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This week we have a remix episode because we are attending the LA Festival of Books. We catch up with author Ellen Birkett Morris. We first spoke to her in 2020 about her short story collection, Lost Girls, and now she has recently published a novel Beware the Tall Grass. So we will hear a little something old and a little something new from her in that episode.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Beware the Tall Grass by Ellen Birkett Morris

2- Lost Girls by Ellen Birkett Morris

3- Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

4- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

5- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

5- Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken

6- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

7- Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

8- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Cadavers by Mary Roach

9- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

10- Lake Life by David James Poissant

11- Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

12- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

13- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

14- Door to Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn translated by Melody Shaw - 5 Star Read recommended by Sarah Phillips @cosymidlifebooknook


Article mentioned in this episode:
https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-for-book-lovers/

The Access Hour features Farah Mokhtareizadeh. Farah’s presentation is about the history of Iran, the struggles faced by the Iranian women and how the United States has at times intervened in Iranian domestic affairs.

In this edition, four panelists, moderated by Tony Curtis (Exec. Dir. of the Metro Housing Coalition), discuss issues, obstacles and progress made with regard to housing and effects from climate change and toxics in the air. Sumedha Rao (Mayor's Office of Sustainability), Dr. Brian Guinn (U of L Assistant Prof. of Public Health and Information Sciences), Richard Price (Metro Louisville Office of Code Enforcement), and Eboni Neal Cochran (Civic Activist with REACT) gave their vantages at the Louisville League of Women Voters Democracy in Action forum, held April 15, 2024.

The University of Louisville recently initiated the 'Air Justice Louisville' website to examine environmental racism in Western Louisville. The website focuses on the past and present problem of air pollution near the Rubbertown industrial area, and provides resources for what residents can do about it. The website is: https://www.airjusticelou.org/.

Here is the EPA 'Toxic Release' factsheet for the 40211 zipcode which is most affected by pollution from Rubbertown: https://enviro.epa.gov/triexplorer/tri_factsheet.factsheet?pYear=2022&pzip=40211&pParent=NAT

Here is the public-domain video of Tom Lehrer singing his song 'Pollution' which he recorded in 1967, years before the Clean Air and the Clean Water Acts were even passed by Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMdmWysEp5w

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am.

Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal

On this week’s program, your host, Justin Mog, helps get you ready for the Primary Election coming up here in Louisville on May 21st. There are three candidates in the Democratic Primary for the District 6 seat on Louisville’s Metro Council. Philip Baker is the incumbent and he is being challenged by two other Old Louisville residents: Kate Dittmeier Holm and this week’s guest on the program, J.P. Lyninger (https://jpforlouisville.com/). J.P. is a Democratic Socialist running to “put the needs of the many back on the agenda.” Listen in as we discuss issues such as:
1) Democratizing LG&E and making it a public utility
2) Police reform & reorienting public safety
3) The affordable housing crisis
4) Expanding TARC and cyclist infrastructure
5) The budget

District 6 is one of Louisville’s most diverse and the most densely populated Metro Council district, covering the neighborhoods of:
Shelby Park
Park Hill
Algonquin
Old Louisville
Limerick
Germantown
University of Louisville
Meriwether
Paristown Pointe

We remind you that Forward Radio WFMP-LP Louisville does NOT endorse any particular candidates or pieces of legislation. What we endorse is an informed electorate and for that reason, we offer equal air-time to all registered candidates for any given seat.

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 http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

John Dear is an American Catholic priest, peace activist, lecturer, and author of 35 books on peace and nonviolence. He has spoken on peace around the world, organized hundreds of demonstrations against war, injustice and nuclear weapons and been arrested 85 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice, poverty, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction.

Dear has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including in January 2008 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has served as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and currently serves as the founder and director of the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus.

Solutions To Violence | John Dear | Part 1 | April 15, 2024 By Forward Radio is licensed under a Creative Commons License.