tag:esweku.org,2005:/blogs/podcasts?p=13Eastern Standard2024-03-27T17:03:26-04:00Eastern Standard is a weekly, locally produced current affairs program on WEKU, Eastern Kentucky University Public Radio. Hosted by Tom Martin, the program covers the lives and times of the people of central and eastern Kentucky.Eastern Standard on WEKUWEKUfalseWEKUes@eku.edutag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73734292024-03-27T17:03:26-04:002024-03-27T17:16:36-04:00Disinformation's threat; the “Community Schools” concept; Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame inductee Fenton Johnson; Latest Green Room Exchange experience<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/7ab2ab4af663845ed474b1076238b39db18b7f0b/original/f6034f12-29e8-43b0-9a02-ec678664e71c.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="1405" width="2108" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-march-21-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - March 21, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73700452024-03-20T17:41:19-04:002024-03-20T17:54:50-04:00A fix for childcare? New leadership at key e. Ky. organization; Tribute to Robby Cosenza<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/63250a69943afd58602217abe864cfb1c6698318/original/shutterstock-1511778581.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="563" width="1000" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-march-14-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - March 14, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73669412024-03-14T07:48:28-04:002024-03-14T07:51:39-04:00Democracy Optimist Series, Episode 2: Up with the "down ballot"<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/3bb32b26884168f7db021cc518482a743155e1f6/original/shutterstock-1455502352.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="667" width="1000" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3731973/democracy-optimist-ep-2" data-link-type="url"><strong>Go to Episode Two</strong></a> </p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73629002024-03-06T18:21:04-05:002024-03-06T18:22:12-05:00Democracy v Autocracy-Student Voices-Richard Taylor-New Years Resolutions<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/1c43ed75a66df05f680aa3ef14d61d1690b37b7b/original/zachary-clifton-at-hls-mike-1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="787" width="1044" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-february-29-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - February 29, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73593402024-02-29T09:42:58-05:002024-02-29T09:47:26-05:00Escaping a Dictator; Failed Water Systems; Awarded Teacher; Wendell Berry-Inspired Music; Tips for podcasters; Equal Time for Cats<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/fdfaf10910159561341cef5283ecaecfbca80f9d/original/shutterstock-2152075675.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="725" width="1000" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-february-22-2024-5cac1f61-af94-498b-871c-1ee76a24b4f6" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - February 22, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>8:37WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73570592024-02-25T13:55:18-05:002024-02-25T14:06:19-05:00School absenteeism, climate change hits air quality, poet Jane Hicks<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/aa97c8703fc5cca9b7e20b6bfe381fcf98bfbf1c/original/shutterstock-1470392375.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="667" width="1000" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-february-15-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - February 15, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73478882024-02-08T07:09:09-05:002024-02-08T07:16:29-05:00Democracy Optimist, Episode One: Challenges of the '24 Election<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/3bb32b26884168f7db021cc518482a743155e1f6/original/shutterstock-1455502352.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-february-1-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - February 1, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist </strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73431272024-01-30T19:28:49-05:002024-01-30T19:38:02-05:00Childcare, Into the Woods, Cars and Stalkers, Ride in a Robot<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/15fcbb2a73f2bc3cb943616d4fcac1a0546ecb0e/original/shutterstock-237326755.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-january-25-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - January 25, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist </strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73379352024-01-22T10:52:47-05:002024-01-22T10:56:59-05:00A US Military under an authoritarian Commander-in-Chief <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/22099b0f7752e80361e7c728c19416c950ea48a1/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-january-18-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - January 18, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73343242024-01-15T13:40:27-05:002024-01-15T13:49:23-05:00Higher Ed Blues; Lexington's Ag-Tech gambit; Medical Cannabis<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/dec709c0c82879b8012a9014257093e9de186bf4/original/shutterstock-391120102.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-january-11-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - January 11, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73303432024-01-08T16:29:25-05:002024-01-15T13:49:23-05:00American autocracy? Climate and migration, mental health<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/e3370e4cd03fcd09720bd0005e08af766c0ff34b/original/shutterstock-766954891.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-january-4-2024" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - January 4, 2024"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73271722024-01-02T11:51:49-05:002024-01-08T16:35:52-05:00Workplace apologies-War on Cancer-Crickets for dinner?<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/ee4592e3e7880a35a3bc0dbae28c8ea54311c03e/original/by-fizkes-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-december-21-2023" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - December 21, 2023"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73249892023-12-27T15:19:45-05:002023-12-27T15:29:54-05:00Those Winter Blues - The Thing About Dogs<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/acc8c5a56c18628e2391c689d8d024c7a3baf0b8/original/mintimages-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-december-14-23" target="_blank" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - December 14, '23"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>42:44WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73178482023-12-11T20:23:22-05:002023-12-27T15:21:36-05:00AppHarvest-Water Rates-Adverse Childhood Experiences<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/adabcc349e959ee016a0e234c5c6ae02023e1659/original/sergey-bezverkhy-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-dec-7-2023" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive Dec. 7, 2023"><span class="text-big"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p>19:12WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73158152023-12-07T09:20:59-05:002024-01-10T16:19:38-05:00KY's "Red Scare"-Paul Patton-Gatewood Galbraith-GreenRoomExchange<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/e6605df07e16568e8bf5ee955640740944713b93/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-nov-30-2023" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - Nov. 30, 2023"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73112272023-11-29T20:55:17-05:002024-01-10T16:23:00-05:00"Kid Workforce” crisis-McGinley Novel-Muralist Sawyer-Thin Places <p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/9e4687c809f047198e886609048d660c75553478/original/tip-of-battleship-rock-at-natural-bridge-state-park-photo-by-keith-halladay.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-nov-16-23" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive - Nov. 16, 23"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/73027722023-11-12T20:55:23-05:002024-01-10T16:25:09-05:00Gurney Norman-Pandemic Psychology-Tommy Prine-Schott Whiddon<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/e5b438ac4b064379ff1315d5b7b593cb3143e2ea/original/gurney-norman.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-nov-9-23-8517e122-b25b-48e4-8740-a8ee4d06656d" target="_blank" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive-Nov.9,23"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72994452023-11-06T12:57:14-05:002024-01-10T16:35:41-05:00The pandemic and young minds-Nursing home crisis-Youth Orchestra<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/0d586a4815293b07db89b6a1f6bc019bab6f9888/original/shutterstock-1868363365.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-nov-2-2023" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive-Nov. 2, 2023"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></a></p><p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72976052023-11-02T05:55:34-04:002024-01-10T16:57:30-05:00Bourbon and White Oak-UK and Affirmative Action-New Radio Play<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/0062a5b300050180db6044b872d89dd1b68be7d1/original/shutterstock-1255749079.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/archive-october-26-2023" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Archive-October 26, 2023"><span class="text-small"><strong>Go to playlist</strong></span></a></p><p> </p><p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72920952023-10-23T11:46:28-04:002023-10-24T17:22:42-04:00October 19, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/8c907a32701e043ed786bca817af8dd9faf751f9/original/shutterstock-13576027.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>How the changing climate and extreme weather is forcing up the cost of property insurance. We hear about a rise in classroom misbehavior and Kentucky’s move to greater discipline, what keeps Kentucky ranked so high for poverty and so low for workforce participation, how Manchester, Kentucky is transforming its downtown around addiction recovery, and why NYTimes Best Selling novelist chose to write a very different story about a teen’s life as an outsider and bully target.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/files/1255838/First%20Street%20Foundation%20-%209th%20National%20Risk%20Assessment:%20The%20Climate%20Insurance%20Bubble" data-link-type="file" data-link-label="First Street Foundation - 9th National Risk Assessment: The Climate Insurance Bubble">First Street Foundation Climate-Insurance Report</a></p><p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72883312023-10-16T08:22:00-04:002023-10-16T10:52:24-04:00October 12, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/a42e83f5d9253c7d608e2441ab4117d88b00b771/original/shutterstock-2167349807.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>“It’s Time” is a campaign against domestic violence launched by the city of Lexington. In this edition, we learn how to respond when we learn that a friend or a loved one is experiencing physical abuse or coercive control. And we hear of ways various communities, from religious to business and sports, can play roles in combatting intimate partner abuse and supporting employees who are experiencing abuse. In the hour, we also hear how a more open discussion about mental health has emerged from the pandemic. And we explore the real-time data of the Lexington-based Gun Violence Archive.</p><p style="text-align:center;">Segments (click to listen)</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3564617/october-12-2023-domestic-violence" data-link-type="track" contents="Domestic Violence"><strong>Domestic Violence</strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3564618/october-12-2023-gun-violence" data-link-type="track" contents="Gun Violence"><strong>Gun Violence</strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3564619/october-12-2023-brooks-collins" data-link-type="track" contents="Youth Mental Health&nbsp;"><strong>Youth Mental Health </strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Contacts:</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://itstimelexington.org/" data-link-type="url" contents="It's Time Lexington"><strong>It's Time Lexington</strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://greenhouse17.org" data-link-type="url" contents="Greenhouse 17">Greenhouse 17</a>: 800-544-2022</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://hopeswings.org/" data-link-type="url" contents="Hope's Wings">Hope's Wings</a>: (859) 623-4095</p><p style="text-align:center;"> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.thehotline.org/" data-link-type="url" contents="National Domestic Violence Hotline">National Domestic Violence Hotline</a>: 800-799-7233</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72861102023-10-11T07:09:22-04:002023-10-11T08:54:53-04:00October 5, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/a69b49255bfea8ac61e9d241e658383abf9b4e31/original/shutterstock-192726626.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span class="text-big">“We have to quit whispering about it” —Yvette Hourigan, Executive Director of the Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program, on the stigma that prevents us from talking openly about suicide. Featured is Lexington attorney Bruce Simpson, who earlier this year made an attempt to end his life, survived, got help, and is now on a mission to help others who are dealing with suicidal ideation. Hourigan and Simpson are joined by former state supreme court justice Bill Cunningham, EKU suicidologist Melinda Moore, and Kristin Collins, COO at the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">The Interviews:</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3555591/bruce-simpson-interview" data-link-type="track" contents="Bruce Simpson"><span class="text-big">Bruce Simpson</span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3555593/yvette-hourigan-interview" data-link-type="track" contents="Yvette Hourigan"><span class="text-big">Yvette Hourigan</span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3555590/bill-cunningham-interview" data-link-type="track" contents="Bill Cunningham"><span class="text-big">Bill Cunningham</span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3555592/melinda-moore-interview" data-link-type="track" contents="Melinda Moore&nbsp;"><span class="text-big">Melinda Moore </span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">If you are experiencing suicidal ideation and need help, or just want to talk to somebody who doesn't have a personal stake in it and can offer the perspective of an outsider who really understands this kind of thinking, dial 9-8-8. Or, text TALK to 741741.</span></p><p>(Image: Shutterstock)</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72815702023-10-02T10:16:39-04:002023-10-02T19:45:38-04:00September 28, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/b0820c1a0bdd008a5d82819fd9135f8424b3330d/original/shutterstock-2169268299.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span class="text-big">Mental health issues, exacerbated by the conditions of the pandemic, are becoming evident in schools, from first grade through college. For the postsecondary perspective, we hear from EKU Dean of Students Lara Vance.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3551750/september-28-2023-hunter-vance" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">And, in the debut of a new series on youth mental health, host Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, talks with Bellarmine University Assistant Professor of Education, Dr. Tommy Wells.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3551748/september-28-2023-brooks-wells" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">This edition also features details of a production of “Every Brilliant Thing,” themed on a young boy’s experience of his mother’s suicide attempt and a list he creates of every brilliant thing in the world as reasons for living.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3551751/september-28-2023-martin-matson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Helping non-profits working against opioid addiction win critical funding is the aim of a new partnership between the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the state. We get details from Foundation chair, Marianne Smith Edge.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3551752/september-28-2023-martin-smith-edge" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Lexington city arborist Heather Wilson details Tree Week ’23.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3551753/september-28-2023-martin-wilson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72782392023-09-25T09:03:14-04:002023-09-25T09:03:14-04:00September 21, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/73a77fd2976342e089cd80c1346df8c6e1c0e448/original/image-1.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><ul>
<li> <span class="text-big">Tom Eblen in conversation with Barbara Kingsolver about her best-selling Appalachian novel, Demon Copperhead. In this interview, Eblen explores Kingsolver's views of media portrayals of her home region, and how she provides such detailed and intimate insights into the plight of the older foster child, the depths of opioid addiction, and the realities of 21st-century mountain culture. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3542914/september-21-2023-eblen-kingsolver" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a><span class="text-big"><strong> </strong></span>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72750922023-09-18T12:57:47-04:002023-09-18T12:57:47-04:00September 14, 2023 - Eastern Standard <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/3de4e52e866b096c2e115e438cca5af67cb77ce1/original/facebook-article-time-machine-slave-marts-187.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>Pushback against efforts to teach that slavery was beneficial to the enslaved, and a grad student's discovery of the largest single slave auction in US history. We hear about existing assets that make southeastern Kentucky attractive to business. And, a theatre professional shares the journey of pursuing the craft while making ends meet.</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>Part One: The College of Charleston grad student who discovered records of the largest single auction of enslaved people.</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3538257/september-14-2023-smith-powers-davilla" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li style="text-align:center;">Part Two: An update on economic development in southeast Kentucky.</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3538256/september-14-2023-tal-jones" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>Part Three: The grit, determination, and flexibility it takes to succeed in local and regional theatre production.</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3538258/september-14-2023-mccann-branham" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>41:59WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72716572023-09-11T14:17:11-04:002023-09-11T14:17:11-04:00September 7, 2023 - Eastern Standard - Chemical Weapons, Part Three<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/725e6101274031244c4a393c1f78827ae125f9fb/original/20-eonc-empty-sign.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</p><p>Part Three of the series explores preparations for the 2027 closure of the project and how the loss of its highly skilled workforce, as well as generous federal support for an enhanced emergency response system, is expected to impact the economy and public services of Madison County. And with local officials stressing that the Blue Grass Army Depot "is not going away," we'll probe future plans for the site. </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72716522023-09-11T14:14:50-04:002023-09-11T14:14:50-04:00August 31, 2023 - Eastern Standard - Chemical Weapons, Part Two<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/0b84353b40c65cfc6ee4b46aeb19cf9fcd268701/original/harvey-riggins-maintenance-supervisor.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">Shepherd Snyder and Crystal Jones with Maintenance Supervisor Harvey Riggins (Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</p><p>For the past five years, the most lethal chemical weapons on earth have been undergoing a challenging disposal process in a special facility at Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond. In part two of this Eastern Standard Series on the project, Crystal Jones and Shepherd Snyder take us behind the fence and into the process, talking with members of a highly skilled team as they go about their dangerous work. Hear their stories in their words.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72650662023-08-29T08:54:56-04:002023-08-29T08:54:56-04:00August 24, 2023 - Eastern Standard - Chemical Weapons Part One<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/511af53e0021e72f5193934975e0b8036533de47/original/haz-mat-suits-demilitarization-support-area.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</span></p><p>The first episode in a series of three full-length programs about the mission to eliminate a 523 ton stockpile of chemical weapons stored for generations at the Blue Grass Army Depot just outside Richmond, Kentucky. </p><p>Part One focuses on the history of a remarkable grassroots movement that, under the leadership of the charismatic Craig Williams, rose above political differences to successfully protest a US Army plan to incinerate the weapons containing lethal mustard, VX and Sarin agents within mere miles of an elementary school, the city of Richmond and the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, as well as the Madison County communities of Berea and Waco. The movement evolved into a national and international coalition that united “stockpile communities” from Richmond to Russia. </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72603662023-08-21T12:54:35-04:002023-08-29T08:43:09-04:00August 17, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/23fabd818511a2e0c94b0515b28415f7b27ae99c/original/by-fran-kie.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Two Kentucky organizations work to protect art from future natural disasters (Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>Learn about a pair of efforts to recover, preserve and protect artifacts of Kentucky arts and culture.</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3507121/august-17-2023-beaven-moses" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>There’s a new kid in class. Goes by the initials “A.I.” How classroom teachers are preparing for the influence of artificial intelligence on the real thing.</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3507123/august-17-2023-hunter-nash" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>Discover the mission of the program, Black Males Working.</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3507125/august-17-2023-smith-akins" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>We have details of the 16th annual Chamber Music Festival of Lexington.</p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3507124/august-17-2023-nardilillo-coleman" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72585362023-08-17T16:24:57-04:002023-10-02T19:45:38-04:00August 10, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/db88612bd8d5580e7b06835a1e9e0cc94c38012e/original/20190613pettrgb.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span class="text-big">Coming up on this week's edition of Eastern Standard: Through its chamber of commerce, the Kentucky business community lays out a strategy to meet a list of goals. They range from getting more Kentuckians into the workforce to improving child care and education. Chamber President and CEO Ashli Watts is our guest. Plus, editorial cartoonist Joel Pett brought Pulitzer Prize prestige to the Lexington Herald-Leader during his 39 years of lampooning public figures and issues. But no longer. Pett offers details behind his recent abrupt, involuntary departure from the newspaper's pages.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Click name to listen</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3501427/august-10-2023-ashli-watts" data-link-type="track" contents="Ashli Watts"><span><strong>Ashli Watts</strong></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3501426/august-10-2023-joel-pett" data-link-type="track" contents="Joel Pett"><span><strong>Joel Pett</strong></span></a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72539992023-08-08T12:34:43-04:002023-08-08T12:34:44-04:00August 3, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/450edc08496130daedeb2f5a8301c142f9740d78/original/shaker-village-4.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Photo courtesy of Shaker Village)</span></p><p><span class="text-big">“Theatre of the mind” is a hallmark of public radio and ever so often we offer Eastern Standard as a stage for locally written, acted and directed productions. This edition is devoted to our latest radio play: “Seven Miles to Harrodsburg” by Al DiGiacomo. It’s a fictional portrayal of forbidden romance set at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, the site of a Shaker religious community that was active from 1805 to 1910 and is now a National Landmark. Also featured, some myth busting about this utopian community with Shaker Village curator Rebecca Soules.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72539912023-08-08T12:22:03-04:002023-08-08T12:31:46-04:00July 27, 2023 Eastern Standard - RISE, Episode 9<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/a1a4c466479dc85aa7399001df85958af7a93379/original/flood-debris-hindman.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Photo by Chris Begley)</span></p><p>The human toll and destruction of the massive flash flood that struck southeast Kentucky on July 27-28, 2022 is remembered one year later. Housing is our focus as the loss of thousands of homes remains a serious issue in a region that was already suffering from a housing shortage and the loss of population. Also in this episode: why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is years behind non-government climate scientists on modeling how climate change is now influencing extreme weather; a look at the confusing language used to describe the severity of floods; and Special Topics Reporter Chris Begley offers a reflection on what has been learned since July 27, 2022. Hosted by Crystal Jones.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72482012023-07-27T07:52:07-04:002023-07-27T07:53:29-04:00July 20, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/900f59a2fa08c634595d7327b3e926b565624adb/original/rawpixel-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p><span class="text-big">More than $1 billion in federal pandemic aid funding to support Kentucky child care ends on September 30. This week's edition of Eastern Standard explores the implications for children, working parents, employers and the economy.</span> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72444222023-07-19T17:34:46-04:002023-07-19T17:34:47-04:00July 13, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/70fbed95cb39b5580eb426e34ba0590d7474cd66/original/3635ea3c-b2c0-42b6-8db9-5d04da2f2d56-1-201-a.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">Kentucky Student Voice Team co-founder Andrew Brennen</p><p><span class="text-big">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. </span></p><p><span class="text-big">Andrew Brennen - Doing the work to become a potent national voice on behalf of civil rights and youth engagement in educational decision-making.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3480652/july-13-2023-andrew-brennen" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">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.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3480655/july-13-2023-gerald-smith-jerry-bransford" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Palmer Tolly - Local music performed in support of struggling youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3480656/july-13-2023-palmer-tolly" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Hannah Howard - Emerging eastern Kentucky singer-songwriter</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3480653/july-13-2023-crystal-jones-hannah-howard" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72424612023-07-15T14:15:09-04:002023-07-15T14:16:22-04:00July 13, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/113405b46d1d0e997074432df80036302f1c8e41/original/africa-studio-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>The local and regional summer events calendar is full of great entertainment and cultural options. In this hour of Eastern Standard we explore six of those live stage and music events. Featured interviews include Lexington Theatre Company co-founder and Artistic Director Lyndy Franklin Smith, the team from the Appalachian Shakespeare Center at EKU, Jazz pianist Leo Genovese, a segment on jazz trumpeter Bill Coleman who escaped racism in Paris, Ky to find acceptance and fame in Paris, France - and now Paris, Kentucky is throwing a jazz festival in his honor, EKU music professor Bernardo Scarambone on a concert series that explains how instruments work, and Allison Kaiser, reflecting as she prepares to retire on her 13 years as Executive Director of the Lexington Philharmonic.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72376042023-07-06T08:28:27-04:002023-07-06T08:28:28-04:00June 29, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/9f88ab8d6ccbef4fa431e33bf847acbf9fee408a/original/shutterstock-1841043475.jpg/!!/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>A conversation with aspiring middle school teacher Audrey Gilbert, Kentucky Student Voice Team board member and national and state president of “Educators Rising”, an organization that encourages high school students to become teachers. </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3462928/june-29-2023-audrey-gilbert" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 29, 2023 - Audrey Gilbert"><span><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p> “Durable Skills” expert Tim Taylor is Brigitte Blom’s guest for the latest in her series on Kentucky schools and public education. </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3462929/june-29-2023-blom-taylor" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 29, 2023 - Blom-Taylor"><span><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p>EKU professor Nicola Mason explains “Transformative Learning” in a conversation with Cynthia Resor. </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3462932/june-29-2023-resor-mason" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 29, 2023 - Resor-Mason"><span><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p>A perk of holding a degree: a research journey to the North Pole on a tall ship. Our guest is EKU Digital Media and Graphic Design professor and installation artist Rachel Moser. </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3462931/june-29-2023-martin-moser" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 29, 2023 - Martin-Moser"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72348012023-06-29T18:30:17-04:002023-06-29T18:31:05-04:00June 22, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/902caaace1972bc7519da34155ce4d6ef6b977af/original/icedmocha-for-shutterstockjpg.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">A call for balance in the scales of justice (Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>"The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts." Author, Kentucky human rights attorney Stephen Bright, is Tom Eblen's guest<span> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://bandzoogle.com/track/3458476/june-22-2023-eblen-bright"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Hear about One Lexington and the city's efforts to quell gun violence. The agency's Devine Carama is guest of Gerald Smith<span> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://bandzoogle.com/track/3458480/june-22-2023-smith-carama"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Open Records expert Amye Bensenhaver discusses diminishing transparency in state government<span> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://bandzoogle.com/track/3458478/june-22-2023-martin-bensenhaver"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>A program that trains people in addiction recovery or just released from prison for jobs in the horse industry<span> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://bandzoogle.com/track/3458479/june-22-2023-slepyan"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>And, Reggie Van Stockum returns with details of the trek-chronicle that resulted from getting lost in areas surrounding the Kentucky River</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://bandzoogle.com/track/3458481/june-22-2023-martin-van-stockum"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72307322023-06-22T15:08:43-04:002023-06-22T15:08:43-04:00June 15, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/5523b29d7cf22e8beaac083f8869d2c263229ee5/original/149-n-broadway-fcps-photo-collection.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Site of former slave jail in Lexington, KY</p><p>As the Juneteenth celebration of freedom from slavery approaches, a conversation with UK historian and Eastern Standard series host Gerald Smith about his new book, “Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home.”</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3450970/june-15-2023-juneteenth" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 15, 2023 - Juneteenth"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>Generative AI comes for the voices. The president of the National Association of Voice Actors discusses the use and perils of generative AI to clone professional voiceover artists.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3450973/june-15-2023-tim-friedlander" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 15, 2023 - Tim Friedlander"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>The Kentucky River Area Development District prepares to host a series of community meetings on long-term recovery from the devastating Flood of ’22.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3450971/june-15-2023-kradd" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 15, 2023 - KRADD"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>Sheep, goats and surface mines: a marriage made in Vicco. Eastern Standard’s Crystal Jones visits an example in Perry County.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3450972/june-15-2023-sheep-mines" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 15, 2023 - Sheep&Mines"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>The Johnson Brothers Band, into its 29th year, is performing one last time at Lexington’s next Thursday Night Live. We’re joined by longtime members Jim Gleason and Marty Walker.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3450969/june-15-2023-johnson-bros" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 15, 2023 - Johnson Bros"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72231852023-06-08T09:38:07-04:002023-06-17T09:59:24-04:00June 1, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/54d4babb479916a339f4699eb5f08941a045bf09/original/shutterstock-2050863233.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>Exploring the implications of Artificial Intelligence for trust in human interactions. Our guest: UK computer scientist Brent Harrison. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3435806/june-1-2023-ai-and-trust" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 1, 2023 -AI and TRUST"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Tornado Alley has shifted eastward and now includes Kentucky. The details from Kentucky State Climatologist Jerry Brotzge. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3435805/june-1-2023-tornado-alley" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 1, 2023 - Tornado Alley"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Eastern Standard’s Crystal Jones looks into the tree theft underworld. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3435804/june-1-2023-tree-theft" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 1, 2023 - Tree Theft"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, Willie Carver, drummed out of the classroom for being openly gay, has published a book of poetry about the experience, which included testimony before Congress. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3435803/june-1-2023-willie-carver" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 1, 2023 - Willie Carver"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Kentucky author series host Tom Eblen sits down with Lexington author Janet Holloway to discuss her latest, a fact-based novel about growing up in hard times in West Virginia under the watchful eyes of a very entrepreneurial grandmother.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3435802/june-1-2023-tom-eblen-with-janet-holloway" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="June 1, 2023 - Tom Eblen with Janet Holloway"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72184932023-05-31T16:21:17-04:002023-05-31T16:21:17-04:00May 25, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/a9e740bfbfacb9ec7412b900f51359730298f292/original/r-classen-for-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(Photo: R. Classen for Shutterstock)</p><p><span class="text-big">The struggle between a coal industry watching its market decline and a power generation industry determined to shift to renewables. Dan Gearino, a reporter with the Pulitzer Prize winning Inside Climate News, on renewable energy sources - solar and wind - surpassing coal as the most economical way to produce electricity. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3433609/may-25-2023-energy" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">The beginning of an Eastern Standard tradition: the immediate past Kentucky Poet Laureate interviews their successor. Crystal Wilkinson sits down with Silas House. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3433611/may-25-2023-poet-laureates" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">And a heads up about where you can take that stuff jettisoned after spring cleaning. We hear from Bobby Ray at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore in Lexington.