Americans appalled at the rapid dismantling of our democracy, to participate in getting out the vote and coming together to rebuild our crumbling democratic institutions.

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Forward Radio is independent, listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, grassroots community radio WFMP-LP Louisville, Kentucky. We have been broadcasting at 106.5fm and live-streaming at forwardradio.org since April 9, 2017. Please donate at forwardradio.org to keep us on-air. It costs $42/day to keep this programming coming your way.

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