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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.

A talk with David Melton who is an advocate for Kentucky state employee pension reform. He discusses what has gone wrong with the pension system this century and how chronically underfunded it is. Please listen to this interesting and informative discussion.
NOTE: In this audio, a PowerPoint Presentation is discussed. Unfortunately I am unable to post it here on SoundCloud.com, but please write me at lambertthomas@hotmail.com, and I can send you a copy. Thanks!

On this week's show, we bring you some highlights from our two-hour live broadcast from Logan Street Market on April 13th to bring you all the fun of Forward Radio's 7th Anniversary of broadcasting radio for the people, by the people! Listen-in to hear from our guest speaker, Charles Booker; a conversation across The Pond, with our friends at East Leeds Community Radio in Louisville's Sister City of Leeds, England; and interviews with a wide variety of WFMP programmers, volunteers, supporters, and community partners! Thanks to everyone who joined us to mark this momentous occasion and to support the station. If you didn't get a chance to donate during the Pledge Drive, you can always support the station at http://forwardradio.org