Solutions to Violence | LIVE Panel on Threats to Higher Education | 4-20-26

This week on Solutions to Violence we bring you a special LIVE edition of the program during our 9th Anniversary Pledge Drive! Host Jim Johnson is joined live in the studio on April 20, 2026 by co-host Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) and a panel of guests to discuss the variety of threats to higher education here in Louisville as UofL implements budget cuts in response to the Kentucky Legislature’s slashing of funding on top of the Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding. Joining us for this conversation are Dr. Michael Cunningham UofL Professor of Communication and director of UofL's chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP); Dr. Lauren Heberle, UofL’s Chair of Sociology & Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Management; Dr. Charles Hatten, English professor at Bellarmine and an officer of the AAUP; and Savannah Dowell, a Garden Intern and senior about to graduate from UofL after double-majoring in History and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. If you like what your hearing, we need you to donate to support it THIS WEEK during our Pledge Drive, as we need to raise $9000 to stay on the air! Join us on Cloud 9! On April 9th, 2017 we powered up the transmitter on the roof of the Heyburn Building in downtown Louisville, and our dream of a station for people, not for profit sparked to life! Forward Radio WFMP 106.5fm has been broadcasting, live-streaming, and podcasting 24/7/365 to the greater Louisville community for seven years...helping you survive the first (and now second!) Trump administration, the COVID-19 pandemic, the police killing of Breonna Taylor, and even the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly! But now, with independent media and the Pacifica Network in the Project 2025 crosshairs, we need your help to survive and stay on-air! We run entirely on volunteer power and listener sponsorship. During our 9th anniversary Pledge Drive, April 19-25, 2026, we need to raise $9000 to continue bringing you the local & national programming you love and offering the open access to the airwaves that our community deserves. Donate now at https://forwardradio.org. If you prefer to donate by mail: Send a check, made out to:
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Louisville, KY  40202 And don’t miss our 9th Birthday Party on Saturday, April 25th, 5:30-8:30pm at South Louisville Community Ministries (415 1/2 W Ashland Avenue). We'll be celebrating nine years of building community, supporting grassroots organizing, and broadcasting the voice of the people with music, food, door prizes, birthday cake, non-profit partners, and some great speakers including Carla Wallace, co-founder of Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice (LSURJ) and the Fairness Campaign! Solutions to Violence airs each week on Forward Radio 106.5fm in Louisville and livestreams and podcasts at https://forwardradio.org. Catch us every Monday at 5pm, Tuesday at 8am, and Wednesday at 6am.