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3433613/may-25-2023-restore-full-length" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72152312023-05-25T07:42:04-04:002023-05-25T07:42:05-04:00May 18, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/60d1f5d34eb4500901ac348c3f046cb65feb7d2a/original/shutterstock-ai-generated-imagejpg.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(AI generated image)</p><p><span class="text-big">Artificial Intelligence, art and copyright: what is legal? What is not? Do we even know? Questions for UK law professor Michael Murray who specializes in AI, Art and Copyright law and protection. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></span></p><p><span class="text-big">Melisse Brunet has programmed her first season as Music Director and Conductor at the Lexington Philharmonic. Find out what she means when she says she likes to think and behave outside of the box. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></span></p><p><span class="text-big">Letcher Countian Valerie Horn works tirelessly to make sure those most in need are fed healthy, nutritious meals. She is the 2023 recipient of the James Beard Foundation National Leadership Award. Find out why. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></span></p><p><span class="text-big">Eastern Standard reporter Crystal Jones gets us ready for the summer festival season in Kentucky.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72112332023-05-18T07:12:35-04:002023-05-18T07:12:56-04:00May 11, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/36b8d9a748d26f5bd31f56331d2ad099f74cb8e4/original/credit-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p><span class="text-big">Live performances of chamber music will return to central Kentucky with the revival of the Lexington Chamber Music Orchestra. The LCO has been absorbed by the successful Chamber Music Festival of Lexington. Our guests: Festival executive director Cacey Clarke Nardilillo and LCO conductor Marcello Cormio. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3417868/may-11-2023-cacey-nardilillo-marcello-cormio" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="May 11, 2023 - Cacey Nardilillo & Marcello Cormio"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">We’ll explore three kinds of pain: physical, psychological and emotional. Reporter Mary Meehan on alternative pain management offered at the Mayo Clinic; actress Debra Faulk on her portrayal of Nancy Green who was born in slavery and once freed found herself making a living by portraying a slave - Aunt Jemima; and Lexington author Hannah Pittard, discussing her latest book about her own divorce.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3417867/may-11-2023-mary-meehan" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="May 11, 2023 - Mary Meehan"><span class="text-big"><strong>MEEHAN</strong></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3417866/may-11-2023-bill-mccann-debra-faulk" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="May 11, 2023 - Bill McCann-Debra Faulk"><span class="text-big"><strong>FAULK</strong></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3417865/may-11-2023-tom-eblen-hannah-pittard" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="May 11, 2023 - Tom Eblen-Hannah Pittard"><span class="text-big"><strong>PITTARD</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72068232023-05-11T07:27:49-04:002023-05-11T07:27:49-04:00May 4, 2023 - Eastern Standard <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/2019887f2c36136d948dd5ec1a72178fc278fe76/original/shutterstock-1055236541.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><ul><li><span class="text-big">A call on state legislators from the Kentucky Black Caucus to act against gun violence and an appeal from Lexington’s Mayor and the mothers of two young shooting victims to put down the guns. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411194/may-4-2023-calls-for-gun-control-peaceful-streets" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li><span class="text-big">Eastern Standard reporter Crystal Jones runs across voices seeking social justice at a spring event in Berea</span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411191/may-4-2023-voices-of-social-justice" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li><span class="text-big">Emerging from the flood of ’22: details of diabetics cut off from insulin supplies. The story from WMMT’s Parker Hobson in Whitesburg. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411196/may-4-2023-diabetics-cut-off-from-insulin-supplies-in-flood-of-22" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li><span class="text-big">A University of Kentucky experiment makes fresh, wholesome foods available to rural diabetics. UK Ag professor Alison Gustafson is leading the partnership with Instacart and shares the details. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411195/may-4-2023-allison-gustafson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li><span class="text-big">Kentucky Literature series host Tom Eblen, in conversation with author and poet Jonathan Greene. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411192/may-4-2023-tom-eblen-with-jonathan-green" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li><span class="text-big">Kentucky’s deep literary bench is a thing of wonder in the eyes of Special Topics Reporter, Chris Begley.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3411190/may-4-2023-kentucky-s-literary-deep-bench" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/72006692023-05-01T11:56:09-04:002023-05-01T11:58:52-04:00April 27, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/b2649f271b25e62a8c21442a8a5d7b47ee738129/original/amanda-egan-photography.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><ul><li>Counties hosting bourbon aging warehouses pushback against the state legislature vote to end the state’s barrel tax. Our guests: Lexington Herald-Leader reporters Janet Patton and Austin Horn. </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3404885/april-27-2023-barrel-tax" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 27, 2023 - Barrel Tax"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li>Brooke Gentile and Katie Harvey from the Organic Association of Kentucky update us on Community Supporter Agriculture in the region. </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3404884/april-27-2023-community-supported-agriculture" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 27, 2023 - Community Supported Agriculture"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li>The practice of planting (and farm work, in general) guided by the positions of the moon and stars and the signs of the Zodiac lives on in central and eastern Kentucky. Berea College Associate Professor Sarah Hall has published a book about it. We discuss “Sown in the Stars” and hear from two among the dozens of farmers and gardeners she interviewed. </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3404883/april-27-2023-planting-by-signs" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 27, 2023 - Planting by signs"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li>The connection between restaurant kitchens and local growers is the focus of this conversation with Lexington farm-to-table restaurateur Ouita Michel. </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3404882/april-27-2023-farm-to-table" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 27, 2023 - Farm -to-Table"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><ul><li>Eastern Standard’s Crystal Jones looks into creating pollinator-friendly lawns.</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3404881/april-27-2023-lawns-and-pollinators" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 27, 2023 - Lawns and Pollinators"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71933452023-04-19T18:32:07-04:002023-04-19T18:36:45-04:00April 13, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/ef95113860b70d27201f29925bb7581ef0873ad5/original/shutterstock-678087904.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>Thousands of landslides in eastern Kentucky and no insurance. The latest in our series on a Code of Ethics for professional journalists. High school theatre bounces back from Covid and flooding. And a special guest: Billy Joel’s longtime drummer - until all of a sudden he wasn’t, Liberty DeVitto. (Image: Shutterstock)</p><ul><li>Flooding in eastern Kentucky gets much of the attention, but what about landslides? Austyn Gaffney discusses her report on the lack of landslide insurance coverage. </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3391610/april-13-2023-austyn-gaffney" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="APRIL 13, 2023 - AUSTYN GAFFNEY"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><ul><li>Matt Crawford with the Kentucky Geological Survey updates us on a survey documenting the extent of landslides that followed the flash flood of ’22. LISTEN</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3391612/april-13-2023-matt-crawford" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 13, 2023 - MATT CRAWFORD"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><ul><li>Our series examining the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists looks at Pillar Four: “Be accountable and transparent.” </li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3391613/april-13-2023-spj4" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 13, 2023 - SPJ4"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><ul><li><span>The floods that devastated eastern Kentucky are bringing people together to find solutions. Students from eight eastern Kentucky schools are gathering for the 15<sup>th</sup> annual East Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society spring theatre festival, hosted this year by Breathitt County H.S. located in one of the region's hardest hit areas. Bill McCann interviews Phil Neace, the founder of EKDAS, about this year's festival. </span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3391611/april-13-2023-bill-mccann-phil-neace" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 13, 2023 - BILL McCANN-PHIL NEACE"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><ul><li>For over 30 years, Liberty DeVitto was Billy Joel's drummer — his friend, confidant and ally — until all of the sudden he wasn't anymore. DeVitto has known Billy Joel since they were teenagers in New York. He appeared on every Billy Joel tour and album from 1976 - 2006. And now he appears on Eastern Standardand Duane Lundy’s music industry interview series, Depth of Field. </li></ul><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/cd5aac18a8fea3aa77cfab48ab577a530f6197ff/original/12360192-10154271170988797-3771739887778011195-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3391614/april-13-2023_duane-lundy-liberty-devitto" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 13, 2023_DUANE LUNDY-LIBERTY DeVITTO"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71899752023-04-13T18:18:17-04:002023-04-13T18:20:24-04:00April 6, 2023 Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/15a697fda04d8addd8adf24cafd2e5db9659b5a8/original/5041-95021576364-7521667-n-95021576364.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">The stories we tell, and why. (Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</span></p><ul>
<li>Why do we tell stories? And is folklore truth, fantasy or something in-between? Our guest: JeanMarie Rouhier-Willoughby, Professor of Russian Studies, Folklore and Linguistics at the University of Kentucky. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3384538/april-6-2023-rouhier-willoughby" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 6, 2023 - Rouhier-Willoughby"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>Story Cycle, a program offered by the Lexington Theater Company (The Lex), helps students turn stories into musicals and plays. We talk with Lex co-founder and artistic director, Lyndy Franklin.<span><strong> </strong></span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3384537/april-6-2023-lyndy-franklin" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 6, 2023 - Lyndy Franklin"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>The Paris Storytelling Festival is coming in May. We talk about the art and the profession with festival organizer Mary Lovell and pro storyteller Sheila Arnold. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3384536/april-6-2023-lovell-arnold" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 6, 2023 - Lovell-Arnold"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>Journalism is all about storytelling of the fact-based sort. Listen to part three in our series on the four pillars of the Code of Ethics of the Society for Professional Journalists with guests Tom Eblen, former managing editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader and a former ethics professor, and Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame notable and creator of the EKU Media Ethics program, Liz Hansen.<span><strong> LISTEN</strong></span> (<a class="no-pjax" href="https://spjbluegrass.org/code-of-ethics-series" data-link-type="url"><span>Click here</span></a><a class="no-pjax" href="https://spjbluegrass.org/code-of-ethics-series"><span> </span></a>for the series.)</li>
<li>Local journalists gain an ability to offer perspective on events. Good news arrived recently in flood-struck Whitesburg and we turned to Mountain Eagle reporter Sam Adams for what is means to the community. <span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span>
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<li>Aukram Burton heads the Kentucky African American Heritage Center in Louisville where stories are told through displays. He is Gerald Smith’s guest in this latest in our series about racial justice and equality.<span><strong> </strong></span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3384533/april-6-2023-smith-burton" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="April 6, 2023 - Smith-Burton"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71789752023-03-27T10:01:27-04:002023-03-27T10:01:28-04:00March 23, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/0a600ff691f5d5946a76d7f63641bfd09fe6a23c/original/shutterstock-1208275897.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">Journalism's tech transition is all but compete (Image: Shutterstock)</p><ul>
<li>Six months after the flood of ’22 in Eastern Kentucky and the numbers are in: 9-thousand homes, damaged or destroyed. Rebecca Shelton from the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center walks us through the analysis. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3365235/march-23-2023-rebecca-shelton" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 23, 2023 - Rebecca Shelton"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>Part Two of our series highlighting the four pillars of the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3365236/march-23-2023-spj-part-ii" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 23, 2023 - SPJ Part II"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>Danville HS senior Ramona Pierce, Press Corps Coordinator for the Kentucky Student Voice Team joins us to talk about the rise and value of student journalism. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3365234/march-23-2023-ramona-pierce" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 23, 2023 - Ramona Pierce"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>Chris Begley returns with an essay on the power and responsibility of the local reporter. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3365231/march-23-2023-chris-begley" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 23, 2023 - Chris Begley"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<li>As EKU prepares to reopen a significantly renovated Giles Art Gallery, galleries Melissa Vanderberg discusses what we’ll find as well as the values of both in-person experience with art, as well as the virtual version. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3365233/march-23-2023-melissa-vandenberg" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 23, 2023 - Melissa Vandenberg"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71748202023-03-20T07:56:42-04:002023-03-20T07:58:23-04:00March 16, 2023 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/d244822e4dbc3b7188e34a708aa47fb764d255e3/original/shutterstock-2181988169.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Is there a “right way” to nap? (Image: Shutterstock)</p><ul>
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<span class="text-big">Army Corps of Engineers professionals on the difficulty of designing and planning as climate change accelerates and spins off extreme weather. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3357442/march-16-2023-jake-allgeier-brantley-thames"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">Part One of a four part series examining the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists. Guests: Veteran journalists and former ethics professors Tom Eblen and Liz Hansen.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3357441/march-16-2023-tom-eblen-liz-hansen"><span class="text-big"><strong> LISTEN</strong></span></a><span class="text-big"><strong> / </strong></span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://spjbluegrass.org/code-of-ethics-series"><span class="text-big"><strong>View SPJ Code of Ethics</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">What is a drag show? Bill McCann gets the perspective of one who has produced them for decades in Lexington and the surrounding area. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3357440/march-16-2023-brett-cheavront"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">What is the right way, and the wrong way to take a nap? A conversation with University of Kentucky sleep medicine specialist, Dr. Robert Murray.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3355622/march-9-2023-chris-begley"><span class="text-big"><strong> </strong></span></a><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3357439/march-16-2023-dr-robert-murray"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71725942023-03-16T08:01:38-04:002023-03-16T08:28:42-04:00March 9, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3355606/march-9-2023-geoff-marietta" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 9, 2023 - Geoff Marietta"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/94494619ab07f2c641559126191de9fe1bee1c8e/original/hazard-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Downtown Hazard, Ky (Photo by Chris Begley)</p><ul>
<li><span class="text-big">A contest for budding Eastern Kentucky entrepreneurs. Details from Geoff Marietta of Invest 606 <strong>LISTEN</strong></span></li>
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<span class="text-big">Leaving big city life for Hazard, Kentucky - and loving it. Our guest is Hazard Downtown Coordinator Bailey Richards. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3355614/march-9-2023-bailey-richards" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 9, 2023 - Bailey Richards"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">Poet Frank X Walker discusses his new book, "A is for Affrilachia” and what’s next. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3355617/march-9-2023-frank-x-walker" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 9, 2023 - Frank X Walker"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">Gerald Smith gets an update on colorectal cancer and the value of early detection from gastroenterologist Greg Woolfolk.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3355620/march-9-2023-smith-woolfolk" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 9, 2023 - Smith-Woolfolk"><span class="text-big"><strong> LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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<span class="text-big">A Chris Begley essay on cutting through political doublespeak and deception. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3355622/march-9-2023-chris-begley" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 9, 2023 - Chris Begley"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71659642023-03-06T08:52:27-05:002023-03-06T08:58:14-05:00March 2, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/44d2f41026bd2ab4c351ffc42b241d9f695d751a/original/enough-final.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><ul>
<li>Listening in as members of the Kentucky Student Voice Team have a discussion about the ways their races and ethnicities affect their learning experiences. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3348449/march-2-2023-boyer_ksvt" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 2, 2023 - BOYER_KSVT"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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<li>Model on the EKU campus in Richmond is the state’s last remaining laboratory school where teachers learn how to teach real kids in real classrooms. Model Superintendent & Dean of K-12 Programs John Williamson is guest of Gill Hunter for our series on education in Kentucky. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3348453/march-2-2023-hunter-williamson" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="March 2, 2023 - HUNTER-WILLIAMSON"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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<li>An update on the cost of replacing homes lost and repairing those severely damaged in the flash flood of July ’22. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3348456/march-2-2023-john-mcgary-weku-news"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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<li>From the website of Tom Eblen’s guest in our series on Kentucky writers: “A bicultural child of a Malay mother and an Indian father, Amelia Zachry was different from the get-go, never quite fitting in. In this raw, inspiring memoir, she chronicles the long, winding journey that brought her from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Kentucky, USA—the place she and her family now call home.” <a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3348458/march-2-2023-tom-eblen-amelia-zachry"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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<li>Stuart Waldner of Lexington, author of “Escape the Meatrix”, a book about moving from an animal-based to a plant-based diet.<a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3348462/march-2-2023-stuart-waldner"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a>
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<li>And Duane Lundy welcomes to “Depth of Field” songwriter and music journalist Jeff Slate who, since 2013 has been contributing articles about music and culture to Esquire and liner notes for the 50th anniversary reissue of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the STAX Records 60th anniversary reissue series and albums by Small Faces and Shawn Colvin.<a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/3348465/march-2-2023-lundy_slate"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71611892023-02-26T20:53:38-05:002023-02-26T20:54:31-05:00February 23, 2023 - Eastern Standard<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/4a8f6e6a7c56fc9f5bcf4cf009a1c0b143e0d951/original/shutterstock-760431790.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>School superintendents call for respect and support of teachers. A plan to have the backs of parents with kids in school. A new book about Shirley Chisholm, first Black woman in Congress. How Mt. Sterling is upping its arts game.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews:</strong></p><p>Livingston County Schools Superintendent David Meinshein and Hardin County Schools Superintendent Terrie Morgan represent the "Coalition to Sustain the Education Profession," created by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators in 2022 to convene a group of experts and thought leaders to study the educator workforce crisis and provide data-driven recommendations for public, private, and government entities to implement.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3339887/february-23-2023-david-meinshein-terrie-morgan" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="February 23, 2023 - David Meinshein-Terrie Morgan"> <span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>Researcher, writer and dad Nate Hilger brings his bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University and PhD in economics from Harvard to "The Parent Trap," an analysis of the problem of parenting in America that argues for policy changes to support parents and children in new ways. Dr. Hilger is guest of Brigitte Blom, co-host of our series on education in Kentucky. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3339901/february-23-2023-brigitte-blom-nate-hilger" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="February 23, 2023 - Brigitte Blom-Nate Hilger"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>UK history professor Anastasia Curwood leads the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and is author of a new book about groundbreaking Shirley Chisholm, first Black woman elected to Congress whose campaign slogan was "unbought and unbossed." Dr. Curwood is guest of historian Gerald Smith, host of our series on racial justice and equality. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3339905/february-23-2023-gerald-smith-anatasia-curwood" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="February 23, 2023 - Gerald Smith-Anatasia Curwood"><span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p><p>For our series on theatre production in Kentucky, host Bill McCann sits down with Jordan Campbell, the Harvard educated executive director of the Gateway Regional Arts Center in Mt. Sterling who returned to his home state after experiences from Broadway to the White House.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3339909/february-23-2023-bill-mccann-jordan-campbell" data-link-type="track" data-link-label="February 23, 2023 - Bill McCann-Jordan Campbell"> <span><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71611882023-02-26T20:47:12-05:002023-02-26T20:54:31-05:00February 16, 2023 - RISE, Episode Six<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/94494619ab07f2c641559126191de9fe1bee1c8e/original/hazard-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Downtown Hazard, Kentucky (Photo by Chris Begley)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span class="text-big" style="color:rgb(14,1,1);">Forty-five lives were lost. Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed by the flash flood in July of 2022. While still adjusting to such heavy loss and amid much uncertainty, Eastern Kentuckians are giving careful consideration to the future. In addition to addressing the immediate need for housing on higher ground, that future includes preparing for the possibility of more frequent extreme weather. Is this a turning point? Or just another turn on the curvy road ahead? Residents demonstrate the most important key to a strong community is knowing how to show up for your neighbors.</span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71527372023-02-12T19:15:45-05:002023-02-17T16:38:56-05:00February 9, 2023 - RISE, Episode Five <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/284402/e6fe10655dcca9d8a87d54fad02e086d03eadf4e/original/jmh-humanservices-centersign.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;">(Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</p><p>RISE, Episode Five: Response. Recovery. Preparedness - the three phases that follow a natural disaster. Six months after a moisture-laden storm stalled above and relentlessly drenched southeast Kentucky the region remains somewhere among those stages. We review FEMA’s performance, learn of the breadth of the first response, and why the flood elevates the push for internet connectivity to a difference between life and death. The ineffectiveness of weather radar in the mountains is explained. And from the region’s two Area Development Districts we hear of active updates to the districts' Hazard Mitigation Plans. </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71491612023-02-05T20:10:47-05:002023-02-05T20:11:03-05:00February 2, 2023 - RISE: Episode Four<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/44b68544edf80acb079f42f7db23b20828f6bbc8/original/jmh-recoveryway-1-copy.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</p>
<p>Episode Four of <a contents="RISE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://weku-rise.org/" target="_blank">RISE</a> explores the psychology of crisis and how mental health has been affected by experiencing the flash flood of July 27-28, 2023. Hear about impacts on survivors who have lost everything, children troubled by rainfall, communities destroyed by floodwaters, the stress and strain on caseworkers and first responders, as well as a strong cultural resistance to seeking professional mental health care. But for all of the trauma, neighbors have helped neighbors get by, kindness undeterred by crisis.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71456872023-01-30T11:12:42-05:002023-01-30T11:12:42-05:00January 26, 2023 - RISE: Episode Three<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/15a697fda04d8addd8adf24cafd2e5db9659b5a8/original/5041-95021576364-7521667-n-95021576364.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Jeanne Marie Hibberd)</p>
<p>This week's episode of <a contents="RISE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://weku-rise.org/home" target="_blank">RISE</a>, the third in this six-part documentary series, investigates an increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as the moisture-heavy storm system that stalled above 13 eastern Kentucky counties on the night of July 27, 2022 and intensified well into the morning of the 28th. The resulting flash flood claimed 44 lives and destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes - homes located outside of officially mapped floodplains. The episode explores the question: are these storms harbingers of climate change?</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71415762023-01-22T21:04:05-05:002023-01-22T21:04:23-05:00January 19, 2023 - RISE: Episode Two<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/92aa5b1e3436049bc67bc2a3a28b477c62992696/original/no-place-like-home-vicco.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Chris Begley)</p>
<p>Episode Two focuses on a pre-existing housing shortage made far worse by the flood; flood insurance issues; floodplain mapping; leadership exhaustion and stress; and the work of some of the key nonprofit organizations in the region. The episode is capped by a Chris Begley essay about the nature of mountain communities and how this event is forcing difficult change.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71385652023-01-16T08:31:01-05:002023-01-16T08:35:37-05:00January 12, 2023 - RISE: Episode One<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1c3dfa8fd9860a08f3c5ebf86bcb1ea4376739e2/original/michelle-lucas.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Michelle Lucas outside her home in Camp Branch, KY (Photo by Chris Begley)</p>
<p>Episode One of <a contents="RISE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://weku-rise.org/" target="_blank">RISE</a> captures what happened on the early morning of July 28, 2022 when several communities in Eastern Kentucky experienced record flooding that eventually claimed 44 lives and left thousands homeless. We look at what contributed to the disaster, how communities are responding, and what’s needed to address the challenges ahead. WEKU’s Tom Martin and a team of reporters takes listeners on a journey as Eastern Kentucky navigates a future made less certain by climate change. For more information, visit <a contents="WEKU-RISE.Org." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://weku-rise.org/" target="_blank">WEKU-RISE.Org.</a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71350682023-01-09T07:38:11-05:002023-01-16T08:35:37-05:00January 5, 2023 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/72dcc8d832200c1436cbbf82b826fe4c8211ee3a/original/322944472-509039757998348-4327741176405483632-n-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">John Winn Miller, author of "Hunt for the Peggy C" (Photo by <a contents="Kevin Nance" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/KevinNancePhotography/" target="_blank">Kevin Nance</a>)</p>
<p>Former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Richard Taylor, author of numerous collections of poetry, two novels, and several books relating to Kentucky history, on becoming an inductee into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3287282/january-5-2023-eblen-taylor">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Katie Cross Gibson on her podcast series about author, social activist and Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College, bell hooks. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3287285/january-5-2023-katie-cross-gibson">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Lexington author John Winn Miller transports us to the North Atlantic of WW II with his novel, “The Hunt for the Peggy C.” <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3287286/january-5-2023-john-winn-miller">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>A high school theater instructor’s account of returning from virtual to classroom teaching. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3287293/january-5-2023-mccann-grogan">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>And what lured a playwright and singer-songwriter with a resume long and exceptionally varied to make the move from New York City to Lexington, Kentucky? <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3287295/january-5-2023-lundy-smith">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71309342022-12-31T17:59:06-05:002022-12-31T17:59:55-05:00December 22, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/fc28ae8545d5432e22e6410d86e27c0617bba3fa/original/shutterstock-1930313816.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>In this season of giving there is need among flood survivors in eastern Kentucky. And the response is not always what you might imagine. Anya Slepyan has the story of a gift of kindness and warmth from quilters around the country. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274055/december-22-2022-anya-slepyan"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Joseph Anthony relocated to eastern Kentucky from New York City for a professorship at Hazard Community and Technical College. He offers a reading of his essay about chopping down his first Kentucky Christmas tree. The story is among seasonal essays published by Kentucky Monthly in the book, "Kentucky's Twelve Days of Christmas", edited by James B. Goode. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274056/december-22-2022-joseph-anthony"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson talks with Tom Eblen about her childhood Christmases in Casey County. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274057/december-22-2022-eblen-wilkinson"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Kentucky novelist Silas House talks with Tom Martin about “When She Came to Mercy”, his short story about kindness in a time of need. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274059/december-22-2022-martin-house"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>“Hearing Angel Voices,” an Eastern Standard radio play by A.K. Forbes, about that famous couple for whom there was “no room in the Inn.” <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274060/december-22-2022-hearing-angels-voices"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Georgia Green Stamper offers her own childhood recollection of the manger story. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274061/december-22-2022-georgia-green-stamper"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71270222022-12-22T13:37:33-05:002023-01-16T08:33:20-05:00December 15, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/da5b17c5884ad2b6b6486103c23aeb9476de98fa/original/fema-denials-window.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Photo by Chris Begley) </span></p>
<p>Announcement of RISE, a special series documenting the complex impact of the July 28, 2022 flash flood on the present realities and future of eastern Kentucky. <a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3271614/december-15-2022-rise-announcement" target="_blank"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Working to reverse a shortage of teachers in Kentucky classrooms: outgoing UK Dean of Education Julian Vasquez Heilig, guest of education series host Brigitte Blom. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3271615/december-15-2022-brigitte-blom_julian-vasquez-heilig" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>The Lexington City Council takes up the debate over a proposed Tenants Bill of Rights.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3271616/december-15-2022-tenants-bill-of-rights" target="_blank"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>How stackable solar power credits may make a difference for coalfields communities. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3274054/december-15-2022-anya-slepyan" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Hominy or Grits? Author Georgia Green Stamper takes on the question in conversation with Tom Eblen about her new book of essays. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3271618/december-15-2022-tom-eblen_-georgia-green-stamper" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p>Yani Vozos of AppaLatin and the Corn Maize String Band offers a new anthem for eastern Kentucky. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3271619/december-15-2022-yani-vozos" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>4:19WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71217392022-12-12T15:10:51-05:002022-12-12T15:10:51-05:00December 8, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e67154c47fed613c1048da6eac9f25b231e567b3/original/shutterstock-2120477345.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Fear is on trial for dashing hope and creativity in the latest Eastern Standard radio play, "The United States v Fear." (Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Real and immediate need lingers in areas of eastern Kentucky hit hard by the July flash flood - Breathitt, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties, in particular. What is needed and how to contribute leads this week’s edition<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3265876/december-8-2022-flood-relief">LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p>K-12 educators across the Commonwealth are in training to teach about the holocaust in response to a mandate passed by the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly <strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3265877/december-8-2022-smith-fernheimer-petrone">LISTEN</a> </strong>- <strong><a contents="Click for&nbsp;More information" data-link-label="Holocaust Education Initiative" data-link-type="page" href="/holocaust-education-initiative">Click for More information</a> </strong></p>
