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The Next Louisville
by Louisville Public Media
The Next Louisville project is a collaboration between WFPL News and the Community Foundation of Louisville. In 2019, WFPL is highlighting youth voices—telling the stories of kids, teenagers and young adults in our community.
Episodes
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The Next Louisville: Youth Talk Environment
This is the fifth of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. In it, students Fernanda Scharfenberger, Bayley Amburgey, Scotty Monteith and Nia Douglas talk about the environment, climate...
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The Next Louisville: Youth Talk Education
This is the fourth of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. In it, students Zina Alyasseri, Zainab Alyasseri, Sean Waddell and Tyce Hall talk education: what they think about what they’ve...
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The Next Louisville: Youth Talk Mental Health
This is the third of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. In it, students Emily Slaven and Ariana Tulay have a frank conversation about the stigma talking about mental health sometimes...
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The Next Louisville: Diving Deeper Into Young Adult Homelessness
On May 23, we held an hour-long discussion in our performance studio on young adult homelessness. Joining us were Natalie Harris of the Coalition for the Homeless, Joe Hamilton of the Home of the Innocents and Metro Chief Resilience Officer Eric Friedlander. Also joining us was Jasmine Ellington,...
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The Next Louisville: For Vulnerable Young Adults, Ending Homelessness Requires Dedicated Effort
Young adulthood is a formative phase of life, but for those experiencing homelessness, it can be especially challenging. The number of young adults without housing in Louisville is lower than it was, but local organizations are working to push the figure down even more. And upcoming federal…
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The Next Louisville: This Young Guatemalan Immigrant's Story Is Uniquely Louisville
In this installment of the Next Louisville, just in time for Derby week, we meet a young Guatemalan immigrant to Louisville who found her first job tending horses on the backside of Churchill Downs. This student is part of a local Latino tradition that is uniquely Louisville. The Next Louisville…
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The Next Louisville: Youth Talk Community Service And Volunteerism
This is the second of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. It features four youth from our community talking about volunteerism.
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The Next Louisville: Kentucky Kids And Climate Change
Kentucky youth are mobilizing to take action on climate change. In this installment of the Next Louisville--a partnership between 89.3 WFPL and the Community Foundation of Louisville--we follow a 17-year-old high school student and a 24-year-old community organizer as they try to confront Senate...
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The Next Louisville: Black Youth Talk Race And Identity
This is the first of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky; it features four youth from our community talking about race and identity.
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The Next Louisville: The Effect Of Violence And Trauma On The City’s Kids
Traumatic experiences - like what the Tyus family in Louisville has been through - are associated with long-term consequences, including health problems and behavioral outbursts in school. And trauma can affect YOUNG people more severely than adults. In this edition of The Next Louisville, WFPL's...
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The Next Louisville: Roller Derby Helps Local Youth Skate Towards Self-Esteem
The term “contact sport” probably conjures images of traditionally masculine activities like football or men’s hockey. But in Louisville, there's another option: the River City Junior Roller Derby team. As WFPL’s Ashlie Stevens reports as part of the Next Louisville, the members of this team are...
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The Next Louisville: Let’s Talk About ‘Pipeline’
The play "Pipeline" tells the story of Omari, a young black teenager, and the fallout after he shoves a teacher at his elite private school. This hour-long conversation unpacks the larger issues that inform the play, like the so-called "school-to-prison pipeline" for black youth. It includes a...
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The Next Louisville: A Conversation With Louisville Urban League CEO Sadiqa Reynolds
For the latest installment of The Next Louisville — a partnership with the Community Foundation of Louisville — Louisville Public Media Interim President Stephen George interviewed Louisville Urban League CEO Sadiqa Reynolds. The event was held in early May before a live audience in our studios....
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The Next Louisville: Why West Louisville’s Poverty Doesn’t Define It
Several of Louisville’s poorest neighborhoods are marked by concentrated poverty, created by factors like low income, few jobs, poor education and bad health. This means many residents are stuck in places like Russell and Portland. But others choose to stay.
