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To kickoff the new year on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, shares with you one of his favorite moments from the Grassroots Radio Conference that Forward Radio participated in October 20-22, 2023 in Charleston, WV. A major highlight was the keynote address given by Trey Kay, creator of the Us and Them podcast, which is produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and PRX. For years, he's reported on culture war battles in America. In 2009, he and Deborah George produced the radio documentary “The Great Textbook War,” which was honored with Peabody, Murrow, and duPont-Columbia Awards. In 2013, he produced “The Long Game: Texas' Ongoing Battle for the Direction of the Classroom,” which he researched as a Spencer Fellow for Education Reporting at the Columbia School of Journalism. In 2005, he shared in another Peabody for his contribution to Studio 360's “American Icons: Moby Dick.” He's produced for This American Life, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Marketplace, American RadioWorks, Morning Edition, Inside Appalachia and PBS Frontline. Kay has taught at the Columbia School of Journalism, Marist College and at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He splits his time living in New York's Hudson Valley and the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia. Learn more at https://www.2023grassrootsradioconference.com/ 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 Biewen is a journalist and documentarian. He directs the audio program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University where he produces the two-time Peabody Award–nominated podcast, Scene on Radio, This podcast dares to ask the hard questions. It goes deep and covers topics such as: What is the origin of racism? What's up with white people? Why is it important to examine our dubious past? Are we at the end of democracy? Do you think there will be a civil war? Is there still time to save ourselves? Let's just say that it's a good thing that I don't have self-governing status in Florida. If you know what I mean. John is also the co-editor of the book Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, and has produced for the, This American Life, Studio 360, American RadioWorks, and the BBC World Service.

Not every battle during World War II was fought on foreign soil. Ancel Keys' experiment, which set out to study the effects of diet and hunger, would end up permanently changing the lives of its volunteers. This week, Ben discusses the Minnesota Experiment and its effects on its test subjects.  Sources:  Duty to Starve, A. American Radioworks. Last accessed March 17, 2020. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wwii/a1.html Kalm, Leah M and Richard D Semba. They Stared so that Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment. Oxford Academic. June 1, 2005. https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/135/6/1347/4663828  

In a report from Dec. 26, 1984, MPR's Stephen Smith (now of American RadioWorks) provides a biographical look at Prince, '26 years old, born and raised in Minneapolis, he's this year's star of the rock and roll world. He's now touring the United States, selling out every place he performs.' Smith also talks to Minneapolis StarTribune reporter and Prince biographer, John Bream.

In a report from Dec. 26, 1984, MPR's Stephen Smith (now of American RadioWorks) provides a biographical look at Prince, '26 years old, born and raised in Minneapolis, he's this year's star of the rock and roll world. He's now touring the United States, selling out every place he performs.' Smith also talks to Minneapolis StarTribune reporter and Prince biographer, John Bream.

Before you devour this week’s episode, listen to last week’s American RadioWorks podcast “Decoding the Math Myth.” Really do it. […]

Sergeant Adam Gray made it home from Iraq only to die in his barracks. Investigating his death, American RadioWorks pieces together a story of soldiers suffering psychological scars - because they abused Iraqi prisoners.

To mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, American RadioWorks teams up with Nick Spitzer of American Routes to find out how culture might save New Orleans.

The end of major combat in Iraq did not bring an end to the fighting. American troops trying to rebuild the country found themselves surrounded by unknown dangers and escalating hostility from Iraqis whom they once viewed with sympathy. American RadioWorks asked medics with the Army's 101st airborne division stationed in Mosul, Iraq to record their impressions of the situation unfolding around them. The recording was made in December 2003 shortly before they returned to their base in Fort Cambell, Kentucky. Their story, along with a follow-up interview, aired on The World in April 2004.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor faces international war crimes charges arising from one of Africa's most brutal civil wars. American RadioWorks followed investigators as they built their case against Taylor.

Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, the legacy of the war affects lives on both sides of the Pacific. In this series of reports, American RadioWorks reveals how events fading into memory still influence our environments, institutions, and cultures.