<p>A new online map connects Kentucky startups with angel investors. We get the details and a read on the startup climate in Kentucky from Middle Tech podcast co-founder and host, Logan Jones. <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3265879/december-8-2022-logan-jones"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>The Bach Christmas Oratorio, rarely performed in the region, is coming to Lexington complete with the accompaniment of authentic baroque instruments. Our guests: Kentucky Bach Choir Artistic Director Marlon Hurst and choir bass vocalist and board member Richard Dirksen. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3265880/december-8-2022-hurst-dirksen"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p>The United States v Fear is the title of our latest ten minute radio play written by and featuring Patrick Mitchell along with Emmanuel Thurman, LeTicia Williams Preacly and Joe Ferrell with sound design by Neil Kesterson. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3265886/december-8-2022-u-s-v-fear"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71207842022-12-09T17:44:35-05:002022-12-09T17:44:35-05:00December 1, 2022 Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a47b15176c17fae56373fa3885dee909a970c86b/original/shutterstock-210508963.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Efforts to maintain and support connections between incarcerated parents and their children have produced positive outcomes benefitting the child, the jail, and the community. We talk with Tara Grieshop-Goodwin of Kentucky Youth Advocates and Wendi Hall, program director, Save the Children - Perry County. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3259140/december-1-2022-grieshop-goodwin_hall"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><br>Details from Tom Musgrave of the Kentucky Arts Council about a trio of Disaster Assistance Grants for Eastern Kentucky arts organizations, school arts programs and individual working artists impacted by the July flooding. <strong><a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3259141/december-1-2022-tom-musgrave">LISTEN </a></strong></p>
<p><br>A look at designing safe and secure schools for the 21st century. Our guest is Laura Sachtelben, a principal architect in the Education Group at Stantec engineering in Houston. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3259142/december-1-2022-sachtleben"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a> </p>
<p><br>Former Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley discusses his new book and why he found himself writing an overheard comment on a banana peel. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3259143/december-1-2022-eblen-worley"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71068932022-11-20T20:36:00-05:002022-11-20T20:36:23-05:00November 17, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/2c060242f29339ce7c1cec71bc2c61affd5b1fd3/original/hudson-traces-final-cvr-for-publ.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_small">A retelling of the Daniel Boone saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and her daughters. (Image: University Press of Kentucky)</span></p>
<ul> <li>It was hard being a pioneer in the wilds of what would become Kentucky. Try doing it as a mother of ten. We hear about the legacy of Rebecca Boone from novelist Patricia Hudson <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3241915/november-17-2022-patricia-hudson"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
</li> <li>A pioneer of glass ceiling breakage is profiled in a new book about former Kentucky First Lady Phyllis George <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3241917/november-17-2022-lenny-shulman"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a>
</li> <li>Did you know about the “Slaw Line” of hot dog lovin’ West Virginia? Part of the “visionary folklore” offered up by folklorist Emily Hilliard <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3241918/november-17-2022-emily-hilliard"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a>
</li> <li>Writing plays with the pros: a Centre College partnership with The Farm, a Brooklyn-based playwright incubator <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3241920/november-17-2022-bill-mccann-william-hallock"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a>
</li> <li>Green Room Exchange gets creative to raise funds for more performances by international artists <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3241922/november-17-2022-lee-carroll"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/71017592022-11-14T06:57:53-05:002022-11-16T17:55:11-05:00November 10, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d2cf2c80b0c215e75cc1d5b9e40b02ecd916d748/original/shutterstock-1857222964.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Nearly 1 in 4 Kentucky adults is functionally illiterate (Photo: Shutterstock)</p>
<ul> <li>“Nearly 1 in 4 Kentucky adults can read and comprehend only basic material, making them functionally illiterate” begins the first in a five chapter series by Courier-Journal investigative reporter Mandy McLaren. McLaren’s reporting calculates the cost of illiteracy to the Kentucky economy. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3235113/november-10-2022-mandy-mclaren"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
</li> <li>The connection between education and economic well-being is explored with Vicki Phillips of the National Center for Education and the Economy <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3235115/november-10-2022-brigitte-blom_vicky-phillips"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
</li> <li>Unique research at UK is looking into non-medical prescription opioid use among Black Americans <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3235123/november-10-2022-gerald-smith-danelle-stevens-watkins"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
</li> <li>Outdoors writer Art Lander discusses “A Brief History of Baitcasting, Bass Fishing and the Kentucky Reel”, his new book with co-author Bill Hinkebein <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3235125/november-10-2022-art-lander"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
</li> <li>Duane Lundy sits down with Lexington Stephen Trask, composer of the Tony winning “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3235127/november-10-2022-duane-lundy-stephen-trask"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70970312022-11-07T06:51:13-05:002022-11-14T06:58:26-05:00 November 3, 2022 - Eastern Standard -<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/914b3978da3adcd6e03154a0e612d5ac9b7928e4/original/312626934-6376433499054291-5135475114551270207-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Together Outdoors Coalition Lead Gerry Seavo James</p>
<ul> <li>A new book from Sayre graduate, former Marine and now Wall Street Journal correspondent Ben Kesling follows the experiences of Bravo Company, an army unit that saw heavy combat in Afghanistan. The book follows a VA experiment to support their recovery from those experiences and we have comment from Kesling, as well as Dr. Travis Martin, a twice-deployed veteran of Iraq and founding director of Veterans Studies at EKU </li>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Kesling - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3229903/november-3-2022_ben-kesling_bravo-co">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Martin - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3229904/november-3-2022_travis-martin_veterans">LISTEN </a></p>
<ul> <li>A case before the US Supreme Court could have enormous impact on American arts and culture. UK Law professor Brian Frye walks us through the case </li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3229679/november-3-2022-brian-frye_copyright">LISTEN</a></p>
<ul> <li>We’ll hear all about “Together Outdoors” - a coalition of businesses and non-profits working to remove social, physical and other barriers to enjoyment of the Great Outdoors. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3229905/november-3-2022_gerry-seavo-james_togetheroutdoors">LISTEN</a></p>
<ul> <li>The job of the mayor is the focus of our election-season series, Civic Shorts.</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3229907/november-3-2022_civicshort_mayors">LISTEN</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70928912022-11-01T08:13:45-04:002022-11-01T08:14:11-04:00 October 27, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b5c541e67ab5575354f363d6dd91a5c920cb3b81/original/shutterstock-1090277345.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have math anxiety? You are not alone. (Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<ul> <li>It’s unusual for one person to appear twice in an edition of ES, but Whit Whitaker does just that: in his role as Director of the Lyric Theater in Lexington, and as a cast member of our latest radio play, “Three’s a Charm” (See below).<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3223856/october-27-2022-gerald-smith-with-whit-whitaker"> <b>LISTEN</b></a>
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<ul> <li>Gill Hunter’s series on education explores “Math Anxiety” with Jonathan Thomas, chair of the STEM Education Department at the University of Kentucky. <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3223854/october-27-2022-math-anxiety"><b> </b><b>LISTEN</b></a>
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<ul> <li>CivicLex Director Richard Young details the job of the County Clerk for our election-season series on local offices appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3223858/october-27-2022-civicshort_county-clerk"><b>LISTEN</b></a>
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<ul> <li>This year’s Music for Mission concert to feature local artists paying tribute to Dolly Parton <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3228033/october-27-2022-music-for-mission_dolly-parton"><b>LISTEN</b></a>
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<ul> <li>Archipelago, the pandemic-inspired ambient instrumental band, is out with volume three in a series produced in support of the Central Music Academy.<b> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3223859/october-27-2022-archipelago">LISTEN</a></b>
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<ul> <li>Our latest radio play: “Three’s a Charm” by David Miller, starring Whit Whitaker, Roger Leasor and Paul Thomas. Eastern Standard radio plays are locally written, produced, acted and directed. For more, visit the “Radio Plays” tab. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3223866/october-27-2022-three-s-a-charm"><b>LISTEN</b></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70872702022-10-23T21:19:53-04:002022-11-16T17:55:11-05:00October 20, 2022 Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/23e6be2a30a67698d23dd4571719757907d90ff0/original/shutterstock-239400094.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">Jon Meacham on Abraham Lincoln and the parallels between then and now. (Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Presidential biographer and historian Jon Meacham is out with a new book about Abraham Lincoln. We discuss the parallels between the divisive atmosphere of 1861 and that of the present. Meacham appears at the Kentucky Book Festival on Oct. 29 in conversation with David Blight, Pulitzer Prize for History, Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221807/october-20-2022-jon-meacham" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></span></p>
<p><br><span class="font_large">Novelist Geraldine Brooks is also on the Book Festival roster. The novelist and Tom Eblen discuss "Horse", her book about the famed racehorse "Lexington" and the pervasive racism within the racing industry of the 19th century. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221859/october-20-2022-eblen-brooks" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a><a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221859/october-20-2022-eblen-brooks" target="_blank"> </a></span></p>
<p><br><span class="font_large">Melynda Jamison of CASA-Lexington (Court Appointed Special Advocates) details her children's book, "Oscar's Family." <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221913/october-20-2022-melynda-jamison" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </span></p>
<p><br><span class="font_large">We'll hear from Shayla Lynch, the Carnegie Center's new director, about programs to support budding as well as established Kentucky writers. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221861/october-20-2022-shayla-lynch"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></span></p>
<p><br><span class="font_large">CivicLex director Richard Young returns with his weekly series on the jobs of local "down ballot" offices on the Nov. 8 ballot. This week: the County Attorney. Our thanks to Madeleine Peyroux for her song, "American" as the theme for our series on democracy. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3221923/october-20-2022-civic-shorts_the-county-attorney"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70826312022-10-16T20:51:36-04:002022-10-16T20:54:38-04:00 October 13, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/dc045460b0c7452ee2899dcc88fab6407f922537/original/shutterstock-458895694.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Is it possible to get a divided America back on speaking terms? "Meeting of America" aims to find out, and it begins in Kentucky. We’ll hear from co-founder Pearce Godwin and Meeting of America Kentucky Director, Julie Babbage. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3214932/meeting-of-america-with-julie-babbage-pearce-godwin">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><br>CivicLex Director Richard Young returns with another in our weekly election season series on state and local offices appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot. This week: the County Sheriff. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3214933/october-13-2022-civic-shorts-the-county-sheriff">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><br>Child Care in Kentucky won support from the American Rescue Plan. But that funding ends soon and the Prichard Committee’s Benjamin Gies spells out what lies beyond that fiscal cliff. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3214934/october-13-2022-benjamin-gies">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><br>Getting to know Melisse Brunet, the new Lexington Philharmonic Music Director and Conductor with six diplomas from the Paris Conservatory and an ear for jazz. (Note: LexPhil is a WEKU sponsor.) <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3214935/october-13-2022-melisse-brunet1">LISTEN </a></p>
<p><br>The annual Russell Fork Rendezvous near The Breaks Interstate Park will dedicate all proceeds this year to flood relief and recovery in Eastern Kentucky. Organizer Bob Larkin offers details. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3214937/october-13-2022-bob-larkin">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70755252022-10-06T06:01:52-04:002022-10-06T06:01:52-04:00September 29, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d771a653b4218ab30bea92ccf7a39936242761f9/original/shutterstock-1047600649.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Kentucky elections officials are flooded with public records requests (Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<ul> <li>Efforts to inundate local elections officials with records requests only weeks before we go to the polls: we ask the state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Michael Adams, what’s going on? <strong><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3204298/september-29-2022-tom-martin-with-michael-adams"> LISTEN </a></strong>
</li> <li>Episode 2 of Civic Shorts, our election-season series produced in partnership with CivicLex defining the jobs of local offices on the Nov. 8 ballot. In this episode, CivicLex Executive Director Richard Young details the job descriptions of Magistrates and County Commissioners. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3205892/september-29-2022_civic-short-magistrates_03-06_01">LISTEN</a> </strong>
</li> <li>How the region’s largest school district is faring as pandemic effects linger: education contributor Brigitte Blom speaks with Fayette County Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins <strong><a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3204302/september-29-2022-brigitte-blom-with-demetrus-liggins">LISTEN </a></strong>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Details of a trio of upcoming events: </strong></p>
<ul> <li>The 100th anniversary of Lexington’s historic Kentucky Theater:<strong><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3204303/september-29-2022-ky-theater"> LISTEN </a></strong> </li> <li>The 49th annual Celebration of Traditional Music at Berea College:<strong><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3204305/september-29-2022-tom-martin-with-liza-disavino"> LISTEN </a></strong>
</li> <li>Tree Week in Lexington and other communities in the region:<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3204306/september-29-2022-tom-martin-with-claire-hillbrecht"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a>
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</ul>52:47WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70687102022-09-26T07:05:55-04:002022-09-26T07:05:55-04:00September 22, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0e9dc823e8ef244db928951564ae4067a7d3a810/original/shutterstock-1354592120.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">The music of India in Kentucky (Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
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<p>Never far from our minds these days: school safety and security. Education contributor Gill Hunter gets an update from state School Security Marshall, Ben Wilcox.<strong><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3194593/september-22-2022-gill-hunter-with-ben-wilcox"> LISTEN </a></strong></p>
<p><br>Why is the state short-handed and challenged to deliver services? Some answers from Jason Bailey, founder and Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3194591/september-22-2022-tom-martin-with-jason-bailey"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><br>In partnership with CivicLex, we launch “Civic Shorts,” an election-season primer on those more obscure local elected offices vying for your vote on Nov. 8.<strong><a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3194592/september-22-2022-civic-shorts-w-richard-young"> LISTEN </a></strong></p>
<p><br>Former NYTimes and Wall Street Journal news executive, now visiting professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Penny Abernathy is deeply concerned about the future of professional journalism and the implications for democracy.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3192902/september-22-2022-penny-abernathy"> </a><strong><a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3192902/september-22-2022-penny-abernathy">LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p><br>Letcher Countian Tiffany Williams is the daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter of coal miners. How this influenced her latest album “All Those Days of Drinking Dust.” <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3194594/september-22-2022-tom-martin-w-tiffany-williams"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><br>The music of India - in Kentucky. We explore through music the Indo-American community of central and eastern Kentucky. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3194595/september-22-2022-indoamericankentuckians">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70669802022-09-23T06:56:57-04:002022-09-23T07:02:53-04:00September 15, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/40722c88e8e2638cbd0873cd3c7ac533a7570641/original/pg-peeples-by-sam-dick.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />PG Peeples, Sr. to be honored for a half-century of civil rights leadership in central KY (Photo by Sam Dick)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<ul> <li>PG Peeples, Sr. has for many decades been a quiet force behind civil rights in Kentucky. As the Urban League prepares to honor his service to the Lexington-Fayette County chapter - and as he battles cancer - WEKU’s Sam Dick talks with two who know him well: Rev. CB Akins of First Baptist Church of Bracktown, and sports marketing guru Jim Host. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3188179/september-15-2022-sam-dick-pg-peeples-sr"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </li> <li>The pros and cons of student debt forgiveness. Education Contributor Brigitte Blom discusses the Biden Administration’s loan relief program with Michael Clark, Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UK. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3188177/september-15-2022-brigitte-blom-w-michael-clark"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a>
</li> <li>Kentucky novelist Silas House is about to publish “Lark Ascending”, a story of apocalypse, escape, wonder and hope. He offers insights in an interview with Tom Eblen, host of our series on Kentucky Writers.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3188188/september-15-2022-tom-eblen-silas-house">LISTEN </a></strong>
</li> <li>NPR Legal Affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg is out with her new book, “Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships.” She shares the details of that relationship as well as her views on the present state of the Supreme Court in a conversation with Tom Martin.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3188190/september-15-2022-nina-totenberg"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70581742022-09-11T20:47:00-04:002022-09-16T18:14:21-04:00September 8, 2022 Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/06d011b314b5fbd05c3af7ab3b033bdf9358defe/original/shutterstock-351645356.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A program aims to improve parent-teacher relations (Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p> What can public records tell us about the 19th century slave trade - and the enslaved - of Lexington, Kentucky? We’re about to find out. Fayette County historical property records include significant information about enslaved people. Two leaders working with this project are Rev. Shea Brown, Fayette County Special Projects Deputy Clerk, and Dr. Vanessa Holden who holds dual appointments in the Department of History and a program in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. Their research is the subject of Dr. Gerald Smith’s latest series on Racial Justice and Equality in America.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3178889/september-8-2022-smith-brown-holden"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><br>Gill Hunter's guest for our education series is Brooke Gill, Senior Director for Family Engagement Policy and Practice with the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. They discuss efforts to bring parents, teachers and businesses onto the same wavelength to strengthen public education. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3178891/september-8-2022-hunter-gill"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p><br>We get an update from US Hemp Roundtable general counsel Jonathan Miller on happenings in the hemp industry, including the emergence of “adult use” products such as Delta 8.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3178893/september-8-2022-miller"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><br>And, information on three upcoming events: The Viva Mexico Festival in Lexington, The Wilmore Storytelling Festival, and the Appalachian Big Ideas Festival in Hazard.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3178895/september-8-2022-l-smith"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70533452022-09-05T06:42:58-04:002022-09-16T18:14:21-04:00September 1, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/bb93fd3931eec97acf47c2ecaa65bf7542af713a/original/unnamed-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">Flood damage in Eastern Kentucky (Photo by Reggie Van Stockum)</span></p>
<ul> <li>The losses to flooding in Eastern Kentucky are extensive and as WEKU's Samantha Morrill reports, they could include important historical records and artifacts at the Hindman Settlement School<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171702/september-1-2022-samantha-morrill"> LISTEN</a>
</li> <li>Days after the flood of late July Reggie Van Stockum traveled the creekside roads of Eastern Kentucky to chronicle the destruction and listen to people's experiences<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171731/september-1-2022-reggie-van-stockum"> LISTEN</a>
</li> <li>Patrick Angel, who is leading an effort to return Kentucky to its former status as a leading producer of sheep and goat products, details the flood losses of farmers <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171735/september-1-2022-patrick-angel">LISTEN</a>
</li> <li>Toxic PFAS or "Forever Chemicals" are found in the blood of 99 percent of Americans. PFAS researcher Molly Frazar joins us <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171737/september-1-2022-molly-frazar">LISTEN</a>
</li> <li>Cynthia Resor chats with author Sallie Bingham about her brother's fatal overdose and misperceptions about the realities of wealth and privilege <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171738/september-1-2022-cynthia-resor-sallie-bingham">LISTEN</a>
</li> <li>Tom Eblen interviews award-winning, writer, teacher and editor Ellen Birkett Morris, author of "Lost Girls," Morris' collection of short stories.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3171740/september-1-2022-tom-eblen-ellen-birkett-morris"> LISTEN</a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70483652022-08-29T09:21:40-04:002022-08-29T09:21:40-04:00August 25, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0d7b93d08ac375b0a9d51e26c0dba4cfb798aacf/original/shutterstock-133574636.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>EKU mental health services are available to Eastern Kentucky flood survivors. <strong>Logan Burris</strong> is our guest. He is the EKU Psychology Clinic Coordinator and a native of the Letcher County town of Partridge. <strong><a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3164444/august-25-2022-logan-burris" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Alan Maimon</strong> offers an afterword to his book "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning" <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3164445/august-25-2022-alan-maimon"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Lexington's first African-American Sports Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony and Gala is set for Sept. 24 at Central Bank Center. Dr. Gerald Smith, host of our series on racial justice and equality, gets details from co-founders Bobby and Jennifer Jones <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3164447/august-25-2022-gerald-smith_bobby-jennifer-jones"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Why staying in touch is good for you. Professor Peggy Liu, Chair in Marketing and an associate professor of business administration at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses her study: "The Surprise of Reaching Out: Appreciated More Than We Think" <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3164449/august-25-2022-peggy-liu"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>The music of Senegal is coming to Lexington. We get details from Green Room Exchange co-founder Lee Carroll.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/3164452/august-25-2022-lee-carroll" style=""> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70431152022-08-22T07:43:02-04:002023-02-17T16:25:38-05:00August 18, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d9701a75213718edeb98cacaba10f4517250a9c1/original/farmers-markets.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><ul><li>The new school year finds Kentucky experiencing a nationwide shortage of qualified classroom teachers. In her Eastern Standard debut as an interviewer for our series on education, Brigitte Blom, President and CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence discusses the causes and consequences of having too few teachers with Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159025/august-18-2022-brigitte-blom-jason-glass" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Environmental reporter James Bruggers looks into connections between mining and flash floods <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159026/august-18-2022-james-bruggers" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The connection between religion and climate change is the focus of a conversation with former ER physician and evangelical Christian Dr. Matthew Sleeth <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159028/august-18-2022-matthew-sleeth" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a>
</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>“Sangin’” season is almost upon us. Stephanie Lang, editor of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, explores the colorful history of Gensing harvesting in Eastern Kentucky with environmental historian Luke Manget <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159029/august-18-2022-stephanie-lang-luke-manget" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a>
</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>An update on the works of the Lexington Lab Band, now 72-artists strong <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159030/august-18-2022-michael-vandemark" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Crystal Jones has spent the better of a year involved in the planning, organizing and herding cats that goes into putting on a music festival. Mewz in the Mountains was scheduled for late August in the Breathitt Co. community of Hardshell. Then came the flood of the night of July 28. The festival has been postponed, but that hasn't stopped Crystal from organizing musical performance on behalf of flood relief. She shares details. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3159031/august-18-2022-crystal-jones" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a>
</li></ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70382292022-08-15T11:57:59-04:002023-02-17T16:25:03-05:00August 11, 2022 - Eastern Standard <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b5cd1a2964396ac8b50a452578f90b6c928fcaeb/original/shutterstock-1976533832.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p> The science behind the misery: State Geologist William Haneberg and UK hydrologist Chris Barton on how the topography of Eastern Kentucky’s mountain region contributes to destructive and deadly flash flooding. LISTEN: <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3155962/august-11-2022-william-haneberg" data-link-type="track" contents="Hanesberg">Haneberg</a> / <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3156020/august-11-2022-chris-barton" data-link-type="track" contents="Barton">Barton</a> </p><p>Lindsay Kampfer joins us from BlueGrass Care Navigators on how the flooding was so harrowing for many hospice patients - and, a new program to provide age-in-place care. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3156033/august-11-2022-lindsay-kampfer" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>We hear about recovery and rebuilding efforts from Gerry Roll and Lora Smith of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3156049/august-11-2022-gerry-roll-lora-smith" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>And, we learn about the physical and emotional impacts of racism from Dr. Candace Hargons, Interim Department Chair, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology and professor of Diagnosis/Psychopathology, Ethics, Social Justice Consultation at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Hargons is Gerald Smith’s guest for this latest in our series on racial justice and equality.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3156038/august-11-2022-gerald-smith-candace-hargons" target="_blank" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70338442022-08-09T09:26:15-04:002023-02-17T16:25:58-05:00August 4, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/615d5aee6f79d2a8c69cbf05368c15b781fea879/original/shutterstock-ofc-pictures.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p>Religion and climate change. Making connections through religious texts and teachings is the mission of Dr. Leah Schade, a professor at Lexington Theological Seminary <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3146018/august-4-2022-leah-schade" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>Sam Dick sits down with retiring Central Christian Church pastor David Shirey<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3146019/august-4-2022-sam-dick-david-shirey" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>Bobi Conn, out with her first novel, brings fascinating family history to the page. Find out how Al Capone figures into things. Bobi talks with KY Authors series host Tom Eblen <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3146020/august-4-2022-tom-eblen-bobi-conn" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>Cannon Armstrong, creator and co-founder of the popular Lexington Distillery District Venue The Burl is Duane Lundy’s guest for the latest in his Eastern Standard series, “Depth of Field.”<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3146021/august-4-2022-duane-lundy-cannon-armstrong" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p>And speaking of ES series, a new arrival: Brian Powers’ “American Esoterica” illuminates the interesting and the odd from our nation’s past.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3146022/august-4-2022-brian-powers" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70280352022-08-01T06:59:18-04:002023-02-17T16:26:19-05:00July 28, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b6b29609fd8ab3c05928e0f50a1e2c08aa0f05b1/original/shutterstock-127074473.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p><span class="text-big">Out with standardized testing, in with Deeper Learning. The details from KY Board of Education chair Lu Young. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3138694/july-28-2022-hunter-young" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">A look at how Appalachian communities are making the most of their surroundings and growing an Outdoor Economy </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3138696/july-28-2022-kobersmith" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Agreement to disagree agreeably is an aim of a company working to help businesses adjust to the expectations of (and attract) an emerging workforce </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3138702/july-28-2022-middletech_cloverleaf" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">A failing earthen dam in Crittenden County is a poster child for the D- rating Kentucky dams have earned from the American Society of Civil Engineers </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3138707/july-28-2022-marion-dam" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big">LISTEN</span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Environmental attorney, biologist and inveterate explorer of Kentucky’s wonders and history Reggie Van Stockum begins a new ES series on little known places and history around the Commonwealth.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3138714/july-28-2022-van-stockum" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"><span class="text-big"> LISTEN</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70229362022-07-25T06:55:18-04:002023-02-17T16:26:42-05:00July 21, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/feea4efec085a2ac780b1e6ccc5b4410c588f317/original/shutterstock-2001200012.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">"Strained Pears", an Eastern Standard Ten Minute Radio Play (Image: Shutterstock)</p><ul>
<li>The arts have our undivided attention this week with an extended version of Tom Eblen’s chat with Lexington’s Ada Limón on her appointment as U.S. Poet Laureate.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3133102/july-21-2022-tom-eblen-with-ada-limon" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>Bill McCann talks with Athens West founder/director Bo List about the theatre company’s decision to bring down the curtain.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3133104/july-21-2022-bill-mccann-with-bo-list" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>CivicLex Program Director Megan Gulla brings us up to speed on the efforts of the civic education organization to bring the influences of art to the workings of local government.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3133105/july-21-2022-megan-gulla" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a>
