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What is the meaning and intent of the phrase “Black Lives Matter”? Gerald Smith takes up the question with Sandra Weissinger, Associate Professor of  African American communities, race and ethnic relations, urban sociology and qualitative research methods at…

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Tom Eblen interviews author Beverly Bell on the murder of golf star Marion Miley | Pandemic pressures and the family. EKU Psychologist MyraBeth Bundy speaks from clinical experience but also that of a mom with…

Lee Todd, Thomas Martin on what is gained from a marriage of education and economy - as well as what should not be lost | Shawn Gannon teaches welders. He can’t graduate them fast enough to meet demand | The…

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A list of questions for Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins about the 2020 General Election, made unusual and extraordinary by a pandemic and a divided nation | Tom Eblen interviews UK Law Professor Joshua Douglas about his new…

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A pandemic priority: children. A child psychiatrist weighs-in on abuse and neglect now going unnoticed | The 4th annual Music for Mission tribute channels John Lennon. The virtual concert marks the 80th anniversary of Lennon's birth and the…

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Unmasking threats to liberties versus threats to lives: welcome to the world of the public health worker | Doctors experiencing burnout in rising numbers. We hear of a solution | Jailed before the outbreak, released in the midst…

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 Not letting a pandemic get in the way, the Kentucky Book Festival is “on” - virtually. | A mini book festival of our own features poet Lynell Edwards; novelists Wesley Browne and Karen Salyer…

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A psychiatrist on moral and ethical dilemmas found on the frontlines of covid-19 | A commercial real estate broker on what’s happening to that home-away-from-home, the office. | Who did the heavy-lifting for the hemp industry of the…

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“We must make America what America says it is.” A new series debuts with a focus on racial justice and equality | How the pandemic is aggravating the gap between Kentucky’s rich and poor…

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The Quarantine Psyche, Part 2 | KY warned again about antibiotic overuse | Chris Begley with Dan Wu: an SOS on behalf of restaurants | New Blog "Un-Tucks" Kentucky. 

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Tom Martin with Dr.…

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What is this thing we’re experiencing? Some call it “quarantine fatigue.” We explore the symptoms and coping strategies with Psychiatry chair Seth Himelhoch | How Kentucky’s largest school district is managing under pandemic conditions with Supt. Marty Pollio…

Child vaccinations have declined in Kentucky since the pandemic struck in March | How Berea Schools are reopening | Some backstory on the newly renamed Henry Tandy A. Centennial Park, formerly known as Cheapside Park | Silas House's take on…

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What a 43-county survey finds happening in Kentucky’s child welfare system under pandemic conditions | Our series on reopening schools in a pandemic takes us to the Corbin Independent School System and Superintendent David Cox | The Kentucky…

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It’s Carrie Ballinger’s first school year as Superintendent of Schools in Rockcastle County. And a pandemic is making everything unpredictable. The latest in our series of interviews with teachers and superintendents working to reopen schools | Child care…

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What is it like to teach as a deaf person who relies on lip-reading and facial expression to communicate in a time when everyone is wearing masks? | What are the implications of masking for children’s cognitive development…

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Hitting the ground running: Jason Glass, Kentucky's new Commissioner of Education steps into a leadership role freighted with concerns about the future of public education under pandemic conditions. | Listen to the heart and soul of a dedicated…

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The descendants of the accused and accuser sit down in Paris, Kentucky for a courageous conversation about a…

Segment One: Is the removal or relocation of Confederate statues an erasure or revision of history? Or a correction of the historical record? Two Civil War historians weigh in.  LISTEN 

Segment Two:  Uncertainty is a constant companion of Kentucky teachers…

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So much uncertainty and confusion as the school year nears. Our series of conversations with teachers continues. Cynthia Resor talks with Clay County math teacher Aaron Asher | They might as well re-name this education program “Game…

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• Kentucky company uses data to predict, prepare for natural disasters
• Effects linger from Eastern Kentucky's Easter Flood 
• Lee Todd Series: How Advance Kentucky advances Kentucky
• EKU Psychology Chair announces retirement, reflects on key developments in the field

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• Covid concerns in rural Kentucky 
• The demands of an HR manager in a pandemic
• How the Pandemic of 2020 has made life stranger than sci-fi
• Silas House on the re-issue of his first three novels, complete with some…

• 19th Amendment Series: Uneven equality 
• The story of fierce, Lexington-born social activist Sophonisba Breckinridge
• How is the pandemic impacting live theatre performance?
• One year later: Appalshop goes solar

Segment One: The 19th Amendment, ratified 100 years ago, guarantees all American…

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On this week's edition: 

Segment One: In his own words: 2020 Kentucky High School Teacher of the Year Matthew Kaufman on being gassed, shot with pepper pellets and jailed during a recent racial justice protest in Louisville |…

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On this week's program:

Segment One: WEKU's Samantha Morrill talks with Kentucky Contact Tracing czar Mark Carter about the need for tracing, how it's done and concerns about privacy. And, a conversation about a statewide survey to…