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    • About Eastern Standard
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    • Joshua Douglas: Democracy Optimist
    • Carolyn Dupont - Civics, Civility and the Path to a Shared American Future
    • "I'm Not From Here" Series
    • Art Shechet: The AI Revolution: Promise and Peril
    • Brigitte Blom: Education and Economy
    • Healthy Aging with Bill Goodman & Dr. Jeff Foxx
    • James Branscome
    • The Art of the Originals
    • Gerald Smith: Racial Justice and Equality
    • Kevin Nance - Kentucky Literature
    • Tom Eblen: Kentucky Literature
    • RISE Documentary Series
    • Zach Brock: Music Interviews
    • Bill McCann: Theatre, Stage & Radio
    • Radio Plays
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    • A Constitutional Debate
    • Chris Begley: Essays
    • Future Tense with Chris Begley
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    • Music Interviews
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The flower of the Tulip Poplar (Courtesy National Park Service)

This week on Eastern Standard: 

  • Former Kentucky Poet Laureate and author Silas House walks us through The Tulip Poplars, his latest novel publishing on Oct. 13
     
  • David Phemister, Executive Director of the Nature Conservancy-KY, discusses the acquisition of 1700+ acres of forest in Bell Co. and what it means.
     
  • Dr. Eugene Poole,Jr.,  a Hopkinsville native, and an architect and certified project construction manager who oversaw restoration of the U.S. Capitol dome, on his quilts depicting in life size, Black jockeys from the early days of the KY Derby. Now on display at Headley Whitney Museum in Lexington.
     
  • Theatre Professor Jayme Kilburn is guest of Bill McCann to talk about the two productions being performed in the coming season at Union Commonwealth University in Barbourville.
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