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<li>Ali Blair joins us from Berea with details on the upcoming Levitt AMP Concert Series.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3133106/july-21-2022-ali-blair" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>And (drumroll, please), “Strained Pears”, our latest Ten Minute Radio Play starring KY Humanities Director and “Think History” host Bill Goodman, Berea College Theatre Chair Deborah Martin and EKU Theatre Instructor Alana Ghent. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3133107/july-21-2022-radio-play-strained-pears" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70174132022-07-18T19:13:40-04:002023-02-17T16:27:05-05:00July 14, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a20f8f89a8682014f6a0c8491502d1854027401a/original/arwen.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Farmer-artist Arwen Donahue (Image provided by artist)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p>A new ES series highlighting through music the cultural diversity of central Kentucky. This week: Genaro Rascon, Jr., instructor of Mariachi and traditional Mexican music at Berea College. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3131200/july-14-2022-genaro-rascon" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p><br> Angie Wilcox, guidance counselor at Kirksville Elementary School in Madison County discusses the mental health of students and teachers in today’s challenging world. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3131197/july-14-2022-hunter-wilcox" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>Dr. Alicestyne Turley takes us into the enlightening pages of her new book, The Gospel of Freedom: Black Evangelicals and the Underground Railroad. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3131198/july-14-2022-alicestyne-turley" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>Farmer-artist Arwen Donahue offers the back story on the rural lifestyle that influences the art featured in her book Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3131201/july-14-2022-savage-donahue" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70119892022-07-11T07:00:07-04:002023-02-17T16:27:30-05:00 July 7, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/32ae082b32904561a16749f4e6b5e662036e2026/original/shutterstock-2135075623.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><ul>
<li>The idea of importing drugs from Canada to reduce prices in the U.S. is being floated in Congress and according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 80 percent of Americans like the idea. But there are concerns about the safety of imported drugs as we hear from Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3122981/july-7-2022-shabbir-j-safdar" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>The ravages of addiction play a central role in "Wrecked", the latest young adult novel by Heather Henson. Tom Eblen gets details of the new book. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3122988/july-7-2022-tom-eblen-with-author-heath-henson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>Knox County Middle School is one of only four middle schools in Kentucky to be recognized as a “Bright Spot” school. We learn how it happened from Knox County Schools Superintendent Jeremy Ledford. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3122989/july-7-2022-knox-co-schools-superintendent-jeremy-ledford" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>“Nouveau old-time family string band” Corn Maiz is releasing a new album. Singer-songwriter Carla Gover joins us with some samplings.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3122990/july-7-2022-carla-gover" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a> </li>
<li>Pikeville gets ready to host “The Mountain Grrl Experience.” Robin Irwin of the Appalachian Center for the Arts has details. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3122991/july-7-2022-robin-irwin" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70070202022-07-03T21:35:57-04:002023-02-17T16:27:57-05:00June 30, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c4e656ef384d6a29f4217c17732fc3820e8737a7/original/shutterstock-630819869.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><ul>
<li> Preparations are underway at Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison Co. for the elimination of Sarin Gas. How it’s done and, although said to be very remote, what we need to know in the event of an accidental release into the open atmosphere. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3116588/june-30-2022-weapons-demolition" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </li>
<li>A web-based effort to persuade young Eastern Kentuckians to join the battle against the disease that has ravaged their hometowns: cancer. A conversation with Dr. Nathan Vanderford at the Markey Cancer Center.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3116589/june-30-2022-vanderford" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a>
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<li>The emerging science of Neurogastronomy brings new meaning to the “blue plate special.” It's all about food, smell and taste, why some of us like certain foods while others don’t, how science can harness these traits to prepare for a planet of 10-billion people by 2050 and why it’s all based at the University of Kentucky. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3116591/june-30-2022-neurogastronomy" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a>
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<li>“You want to sell me what?” A story of entrepreneurial vision: High Bridge Spring Water at 40. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3116592/june-30-2022-griffin" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a>
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</ul>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/70024752022-06-27T06:33:33-04:002023-02-17T16:28:25-05:00June 23, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/3f8b2b75a5be466c4b16e753ab57ccb4a712b174/original/1984-tech-040.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Above) Andrew Wyatt as "Winston Smith", Madeline Curtis as "Julia" in a performance of George Orwell's dystopian vision, "1984" (Image: Nicholas Brown-Bell)</p><p> </p><p>A new book is coming in late July from Eastern Kentucky University professor Travis Martin, an Iraq War veteran who founded the nation's first Veterans Studies program at EKU. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Homecoming-Veteran-Identity-Generation/dp/0813195640" data-link-type="url" contents="War &amp; Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation"><i>War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation</i></a> explores ways a new generation of veterans is redefining what it means to come home. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3110469/june-23-2022-travis-martin" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p>Students from Elizabethtown High School won a rave review in the Courier-Journal for their production of George Orwell's chilling dystopian sci-fi novel "1984." Now they're bringing the play to Lexington. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3110029/june-23-2022-1984" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>It should be enough for one lifetime to be chased from your home country by war or persecution, but to find safe haven only to be uprooted again further deepens the trauma. Lisa Autry reports on how the refugee community of Bowling Green, KY has been affected by the tornadoes of last December. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3110681/june-23-2022-lisa-autry" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p><p>Opportunities to experience art have expanded in Lexington with the addition of Jeanette Tesmer to the staff at the Living Arts and Science Center where she will curate the center's various gallery spaces.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3110470/june-23-2022-jeanette-tesmer" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"> LISTEN</a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69974272022-06-19T20:26:41-04:002023-02-17T16:28:48-05:00June 16, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c99fb3a043f6281a558da65be8ab8aac06c2480c/original/shutterstock-1145357843.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">How learning something new can transform your point of view. (Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>“Transformational Learning” is just that: deepening your knowledge of a given topic, changing the way you perceive it. That’s the focus of an interview by education contributor Cynthia Resor with Dr. Nicola Mason, Chair of the EKU Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3103755/june-16-2022-resor-mason" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>All about the Warriors Path project and its opportunities to expand knowledge about Native American life in the region while also boosting the economies of some Kentucky Trail Towns.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3103756/june-16-2022-warriors-path" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>We explore a report on the Work-From-Home trend with Javier David, Managing Editor for Business and Markets, AXIOS<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3103758/june-16-2022-david" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"> LISTEN </a> </p><p><br>Details and status of the “fee and dividend” approach to reducing greenhouses gases linked to climate change. We hear from Jon Clark, Appalachia Regional Coordinator for the Citizen’s Climate Lobby <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3103761/june-16-2022-clark" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>Our series on theatre production in Kentucky continues with a conversation with Louisville playwright and the Dramatist Guild Kentucky representative Brian Walker. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3103763/june-16-2022-mccann-walker" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69926072022-06-13T06:50:11-04:002023-02-17T16:29:09-05:00June 9, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/52b8458d93dfede9da3b219f2001645dd2780e5f/original/shutterstock-1513189949.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>Farrah Alexander, author of the just-published "Resistance in the Bluegrass" on how to safely and effectively protest actions and policies you oppose or support those that you favor. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3097627/june-9-2022-karrah-alexander" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>When a traumatic childhood memory comes out of hiding and how having a horse for a friend can help overcome the resulting trauma and stress. A riveting and enlightening conversation with Cheryl Eriksen, author of “Follow Me Friend: a memoir of undiagnosed PTSD and the healing-power of the horse-human relationship” <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3097633/june-9-2022-cheryl-eriksen" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>A Lexington tech company with sustainability at its core connects Kentucky retail entrepreneurs and makers to a world market that is increasingly becoming sensitive to consumer demands for transparency and accountability. Middle Tech podcast hosts Logan Jones and Evan Knowles sit down with “To The Market” founder and CEO, Jane Mosbacher Morris <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3097628/june-9-2022-jane-mosbacher-morris" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p><br>Places to kayak in central Kentucky: LexToday’s Aaron Mikel gets tips on places to paddle from Explore Kentucky founder, Gerry Seavo James. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3097635/june-9-2022-mikel-james" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69904882022-06-09T16:55:54-04:002023-02-17T16:29:30-05:00May 26, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1bb9f5d3c15e20fd8f31ddf1b0d74d0c18038463/original/279132698-671538847151033-5423479529588095263-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>How Senate Bill 1, passed in the most recent session of the Kentucky General Assembly, encourages teachers in Kentucky public schools to avoid classroom discussion of controversial topics and untruths. Education contributor Cynthia Resor talks with Russell County public school social studies teacher Donnie Wilkerson. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3085350/may-26-2022-resor-wilkerson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p><p>LexPhil director Allison Kaiser fills us in on the 2022-23 season with some new twists in both programming and concert venues. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3085352/may-26-2022-allison-kaiser" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>ArtsConnect founder Kate Savage begins a new arts series on Eastern Standard in conversation with Lexington muralist Wylie Caudill. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3085353/may-26-2022-savage-caudill" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p><p>Magnolia Boulevard’s Maggie Noelle on emerging from the hard times of the pandemic and the loss of a beloved band member to take their Southern Rock groove back to the stage. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3085355/may-26-2022-maggie-noelle" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>LEXToday.com editor Molly Thompson visits with Nini Edwards of Edwards-Harkness vineyards to discover fun and interesting day trip destinations in and near Winchester. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3085356/may-26-2022-molly-t" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69775152022-05-23T06:52:32-04:002023-02-17T16:29:51-05:00May 19, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a76385b152566b379b7aee9e5fc67c84e6433396/original/4220198-edit.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Vera Lisen, as viewed through the len of her Lexington photographer daughter Valeria Kaidanov, crossing the border from Ukraine to Romania </p><p>From weeks trapped in a basement shelter in the devastated eastern Ukraine city of Mariupol to safety in Lexington: Valery Kaidanov on the odyssey of her 84-year old mother, Vera Lisen. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3083828/may-19-2022-valeria-kaidanov" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>After inflation is taken into account, state employee wages have declined over a decade. An analysis of a workforce crisis in Frankfort <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3083829/may-19-2022-dustinpugel-pamthomas" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>The deeply partisan Senate confirmation hearing for judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as viewed through the lens of Dr. Melynda Price, Professor of Law and Humanities and Director of the UK Gaines Center for the Humanities. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3083840/may-19-2022-gerald-smith-melynda-price" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p><p>Why Katie Toupin parted ways with Louisville’s Houndmouth and now calls Lexington home and how it all connects with Blink 182. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3083841/may-19-2022-duane-lundy-katie-toupin" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69717892022-05-15T18:22:42-04:002023-02-17T16:30:18-05:00May 12, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/8578ca7c5f1ce3a88148b4a37b7c2d565b11aaa3/original/shutterstock-109266182.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Naomi Judd arriving at an event in Beverly Hills, CA (Photo: Shutterstock)</p><p>In his 50th year covering the Kentucky General Assembly, Al Cross discusses legislative business being carried out in Frankfort behind doors closed to the public and reporters.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3074275/may-12-2022_al-cross" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p><p>In a 2014 KET interview with journalist Bill Goodman country music star Naomi Judd, whose recent death has been attributed to mental health issues, discusses her battle with clinical depression and life as mother of stars Wynonna and Ashley Judd.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3074278/may-12-2022_bill-goodman_naomi-judd" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>Eating disorders have increased in frequency during the pandemic. ES Contributor Cynthia Resor discusses these conditions with a specialist in the field, Dr. Sydney Brodeur-Johnson.<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3074276/may-12-2022_cynthia-resor_sydney-brodeur-johnson" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69664812022-05-08T19:51:41-04:002023-02-17T16:30:41-05:00May 5, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/061ea3fb1a79693e9c63d35d0e0a8e0e02bda150/original/shutterstock-238065982.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p><p>You may have sung the first verse of Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home,” but are you aware of the story of slavery told in the remaining verses? Historian Emily Bingham has published a book about it. Tom Eblen gets details and we listen to a version performed by baritone Paul Robeson. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3070397/may-5-2022-tom-eblen-with-emily-bingham" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><br>Our first ten-minute radio play highlights Jimmy Winkfield, the last of the great Black jockeys. Condensed from his full-length play by Louisville playwright Larry Muhammad, directed by Patrick Mitchell, performed by Emmanuel Thurman. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3070401/may-5-2022-es-radio-play-jockey-jim" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p><br>We hear from founder Ronald Mack about the efforts of the Legacy Equine Academy to increase diversity and inclusion in the horse industry. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3070404/may-5-2022-ronald-mack" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p><br>As war rages in Ukraine with the alarming reality that no credible diplomatic track exists to end the war, Elliott Cochran and Camden Hanley, students from UK’s Patterson School of Diplomacy, offer their thoughts and views. <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3070332/may-5-2022-elliott-cochran-camden-hanley" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p><br>Details of the annual Paris Story Fest with organizer Mary Lovell and performer, WoodSongs creator/host Michael Johnathon.<strong> </strong><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3070405/may-5-2022-mary-lovell-michael-johnathon" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69613712022-05-01T20:42:27-04:002023-02-17T16:31:04-05:00April 28, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/de4885adc2d7fd29b48b3646f321eacff1889d98/original/shutterstock-1827047846.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p>UK biologist Bruce O'Hara on switching to permanent Daylight Savings Time -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3064822/april-28-2022-bruce-o-hara" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>McClatchy Washington political correspondent David Catanese on partisan redistricting - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3064823/april-28-2022-democracy-series_david-catanese" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>Nathan Salsburg on the 1930s Eastern Kentucky recordings of Alan Lomax - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3064824/april-28-2022-nathan-salsburg" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>Theatre series: What is devised theatre? <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3064831/april-28-2022-bill-mccann-with-kimberly-miller" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>Whitney Kimball Coe with details on the annual Rural Assembly Everywhere - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3064835/april-28-2022-whitney-kimball-coe" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69561952022-04-25T07:00:20-04:002023-02-17T16:31:49-05:00April 21, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/26b35119b91d4bea51a8d315c19123af3c3b898c/original/photo-by-erica-fladeland.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Scene from "Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man" (Photo: Erica Fladeland)</span></p><p><span class="text-big">On this week's edition: Environment reporter James Bruggers on the rising number of violations at surface mines, and a failure of state regulators to bring a record number of them into compliance. | "Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man", an interactive, immersive theatrical production from Clear Creek Creative, debuting in Berea | Life for the disabled, pre-ADA | Life for a quadriplegic who overcame paralysis to become a lawyer | The nation's first Black female Vice President and Supreme Court Justice are joined by Kentucky's first Black female Poet Laureate. A talk with Crystal Wilkinson | Details of the '22 season of the Tahlsound Concert Series </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><strong> Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></span></p><p><span class="text-big">Environment reporter James Bruggers on increasing violations at surface mines outpacing efforts of state regulators to bring them into compliance.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052835/april-21-2022-james-bruggers" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong> LISTEN</strong></span></a><span class="text-big"><strong> </strong> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">Bob Martin of Clear Creek Creative and Chris Green from the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center on "Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man", an interactive, immersive theatrical production from Clear Creek Creative, debuting in Berea. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052843/april-21-2022-bob-martin-chris-green" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">The Kentucky History Society’s Stephanie Lang discusses life for the disabled prior to passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act with Laurel Daen, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Notre Dame University.</span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052844/april-21-2022-stephanie-lang-laurel-daen" data-link-type="track" contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong> LISTEN </strong></span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">Ron Adams shares details from his memoir about life as a quadriplegic attorney. Adams, a high school basketball star, was seen as NBA bound when the accident left him paralyzed. He did not let it stop him. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052846/april-21-2022-ron-adams" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">Many firsts for Black American women in recent times: first Black woman Vice President; first Black woman Supreme Court Justice; first Black woman Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Neither Vice President Harris or Justice Jackson could join us (or so at least we assumed), but Crystal Wilkinson found time to chat with Gerald Smith for the latest in his series on racial justice and equality. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052850/april-21-2022-gerald-smith-crystal-wilkinson" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">The Tahlsound Music Festival on Lexington’s Southland Drive gets underway on Sunday. Organizer Chris Smith joins us with details. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3052851/april-21-2022-chris-smith" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69508742022-04-18T12:53:17-04:002023-02-17T16:32:11-05:00April 14, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/5f93262032201795b238af971d327448b0aaa5d9/original/img-0001.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: A special edition featuring the works of WEKU staff members, plus a contribution from one among our many content partners. The lineup: Stan Ingold on a Nicholasville fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees; Tom Martin talks with Robert Cornett, just returned from Poland where he and his wife, Linda, volunteered to help refugees from Ukraine; Appalshop’s Parker Hobson on an effort in Perry County to reduce a high rate of type-2 diabetes among the local population; Samantha Morrill on the prospects for trail tourism in Eastern Kentucky; Corinne Boyer checks on the pocketbook impact of high fuel prices; Cheri Lawson on why it’s important to support family and friends who identify as neither male or female. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Features and interviews in order of appearance </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Stan Ingold - Fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051599/april-14-2022-stan-ingold-fundraiser-for-ukrainian-refugees" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Tom Martin - Georgetown couple volunteers at Poland-Ukraine border - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051600/april-14-2020-tom-martin-robert-cornett" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Parker Hobson - Perry County fights back against type-2 diabetes - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051601/april-14-2020-parker-hobson-diabetes" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN</strong> </a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Samantha Morrill - Building E. Kentucky's trail tourism brand - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051602/april-14-2022-samantha-morrill-trails" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">(Editor’s Note: Originally this story referred to the Daniel Boone National Forest as part of the National Park Service. It has been corrected to identify the Forest part of the U.S. Forest Service.) </p><p style="text-align:center;">Cheri Lawson - Life as a person who identifies as neither male nor female -<strong> </strong><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051603/april-14-2022-cheri-lawson-non-binary-life" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Corinne Boyer - High fuel prices hit hard in commuter towns - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3051604/april-14-2022-corinne-boyer-fuel-prices" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>43:03WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69457372022-04-11T11:51:43-04:002023-02-17T16:32:31-05:00April 7, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/bd2d094242376bb6aa1f4134151eb1b6e7a3e750/original/shutterstock-1692339034.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>The Eric Conn Social Security scam landed him in prison and left many in Eastern Kentucky holding the bag. Now there’s a documentary. We talk with Prestonsburg attorney Ned Pillersdorf | With a fresh infusion of funding, the Kentucky Wildlands tourism initiative looks to address trash, hospitality and entrepreneurship | From the Middle Tech podcast series, Logan Jones and Evan Knowles in conversation with Steve Cadigan, original HR chief at Linked-In discussing big shifts and changes in attitudes about work/life balance, the value of knowledge and skills in today's labor market and how management has some catching up to do. | And, a chat with a Nashville songwriting team and family band with deep Lexington roots: Brassfield.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Ned Pillersdorf - The Eric Conn Social Security Scandal - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3042515/april-7-2022-ned-pillersdorf" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Tammie Nazario - Fresh funding for E. Kentucky’s next move - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3042517/april-7-2022-tammie-nazario" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Middle Tech: The rapidly evolving workplace - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3042518/april-7-2022-middletech" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Brassfield - The latest Lexington connection to Nashville - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3042532/april-7-2022-brassfield" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69457362022-04-11T11:46:15-04:002023-02-17T16:32:52-05:00March 31, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0d0005e2177731aba5480b33fa77a6ce4e09d4d7/original/shutterstock-1078581404.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>Ending “spring forward, fall back.” But could Congress be on the verge of locking in the wrong time standard? | A 2nd edition of personal accounts by students who want to fight cancer in Eastern Kentucky | Communicating in a world flooded with information: take the Craap Test | Learning Center students offer revealing versions of the George Ella Lyon poem “Where I’m From” | Pioneer Playhouse takes theatre - and the Lyon poem - to prison with a mission to inspire </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p>EKU Psychologist Maggie Freeman on permanent Daylight Savings Time -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3034790/march-31-2022-maggie-freeman" data-link-type="track" contents=" Listen&nbsp;"> <strong>Listen </strong></a></p><p>Eastern Kentucky Grows Its Own, Oncologists, that is. The Markey Cancer Center’s Nathan Vanderford -<strong> </strong><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3034793/march-31-2022-nathan-vanderford" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong></a> </p><p>How does the information you’re about to post stack up against the CRAAP test? Murray State University Communications and Mass Media professor Melanie Shemberger -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3034795/march-31-2022-melony-shemberger" data-link-type="track" contents=" Listen"><strong> Listen</strong></a> </p><p>Students open up about troubled lives with the George Ella Lyon poem “Where I’m From” -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3034817/march-31-2022-eric-little-students" data-link-type="track" contents=" Listen&nbsp;"> <strong>Listen </strong></a></p><p>The Lyon poem as a creative tool in prison: Bill McCann with Pioneer Playhouse Artistic Director Robby Henson - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3034821/march-31-2022-bill-mccann-robby-henson" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69335022022-03-27T21:03:58-04:002023-02-17T16:33:14-05:00March 24, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a18c25b998c3304dfe2fcaaf79fca8efbcb5a673/original/fiveneck.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen (Image: Cheap Trick)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p><span class="text-big">All about the middleman in the prescription drug pricing process | The debacle that often results when properties are left to multiple heirs and there is no will | A warm weather destinations series debuts with LEXToday's Aaron Mikels and a look at two of Lexington’s many public parks | The Gladie Visitors Center reopens as warm weather arrives in the Red River Gorge | Once a bad boy, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen now has a street named after him. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Drug pricing and the Pharmacy Benefits Manager - Antonio Ciacia - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3026015/march-24-2022-antonio-ciacia" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">The Heirs Property debacle (</span><a class="no-pjax" href="/heirs-properties-clarification" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Heirs Properties Clarification" contents="Click for clarification"><span class="text-big">Click for clarification</span></a><span class="text-big">) - Carson Benn - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3026023/march-24-2022-carson-benn" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Warm Weather Destinations: Lexington Parks - LEXToday's Aaron Mikel with Paul Hooper - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3026028/march-24-2022-aaron-mikel" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen&nbsp;"><span class="text-big">Listen </span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">The Great Outdoors: Red River Gorge - Tim Eling, Natalie Britt - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3026031/march-24-2022-eling-britt" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Depth of Field - Duane Lundy with Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3026033/march-24-2022-lundy-nielsen" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69277542022-03-21T06:52:26-04:002023-02-17T16:33:38-05:00March 17, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/82bb14be3703dfff89139374316ca6314820c5a2/original/shutterstock-1075031798.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p><span class="text-big">On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: A Lexington waste management software firm takes on space junk | Kentucky’s poor national ranking for animal protection | An inductee into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame | The Augmented Reality of a Lexington art project honoring the African American family </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><strong>interviews in order of appearance: </strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Nate Morris - Space Junk - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3023700/march-17-2022-nate-morris" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Todd Blevins - Animal Protection in Kentucky - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3024029/march-17-2022-todd-blevins" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Tom Eblen with George Ella Lyon - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3024030/march-17-2022-george-ella-lyon" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big">Marjory Guyon, Barry Burton, Michael Baer - AR and "I Was Here" - </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3024034/march-17-2022-marjory-guyon-michael-baer-barry-burton" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><span class="text-big">Listen</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69215892022-03-14T06:58:12-04:002023-02-17T16:34:04-05:00March 10, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/883d3c0ede066e742bd00588cbd1c6757ad824c6/original/shutterstock-1869447070.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p>Ukraine fights for democracy as it is weakened in the United States. We're joined by UK election and voting law professor Joshua Douglas. What does it mean to be an American, anyway? A Madeleine Peyroux song poses the question and she offers the backstory. James Bruggers of Inside Climate News on a big logjam in proposed renewable energy projects, mostly solar, and from Josh Bills at the Mountain Association, solar scams to watch out for in Kentucky. Plus, details from Tom Musgrave on the Kentucky Crafted Market, returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Democracy series: Joshua Douglas - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3013008/march-10-2022-joshua-a-douglas" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen&nbsp;"><strong>Listen </strong></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Madeleine Peyroux: What does it mean to be American? - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3013010/march-10-2022-madeleine-peyroux" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong></a> /<strong> </strong><a class="no-pjax" href="/american-by-madeleine-peyroux-and-larry-goldings" target="_blank" data-link-type="page" data-link-label='"American" By Madeleine Peyroux and Larry Goldings' contents="Lyrics"><strong>Lyrics</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">James Bruggers: Renewable energy logjam -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3013012/march-10-2022-james-bruggers" data-link-type="track" contents=" Listen"><strong> Listen</strong></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Josh Bills: Solar scams - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3013015/march-10-2022-josh-bills" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Tom Musgrave: Kentucky Crafted Market - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3013017/march-10-2022-tom-musgrave" data-link-type="track" contents="Listen"><strong>Listen</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69154222022-03-06T20:57:26-05:002023-02-17T16:34:30-05:00March 3, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c67cec5ed2307ee21b94cb37b750598f657ea9d3/original/image2.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />View from Chimney Rock overlook in Red River Gorge showing the visibility of the stars but also the light pollution from the towns of Stanton, Campton and Frenchburg, as well as the lights along the Mountain Parkway exit points. (Photo by Joel Leet)</p><p>On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Why “The Great Resignation” is a misnomer, how the pandemic has impacted Kentucky’s economy and why the Kentucky workforce is changing. A look at who benefits when a local bank writes a $10 million gift check. Harnessing darkness and a canopy of stars to attract star gazing tourists. Kentucky’s Poet Laureate wins national recognition. And, an ode to life’s ending and renewal. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Dr. Michael Clark, Gatton College of Business and Economics - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3011553/march-3-2022-michael-clark" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Brigitte Blom, President & CEO, The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3011555/march-3-2022-brigitte-blom" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Central Bank's Luther Deaton and Markey Cancer Center Director Dr. Mark Evers - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3011558/march-3-2022-luther-deaton-mark-evers" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Daily Yonder contributor Kim Kobersmith - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3011559/march-3-2022-kim-kobersmith" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Tom Eblen with Crystal Wilkinson -<a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/2819171/tom-eblen-with-crystal-wilkinson" data-link-type="url" contents=" LISTEN"> </a><a class="no-pjax" href="https://esweku.org/track/2819171/tom-eblen-with-crystal-wilkinson" data-link-type="url" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Ada Limon -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3011560/march-3-2022-ada-limon" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69092902022-02-28T07:03:03-05:002023-02-17T16:34:53-05:00February 24, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/337fa7b165fe5282382f4b8c4dec5604572cf3b4/original/273047905-493463672139329-5855691279348452369-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Kentucky cities with zoning laws and planning units are required by the state to develop a five year Comprehensive Plan. 2022 is Lexington’s “refresh” year and in partnership with CivicLex we begin a series on all of the issues. Plus: a call for serious support for the music of Eastern Kentucky, some artists who have broken out on the national scene, others who are working their way up and a new festival to showcase the talents of the region. And, a Lexington band makes the big time: opening on New York and Philadelphia stages for the 50th anniversary tour of powerhouse funk & soul band Tower of Power. </p><p>Interviews in order of appearance: </p><p>Richard Young - The CivicLex Director details the process ahead as Lexington reviews its state-mandated 5-year Comprehensive Plan -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3004289/february-24-2022-richard-young" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p>JK McKnight - Music as an economic driver for Eastern Kentucky -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3004304/february-24-2022-jk-mcknight" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="/files/1165239/Economic%20Impact%20of%20Music%20Production%20and%20Performance%20in%20Rowan%20County,%20KY" data-link-type="file" data-link-label="Economic Impact of Music Production and Performance in Rowan County, KY" contents="Read Summary of Music Economic Impact Study&nbsp;">Read Summary of Music Economic Impact Study </a></p><p>Crystal Jones - Details of a new E. Ky. festival debuting in August - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3004315/february-24-2022-crystal-jones" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;">LISTEN </a></p><p>Joslyn Hampton - Lexington's Joslyn and the Sweet Compression to open for Tower of Power - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3004317/february-24-2022-joslyn-hampton" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN">LISTEN</a> </p><p>Yovany Pino - Somerset singer/songwriter -<a class="no-pjax" href="/track/3004319/february-24-2022-yovany-pino" data-link-type="track" contents=" LISTEN"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/69031252022-02-21T10:22:05-05:002023-02-17T16:35:18-05:00February 17, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f297e62aeef454a0e48e49fd169336d17e701f85/original/julia-tai-photo-3.