July 13, 2023 - Eastern Standard 

Kentucky Student Voice Team co-founder Andrew Brennen

In this episode of Eastern Standard, hear from Andrew Brennen, a central Kentuckian who is doing the work to emerge as a potent national voice on behalf of civil rights and youth engagement in educational decision-making. Gerald Smith gets the little known history of Mammoth Cave's earliest tour guides: African American slaves. We get the details about a benefit concert on behalf of struggling Native American youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. And Crystal Roberts crosses paths at the Festival of the Red with singer-songwriter Hannah Howard. 

Andrew Brennen - Doing the work to become a potent national voice on behalf of civil rights and youth engagement in educational decision-making.

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Gerald Smith's guest for this latest in his Eastern Standard series on racial justice and equality is Mammoth Cave Ranger Jerry Bransford, a current fifth generation Bransford cave guide at Mammoth Cave National Park.It's more than history. It's a legacy.

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Palmer Tolly - Local music performed in support of struggling youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota

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Hannah Howard - Emerging eastern Kentucky singer-songwriter

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