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The Next Louisville: When Bus Routes Determine Job Prospects
Public transit can be a desirable, and affordable, commute option for city dwellers without cars. But in Louisville, taking a bus often means making a significant time investment. And experts and observers say a lack of extensive transit options can keep people from job opportunities.
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The Next Louisville: The Role Of Churches In Struggling Communities
For generations, houses of worship across all denominations have played a prominent role in helping those in need in struggling neighborhoods and beyond. Sean Cannon | wfpl.org The Next Louisville: Poverty & Progress That not only includes providing food, clothing and shelter, but offering…
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The Next Louisville: Redlining’s Complicated Legacy
Like most American cities, Louisville’s neighborhoods have been shaped by the past century of housing policies. And those policies have helped accentuate economic divides, creating today’s map of economic inequality. That’s examined nationally in “The Color of Law” by Richard Rothstein — a...
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer Promises To Address City’s Trash Problem
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Wednesday that he will unveil a new city-wide cleanliness initiative this spring that he hopes will address disparities in litter problems. In an interview Wednesday, Fischer said an assessment is already underway using city data, social media and community…
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The Next Louisville: What Trash Cans Tell Us About Poverty In Louisville
Sharon Cissell squints her eyes and points out to the street. From her porch, she can see just beyond the curb, where a needle lies next to a discarded paper cup. The needle’s bright orange cap is an unmistakable, yet unremarkable, sight in the Taylor Berry neighborhood, just west of Churchill...
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The Next Louisville: Parity On The Playground
Phyllis Atiba Brown is in the kitchen of the Spradling Urban Development Center in Smoketown; a small, concrete daycare facility decorated with wooden cut-outs of “Rugrats” characters and animal posters. She’s making trays of macaroni and cheese and chicken tenders for the dozen or so kids who…
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The Next Louisville: Why Cubans Are Moving To The City Like Never Before
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project, The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Immigration. It’s one of the founding principles of our country. It was a deeply divisive topic in this year’s presidential election, and it promises to be a major issue going forward....
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The Next Louisville: Where Are The Black People In Bourbon?
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. At 26th and Broadway there’s a small, neighborhood shop called The Liquor Store. Inside, bottles are neatly arranged in steel-barred cabinets decked with glossy posters. Owner Sandra Fant…
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The Next Louisville: #MuseumsSoWhite
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Julie Tallent leads me through the hallways of DuPont Manual High School — past cork boards covered in pencil sketches and sprawling paintings stretched overtop the lockers. Tallent has…
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The Next Louisville: A Conversation Between Protesters And Police
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Across the country, tensions are rising between police and the communities they serve. Fatal police shootings of unarmed black men have sparked protests and calls for change. At the center of...
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Next Louisville: Exploring The Links Between Food And Home
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Food and home are inextricably linked. The flavors we grow up with are the flavors that signify familiarity, safety and even love. Those flavors are very specific to a time and place, and...
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In A City Of Neighborhoods, Which Is Louisville’s Most Diverse?
This production is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. What is Louisville’s most diverse neighborhood? In a city where most neighborhoods are either majority-white or majority-black, the stories of those places with a mix of races, ethnicities…
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The Next Louisville: A Conversation With NPR’s Kat Chow
this program IS PART OF WFPL NEWS’ YEAR-LONG PROJECT THE NEXT LOUISVILLE: RACE, ETHNICITY AND CULTURE. A national conversation about race is happening — with or without the media. At NPR’s Code Switch, a team of journalists and editors tries to keep it in context, probing issues of access and...
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Privilege Check: A Conversation About Invisible Advantages
‘Privilege Check’ is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. In the United States, we like to think that our success is determined only by how hard we work. But in reality, some of it’s just luck. And some of that luck has to do with things we can’t...
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I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl
WFPL - ‘I Said Bang!’ is part of WFPL News’ year-long project The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Amber Estes Thieneman Janis Carter It started in Algonquin Park in 1969, the creation of two college kids who were home for the summer and looking for a way to spice up their summer…
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The Next Louisville project is a collaboration between WFPL News and the Community Foundation of Louisville. In 2019, WFPL is highlighting youth voices—telling the stories of kids, teenagers and young adults in our community.
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