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Julia Tai (Photo credit: Jonathan Qualben Photography)</span></p><p>On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: The controversial book-ban in McMinn County, Tennessee | A UK doctoral researcher develops a material that extracts from the environment dangerous PFAS compounds used to waterproof, stain proof and make non-stick all kinds of consumer items. Turns out these compounds may also weaken vaccines. | A look at water quality conditions and issues in central and eastern Kentucky | LexPhil auditions music director and conductor candidate Julia Tai. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2995048/february-17-2022-frazar" data-link-type="track" contents="Molly Frazar&nbsp;- Getting PFAS Compounds out of the Environment&nbsp;">Molly Frazar - Getting PFAS Compounds out of the Environment </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2995050/february-17-2022-marion" data-link-type="track" contents="Jason Marion&nbsp;- Drinking Water Conditions and Issues&nbsp;">Jason Marion - Drinking Water Conditions and Issues </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2995055/february-17-2022-coe" data-link-type="track" contents="Whitney Kimball Coe - School board bans holocaust book&nbsp;">Whitney Kimball Coe - School board bans holocaust book </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2995057/february-17-2022-tai" data-link-type="track" contents="Julia Tai&nbsp;- LexPhil Music Director/Conductor candidate">Julia Tai - LexPhil Music Director/Conductor candidate</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68971052022-02-14T06:48:06-05:002023-02-17T16:35:38-05:00February 10, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f3952081981e96f22341efa90da375feb881f61a/original/khc2qh7vorgbjnxdyp4ektpvty.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Former WKYT News Anchor Sam Dick (Photo: WKYT)</p><p><span class="text-big">On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Just-retired WKYT anchor Sam Dick on his years as a television journalist in Lexington and why he went public about his bout with cancer | Linguist Jennifer Cramer on dialect discrimination and “Appalachian Englishes” - that’s right. Plural, y’all. | A life-altering opportunity lands in Clay County: Thompson scholarships | Writer, poet Marianne Worthington in conversation with Tom Eblen about “The Girl Singer,” her lyrical poems celebrating the women who performed country and folk music. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-big"><strong>The interviews in order of appearance: </strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2990816/february-10-2022-jennifer-cramer" data-link-type="track" contents="Jennifer Cramer&nbsp;"><span class="text-big">Jennifer Cramer </span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2990817/february-10-2022_sam-dick" data-link-type="track" contents="Sam Dick&nbsp;"><span class="text-big">Sam Dick </span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2990823/february-10-2022_cynthia-resor-aaron-thompson" data-link-type="track" contents="Aaron Thompson&nbsp;"><span class="text-big">Aaron Thompson </span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2990825/february-10-2022_tom-eblen-marianne-worthington" data-link-type="track" contents="Marianne Worthington"><span class="text-big">Marianne Worthington</span></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><div class="video-container size_null justify_inline" style="--video-width:320px;"><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="NnT1PXIkWvE" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NnT1PXIkWvE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68905002022-02-06T21:17:25-05:002023-02-17T16:36:02-05:00February 3, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/311e6ae9ae36baa8a75eb419169d7988014720b0/original/shutterstock-298412480-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p>Coal's long tail: Environmental reporter James Bruggers on his investigation of the long-term consequences to human health and property of mining and burning coal. WEKU's Corinne Boyer looks into the mental health aftermaths of flooding in Eastern Kentucky, tornadoes in the Western end of the state. Psychologist Melinda Moore tells us what she's seeing and hearing in her practice as more and more people seek out help to cope with the pandemic. Dr. Lavoria Williams is guest of Gerald Smith for his series on racial justice and equality, discussing efforts to encourage more African Americans to get the Covid vaccination. And for the latest in his series on Kentucky theater production and performance, Bill McCann gets details from Joseph Wrightson about "Story Cycle," a class on writing music for the stage offered by the Lexington Theater Company. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews & features in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2976216/february-3-2022-bruggers" data-link-type="track" contents="Tom Martin with James Bruggers">Tom Martin with James Bruggers</a> (<a class="no-pjax" href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12122021/coal-powered-the-industrial-revolution-it-left-behind-an-absolutely-massive-environmental-catastrophe/" data-link-type="url" contents="Click here for article">Click here for article</a>) </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2976217/february-3-2022_boyer_" data-link-type="track" contents="Corinne Boyer with various&nbsp;">Corinne Boyer with various </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2976218/february-3-2022_moore_01" data-link-type="track" contents="Tom Martin with Melinda Moore&nbsp;">Tom Martin with Melinda Moore </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2976221/february-3-2022-smith-williams" data-link-type="track" contents="Gerald Smith with Lavoria Williams&nbsp;">Gerald Smith with Lavoria Williams </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2976269/february-3-2022_mccann-wrightson" data-link-type="track" contents="Bill McCann with Joseph Wrightson">Bill McCann with Joseph Wrightson</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68840802022-01-30T20:42:40-05:002023-02-17T16:37:03-05:00 January 27, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/883d3c0ede066e742bd00588cbd1c6757ad824c6/original/shutterstock-1869447070.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p><span class="text-big">Election integrity and unimpeded access to the ballot are fundamental tools of democracy. Are these fixtures of American democracy endangered? We get the perspective of UK election and voting law professor Joshua Douglas. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2966578/january-27-2022_martin-douglas" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">A free and independent press is fundamental to democracy. How did it become so complicated to find trustworthy sources of information? What happens to press freedom under an autocracy? We draw from the experience of John Greenman who has spent a lifetime as reporter, editor, publisher, news executive and journalism professor emeritus at the University of Georgia - and, who once called Morehead home. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2966587/january-27-2022_martin-greenman" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">An offer to help encourage civility on the local level is coming to Kentucky in February. NYTimes columnist David Brooks details “Weave”, his mission to support people on the grass roots level who are working to heal our divisions and rebuild trust in our communities. The guest of Kentucky Humanities, celebrating its 50th anniversary year, Brooks will be meeting with students in Pikeville and holding a listening session in Paintsville on February 8. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2966588/january-27-2022_martin-brooks-fromal" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68782502022-01-24T13:32:10-05:002023-02-17T16:37:24-05:00January 20, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d964b28ec5099ace9c28430274e74c15f1ea3d3c/original/image-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>“The ship of education is on fire and sinking.” The words of Georgia high school teacher Jordan Kohanim. You’ll hear her ten recommendations to prevent teacher burnout | If Kentucky was a nation it would be #7 in the world for incarceration of its people. A new report offers alternatives | Our Future Tense series returns with a view on pandemic damage to society | Tyler Childers manager Ian Thornton, guest on our Depth of Field series, on an up and coming Appalachian music scene. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>The interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p>ES Education correspondent Cynthia Resor, Georgia High School teacher Jordan Kohanim - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2964507/january-20-2022-resor-kohanim" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p>Tom Martin, Carmen Mitchell, policy analyst, KY Center for Economic Policy - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2964508/january-20-2022-martin-mitchell" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p><p>Future Tense host Chris Begley, Dr. Meghan Kallman - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2964510/january-20-2022-begley-kallman" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p><p>Depth of Field host Duane Lundy, Ian Thornton - <a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2964511/january-20-2022-lundy-thornton" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68707772022-01-16T12:39:42-05:002023-02-17T16:37:48-05:00January 13, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/3cedbde717ad678a0f0806b126f9fcf919657cc6/original/preview.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="text-small">(Image: University Press of Kentucky)</span></p><p><span class="text-big">As Martin Luther King Day approaches, a conversation with one who knew him well: civil rights activist and organizer, scholar and minister, Bernard Lafayette. Dr. Lafayette, co-author with Kathryn Lee Johnson of In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century) is Gerald Smith's guest for this latest edition in our series on racial justice and equality. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2943437/january-13-2022-smith-lafayette" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN&nbsp;"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN </strong></span></a></p><p><span class="text-big">Our series on Kentucky literature continues as Tom Eblen interviews Randolph Runyon about his account of one man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century in The Assault on Elisha Green: Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2943439/january-13-2022-eblen-runyon" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a><span class="text-big"> </span></p><p><span class="text-big">Listen to the story of a remarkable Kentucky woman who served as Social Secretary in the LBJ White House, a job that combines the diplomatic skills of a Secretary of State with the organizational savvy of a wedding planner. Tom Martin talks with Terry Birdwhistell, founding director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and former Dean of University of Kentucky Libraries, and US Senate Historian Emeritus Donald Ritchie, co-authors of Washington's Iron Butterfly: Bess Clements Abell, an Oral History. </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2943446/january-13-2022-birdwhistell-ritchie" data-link-type="track" contents="LISTEN"><span class="text-big"><strong>LISTEN</strong></span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68641522022-01-10T07:09:19-05:002023-02-17T16:38:30-05:00 January 6, 2022 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/44947b8dd2014f749fd93f5871e36ae8d8d9dddd/original/ro-page-01.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">In the "classroom" at the Red Oaks Forest School | photo credit: Tina Brouwer / Vrai Photography</span></p><p>“Science is not infallible.” The words of Donald Frazier, namesake of the Donald T. Frazier Outreach Center for Science and Health Career Opportunities at the University of Kentucky. Our discussion with Dr. Frazier about how to calibrate our expectations of science begins an hour that includes the latest on environmental science education in Kentucky; J.R.R. Tolkien as a teacher of environmental science; a school in the forest, about the forest; and, a book about what to do when your hike in the woods brings you eye-to-eye with a creature that's as wary of you as you are of it. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2933524/january-6-2022-donald-frazier" data-link-type="track" contents="Donald Frazier - Science&nbsp;&nbsp;">Donald Frazier - Science </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2933531/january-6-2022-brittany-wray" data-link-type="track" contents="Brittany Wray - Environmental Education&nbsp;">Brittany Wray - Environmental Education </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2933535/january-6-2022-kenton-sena" data-link-type="track" contents="Kenton Sena - J.R.R. Tolkien and Environmental Education&nbsp;">Kenton Sena - J.R.R. Tolkien and Environmental Education </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2933539/january-6-2022-hannah-harris" data-link-type="track" contents="Hannah Harris - Red Oaks Forest School&nbsp;">Hannah Harris - Red Oaks Forest School </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2933541/january-6-2022-rachel-levin" data-link-type="track" contents="Rachel Levin - Animal encounters in the wild">Rachel Levin - Animal encounters in the wild</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68575432022-01-02T21:15:17-05:002023-02-17T16:38:56-05:00December 23, 2021 - Eastern Standard<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ce80ee67ad88c11332e16fc2f0033d1baf75a3e5/original/shutterstock-349931834.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="text-small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p><p>A special Christmas gift from WEKU and Eastern Standard: Tom Eblen joins Tom Martin in conversations with Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson, acclaimed Kentucky novelist Silas House and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor about their contributions to “A Kentucky Christmas”, an anthology edited by George Ella Lyon and published by the University Press of Kentucky. Plus, a reading by Georgia Green Stamper of "Shepherds in Bathrobes," her contribution to the Kentucky Monthly anthology, “The Twelve Days of a Kentucky Christmas.” Find out why Louisville children’s author Dee Dee Cummings published a Christmas book featuring African American characters, and what motivated historian Thomas Weyant to explore how the modern Christmas was influenced by the cold war between the US and USSR. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930150/december-23-2021-silas-house" data-link-type="track" contents="Silas House&nbsp;">Silas House </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930152/december-23-2021-crystal-wilkinson" data-link-type="track" contents="Crystal WIlkinson&nbsp;">Crystal WIlkinson&nbsp;</a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930153/december-23-2021-dee-dee-cummings" data-link-type="track" contents="Dee Dee Cummings&nbsp;">Dee Dee Cummings </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930154/december-23-2021-thomas-weyant" data-link-type="track" contents="Thomas Weyant&nbsp;">Thomas Weyant </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930155/december-23-2021-richard-taylor" data-link-type="track" contents="Richard Taylor&nbsp;">Richard Taylor </a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="/track/2930156/december-23-2021-georgia-green-stamper" data-link-type="track" contents="Georgia Green Stamper">Georgia Green Stamper</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68465392021-12-20T07:11:25-05:002021-12-26T19:20:45-05:00Program for December 16, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b17336e294bbb759cc8817b827caac87574215ab/original/0-img-4129-edit-8b45eaef-9ea8-4875-afaa-b309ec9ae008.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Kentucky Tourism) </span></p>
<p>A look at the 600 mile Kentucky leg of the Trans America Bike Trail running west to east from Crittenden County to Pike County. | The Kentucky “Staycation” gets a pandemic boost | Former Cats coach Tubby Smith on racial justice and equality. | After years of clamoring for improved child care in Kentucky and the U.S., the pandemic has provided a boost. But, even as Child Care Advocates of Kentucky executive director Steve Magre applauds a fresh influx of federal dollars, he acknowledges that there remains much to be done to close this crucial gap of support for working parents. | Jay Miller, dean of the College of Social Work at UK knows the adoption landscape firsthand. He was adopted. Now, he leads an award winning program to help newly minted adoptive and foster parents. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Steve Magre - Weak link in the workforce: child care&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2921690/december-16-2021-child-care-advocate-steve-magre">Steve Magre - Weak link in the workforce: child care </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Jay Miller - Having the backs of adoptive and foster parents&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2921691/december-16-2021-dr-jay-miller-dean-uk-college-of-social-work">Dr. Jay Miller - Having the backs of adoptive and foster parents </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Cynthia Resor with Dr. Dana Bush - The Kentucky "staycation"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2921693/december-16-2021-cynthia-resor-with-dana-bush">Cynthia Resor with Dr. Dana Bush - The Kentucky "staycation" </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Daily Yonder Contributor Kim Kobersmith - The TransAmerica Bike Trail&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2921694/december-16-2021-daily-yonder-contributor-kim-kobersmith">Daily Yonder Contributor Kim Kobersmith - The TransAmerica Bike Trail </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Gerald Smith with Tubby Smith - Views on racial justice and equality" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2921698/december-16-2021-gerald-smith-with-tubby-smith">Dr. Gerald Smith with Tubby Smith - Views on racial justice and equality</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68389962021-12-13T07:24:32-05:002021-12-24T05:27:37-05:00Program for December 9, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d27da734f41ae077efdeec37c6edfccdf047917d/original/shutterstock-538623040.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Apocalypse. As awful as it is to think about, in these times of Covid, international saber rattling and severe domestic political division the thought of a collapse of civilization may seem more plausible. It’s what motivated archeologist Chris Begley, host of the Eastern Standard series “Future Tense” to publish The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival. Dr. Begley is interviewed by Tom Eblen | The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce takes on racial inequality in business | New leadership for the Kentucky Resources Council | The debut of our new series on theatre production in Kentucky hosted by Bill McCann features Richmond playwright Richard Rechenbach | An interview with WoodSongs creator and host Michael Johnathon about his new book </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Tom Eblen with Chris Begley - "The Next Apocalypse"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2917369/december-9-2021-tom-eblen-with-chris-begley">Tom Eblen with Chris Begley - "The Next Apocalypse" </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ashli Watts - Kentucky Chamber focuses on racial equality in business" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2917372/december-9-2021-ky-chamber-ceo-president-ashli-watts">Ashli Watts - Kentucky Chamber focuses on racial equality in business</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ashley Wilmes - New leadership for Kentucky environmental justice warriors&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2917376/december-9-2021-kentucky-resources-council-executive-director-ashley-wilmes">Ashley Wilmes - New leadership for Kentucky environmental justice warriors </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Bill McCann with playwright Richard Rechenbach - "The Releasement"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2917380/december-9-2021-playwright-richard-rechenbach">Bill McCann with playwright Richard Rechenbach - "The Releasement" </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Michael Johnathon -&nbsp; New book from the WoodSongs creator and host" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2917383/december-9-2021-woodsongs-creator-and-host-michael-johnathon">Michael Johnathon - New book from the WoodSongs creator and host</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68311222021-12-06T10:08:49-05:002021-12-28T11:46:20-05:00Program for December 2, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/20ec7fcd0540fd0faf2dc33086b077a86371b122/original/shutterstock-450428368.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Finding quality, affordable, accessible child care was already challenging working parents in Kentucky and across the nation. Then came the pandemic. Day care centers were closed and many have struggled to recover. Finding people qualified and willing to do the work for low pay has become more difficult than ever. In this edition: Dustin Pugel, Senior Policy Analyst, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; Patricia Tennen, Chief Operating Officer, Kentucky Youth Advocates; Brigitte Blom, President & CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; Dr. Sarah Vanover, Director of the Division of Child Care, Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance. Click name to listen: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dustin Pugel&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2909330/dec-2-2021-dustin-pugel">Dustin Pugel </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Brigitte Blom" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2909332/dec-2-2021-brigitte-blom">Brigitte Blom</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Patricia Tennen&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2909335/dec-2-2021-patricia-tennen">Patricia Tennen </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Sarah Vanover" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2909336/dec-2-2021-sarah-vanover">Sarah Vanover</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68315362021-12-06T09:57:25-05:002021-12-13T07:53:06-05:00Program for November 18, 2021<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b9b200fe56db6a38552a861b991efd0bac157c4e/original/shutterstock-1933797293.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher on his book “Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia.” | Outdated drinking water standards documented across the Ohio Valley | Why dairy farmers are gladly burning manure and how it works to fight climate change | New census numbers show continued loss of population in Eastern Kentucky | What oral history teaches us about the realities of the past </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance (Click on name to listen): </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WSJ reporter Kris Maher&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894848/wall-street-journal-reporter-kris-maher">WSJ reporter Kris Maher </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ohio Valley ReSource&nbsp;reporter Corinne Boyer&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894849/ohio-valley-resource-reporter-corinne-boyer">Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Corinne Boyer </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Katie Myers&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894853/ohio-valley-resource-reporter-katie-myers">Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Katie Myers </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Alltech Sustainability officer David Butler&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894850/alltech-sustainability-officer-david-butler">Alltech Sustainability officer David Butler </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Daily Yonder Editor Tim Marema&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894851/daily-yonder-editor-tim-marema">Daily Yonder Editor Tim Marema </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Capitol reporter Ryland Barton&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894852/capitol-reporter-ryland-barton">Capitol reporter Ryland Barton </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Neil Kasiak, Director of EKU's Berge Oral History Center" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2894854/berge-oral-history-center-director-neil-kasiak">Neil Kasiak, Director of EKU's Berge Oral History Center</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68094922021-11-14T18:26:22-05:002021-12-29T04:59:37-05:00Program for November 11, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d77b78e4a0d241a04aac23f19c753e810debae68/original/shutterstock-2011221221.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
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<p> On this week's edition: How the pandemic has accelerated teacher and student burnout | There for the children: Court Appointed Special Advocates. Their vital work is described by Fayette County Family Court judge Lucinda Masterton | Lexington poet Ada Limon on hosting "The Slowdown" podcast series | Green Room Exchange showcases international artists now calling Kentucky home | A new series focusing on theatre production across the Commonwealth </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Teacher/Student burnout - Cynthia Resor with James McGinn - <a contents="Listen&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883490/cynthia-resor-james-mcginn">Listen </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Why a CASA can be vital - Fayette Co. Family Court judge Lucinda Masterton - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883447/lucinda-masterton">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">From Lexington to the world: Poet Ada Limon on hosting "The Slowdown" - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883492/tom-eblen-ada-limon">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">From the world to Lexington: Green Room Exchange highlights international artists -<a contents=" Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883493/lee-carroll-connie-milligan"> Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">New series: All about theatre in Kentucky with Bill McCann - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883497/bill-mccann">Listen</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/68010992021-11-07T13:05:49-05:002021-12-18T07:02:19-05:00Program for November 4, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/38a6b9737cf4e1ce98dbe4d980721fb22cd8d5d1/original/shutterstock-138386987.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>This week on Eastern Standard: Music made in Kentucky, played in Kentucky. Touching bases with artists from across the state with recent or new releases. In this hour: the debut of a new Kentucky Music series by Crystal Jones and samplings from the works of nine artists including: Eric Bolander, Logan Halstead, Cole Chaney, Cody Lee Meece, Kiana & The Sun Kings, Don Rogers, Scott Whiddon, Kevin Holm Hudson and Joslyn & the Sweet Compression,. How did they come up with that band name, “Sweet Compression”? You’re about to find out. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Eric Bolander - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2883649/eric-bolander_01">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Cole Chaney - <a contents="Listen&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876312/cole-chaney">Listen </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Logan Halstead - <a contents="Listen&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876313/logan-halstead">Listen </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Kiana Del (Kiana & The Sun Kings) - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876314/kiana-del">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Crystal Jones with Cody Lee Meece - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876315/crystal-jones-w-cody-lee-meece">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Joslyn Hampton (Joslyn & The Sweet Compression) - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876316/joslyn-hampton">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Don Rogers - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876321/don-rogers">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Kevin Holm-Hudson - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876318/kevin-holm-hudson">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Scott Whiddon - <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2876319/scott-whiddon">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="&nbsp;Matthew Wickstrom article" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article252983943.html"> Matthew Wickstrom article</a></strong></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67934262021-11-01T06:47:38-04:002021-12-28T08:19:49-05:00Program for October 28, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e75d6154f9b874a635f21381c44466ff139ed9c5/original/shutterstock-331812122.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Questions raised, questions answered: Why are things in short supply with prices rising? It's due mostly to an overwhelmed supply chain | Why are so many adult Kentuckians not being counted as working? We dig into an in-depth analysis from the KY Chamber of Commerce | Why is chemotherapy on the way out, precision medicine on the way in and CRISPR technology waiting in the wings to treat cancer? | And what iconic American musician gets tribute treatment at the latest Music for Mission concert? </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p>University of Tennessee Logistics Chair, Thomas Goldsby - Why the supply chain is strained - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2867347/tom-goldsby">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Charles Aull, Senior Policy Analyst, KY Chamber of Commerce - KY's Dropout Workforce - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2867356/charles-aull">LISTEN</a> / <a contents="VIEW REPORT" data-link-label="20 Years in the Making: Kentucky's Workforce Crisis" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1149184/20%20Years%20in%20the%20Making:%20Kentucky's%20Workforce%20Crisis">VIEW REPORT</a> </p>
<p>Jill Kolesar, UK Professor of Pharmacy - Cancer treatment: less chemo, more precision - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2867358/jill-kolesar">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Marlon Hurst, Music for Mission - Stevie Wonder Tribute Concert -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2867360/marlon-hurst"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67859682021-10-25T07:11:02-04:002021-12-18T07:03:30-05:00Program for October 21, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/36804157d8c2f43356873572beaad5fcd26f7f2a/original/image-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
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<p>October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This week’s edition focuses entirely on one of the ugliest of “Kentucky Uglies” - our state’s ranking among the worst in the nation for rates of intimate partner violence. We hear from domestic violence shelter directors, legal aid attorneys, a police detective, a 9-1-1 dispatcher and staff at the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence - all devoted to extending an often life-saving hand, shelter and a range of services and support to women, men and children who manage to escape the horror of a violent home. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WEKU Reporter Stu Johnson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864441/weku-reporter-stu-johnson">WEKU Reporter Stu Johnson</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Hope's Wings Executive Director Jennifer Lainhart&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864456/jennifer-lainhart-hope-s-wings">Hope's Wings Executive Director Jennifer Lainhart </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Richmond Police Detective Tim Craft&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864444/richmond-police-detective-tim-craft">Richmond Police Detective Tim Craft </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Greenhouse 17 Executive Director Darlene Thomas&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864447/darlene-thomas-greenhouse-17">Greenhouse 17 Executive Director Darlene Thomas </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="AppalReD attorney Leigh Ann Moore&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864450/weku-reporter-corinne-boyer-with-appalred-attorney-leigh-ann-moore">AppalReD attorney Leigh Ann Moore </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Katie Mooney, Hunter Hickman - The Nest&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2864452/katie-mooney-hunter-hickman-the-nest">Katie Mooney, Hunter Hickman - The Nest </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP-LINES AND INFORMATION&nbsp;" data-link-label="DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATION" data-link-type="page" href="/domestic-violence-information">DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP-LINES AND INFORMATION </a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67791772021-10-18T06:59:51-04:002021-12-29T07:41:26-05:00Program for October 14, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/009f1d7953a357322f02867409f7995bb2b0a49e/original/shutterstock-1829475287.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Kentucky’s teacher shortage: already there and then came the pandemic | Bryan Station H.S. grad becomes a Senior Editor at the Atlantic | A chat with Louisville film and music producer Gil Holland | New book by Jayne Moore Waldrop, reveals what’s on the bottom of Kentucky’s man-made lakes | Big changes for Eastern Standard arts partner Undermain.art </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews: </strong></p>
<p>Teacher shortage - Cynthia Resor with Amanda Ellis of the KY Council on Postsecondary Education -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2857632/october-14-2021-cynthia-resor-with-amanda-ellis"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Creative Kentucky - Louisville music and arts entrepreneur Gill Holland, Duane Lundy's guest on "Depth of Field" - <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2857633/october-14-2021-duane-lundy-with-gill-holland">LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p>Gerald Smith with Lexington native Janisha Watts on her role as Senior Editor at The Atlantic - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2857634/october-14-2021-gerald-smith-with-janisha-watts"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p>Tom Eblen with author Jayne Moore Waldrop on her book, "Drowned Towns" - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2857635/october-14-2021-tom-eblen-with-jayne-moore-waldrop"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Tom Martin with Christine Huskisson on big changes for the non-profit regional online arts magazine Undermain.art - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2857648/october-14-2021-tom-martin-with-christine-huskisson"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67720222021-10-10T21:31:05-04:002021-12-28T11:52:12-05:00Program for October 7, 2021 <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a24829706a6bd3d4dcd9360bf9268e5776421cf0/original/217993233-4777473965614851-76491580604574978-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">Tom Martin with John Rosenberg, Snug Hollow Farm, Estill County, KY (Credit: Barbara Napier)</span></p>
<p>As the legal aid service AppalReD turns 50, its founder turns 90. John Rosenberg on escaping Nazi terror, immigrating to the United States, and a lifetime spent giving legal voice to the people of the Eastern Kentucky coalfields. | What tops the agenda at this year’s SOAR Summit in Corbin? | What is cryptocurrency and how does it work? Answers from EKU finance professor Ben Woodruff | A little-known achievement of and a KET/PBS documentary about the Frontier Nursing Service </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In order of appearance:</strong> </p>
<p>As he celebrates his 90th birthday, AppalReD founder John Rosenberg discusses the legacy of the E. Ky. legal aid service - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2849687/john-rosenberg"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>What tops the agenda of this year's SOAR Summit? Details from executive director Colby Hall - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2849696/colby-hall"><strong>LISTEN</strong> </a></p>
