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This week on Truth to Power, we bring you a community conversation organized by the West Jefferson County Community Task Force (WJCCTF) around the Green Heart Louisville Project and efforts to resist the development of hyperscale data centers. This community meeting was held online on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 5:30pm. The featured speakers were: Ted Smith, PhD, Professor of Environmental…
This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, reconnects with a frequent guest on the program, the thoughtful and insightful environmental educator, Carolyn Waters. Carolyn was last on the show a year ago with her folk band, The Cottonwood Buds, but we last checked-in with her about her environmental education work on the 400th edition of Sustainability Now!, back in December 2024! Get…
Al Gentry is an Entrepreneur, and a Catholic. He graduated from Bishop David HS and UofL, with a BS in Engineering. He also Attended UK Grad School. Al Gentry is a member of the North American One Armed Golfer Assn, founder & Bd member. He belongs to the Pleasure Valley Lions Club, and the US Adaptive Golf Alliance. . Alan Gentry is a Democrat and a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives,…
Jennifer Chappell is a lifelong Louisvillian who was elected to serve as Councilwoman for District 15 on January 3, 2023. Currently, she serves on the Budget, Parks & Sustainability, and Public Works Committees. She was also elected to her second term as Vice Chair of the Majority Caucus in 2026. In February 2026, she was appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) Energy, and Environment…
This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, reconnects with a former UofL Anthropology student, Marta Matthews, who is now a Community Liaison with Until Justice Data Partners. Born and raised in Louisville, Marta earned both her BA and MA in Anthropology at the University of Louisville, which fostered her love for local communities and environmental justice. She is currently the…
To celebrate our eighth year on the air, we discuss the mythology and science of solar eclipses, the discovery of transposons by Barbara McClintock, and how writing by hand, rather than on a keyboard, contributes to cognitive processing. Scott Miller, Mary Williams and Leslie Moise contributed these stories, respectively. Happy birthday, 'Bench Talk: The Week in Science'! ‘Bench Talk: The Week in…
A conversation with Michael Roberts on his forthcoming book, "Time is Running Out: Depression, Polycrisis, and the World Economy in the 2020s." The book is a follow up to a previous book he has written and also discussed on this show. Michael is a distinguished economist from the UK who has keen insights into the global financial sector and the way our global economic system has developed over the…
This week on Sustainability Now!, we bring you highlights from the Closing Keynote at last year's conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in Minneapolis. On October 24, 2025, leaders in campus sustainability heard from Christopher M. Caldwell, President of the College of Menominee Nation. Christopher has been a lifelong advocate for…
Drew Williams was born in Paducah, Kentucky. He earned a high school diploma from Marshall County High School and a bachelor's degree from Murray State University in 2016. His career experience includes working as a construction worker. He graduated from Murray State University with a degree in History and a minor in Biology, and still managed to work for his family business. Since the age of 14,…