<p>What is cryptocurrency and how does it work? Answers from EKU finance professor Ben Woodruff -<strong><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2849693/ben-woodruff"> LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p>Stephanie Lang and Anne Cockerham on a remarkable, little-known achievement of the Frontier Nursing Service - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2849688/stephanie-lang-with-anne-cockerham"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p>Chelsea Gorham, co-producer of a new KET/PBS documentary on the Frontier Nursing Service - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2849689/chelsea-gorham"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67654472021-10-04T07:13:30-04:002021-11-04T15:19:13-04:00Program for September 30, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0b65cff9de1514b2a38e5c2c7ef2ab6dc3b77b9e/original/blog-202012warblerridge.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Warbler Ridge Preserve (Photo: KNLT)</span></p>
<p>Essential to life on planet earth, trees are the center of attention for a week of celebration in numerous Kentucky communities. "Tree Week" is coming in October. We hear of plans in Lexington, Hazard and Berea | More forestland on Pine Mountain come under the protection of the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust | Lexington author Margaret Verble details her latest historical fiction, "When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky" | Why the letter "X" has become controversial in many Latin communities | Storytelling season is here. Details of the latest festival in Paris, KY </p>
<p>Tree Week - Heather Wilson, Lexington; Jenny Williams, Hazard; Wendy Warren, Berea - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2840196/september-30-2021-tree-week">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Warbler Ridge Preserve expansion; climate change in Kentucky forests - Greg Abernathy -<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2840193/september-30-2021-abernathy"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Tom Eblen, Margaret Verble on her new book, "When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky" - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2840194/september-30-2021-eblen-verble">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Why some want to nix the "x" in "Latinx" - Cristobal Salinas - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2840198/september-30-2021-salinas">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Kentucky "story telling season" comes to Paris -<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2840195/september-30-2021-lovell"> LISTEN</a> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67586312021-09-27T09:57:13-04:002021-12-07T06:36:00-05:00Program for September 23, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/71591d400cc74e5a725bc77fe54ebeb850dd9a54/original/img-8968.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Rebecca Gayle Howell & Brett Ratliff (Photo by Howell-Ratliff)</span></p>
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<p>As a finale to our fall pledge drive (thank you!), Eastern Standard presents the staff of WEKU with reports and interviews: Corinne Boyer on a hospital in covid crisis - Cheri Lawson visits with a couple who embody a marriage of arts - Stu Johnson on the latest efforts to bring down Kentucky’s high rate of heart disease - Tom Martin gets season details on the Origins Jazz Series - Samantha Morrill on preparations to receive Afghan refugees - Wendy Barnett chats with the founder of Red Barn Radio, now entering its third decade. Your support in action. 1-800-621-8890 or online at WEKU.org </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In Order of Appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Corinne Boyer visits an Eastern Kentucky hospital that has been overwhelmed by cases of Covid-19 <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2839360/corinne-boyer">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Cheri Lawson chats with husband and wife arts collaborators Rebecca Gayle Howell and Brett Ratliff <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2841972/cheri-lawson">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Stu Johnson reports on efforts to reduce Kentucky's high rate of heart disease <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2839357/stu-johnson">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Samantha Morrill gets the latest on preparations to receive Afghan refugees from Derek Feldman of Kentucky Refugee Ministries<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2839358/samantha-morrill"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Tom Martin talks with Eli Uttal-Veroff about the new season of Lexington's Origins Jazz Series <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2839361/tom-martin">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Wendy Barnett visits with Ed Commons, founder and producer of Red Barn Radio, as the locally-produced program begins a 3rd decade <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2839364/wendy-barnett">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67516672021-09-20T06:54:42-04:002021-12-18T06:46:23-05:00Program for September 16, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/5f2344467dcc8ccd88cbecc5d3e40d82530de048/original/turner-harlan-des-cov-lg-cmyk.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: West Virginia University Press)</span></p>
<p>On this week’s Eastern Standard: Appalachian life as recalled by Lynch, Kentucky native William H. Turner in his new book “Harlan Renaissance” | Nikki Finney on the 25th anniversary release of “Heartwood,” her acclaimed story of life in a rural community | EKU social psychology professor Matthew Winslow on ungrading education | Renowned psychiatrist and EKU Chautauqua speaker Randolph Nesse on his book “Good Reasons for Bad Feelings” </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Racial Justice & Equality Series: Gerald Smith with William H. Turner <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2832513/september-16-2021-smith-turner">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Kentucky Humanities Executive Director Bill Goodman with Nikki Finney <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2832514/september-16-2021-goodman-finney">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Tom Martin with EKU Social Psychology Professor Matthew Winslow <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2832521/september-16-2021-winslow">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Tom Martin with Psychiatrist, EKU Chautauqua speaker Randolph Nesse<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2832515/september-16-2021-nesse"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Tom Martin with Chautauqua series coordinator, Erik Liddell <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2832516/september-16-2021-liddell">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67459372021-09-14T17:08:15-04:002021-12-22T05:21:38-05:00Program for September 9, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ff84d54a2557e4fed9be1819c7b988efc4048a8c/original/shutterstock-1787763356.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hopes of a return to normal in schools have been dashed by the Delta variant. A Kentucky high school teacher shares the consequences | Collecting the voices of Eastern Kentucky activism | Tell me a story: details of The Wilmore Storytelling Festival | Untangling, unsticking local government issues by getting an artist’s take | Lexington singer-songwriter Chris Weiss has new music | Hanging out with a National Geographic Explorer </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Rockcastle Co. H.S. teacher Holly Robinson - Smooth start of school year complicated by Delta&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2822271/september-9-2021-cynthia-resor-with-holly-robinson">Cynthia Resor with Rockcastle Co. H.S. teacher Holly Robinson - Smooth start of school year complicated by Delta </a></p>
<p><a contents="Stephanie Lang with Tammy Clemons&nbsp;- Oral histories of E. Ky. Activism&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2822272/september-9-2021-stephanie-lang-with-tammy-clemons">Stephanie Lang with Tammy Clemons - Oral histories of E. Ky. Activism </a></p>
<p><a contents="Tom Martin with Ed Bryson - Telling tall tales in Wilmore&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2822270/september-9-2021-ed-bryson">Tom Martin with Ed Bryson - Telling tall tales in Wilmore </a></p>
<p><a contents='Tom Martin with Megan Gulla - The Civic Lex "Civic Artist in Residence" at city hall&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2822275/september-9-2021-megan-gulla">Tom Martin with Megan Gulla - The Civic Lex "Civic Artist in Residence" at city hall </a></p>
<p><a contents="Tom Martin with Chris Weiss - Lexington singer-songwriter releases new music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2822274/september-9-2021-chris-weiss">Tom Martin with Chris Weiss - Lexington singer-songwriter releases new music</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67412662021-09-09T13:54:26-04:002021-12-22T05:32:26-05:00Program for September 2, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/cb334190323a5af625f4f5596a4766df88f184ee/original/shutterstock-1168177582.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A half-century of having the backs of Eastern Kentucky’s vulnerable: AppalReD prepares to celebrate its 50 year legacy | A new book about the sport, culture and economics of rock climbing in the Red River Gorge | Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson on how her Casey County upbringing influences her art | Eastern Standard welcomes a new content partner: The Daily Yonder. Editor Tim Marema spells out what you’ll soon be hearing </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Robert Johns - AppalReD Legacy - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2819172/robert-johns">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">James Maples - New book on climbing in the Red River Gorge -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2819170/james-maples"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tom Eblen with Crystal Wilkinson on her book "Perfect Black" -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2819171/tom-eblen-with-crystal-wilkinson"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tim Marema - Daily Yonder editor on new content partnership with ES - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2819169/tim-marema">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67308932021-08-30T09:52:42-04:002021-12-04T05:28:40-05:00Program for August 26, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/63ef0eec4b00521ad4870455c01db11e50a4c07c/original/safe-image.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>What's at stake, what's possible as redistricting changes Kentucky's political landscape | The implications of a completed Appalachian Highway System | A visit to Lexington-based Space Tango | Depth of Field: Duane Lundy explores a writer's mind with Silas House </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Joshua Douglas with Dee Pregliasco on redrawing Kentucky's political map -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2812814/josh-douglas-dee-pregliasco"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>ARC Executive Director Brandon McBride: Congress considers funding the final miles of the Appalachian Highway System - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2812812/brandon-mcbride">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>From downtown Lexington, a direct connection with the orbiting space station. The Middle Tech podcast folks visit Space Tango - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2812815/middle-tech-clements">LISTEN </a> </p>
<p>In our Depth of Field series with Duane Lundy: the workings of a writerly mind with celebrated Kentucky author Silas House - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2812813/depthoffield-house">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67241772021-08-22T21:28:50-04:002021-12-22T17:29:45-05:00Program for August 19, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b65c81d5df5b19696132e2212117ac0dd4bef894/original/credit-shutterstock.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Photo: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Child care and the people who depend on it | As legislators propose banning its teaching, what is Critical Race Theory? | Waking up and finding yourself the state's sole PPP lender | Finding in the music of Loretta Lynn maladies that have haunted the region </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Terry Brooks, Executive Director, Kentucky Youth Advocates - Child care shortage -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2805682/terry-brooks"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Eric Friedlander, Secretary, Ky Cabinet for Health & Family Services - Child care shortage - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2805683/eric-friedlander">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Racial Justice & Equality series host Gerald Smith with UK Education dean Julian Vasquez Heilig - Critical Race Theory - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2805684/gerald-smith-julian-vasquez-heilig">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Amanda Brewington, loan officer, Mountain Association - PPP loans -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2805686/amanda-brewington"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Kentucky History series host Stephanie Lang with American Studies professor Brian Ward - Finding clues to health conditions in Eastern Kentucky in the music of Loretta Lynn - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2800762/stephanie-lang-with-brian-ward">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67179492021-08-15T21:38:56-04:002021-11-06T15:25:41-04:00Program for August 12, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/7b9a2954dcce6c5d13f7a597723395c434bae932/original/225328897-4804543742907873-6249852319448147943-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snug Hollow Farm, Estill Co., Kentucky (Photo by Barbara Napier)</p>
<p>Alan Maimon returns with guest interviewer Al Cross. Maimon is author of "Twilight In Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning." Al has questions. | How is climate change being felt on traditional farms? | We look into the Wendell Berry Farming Program | Farm Dinner Theater delivers fun, eats and messages about health and safety </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Al Cross with Alan Maimon, author of "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning" -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2799577/al-cross-with-alan-maimon"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">UK soil scientist Rebecca McCulley on how climate change is impacting traditional farming - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2799590/rebecca-mcculley">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Leah Bayens, dean of the Wendell Berry Farm Program - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2799593/leah-bayens">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">UK nursing professor (ret) Deborah Reed on the creation of Farm Dinner Theater - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2799595/deborah-reed">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67107552021-08-08T21:04:54-04:002021-12-22T04:22:14-05:00Program for August 5, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/543fee6348e81483cb49aee8acf4757833be8461/original/cover-changing-the-game.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Photo courtesy University Press of Kentucky)</p>
<p>Now and then along comes a memoir that is about so much more than the person. “Changing the Game: My Career in Sports Marketing” chronicles not only the life, aspirations and entrepreneurial accomplishments of Jim Host, but also the origins or such Blue Grass icons as Rupp Arena and the Kentucky Horse Park. Host is credited with creating college sports marketing. But this man who says he “can’t sleep fast enough” has also been a key player in Kentucky politics and government. We spend the hour with Jim Host. Hang on. It’s quite a ride. </p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/67046652021-08-02T13:48:27-04:002021-12-13T04:00:15-05:00Program for July 29, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f2eb276ae1d59f5ee61c154c50f86173e2e4d216/original/shutterstock-434103241.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Mine runoff in E. Kentucky stream (Image: Shutterstock) </span></p>
<p>Floods continue to upset life in Eastern Kentucky | “Repairing the Damage”, an analysis of surface mining’s aftermath | The stories of a sheriff’s murder; how a city's signature dish says something powerful about race relations in Nashville; and how a Kentuckian’s novel made it from page to screen </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p><a contents="WEKU's Corinne Boyer on the flash flooding that continues to plague Eastern Kentucky communities&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2789153/july-29-2021-corinne-boyer">WEKU's Corinne Boyer on the flash flooding that continues to plague Eastern Kentucky communities </a></p>
<p><a contents="Appalachian Voices' Erin Savage discusses an analysis of damage left by "modern era" strip mining&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2789154/july-29-2021-erin-savage">Appalachian Voices' Erin Savage discusses an analysis of damage left by "modern era" strip mining </a></p>
<p><a contents='Bill Carman and Jean Burchell on "Saving Noah", an account of the murder of an E. Ky. Sheriff&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2789155/july-29-2021-bill-carman-jean-burchell">Bill Carman and Jean Burchell on "Saving Noah", an account of the murder of an E. Ky. Sheriff </a></p>
<p><a contents="Rachel Martin on her book "Hot, Hot Chicken" and how the city's signature dish says something powerful about race relations in Nashville&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2789156/july-29-2021-rachel-martin">Rachel Martin on her book "Hot, Hot Chicken" and how the city's signature dish says something powerful about race relations in Nashville </a></p>
<p><a contents='Carter Sickels on the premiere of the film adaptation of his novel "The Evening Hour"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2789157/july-29-2021-carter-sickels">Carter Sickels on the premiere of the film adaptation of his novel "The Evening Hour"</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66982312021-07-26T07:03:26-04:002021-12-25T00:58:45-05:00Program for July 22, 2021 <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1f8ca829d14932da4f4d829cd1f3aaff43d8aa56/original/shutterstock-1193763220-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Life in the Peace Corps: a new book based on oral history interviews with scores of Kentuckians who have served | A Kentuckian once headed NBC. You're probably familiar with his cousin | The business of raising sheep and goats on abandoned mine sites | Singer-songwriter Joe Pug, Duane Lundy's guest in series, "Depth of Field" </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jack Wilson: Peace Corps Kentuckians&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2782609/july-22-2021-jack-wilson">Jack Wilson: Peace Corps Kentuckians </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Stephanie Lang, Anthony Harkins:&nbsp;The Kentuckian who once headed NBC (and his cousin Bill)&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2782615/july-22-2021-stephanie-lang-with-dr-anthony-harkins">Stephanie Lang, Anthony Harkins: The Kentuckian who once headed NBC (and his cousin Bill) </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kelley Yates:&nbsp;The business of raising goats and sheep on abandoned mine sites&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2782616/july-22-2021-kelley-yates">Kelley Yates: The business of raising goats and sheep on abandoned mine sites </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Duane Lundy's "Depth of Field" series: Singer-songwriter Joe Pug" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2782617/july-22-2021-depth-of-field-with-duane-lundy">Duane Lundy's "Depth of Field" series: Singer-songwriter Joe Pug</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66924842021-07-19T17:35:01-04:002021-12-21T08:46:30-05:00Program for July 15, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/cd8c7419a9dd8e636a7417390ee7c0b410ff3b68/original/215004632-1129361784258070-9199818905119134703-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jonathan Hibbard as Nick Bottom. (Photo by Adam Holhubner)</p>
<p>If Eastern Kentucky wants control of how the region is portrayed to the world, what should that new narrative say? We get the perspectives of a folklorist and a branding and messaging professional who lives and works in the region | Bouncing back after the downtime of the pandemic with fresh ideas in tow: LexPhil, The Lexington Theater Company, and EKU’s Shakespeare in the Ravine </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Folklorist Mary Hufford&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2776966/july-15-2021-mary-hufford">Folklorist Mary Hufford </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Creative professional Jessica Robinson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2776968/july-15-2021-jessica-robinson">Creative professional Jessica Robinson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LexPhil's Allison Kaiser and Kelly Corcoran" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2776969/july-15-2021-allison-kaiser-and-kelly-corcoran">LexPhil's Allison Kaiser and Kelly Corcoran</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="The Lexington Theater Company's Lyndy Franklin and Joseph Wrightson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2776971/july-15-2021-lyndy-franklin-and-joseph-wrightson">The Lexington Theater Company's Lyndy Franklin and Joseph Wrightson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Matthew Johnson, director of the EKU-based&nbsp;Appalachian Shakespeare Center" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2776972/july-15-2021-matthew-johnson">Matthew Johnson, director of the EKU-based Appalachian Shakespeare Center</a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66853472021-07-12T07:22:13-04:002021-12-21T08:37:50-05:00Program for July 8, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d8a379789c8232c9f9f1c2b98d3502bb54888231/original/shutterstock-197630192.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock) </p>
<p> Affordable housing and housing affordability: the perspectives of a fair housing advocate, an urban homebuilder and a rural housing developer | "Everyday places" with dark histories as sites of mob lynchings | Kentucky's efforts to open classroom teaching to non-education career professionals </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Future Tense with Chris Begley - Drew Boling, Lexington Fair Housing Council&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2770906/07-08-21-future-tense">Future Tense with Chris Begley - Drew Boling, Lexington Fair Housing Council </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lexington homebuilder Dennis Anderson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2770908/07-08-21_dennis-anderson">Lexington homebuilder Dennis Anderson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Scott McReynolds, Housing Development Alliance&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2770909/07-08-21_scott-mcreynolds">Scott McReynolds, Housing Development Alliance </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Micah Lynn - Everyday places with histories as sites of mob lynchings&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2770911/07-08-21_micah-lynn">Micah Lynn - Everyday places with histories as sites of mob lynchings </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Public Education with Cynthia Resor - Rob Akers - The drive to recruit teachers" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2770913/07-08-21_resor-akers" style="">Public Education with Cynthia Resor - Rob Akers - The drive to recruit teachers</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66792822021-07-05T09:58:50-04:002021-10-29T18:10:48-04:00Program for July 1, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/8a58ec648cc2d8639faf3d163652ced96a6d68a7/original/theaterpanorama.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Kentucky Theater (Photo courtesy of The Kentucky Theater)</p>
<p>What's in store for the century-old Kentucky Theater? Competing management proposals are on the table | The red hot demand for short term certificates | Adam Edelen's solar power vision in E. KY | The US Forest Service has a new management plan for the beloved Red River Gorge </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Council for Postsecondary Education president Aaron Thompson - Study finds strong demand for short term academic credentials <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765595/july-1-2021-aaron-thompson">LISTEN</a> (<a contents="Read study" data-link-label="KY Certificates" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1132111/KY%20Certificates">Read study</a>) </p>
<p>Middle Tech podcast co-host Logan Jones with Adam Edelen - Solar Power project in Martin County <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765602/july-1-2021-middle-tech-podcast-with-logan-jones-adam-edelen">LISTEN</a></p>
<p>US Forest Ranger Jon Kazmierski - New management plan for the Red River Gorge <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765605/july-1-2021-jon-kazmierski">LISTEN</a></p>
<p>Ian Corbin, Loyal Doyle Productions - Proposed management plan for Kentucky Theater <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765609/july-1-2021-ian-corbin">LISTEN</a></p>
<p>Lisa Meek, Friends of the Kentucky Theater - Proposed management plan for the Kentucky Theater <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765612/july-1-2021-lisa-meek">LISTEN</a></p>
<p>Hear the full segment about future management of the Kentucky Theater <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2765606/july-1-2021-kentucky-theater-proposals">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66792812021-07-05T09:48:28-04:002021-11-23T08:23:53-05:00Program for June 24, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a6def30b92452d0b503dabc515ef67f227d57979/original/adkins-lawson.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Minnie Adkins carvings (Photo by Cheri Lawson)</p>
<p>This week: an Eastern Standard special edition. In a time when local news media is shrinking, WEKU has been expanding its news team to keep you informed of what's happening around central and eastern Kentucky. With one final pledge drive for this fiscal year on tap for this week, this special edition features contributions from WEKU's Wendy Barnett, Samantha Morrill, Stu Johnson, Cheri Lawson, Corinne Boyer, as well as one of our many content partners in the region, Rae Garringer. Spend the hour with us and discover what is supported by your membership in this vital regional asset, 88.9 WEKU. </p>
<p>Reports and features in order of appearance: </p>
<p>Stu Johnson - The latest round of weapons destruction at Blue Grass Army Depot and local concerns about the loss of federal dollars once the weapons disposal operation is completed. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760599/stu-johnson">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p> Samantha Morrill - A summer program designed to get kids who have been pent up at home by the pandemic out into nature. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760603/samantha-morrill">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Cheri Lawson - A visit with Minnie Atkins to find out how the renowned Kentucky folk artist has whittled her way through the pandemic. Cheri also visits with Mike Norris, the Lexington-based children's book author who illustrates his books with photographs of Adkins' whimsical whittlings. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760601/cheri-lawson">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Rae Garringer - A federal bonding program that helps employers build trust with at-risk and hard-to-place employees. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760604/rae-garringer">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Corinne Boyer - Native American communities in Kentucky have been reluctant to get covid vaccinations. Corinne Boyer looks into the reasons and consequences.<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760606/corinne-boyer"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Wendy Barnett - Our dogs and cats were happy campers during the pandemic - their humans were home! All the time! But now that many people are returning to their offices separation anxiety is gripping many of our canine and feline pals. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2760612/wendy-barnett">LISTEN</a></p>43:18WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66652302021-06-20T21:36:49-04:002021-12-14T11:52:11-05:00Program for June 17, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/758ac4b5a23a7c20451842ba15e281808ea102c5/original/shutterstock-1381664171.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Craft Moonshine Still (Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>In retrospect: how the state legislature performed on social, criminal justice issues | Country music and people of color | UK's new course on moonshine and the elixir's role in Appalachian economic development | The Appalachian Plays of Maryat Lee </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Series on Racial Justice &amp; Equality - Host Gerald Smith with KY State Senator Gerald Neal&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2754862/june-17-2021-gerald-smith-with-senator-gerald-neal">Series on Racial Justice & Equality - Host Gerald Smith with KY State Senator Gerald Neal </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Series "Depth of Field" - Host Duane Lundy with singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer on people of color in country music&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2754863/june-17-2021-depth-of-field-rissi-palmer">Series "Depth of Field" - Host Duane Lundy with singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer on people of color in country music </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Moonshine gains new respectability: interviews with Carson Benn and Cameron Lippard&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2754865/june-17-2021-new-moonshine-course-at-uk-how-the-elixir-is-aiding-appalachian-economic-development">Moonshine gains new respectability: interviews with Carson Benn and Cameron Lippard </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="The Appalachian Plays of Maryat Lee - Interview with author David Miller" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2754866/june-17-2021-david-miller" style="">The Appalachian Plays of Maryat Lee - Interview with author David Miller</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66587562021-06-14T07:11:18-04:002021-12-15T02:37:41-05:00Program for June 10, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/3476f779e46e3c39a9eae0ec0f1c8d18b7989d63/original/shutterstock-1970871704.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Rent relief for tenants and landlords | Pondering a new career- track? The Kentucky sign-language profession has openings | The aims of the Appalachian Renewal Project | A new book about a 1901 mob-lynching in Paris, Ky | Another vintage locomotive acquired for the railroad museum being developed in Ravenna, Ky </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Wendy Smith,&nbsp; KY Housing Corp, on accessing tenant/landlord relief funds&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2747984/june-10-2021-wendy-smith">Wendy Smith, KY Housing Corp, on accessing tenant/landlord relief funds </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with interpreter Virginia Moore on heavy demand for American Sign Language professionals" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2747986/june-10-2021-cynthia-resor-with-virginia-moore">Cynthia Resor with interpreter Virginia Moore on heavy demand for American Sign Language professionals</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Clifford Smith, Appalachian Renewal Project on reclaiming and repurposing&nbsp;abandoned mine sites&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2747992/june-10-2021-clifford-smith">Clifford Smith, Appalachian Renewal Project on reclaiming and repurposing abandoned mine sites </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tessa Hoggard, author of book about a 1901 mob lynching in Paris, Ky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2747993/june-10-2021-tessa-hoggard">Tessa Hoggard, author of book about a 1901 mob lynching in Paris, Ky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(<a contents="Conversation between descendants of accuser and accused" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://esweku.org/track/2429538/tom-martin-with-jim-bannister-sallie-showalter">Conversation between descendants of accuser and accused</a>) </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Campbell, KY Steam Heritage, another vintage locomotive added to collection" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2747996/june-10-2021-chris-campbell">Chris Campbell, KY Steam Heritage, another vintage locomotive added to collection</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66516052021-06-07T07:15:20-04:002021-12-16T06:33:11-05:00Program for June 3, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/69c33108f5d0d88591109f760928c32307863752/original/shutterstock-401910916.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p> Alan Maimon was a foreign correspondent for the NYTimes before joining the Louisville Courier-Journal with the assignment to “cover Eastern Kentucky like a foreign correspondent would.” How did that go? He’s written a book about it. We talk. | Veteran KY journalist Al Cross on the meaning of losing local newspapers | OneEastKentucky chief Chuck Sexton on the new technology he’s using to attract business to sites in nine E. Ky. counties | UK energy researcher Rodney Andrews on converting coal to carbon fiber | Railbird Festival founder David Helmers with details of this summer’s return to live music at Keeneland. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Alan Maimon, author of "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2741793/june-3-2021-alan-maimon">Alan Maimon, author of "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning" </a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jim Trimble, host of the ES series Virtues of a Democratic Society with veteran Ky journalist Al Cross" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2741794/june-3-2021-jim-trimble-with-al-cross">Jim Trimble, host of the ES series Virtues of a Democratic Society with veteran Ky journalist Al Cross</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chuck Sexton,&nbsp;President/CEO of&nbsp;One East Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2741796/june-3-2021-chuck-sexton">Chuck Sexton, President/CEO of One East Kentucky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rodney Andrews,&nbsp;director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2741797/june-3-2021-rodney-andrews">Rodney Andrews, director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Undermain.art's Art Shechet with Railbird Festival organizer David Helmers" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2741798/june-3-2021-undermain-s-art-shechet-with-railbird-festival-s-david-helmers" style="">Undermain.art's Art Shechet with Railbird Festival organizer David Helmers</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66446472021-05-31T08:10:20-04:002021-12-16T00:52:39-05:00Program for May 27, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/05c1f249ab1e3d61a7802ef6dab802f43f235cd0/original/shutterstock-1475621777.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Daniel Boone National Forest (Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p> The connection between deforestation and flash flooding in E. Kentucky | What's in the water? Results of sampling E. Ky. creeks and streams | State Senator Reginald Thomas on race relations in Lexington, circa 2021 | LexPhil and Hip Hop artist Devine Carama to blend genres in Loudoun House concert </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="UK professor of forestry and hydrology Chris Barton on deforestation and flash flooding, water quality&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2734803/may-27-2021-chris-barton">UK professor of forestry and hydrology Chris Barton on deforestation and flash flooding, water quality </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="EKU geosciences professor Alice Jones on water quality in eastern and central&nbsp; Ky rivers and streams&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2734804/may-27-2021-alice-jones">EKU geosciences professor Alice Jones on water quality in eastern and central Ky rivers and streams </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Series: racial justice and equality - Gerald Smith hosts State Senator Reginald Thomas&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2734805/may-27-2021-gerald-smith-with-sen-reginald-thomas">Series: racial justice and equality - Gerald Smith hosts State Senator Reginald Thomas </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='"Clip Clop?" LexPhil and Devine Carama to blend classical and hip hop in June concert' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2734806/may-27-2021-kelly-corcoran-devine-carama">"Clip Clop?" LexPhil and Devine Carama to blend classical and hip hop in June concert</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66385462021-05-24T07:18:30-04:002021-12-11T11:37:30-05:00Program for May 20, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/35b14aca6228bdb41e2fadda0f1156585d36b76a/original/shutterstock-1753030235.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Why the price of lumber is so high | The Hindman Settlement School's new director | What was a Rosenwald School and why is one in Adair County being restored? | Duane Lundy's new series on the creative process in music production | Details of the upcoming Mountain Heritage Literary Festival </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bob Bauer - Lumber supply and pricing&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2729181/may-20-2021-bob-bauer">Bob Bauer - Lumber supply and pricing </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Will Anderson - New Director, Hindman Settlement School&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2729184/may-20-2021-will-anderson">Will Anderson - New Director, Hindman Settlement School </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rodney White - Restoring a Rosenwald School in Adair County&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2729187/may-20-2021-rodney-white">Rodney White - Restoring a Rosenwald School in Adair County </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="New series! Duane Lundy - Depth of Field - Exploring the creative process in music&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2729188/may-20-2021-duane-lundy">New series! Duane Lundy - Depth of Field - Exploring the creative process in music </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Patrick Wensink - 2021 Mountain Heritage Literary Festival&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2729189/may-20-2021-patrick-wensink">Patrick Wensink - 2021 Mountain Heritage Literary Festival </a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66322992021-05-17T06:46:48-04:002021-12-20T10:07:47-05:00Program for May 13, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/999ea771d46f4bf003c9c5ef54d011ef68a91a4b/original/30925133687-b75afc3af7-o-ca39909c1d35e2bb1d7a037b5ad5adad.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Appalachian Conservation Corps Crew</p>
<p>Forest Farming: Can it work for Eastern Kentucky? | In service to the public and the environment: the Appalachian Conservation Corps | Solar advocates see power balance between customers, utilities | A history of activism in the coalfields | A "go to" for small businesses in need of pandemic survival advice </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Betsy Taylor - Forest Farming, Heir Properties and community-driven development in E. Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2723010/may-13-2021-betsy-taylor">Betsy Taylor - Forest Farming, Heir Properties and community-driven development in E. Kentucky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Zach Foster - The role of the Appalachian Conservation Corps in reforesting abandoned mine sites&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2723011/may-13-2021-zach-foster">Zach Foster - The role of the Appalachian Conservation Corps in reforesting abandoned mine sites </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Katie Myers - Solar advocates are out to change the balance of power between customers and utilities&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2723020/may-13-2021-katie-myers">Katie Myers - Solar advocates are out to change the balance of power between customers and utilities </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Stephanie Lang with Chad Montrie - A history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2723015/may-13-2021-stephanie-lang-with-chad-montrie" style="">Stephanie Lang with Chad Montrie - A history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kristina Joyce - The pandemic experiences of the Small Business Development Center" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2723018/may-13-2021-kristina-joyce">Kristina Joyce - The pandemic experiences of the Small Business Development Center</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66260662021-05-09T21:06:43-04:002021-11-03T12:19:23-04:00Program for May, 6, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/341889374b976916e6be40e860d979f32033c9ce/original/shutterstock-1967011588.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Cheating apps and learning | What forgiven student loans would mean to Kentuckians and Kentucky | State of Justice Series: Police, violence and accountability | Type 2 diabetes patients urged to get covid vaccine | Helping communities draw up strategies to deal with climate change </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews/Features in order of Appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Jamie Shaffer - Cheating Apps&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2716697/may-6-2021-cynthia-resor">Cynthia Resor with Jamie Shaffer - Cheating Apps </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ashley Spalding - Student loan forgiveness&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2716698/may-6-2021-ashley-spalding">Ashley Spalding - Student loan forgiveness </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rae Garringer - Police accountability in rural communities&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2716700/may-6-2021-rae-garringer">Rae Garringer - Police accountability in rural communities </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Parker Hobson - Why Type 2 Diabetes patients should get their Covid-19 vaccinations&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2716701/may-6-2021-parker-hobson">Parker Hobson - Why Type 2 Diabetes patients should get their Covid-19 vaccinations </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dan Kahl - Helping communities develop climate change strategies" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2716704/may-6-2021-dan-kahl">Dan Kahl - Helping communities develop climate change strategies</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66202942021-05-03T13:56:01-04:002021-12-30T07:40:57-05:00Program for April 29, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1102c717e26a2562f7d9f8df17f70c4e5bb1ca45/original/shutterstock-74599795.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>For a 3rd consecutive year Kentucky ranks number one in the nation for child maltreatment, and has one of the nation’s highest rates of these children who are now being raised by relatives or family friends. | Matilda, a therapy dog trained to comfort traumatized children, is up for national recognition | Kentucky’s outgoing and incoming Poet Laureates join us | How to grow your own tomatoes and proper tomato purchasing technique at the farmers market | Everything you need to know about one of summer’s most fascinating creatures: the hummingbird </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Christina Howard - Kentucky's worst-in-nation ranking for child maltreatment&nbsp;&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709536/april-29-2021-dr-christina-howard">Dr. Christina Howard - Kentucky's worst-in-nation ranking for child maltreatment </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Graham Ambrose - State's kinship care support program falls short of need&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709538/april-29-2021-graham-ambrose">Graham Ambrose - State's kinship care support program falls short of need </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Melynda Jamison - CASA therapy dog Matilda is up for national honors&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709540/april-29-2021-melynda-jamison">Melynda Jamison - CASA therapy dog Matilda is up for national honors </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with Kentucky's immediate past and&nbsp;&nbsp;new poet laureates Jeff Worley and Crystal Wilkinson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709544/april-29-2021-kentucky-poet-laureates">Tom Eblen with Kentucky's immediate past and new poet laureates Jeff Worley and Crystal Wilkinson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mac Stone - How to grow great tomatoes and shop for them at the farmers market" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709549/april-29-2021-mac-stone">Mac Stone - How to grow great tomatoes and shop for them at the farmers market</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Those amazing creatures: Hummingbirds" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2709554/april-29-2021-samantha-morrill-hummingbirds">Those amazing creatures: Hummingbirds</a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66135452021-04-25T18:11:23-04:002021-12-23T08:30:02-05:00Program for April 22,2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1b0ad95026f7b957b268e1e30c15017f5f4c32f5/original/stripminesundayphoto-i130406203129-0.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Credit: Vivian Stockman and Southwings)</p>
<p>A brief history of the deforestation of Appalachia and efforts now underway to return abandoned mine lands to something approximating their original state. Surface mining in Appalachia has replaced approximately one million acres of eastern deciduous forest, one of the most diverse and valuable forests in the world, with primarily non-native grasses and shrubs. We get the details of legislation now before Congress to renew the Abandoned Mine Lands trust fund to continue financing reforestation. And, there was a time when Kentucky Spring Lamb was sought nationwide. Now, a vision to revive this once thriving mountain industry in concert with the return of forests. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance. Click on name to listen: </strong></p>
<p><strong><a contents="Kathryn Newfont" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2699612/april-22-2021-kathryn-newfont">Kathryn Newfont</a> </strong>- We asked the near-impossible of Dr. Newfont, a professor of Appalachian and Environmental History at the University of Kentucky: begin the hour by giving us the history of the deforestation of Appalachian Kentucky in no more than 12-minutes. She did it! </p>
<p><strong><a contents="Rebecca Shelton" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2699614/april-22-2021-rebecca-shelton">Rebecca Shelton</a> </strong>- Director of Policy & Organizing at Appalachian Citizens Law Center in Whitesburg, Ky. discusses the bi-partisan legislation before Congress that would renew the Abandoned Mine Lands trust fund, and the associated RECLAIM Act. </p>
<p><a contents="Michael French" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2699616/april-22-2021-michael-french"><strong>Michael French</strong></a> - Director of Operations, Green Forests Work, a non-profit establish to reforest Appalachia. More than 187 million trees have been planted on about 275,000 acres of former mines, an area more than six times the size of the District of Columbia. </p>
<p><strong><a contents="Patrick Angel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2699618/april-22-2021-patrick-angel">Patrick Angel</a> -</strong> Retired from a lengthy career as a soil scientist in the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Dr. Angel now leads the South East Kentucky Sheep Producers Association. He discusses a vision of reviving a once-thriving sheep industry in Eastern Kentucky. </p>
<p>Kathryn Newfont and Patrick Angel figure prominently in a <a contents="February 13, 2020 Washington Post article" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/lifestyle/magazine/appalachia-kentucky-reforestation/">February 13, 2020 Washington Post article</a> by Lexington native Gabriel Popkin about the deforestation and efforts to reforest the surface mine sites in Eastern Kentucky. Popkin made an <a contents="appearance on Eastern Standard" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://esweku.org/track/2260722/gabriel-popkin">appearance on Eastern Standard</a> soon after the article was published.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66077542021-04-18T21:26:23-04:002021-11-23T07:16:00-05:00Program for April 15, 2021 <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/9a3700173d13e9a2800c2677fdc0db12055f5276/original/southwesternva2.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Poet Tina Parker discusses her new release, "Lock Her Up." | Criminal Justice Series: County jails still overcrowded with state prison overflow | How offices are changing, innovating to accommodate a covid-altered world | Southland's Tahlsound Music Festival is back for the summer of '21...and it's live and in-person. A conversation with organizer Chris Smith. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews and features in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rae Garringer - Criminal Justice Series&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2693853/april-15-2021-rae-garringer-overcrowded-jails">Rae Garringer - Criminal Justice Series </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Kevin Nance with Tina Parker- Review of "Lock Her Up"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2693862/april-15-2021-kevin-nance-with-tina-parker">Kevin Nance with Tina Parker- Review of "Lock Her Up" </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(<a contents="Read Kevin's reveiw of Lock Her Up on Undermain.art" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://under-main.com/arts/review-lock-her-up/">Read Kevin's reveiw of Lock Her Up on Undermain.art</a>) </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with&nbsp;Bob Cole - The pandemic workplace&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2693875/april-15-2021-bob-cole-covid-and-changes-in-the-workspace">Tom Martin with Bob Cole - The pandemic workplace </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with&nbsp;Chris Smith - Tahlsound Music Festival&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2693876/april-15-2021-chris-smith-tahlsound-music-festival">Tom Martin with Chris Smith - Tahlsound Music Festival </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with glass sculptor Daniel Neil Barnes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2693877/april-15-2021-daniel-neil-barnes">Tom Martin with glass sculptor Daniel Neil Barnes</a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/66013552021-04-11T22:09:38-04:002021-10-26T11:39:25-04:00Program for April 8, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/8ef9d8d35edf242be22e55a3fd15c5335963d5b7/original/shutterstock-1820908544.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Who will tend to the development of young minds? Public school teachers are increasingly in short supply as we’ll hear from Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman, herself a teacher. | Space vehicles from Morehead? Yes, seven and counting. | What the pandemic has revealed about the disparities in American life | A new book from chef and restaurateur Ouita Michel, “a custodian of tradition, a magician of flavor, and her restaurants are the narratives that tell us who we are in Kentucky.” </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman - Kentucky’s teacher shortage&nbsp;&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2688053/april-8-2021-cynthia-resor">Cynthia Resor with Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman - Kentucky’s teacher shortage </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd with MSU Space Science Professor Ben Malphuras - Education for the 21st Century&nbsp;&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2688057/april-8-2021-lee-todd">Lee Todd with MSU Space Science Professor Ben Malphuras - Education for the 21st Century </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley’s “Future Tense” with guest Gabriela Alcalde - What the pandemic reveals&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2688059/april-8-2021-chris-begley">Chris Begley’s “Future Tense” with guest Gabriela Alcalde - What the pandemic reveals </a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with Ouita Michel - New book from the celebrated restaurateur" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2688067/april-8-2021-tom-eblen">Tom Eblen with Ouita Michel - New book from the celebrated restaurateur</a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65944632021-04-05T07:00:58-04:002021-10-25T10:04:20-04:00Program for April 1, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e5eb5c6d43b418ebfa854dd744c063686a0a8f9a/original/gettyimages-50838035-wide-81fdc0117ae84704c543fedd6b97b12092a44cc4.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Brood X Cicada (Stephen Jaffe/AFP via Getty Images) </p>
<p> It's been a year. What's been happening in cooped up households? We think we can make a good guess in general terms, but for a more focused look we turn to Tracy Werner-Wilson at UK's Couple and Family Therapy Program, Lexington Family Law attorney Anita Britton, and the Rising Center, a safe haven for survivors of domestic abuse. | The art of blacksmithing will be on full display in Cumberland Gap and we'll get the details | The Brood X cicadas are due to emerge after 17 years underground. We hear from UK entomologist Jonathan Larson, who does a mean cicada imitation. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews and features in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tracey Werner-Wilson - Pandemic drives demand for family therapy&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681675/april-1-2021-tracey-werner-wilson">Tracey Werner-Wilson - Pandemic drives demand for family therapy </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Anita Britton - Family Law attorney on the pandemic and fragile marriages&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681676/april-1-2021-anita-britton">Anita Britton - Family Law attorney on the pandemic and fragile marriages </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jamie Shepherd - A report on domestic abuse in the isolation of the pandemic&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681677/april-1-2021-jamie-shepherd">Jamie Shepherd - A report on domestic abuse in the isolation of the pandemic </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Hammer in the Gap" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681693/april-1-2021-hammer-in-the-gap">Hammer in the Gap</a> - <a contents="Organizer&nbsp;Zachary Greene" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681678/april-1-2021-zachary-greene">Organizer Zachary Greene</a> /<a contents=" Blacksmith Owen Riedesel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681680/april-1-2021-owen-riedesel"> Blacksmith Owen Riedesel</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jonathan Larson - They're coming: Brood X Cicadas" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2681682/april-1-2021-jonathan-larson">Jonathan Larson - They're coming: Brood X Cicadas</a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65878312021-03-29T07:33:46-04:002021-06-14T22:05:34-04:00Program for March 25, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a0cf8d59a3bc5ec5500f8fffda43fe9129d8226d/original/images-2.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>The memorabilia of racism. A conversation with a collector of Mammy and Uncle Mose salt & pepper shakers | So, what happens now? An all effort to get the workforce vaccinated and back to work leaves managers wondering how many employees have decided they really like working from home. Interviews with three who are tracking the trends of a tentative return to work. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Interviews in order of appearance: </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerald Smith with Kenneth Goings&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2673955/march-25-2021-gerald-smith-with-kenneth-goings">Gerald Smith with Kenneth Goings </a></p>
<p>Black collectibles - objects made in or with the image of a black person - were items of material culture that helped reinforce the racist ideology that began emerging after Reconstruction. Ohio State University professor Kenneth Goings has examined how the images created of black people by white people changed as the nation changed. By contextualizing "black collectibles" within America's complex social history, Dr. Goings has opened a fascinating perspective on the American story. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Beth Davisson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2673958/march-25-2021-beth-davisson">Tom Martin with Beth Davisson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Joe Labianca and Brad Patrick&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2674055/march-25-2021-joe-labianca-and-brad-patrick">Tom Martin with Joe Labianca and Brad Patrick </a></p>
<p>As the nation is vaccinated businesses prepare for a changed workplace. Beth Davisson, VP for Workforce Development at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce shares her observations as she works with employers considering a range of options. Professor Joe Labianca and Executive-in-Residence Brad Patrick at the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics discuss the findings of ongoing research focused on a changed office environment.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65812262021-03-22T07:07:21-04:002021-12-18T04:07:05-05:00Program for March 18, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ea6c95160c8cc188a4f18b2952227f0c91835c6b/original/c9c5e91f47b8c9a2ab5ce4e3f063864c.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Beattyville, Ky., following heavy rains which caused the Kentucky River to flood, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Alex Slitz/Lexington Herald-Leader)</p>
<p>Flooding is Kentucky's most frequent and most costly natural disaster. A look at the impact and dynamics of the late February-early March deluge that inundated Eastern Kentucky communities | Beattyville's Rupp Arena Connection | Summer festivals prepare for a return </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667147/march-18-2021-bill-estep">Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="David Hamilton, Kentucky River Authority&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667405/march-18-2021-david-hamilton">David Hamilton, Kentucky River Authority </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Stuart Foster, Kentucky State Climatologist&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667148/march-18-2021-stuart-foster">Stuart Foster, Kentucky State Climatologist </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lora Smith, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667663/march-18-2021-lora-smith">Lora Smith, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Ross, Executive Chef, Central Bank Center&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667151/march-18-2021-chris-ross">Chris Ross, Executive Chef, Central Bank Center </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Alyssa Helton, Appalachian Media Institute" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2667156/march-18-2021-alyssa-helton" style="">Alyssa Helton, Appalachian Media Institute</a></p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65742442021-03-15T10:50:52-04:002021-11-27T04:59:09-05:00Program for March 11, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/8257b3bd92761ee7f0996c8bfd7003949e422170/original/shutterstock-1555591742.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>A report card on America's crumbling infrastructure. Hint: our GPA is in the "remedial" range | An example of infrastructure investment rises on the Coldstream Research Campus | Identifying weak links in the "critical items" supply chain | The Bourbon Industry opens to diversity, inclusion and equity | Appalachia's important role in the origins of distance learning. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="&nbsp;Infrastructure Report Card - Tom Smith, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2660490/march-11-2021-tom-smith"> Infrastructure Report Card - Tom Smith, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="New home for high tech startups - George Ward, Executive Director, Coldstream Research Campus" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2660492/march-11-2021-george-ward">New home for high tech startups - George Ward, Executive Director, Coldstream Research Campus</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Weak links in critical supply chains - Dr. Yunke Mai, Gatton College of Business and Economics&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2660491/march-11-2021-yunke-mai">Weak links in critical supply chains - Dr. Yunke Mai, Gatton College of Business and Economics </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="The bourbon industry's racist past and inclusive future - Gathan Borden, VP Marketing, VisitLex&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2660493/march-11-2021-gathan-borden">The bourbon industry's racist past and inclusive future - Gathan Borden, VP Marketing, VisitLex </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Appalachia's key&nbsp;role in distance learning - Stephanie Lang with UK doctoral candidate Carson Benn" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2660494/march-11-2021-stephanie-lang-with-carson-benn">Appalachia's key role in distance learning - Stephanie Lang with UK doctoral candidate Carson Benn</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65678602021-03-08T07:27:32-05:002021-03-08T07:27:32-05:00Program for March 4, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e368e9953a2886161cff07ec72291cd7482d5ccb/original/sollee-jessicaebelhar-372-final-nightsky.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Ben Sollee (Photo by Jessica Ebelhar) </p>
<p>Tracking legislation to eliminate some hurdles residential child care | Our series Virtues of a Democratic Society focuses on "Courage" | Kentucky cellist, singer, composer Ben Sollee on life as a Covid-19 "long hauler" and how Robin Wright chose him to score her film "Land." | Lexington cellist Cecilia Wright on what went into the making of her debut album "Another Human." </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Becky Stacy,&nbsp;Administration and Advocacy Director at the Appalachian Early Childhood Network&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2649421/march-4-2021-child-care-bill">Becky Stacy, Administration and Advocacy Director at the Appalachian Early Childhood Network </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Jim Trimble with Cathy Lassiter,&nbsp;author of "Everyday Courage for School Leaders"&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2649424/march-4-2021-courage">Jim Trimble with Cathy Lassiter, author of "Everyday Courage for School Leaders" </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ben Sollee" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2649427/march-4-2021-ben-sollee">Ben Sollee</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cecilia Wright" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2652613/march-4-2021-cecilia-wright">Cecilia Wright</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65616632021-03-01T10:44:48-05:002021-03-29T00:56:00-04:00Program for February 25, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/6056e1d2425c5efdc5f964230cf8a889301cd443/original/bsy-lrg.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Big Sandy Federal Penitentiary near Inez, KY (Photo: Federal Bureau of Prisons)</p>
<p>Do prisons bring economic prosperity to struggling rural counties? The question raised in the latest in our “State of Justice” series | On being a volunteer prisoner visitor: Jean Rosenberg on the experience and the purpose | Part III in Corinne Boyer’s series on treating addiction under pandemic conditions | Robert Gipe on “Pop”, the 3rd in his trilogy of uniquely illustrated novels | Our “Future Tense” series focuses on African American agriculture in Kentucky </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of Appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rae Garringer - Prisons as boosters of struggling local economies&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645340/february-25-2021-rae-garrnger">Rae Garringer - Prisons as boosters of struggling local economies </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jean Rosenberg - On serving in the Prisoner Visitation Program&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645345/february-25-2021-jean-rosenberg">Jean Rosenberg - On serving in the Prisoner Visitation Program </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Corinne Boyer - Part III in series on addiction treatment during the pandemic&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645347/february-25-2021-corinne-boyer-series-pt-iii">Corinne Boyer - Part III in series on addiction treatment during the pandemic </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='Robert Gipe - Discusses "Pop", the third in his trilogy of illustrated novels&nbsp;' data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645348/february-25-2021-robert-gipe">Robert Gipe - Discusses "Pop", the third in his trilogy of illustrated novels </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Future Tense series - A conversation with Black Soil's Ashley Smith about the heritage of Black farmers in Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645349/february-25-2021-future-tense-chris-begley-with-ashley-smith">Future Tense series - A conversation with Black Soil's Ashley Smith about the heritage of Black farmers in Kentucky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tribute to a Trio of Kentucky Music Legends" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2645350/february-25-2021-in-remembrance-of-a-trio-of-departed-artists">Tribute to a Trio of Kentucky Music Legends</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65552892021-02-22T08:19:35-05:002021-11-01T05:24:53-04:00Program for February 18, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/31a1470825163838b0e63c62d0eb55aee6c16ae4/original/lex-200617unemploymentrh03.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Unemployment line Frankfort (Photo: Lexington Herald-Leader)</p>
<p>What's wrong with the state's Unemployment Insurance system? How much time do you have? Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon has looked under the hood | Covid, schools, and reopening. It's not simple says EKU Psychologist Melinda Moore | Corrine Boyer on addiction, a pandemic and treatment | AppHarvest goes public, harvests its first crop (tomatoes) and reassures local farmers about competition | Tom Eblen's guest Kentucky author: Louisville's Leesa Cross-Smith on her latest novel, "This Close to Okay" </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2636176/february-18-2021-state-auditor-mike-harmon">Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="EKU Clinical Psychologist Melinda Moore" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2636178/february-18-2021-melinda-moore">EKU Clinical Psychologist Melinda Moore</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WEKU/Ohio Valley Resource reporter Corrine Boyer&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2636180/febraury-18-2021-addiction-in-a-pandemic-pt-ii">WEKU/Ohio Valley Resource reporter Corrine Boyer </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="AppHarvest Founder and CEO Jonathan Webb&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2636184/february-18-2021-jonathan-webb">AppHarvest Founder and CEO Jonathan Webb </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with author Leesa Cross-Smith" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2636186/february-18-2021-tom-eblen-with-leesa-cross-smith">Tom Eblen with author Leesa Cross-Smith</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65489412021-02-14T19:00:00-05:002021-09-20T06:16:00-04:00Program for February 11, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/bab2d5c924960523f9bbdcccd5e3081dbe546c57/original/credit-webmd.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>“The talk.” Berea College professor Dwayne Mack discusses the day-to-day of parenting and growing up Black in an inhospitable world. | Corinne Boyer with Part One of a series on addiction in a pandemic | “Too many not reading at grade level by 3rd grade.” Dreama Gentry and Leslie Graham discuss a solution: rural libraries | EKU Chemistry Prof Judy Jenkins on transitioning a university campus to solar power | Author Leah Hampton talks about the familiar small town characters of her book, “F#*kface.” </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Corinne Boyer - Opioid epidemic during a coronavirus pandemic, part II&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2630011/february-11-2021-boyer-part-i">Corinne Boyer - Opioid epidemic during a coronavirus pandemic, part II </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerald Smith - Racial Justice and Equality Series&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2630025/february-11-2021-gerald-smith-with-dwayne-mack">Gerald Smith - Racial Justice and Equality Series </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="&nbsp;Dreama Gentry, Leslie Graham - Why 3rd grade reading is so critical and how rural libraries can make a difference&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2630014/february-11-2021-libraries-and-3rd-grade-reading"> Dreama Gentry, Leslie Graham - Why 3rd grade reading is so critical and how rural libraries can make a difference </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Judy Jenkins - Big new solar farm at EKU and what it portends for the future of powering a university campus&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2630018/february-11-2021-solar-power">Judy Jenkins - Big new solar farm at EKU and what it portends for the future of powering a university campus </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Leah Hampton - The vivid, familiar characters of her book, “F#*kface.”" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2630593/february-11-2021-leah-hampton">Leah Hampton - The vivid, familiar characters of her book, “F#*kface.”</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65436862021-02-08T19:00:00-05:002021-12-25T07:38:29-05:00Program for February 4, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d57215cd2e7960029a97a8b665a9980c9ac57e7b/original/eric.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans)</p>
<p> NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans offers a preview of his upcoming lecture in the EKU Chautauqua Series. Hint: he has a lot to say about the state of media, both news and entertainment, and how it shapes society. | Author Bobi Conn on her essay: “A Day of Reckoning for Big Pharma: the Elegy that Appalachia Really Needs” | CEDIK’s Shane Barton and “One Harlan County’s” Colby Kirk on efforts to support Eastern Kentucky downtowns during the pandemic - and beyond | Hopewell Museum's Cheryl Caskey: Paris, Ky. hosts a courageous conversation around racial equality and justice. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bobi Conn&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2621894/february-4-2021-bobi-conn">Bobi Conn </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="(Read Bobi's Salon.com essay)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.salon.com/2020/12/27/a-day-of-reckoning-for-big-pharma-the-elegy-that-appalachia-really-needs/?fbclid=IwAR0mMKF5J8Mz3I4EfkBLBN0YBqlBng0GA05RQPVCAtKg3Q2O-xnCuvnxBjs">(Read Bobi's Salon.com essay)</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Shane Barton&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2621895/february-4-2021-shane-barton">Shane Barton </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Colby Kirk&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2621896/february-4-2021-colby-kirk">Colby Kirk </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Eric Deggans&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2621897/february-4-2021-eric-deggans">Eric Deggans </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cheryl Caskey" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2621899/february-4-2021-cheryl-caskey">Cheryl Caskey</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65367572021-02-01T19:51:27-05:002021-10-23T12:43:56-04:00Program for January 28, 2021<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/65c8cac7437bdd54b672589451ae2a45ef1a6ac7/original/silasfinals-color027.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photograph by Tasha Thomas)</p>
<p>The works of one of Kentucky’s leading literary figures is put to the ultimate test: critical reviews by peers. We talk with the editor of the forthcoming University Press of Kentucky release: Silas House: Exploring an Appalachian Writer's Work. Silas House has also been in the studio to record a duet with Nashville singer-songwriter Tiffany Williams, who joins us. And we hear about all of this from Silas House himself. Plus, another well-known Kentucky writer: Frank X Walker, talks with Tom Eblen about the times and how the forces in play in 2020 have influenced his work. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Sylvia Shurbutt&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2613478/january-28-2021-sylvia-shurbutt">Sylvia Shurbutt </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tiffany Williams&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2613479/january-28-2021-tiffany-williams">Tiffany Williams </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Silas House&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2613482/january-28-2021-silas-house">Silas House </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Frank X Walker" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2613763/january-28-2021-tom-eblen-with-frank-x-walker">Frank X Walker</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65300642021-01-25T13:19:47-05:002021-07-09T19:30:41-04:00Program for January 21, 2021 - Part Two of Series<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/5490013835073f3f3956eaadce2cc03e66902a01/original/photocopy.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Part Two of a series about renter-landlord distress due to the economic impact of the pandemic. The series looks into the CDC eviction moratorium which directs landlords not to put people out in the street for nonpayment of rent and into living situations where they can catch and spread the coronavirus. In this episode, we hear from: Ginny Ramsey, Catholic Action Center; Art Crosby, Fair Housing Council; Tyler Scott, Chief of Staff in the Office of Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton; Lexington Social Services Commissioner Chris Ford; Karen Atkins, Kentucky River Foothills Development Council; Lexington Human Rights Commissioner Ray Sexton. UPDATE: President Biden has called for an extension of the eviction moratorium to at least March 31st. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ginny Ramsey - Catholic Action Center&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603949/january-21-2021-ginny-ramsey">Ginny Ramsey - Catholic Action Center </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Art Crosby - Lexington Fair Housing Council&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603954/january-21-2021-art-crosby">Art Crosby - Lexington Fair Housing Council </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tyler Scott - Chief of Staff, Office of Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603959/january-21-2021-tyler-scott">Tyler Scott - Chief of Staff, Office of Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Ford - Lexington Social Services Commissioner&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603961/january-21-2021-chris-ford">Chris Ford - Lexington Social Services Commissioner </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Karen Atkins - Kentucky River Foothills Development Council&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603965/january-21-2021-karen-atkins">Karen Atkins - Kentucky River Foothills Development Council </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ray Sexton - Lexington Human Rights Commission" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2603967/january-21-2021-ray-sexton">Ray Sexton - Lexington Human Rights Commission</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65300502021-01-25T13:15:10-05:002021-07-09T00:45:49-04:00Program for January 14, 2021 - Part One of Series<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/5490013835073f3f3956eaadce2cc03e66902a01/original/photocopy.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Part One of a special two-part series on renter-landlord distress in a pandemic economy. Many Kentucky rental households have fallen behind on monthly payments and are at risk of eviction. Many landlords who remain responsible for mortgage payments and the costs of maintenance and repairs have gone months without receiving crucial monthly rental payments. Guests: Adrienne Bush, Executive Director of the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky; James Pennington, a professor in the EKU Government Department and a Lexington attorney with a landlord-tenant practice; Fred Schaeffer, president of the Central Kentucky Landlord Association </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Adrienne Bush, Executive Director,&nbsp;Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2599944/january-14-2021-adrienne-bush">Adrienne Bush, Executive Director, Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="James Pennington, a professor in the EKY Department of Government&nbsp;and&nbsp;attorney with a landlord-tenant practice" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2599945/january-14-2021-james-pennington">James Pennington, a professor in the EKY Department of Government and attorney with a landlord-tenant practice</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65215992021-01-15T07:32:42-05:002021-12-07T06:48:11-05:00Program for January 7, 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d29579635744d1db92ef1b70200763e469154b9b/original/lige-clark.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Photo: Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society)</p>
<p>Tom Martin with UK Pharmacist, researcher Sarah Blevins: How the Ryan White Act and its approach to HIV now treats opioid addiction | Stephanie Lang, editor of The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society with Jon Coleman: Elijah "Lige" Clarke and LGBTQ history in Eastern, Kentucky | UK history professor Gerald Smith with PG Peeples in his 51st year leading the Urban League of Lexington. | Tom Martin with Lindsay Kampfer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified for Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work and a Counseling Resource Officer for Bluegrass Care Navigators: the profound experience of hospice. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Sarah Blevins" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2583022/january-7-2021-tom-martin-with-sarah-blevins">Tom Martin with Sarah Blevins</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Stephanie Lang with Jon Coleman&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2583018/january-7-2021-stephanie-lang-with-jonathan-coleman">Stephanie Lang with Jon Coleman </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerald Smith with PG Peeples&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2583026/january-7-2021-gerald-smith-with-pg-peeples">Gerald Smith with PG Peeples </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Lindsay Kampfer&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2583028/january-7-2021-tom-martin-with-lindsay-kampfer">Tom Martin with Lindsay Kampfer </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents='BJ Miller: "What is Death?"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-death.html" style="">BJ Miller: "What is Death?"</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>1:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65129452021-01-03T20:14:47-05:002021-12-17T01:20:09-05:00Program for December 31, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/baa716d541a45792f4014c75ea58e2cb90459bd9/original/shutterstock-1693739098.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Tracking food consumer online shopping trends through the year of covid-19 | Hidden political scandals in Kentucky history | KET’s education factory responds to in-home learning | Kentucky author interview: Berea’s Alix Harrow </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jack Bobo - Pandemic consumer trends&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2581109/december-31-2020-interview-with-futurist-jack-bobo">Jack Bobo - Pandemic consumer trends </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="John Schaaf - Kentucky's past political scoundrels&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2584066/december-31-2020-interview-with-author-john-schaaf">John Schaaf - Kentucky's past political scoundrels </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Tonys Crum - Demand for KET at-home learning content through the roof&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2581113/december-31-2020-interview-with-ket-s-tonya-crum">Cynthia Resor with Tonys Crum - Demand for KET at-home learning content through the roof </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Alix Harrow - Berea fiction writer on her latest, The Once and Future Witches" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2581115/december-31-2020-interview-with-fiction-writer-alix-harrow" style="">Alix Harrow - Berea fiction writer on her latest, The Once and Future Witches</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/65090852020-12-28T13:51:06-05:002021-06-08T03:28:48-04:00Program for December 24, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/d8556614085703fd17b66f24966508a07b04f20d/original/wsaz.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo by WSAZ)</p>
<p>Neighbors helping neighbors keep their businesses afloat | A for-profit and a non-profit partner to bring change to the nutrition of a next generation of Eastern Kentuckians |How one who has made his fortunes in coal is now giving back | The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg is celebrated in the latest offering in our series on the 19th Amendment | And how suitcases and hair are making differences in the lives of foster children and kids battling cancer. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lora Smith - Downtown Stimulus Fund&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2577810/december-24-2020-lora-smith">Lora Smith - Downtown Stimulus Fund </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Amy Samples, Alissa Taylor - A powerful partnership to improve rural nutrition&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2577808/december-24-2020-samples-taylor">Amy Samples, Alissa Taylor - A powerful partnership to improve rural nutrition </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd, Jennifer Carter - All about MSU's Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Math&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2577811/december-24-2020-lee-todd-jennifer-carter">Lee Todd, Jennifer Carter - All about MSU's Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Math </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kathi Kern, Jennifer Bird-Pollan - Celebrating the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2577812/december-24-2020-kern-pollan">Kathi Kern, Jennifer Bird-Pollan - Celebrating the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WEKU's Stu Johnson - Suitcases and hair for kids in need" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2577813/december-24-2020-johnson">WEKU's Stu Johnson - Suitcases and hair for kids in need</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Vaccines are on the way. How should we calibrate our expectations about when we will roll up our sleeves? We offer the perspectives of two Kentucky experts | How is the pandemic messing with our minds? We hear from a clinical psychologist who is especially concerned about Generation Z | Covid 19 is disrupting the homebuilding industry. Find out how, as well as why skilled labor is in such high demand </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Brooke Hudspeth, UK College of Pharmacy - Vaccines&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2563583/december-17-2020-brooke-hudspeth">Brooke Hudspeth, UK College of Pharmacy - Vaccines </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bryan Makinen - EKU Covid 19 Task Force Chair - Vaccines&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2569919/december-17-2020-bryan-makinen">Bryan Makinen - EKU Covid 19 Task Force Chair - Vaccines </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="MaryBeth Bundy - EKU Psychologist - Pandemic mindset&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2569916/december-17-2020-future-tense" style="">MaryBeth Bundy - EKU Psychologist - Pandemic mindset </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Todd Johnson - Homebuilding materials in short supply" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2569921/december-17-2020-todd-johnson" style="">Todd Johnson - Homebuilding materials in short supply</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64991802020-12-14T14:23:08-05:002021-11-30T02:53:23-05:00Program for December 10, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/64bba0cf04e370bb6ce9dec7bb20cfa697739b97/original/a26b9a29-5178-431d-bcf1-9fa14657cc77-the-mountain-minor-2.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dan Gellert and Ma Crow in a scene from The Mountain Minor. (Courtesy of Al452 Productions)</p>
<p>The film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy has renewed spirited conversations about the JD Vance memoir. Tom Eblen discusses it with Cassie Chambers Armstrong, author of an Atlantic critique of the film, as well as a new book detailing her perspective on growing up in Appalachian Kentucky. And we hear from the director and two cast members of the film “The Mountain Minor,” something of an antidote to Hillbilly Elegy, driven by the music of the mountains. | A future history teacher takes cues from 2020, a year like no other. | Poet Carrie Green discusses and offers a reading from her new release, “Studies of Familiar Birds”, a meditation on grief and the loss of a father | Scott Whiddon details the two-volume album of instrumentals, “Songs from Quarantine” by Archipelago | WEKU’s Cheri Lawson visits Kentucky’s “Kindness Capitol.” </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with Cassie Chambers Armstrong&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2562458/december-10-2020-tom-eblen-with-cassie-chambers-armstrong">Tom Eblen with Cassie Chambers Armstrong </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="The Mountain Minor&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2562460/december-10-2020-the-mountain-minor">The Mountain Minor </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Trent Catlett&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2562464/december-10-2020-cynthia-resor-with-trent-catlett">Cynthia Resor with Trent Catlett </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Carrie Green&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2562470/december-10-2020-tom-martin-with-carrie-green">Tom Martin with Carrie Green </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Scott Whiddon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2562472/december-10-2020-tom-martin-with-scott-whiddon">Tom Martin with Scott Whiddon</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64930862020-12-06T19:44:58-05:002021-11-08T08:13:58-05:00Program for December 3, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/48664886306a6392cfb890a215d8ebb53e1858ab/original/shutterstock-764161192.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>An update from the co-chairs of the Lexington Commission for Racial Justice and Equality | The rise of Black philanthropy in Lexington | The University Press of Kentucky, under new leadership in a changing media landscape | Series debut: The Ethics and Virtues of a Democratic Society </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p>Tom Martin with Commission for Racial Justice & Equality co-chairs Gerald Smith and Roszalyn Akins - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2553227/december-3-2020-gerald-smith-roszalyn-akins">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Tom Martin with Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative co-chair, Lisa Higgins-Hord - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2553231/december-3-2020-lisa-higgins-hord">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Tom Eblen with University Press of Kentucky Director Ashley Runyon - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2553233/december-3-2020-tom-eblen-with-ashley-runyon">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>NEW SERIES: Ethics and Virtues of Democracy host Jim Trimble with Asbury University Assoc. Professor of Philosophy, Claire Peterson -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2553235/december-3-2020-jim-trimble-claire-peterson"> LISTEN</a></p>42:13WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64837812020-11-23T09:06:14-05:002021-05-07T00:50:04-04:00Program for November 19, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/554cbfac514015c662e0a8bddf8c8d4986ef8ec9/original/shutterstock-1749606074.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p><span class="font_regular">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 Southern Illinois University. It's the latest in Dr. Smith's series of interviews focused on racial justice and equality | Future Tense host Chris Begley taps into the confusion and uncertainty among medical professionals during the early days of the pandemic in conversation with Dr. Phillip Chang who was Assistant Chief Medical Officer at UKHealthcare when the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic | From Appalshop: fighting an epidemic during a pandemic: Type 2 Diabetes in E. KY | Pandemic tips for Thanksgiving from the dean of the College of Public Health at UK | "Stories from The Middle of Everywhere" - details and clips from a new Kentucky-based podcast series about life in small town and rural America. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_regular">Interviews and features in order of appearance: </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerald Smith with Sandra Weissinger&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2538474/gerald-smith-with-sandra-weissinger"><span class="font_regular">Gerald Smith with Sandra Weissinger </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley with Dr. Phillip Chang&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2538476/chris-begley-with-dr-phillip-chang"><span class="font_regular">Chris Begley with Dr. Phillip Chang </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Parker Hobson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2538477/parker-hobson"><span class="font_regular">Parker Hobson </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Austin Carter, Ariel Lavery&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2538478/tom-martin-with-ariel-lavery-and-austin-carter"><span class="font_regular">Austin Carter, Ariel Lavery </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Wendy Barnett with Donna Arnett" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2538480/wendy-barnett-with-donna-arnett"><span class="font_regular">Wendy Barnett with Donna Arnett</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64787542020-11-16T10:34:03-05:002021-08-26T08:37:25-04:00Program for November 12, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/cae5738725469e0c3dca9b1021d8a74a942aacd7/original/miley.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: University Press of Kentucky)</p>
<p>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 six under her roof | Senior year in the time of Covid | Stephanie Lang, Kathryn Newfont: expanding the inclusiveness of Kentucky history | A new series on the virtues of democracy </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="MyraBeth Bundy&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2530734/november-12-2020-myrabeth-bundy">MyraBeth Bundy </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kerrigan Medley&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2530737/november-12-2020-kerrigan-medley">Kerrigan Medley </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Beverly Bell&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2530739/november-12-2020-beverly-bell">Beverly Bell </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Stephanie Lang and Kathryn Newfont&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2530744/stephanie-lang-and-kathryn-newfont">Stephanie Lang and Kathryn Newfont </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jim Trimble" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2530746/november-12-2020-jim-trimble" style="">Jim Trimble</a></p>
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<p>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 power of collaboration in the face of disaster among those left to fend for themselves | Kentucky was one very confusing place to be during the Civil War. But not when it came to your fashion choices </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd with Thomas Martin: The Ed/Econ Connection&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2521629/lee-todd-with-thomas-martin">Lee Todd with Thomas Martin: The Ed/Econ Connection </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with welding instructor Shawn&nbsp;Gannon: America's most in-demand skill&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2521630/tom-martin-with-shawn-gannon">Tom Martin with welding instructor Shawn Gannon: America's most in-demand skill </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley with Fatima Espinoza Vasquez: the spirit of&nbsp;&nbsp;marginalized communities in times of catastrophe&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2521633/chris-begley-with-fatima-espinoza-vasquez">Chris Begley with Fatima Espinoza Vasquez: the spirit of marginalized communities in times of catastrophe </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Amy Murrell Taylor: Civil War era fashion was about more than looks" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2521634/tom-martin-with-amy-murrell-taylor" style="">Tom Martin with Amy Murrell Taylor: Civil War era fashion was about more than looks</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 book, How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting | 19th Amendment co-host Jackie Jay talks election dynamics with EKU Government Professor Anne Cizmar | State of Justice reporter Rae Garringer looks into the status of felon voting rights </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2517658/fayette-county-clerk-don-blevins">Tom Martin with Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with UK Law Professor and author, Josh Douglas&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2517661/tom-eblen-with-uk-law-professor-josh-douglas">Tom Eblen with UK Law Professor and author, Josh Douglas </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="19th Amendment Series: Jackie Jay with EKU Government Professor Anne Cizmar&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2517664/jackie-jay-with-anne-cizmar">19th Amendment Series: Jackie Jay with EKU Government Professor Anne Cizmar </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="State of Justice Series: Rae Garringer explores felon voting rights" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2517666/state-of-justice" style="">State of Justice Series: Rae Garringer explores felon voting rights</a></p>
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<p>Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p>If you appreciate access to this important content during this global pandemic, please help us continue to provide public service journalism and information to Central and Eastern Kentucky communities. Please make your contribution to WEKU today.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64632512020-10-26T07:33:05-04:002021-01-20T04:47:33-05:00Program for October 22, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/244ab71638d7748e6a248d1aefd615a2157cdaa1/original/shutterstock-444491686.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 40th anniversary of his death. | Future Tense: We walk like an Egyptian | Help for struggling small businesses and entrepreneurs | What’s left in the wake of the Black Jewel bankruptcy | Kentucky’s Secretary of State champions early voting </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Interviews in order of appearance: </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Ginny Sprang - How for some kids the pandemic is taking things from bad to worse&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2510239/october-22-2020-dr-ginny-sprang">Tom Martin with Dr. Ginny Sprang - How for some kids the pandemic is taking things from bad to worse </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Anita Courtney - Local artists honor and channel John Lennon&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2510241/october-22-2020-anita-courtney">Tom Martin with Anita Courtney - Local artists honor and channel John Lennon </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Future Tense: Chris Begley with Egyptologist&nbsp; Kara Cooney&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2510243/october-22-2020-chris-begley-with-kara-cooney">Future Tense: Chris Begley with Egyptologist Kara Cooney </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Bobby Clark - Support for budding Eastern Kentucky entrepreneurs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2510244/october-22-2020-bobby-clark" style="">Tom Martin with Bobby Clark - Support for budding Eastern Kentucky entrepreneurs</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p>If you appreciate access to this important content during this global pandemic, please help us continue to provide public service journalism and information to Central and Eastern Kentucky communities.<a contents="&nbsp;Please make your contribution to WEKU today." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2beA1M" style=""> <strong>Please make your contribution to WEKU today.</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64586542020-10-18T20:42:10-04:002021-10-23T03:49:39-04:00Program for October 15, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0757dcdffa136759b3bf902ad5de56e0dcc14f8e/original/shutterstock-1757159780.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 of it: reentry in a pandemic | The stresses of the times and the allure of alcohol and drugs | Twin pandemics as viewed by a Central Kentucky high school senior </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Donna Arnett, dean, UK College of Public Health&nbsp;- Public health versus the pandemic&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2500712/october-15-2020-tom-martin-with-dr-donna-arnett">Dr. Donna Arnett, dean, UK College of Public Health - Public health versus the pandemic </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Shawn Jones, president, Kentucky Medical Association Foundation&nbsp;- Physician burnout&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2500723/october-15-2020-tom-martin-with-dr-shawn-jones">Dr. Shawn Jones, president, Kentucky Medical Association Foundation - Physician burnout </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Series -&nbsp;State of Justice, Part One: Reentry in the time of Covid-19&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2500728/october-15-2020-state-of-justice-part-one-reentry-in-a-pandemic">Series - State of Justice, Part One: Reentry in the time of Covid-19 </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Lon Hays - The allure of alcohol and drugs in pandemic conditions&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2500726/october-15-2020-tom-martin-with-dr-lon-hays">Dr. Lon Hays - The allure of alcohol and drugs in pandemic conditions </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Series -&nbsp;Teaching in a Pandemic: Student perspectives" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2500733/october-15-2020-teaching-in-a-pandemic-a-student-s-perspective">Series - Teaching in a Pandemic: Student perspectives</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64541142020-10-12T16:54:05-04:002021-09-06T05:52:43-04:00Program for October 8, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/8106e61c453060e508e5ffba7c1c52241b52bd63/original/120063399-10220576363453019-8801021763873641695-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Interior of Cincinnati's Old Main Library)</p>
<p> 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 McElmurray; and, the new non-fiction from the Ohio Valley Resource, documenting views of America from the perspectives of the coal-mining communities of Appalachian Kentucky </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Sarah Volpi Woods - Kentucky Book Festival&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2493096/october-8-2020-tom-martin-with-sarah-volpi-woods-kentucky-book-festival">Tom Martin with Sarah Volpi Woods - Kentucky Book Festival </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with poet Lynell Edwards&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2493102/october-8-2020-tom-eblen-with-poet-lynell-edwards">Tom Eblen with poet Lynell Edwards </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Wesley Browne, author of&nbsp;Hillbilly Hustle&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2493121/october-8-2020-tom-martin-with-wesley-browne">Tom Martin with Wesley Browne, author of Hillbilly Hustle </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Ohio Valley Resource Managing Editor Jeff Young, author of Appalachian Fall&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2493130/october-8-2020-tom-with-ovr-managing-editor-jeff-young">Tom Martin with Ohio Valley Resource Managing Editor Jeff Young, author of Appalachian Fall </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Karen Salyer McElmurray author of&nbsp;Wanting Radiance" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2493131/october-8-2020-tom-martin-with-karen-salyer-mcelmurray" style="">Tom Martin with Karen Salyer McElmurray author of Wanting Radiance</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p><em>If you appreciate access to this important content during this global health pandemic, please help WEKU continue to provide public service journalism and critical information to Central and Eastern Kentucky communities.</em><a contents="&nbsp;Please make your contribution to WEKU today" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2beA1M" target="_blank"><em> </em>Please make your contribution to WEKU today</a>.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64491142020-10-04T21:24:34-04:002020-10-04T21:24:34-04:00Program for October 1, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/375350097cc1359189178ec2797a93809b32fc8b/original/shutterstock-1800253390.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 19th century? | Kentucky’s new Commissioner of Education after his first week on the job </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The interviews, in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Ginny Sprang, UK Psychiatrist&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2489812/uk-psychiatrist-dr-ginny-sprang">Tom Martin with Dr. Ginny Sprang, UK Psychiatrist </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Jamie Schrader, Lexington commercial properties broker&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2489814/lexington-commercial-properties-broker-jamie-schrader">Tom Martin with Jamie Schrader, Lexington commercial properties broker </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WFPL's Jess Clark with KY Education Commissioner Jason Glass&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2489817/kentucky-education-commissioner-jason-glass">WFPL's Jess Clark with KY Education Commissioner Jason Glass </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Centre College historian Andrew Patrick&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2489818/centre-college-historian-andrew-patrick">Tom Martin with Centre College historian Andrew Patrick </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Read/download<a contents=" Dr. Patrick's article" data-link-label="patrick-article.pdf" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1080799/patrick-article.pdf"> Dr. Patrick's article</a> for the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society)</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64443382020-09-28T07:17:40-04:002021-11-26T11:53:36-05:00Program for September 24, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b829cbf042c8eeb95cbd85119c5144f6880883cc/original/gerald-smith-head-shot.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Gerald Smith)</p>
<p>“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 school districts | A superintendent prepares as his district moves to in-person instruction | The story of Stand, Lexington’s new monument to women who fought for the right to vote</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Anna Baumann - Kentucky's rich-poor schools gap&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2479040/september-24-2020-tom-martin-with-anna-baumann">Tom Martin with Anna Baumann - Kentucky's rich-poor schools gap </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tonya May with David Gilliam - A school district prepares for return to classrooms&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2479045/september-24-2020-tonya-may-with-david-gilliam">Tonya May with David Gilliam - A school district prepares for return to classrooms </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerald Smith with William Turner - Our new series on racial justice and equality&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2479054/september-24-2020-gerald-smith-with-william-turner">Gerald Smith with William Turner - Our new series on racial justice and equality </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Jennifer Mossotti - The story behind "Stand," a monument to Women's Suffrage" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2479055/september-24-2020-tom-martin-with-jennifer-mossotti">Tom Martin with Jennifer Mossotti - The story behind "Stand," a monument to Women's Suffrage</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64389442020-09-20T20:38:31-04:002021-12-21T08:30:28-05:00Program for September 17, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a0333d51091007af55a2633ff56ff8de0cc87591/original/shutterstock-1175860840.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Helen Boucher - Antibiotic Resistance&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2475592/september-17-2020-dr-helen-boucher" style="">Tom Martin with Dr. Helen Boucher - Antibiotic Resistance </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Seth Himelhoch - Part 2: The Pandemic Psyche&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2475593/september-17-2020-dr-seth-himelhoch">Tom Martin with Dr. Seth Himelhoch - Part 2: The Pandemic Psyche </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley with Dan Wu - Future Tense&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2475595/september-17-2020-chris-begley-with-dan-wu">Chris Begley with Dan Wu - Future Tense </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Rebecca Hanchett - New blog discovers Kentucky's tucked-away gems" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2475596/september-17-2020-tom-martin-with-rebecca-hanchett">Tom Martin with Rebecca Hanchett - New blog discovers Kentucky's tucked-away gems</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64333032020-09-14T13:43:46-04:002021-06-30T11:34:17-04:00Program for September 10, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/9f7c968f8551b52ff0ac9b4f5b901f3343248895/original/shutterstock-349031423.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 | Keeneland’s new leader on planning the thoroughbred industry’s most important yearling sale under pandemic conditions | Bobbie Ann Mason on her new novel, “Dear Ann” | Why MACED changed its name </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Seth Himelhoch, UK Psychiatry Chair&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2468884/tom-martin-with-dr-seth-himelhoch-part-one">Tom Martin with Dr. Seth Himelhoch, UK Psychiatry Chair </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tonya May with Jefferson Co. Schools&nbsp;Supt. Marty Pollio&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2468885/tonya-may-with-jefferson-co-schools-supt-marty-pollio">Tonya May with Jefferson Co. Schools Supt. Marty Pollio </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Keeneland President/CEO Shannon Arvin&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2468887/tom-martin-with-keeneland-pres-ceo-shannon-arvin">Tom Martin with Keeneland President/CEO Shannon Arvin </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Eblen with author Bobbie Ann Mason" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2468888/tom-eblen-with-author-bobbie-ann-mason">Tom Eblen with author Bobbie Ann Mason</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Mountain Association&nbsp; President Peter Hille" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2468890/tom-martin-with-peter-hille">Tom Martin with Mountain Association President Peter Hille</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64268452020-09-07T09:11:50-04:002020-10-13T05:17:04-04:00Program for September 3, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/9c1bcf1ad63c16a32b4e8e9153621097ad964b06/original/horse-race-of-19th-century-american-turf-register.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>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 the good and the bad of what we're going through | Did you know? Kentucky horse race tracks once resembled dragstrips </p>
<p><strong>Segment One</strong>: Vaccinations | School reopenings | Cheapside Park renaming -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462556/september-3-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two</strong>: Future Tense with Silas House | A look at early horse racing in Kentucky -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462557/september-3-2020-segment-two" style=""> </a><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462557/september-3-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews and features in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Dale Toney&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462558/september-3-2020-tom-martin-with-dr-dale-toney">Tom Martin with Dr. Dale Toney </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tonya May with Dr. Diane Hatchett&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462559/september-3-2020-tonya-may-with-dr-diane-hatchett">Tonya May with Dr. Diane Hatchett </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WEKU's Stu Johnson on renaming of Cheapside Park in honor of Henry A. Tandy&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462561/september-3-2020-stu-johnson-on-renaming-of-cheapside-park">WEKU's Stu Johnson on renaming of Cheapside Park in honor of Henry A. Tandy </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Future Tense host Chris Begley with author Silas House" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462562/september-3-2020-chris-begley-with-silas-house">Future Tense host Chris Begley with author Silas House</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with MSU professor Gary O'Dell on early horse racing in Kentucky" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2462563/september-3-2020-tom-martin-with-gary-o-dell">Tom Martin with MSU professor Gary O'Dell on early horse racing in Kentucky</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64209682020-08-31T06:59:27-04:002020-09-10T11:46:00-04:00Program for August 27, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f319f37bd9d8f4b7c70f6b571bf5cb3e8219f098/original/shutterstock-501662800.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>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 Women Writers Conference goes virtual for its 42nd annual gathering of literary stars and aspiring authors | Our “Future Tense” series highlights how the pandemic is happening simultaneous to a racial awakening </p>
<p>Interviews in order of appearance: </p>
<p><a contents="Tom Martin with Shannon Moody, Kentucky Youth Advocates&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2455950/tom-martin-with-shannon-moody" style="">Tom Martin with Shannon Moody, Kentucky Youth Advocates&nbsp;</a></p>
<p><a contents="Tonya May with David Cox, Supt., Corbin Independent School System&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2455951/tonya-may-with-corbin-schools-supt-david-cox">Tonya May with David Cox, Supt., Corbin Independent School System </a></p>
<p><a contents="Tom Martin with Randi Ewing, president, Kentucky Women Writers Conference&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2455952/tom-martin-with-randi-ewing">Tom Martin with Randi Ewing, president, Kentucky Women Writers Conference </a></p>
<p><a contents="Chris Begley with Carol&nbsp;Taylor-Shim,&nbsp;&nbsp;Director of Bias Incident Support Services at UK" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2455949/chris-begley-with-carole-taylor-shim">Chris Begley with Carol Taylor-Shim, Director of Bias Incident Support Services at UK</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64158132020-08-24T07:27:30-04:002021-11-12T01:46:08-05:00Program for August 20, 2020<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2446424/august-20-2020-segment-two"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ab2ccd034f4ee139d3778d78e502685edc07c7e5/original/shutterstock-1744138487.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 services already were in crisis before the pandemic hit. Now, reports the Herald-Leader’s John Cheves, the system is near collapse. And June Widman of the Appalachian Early Childhood Network details the results | Economic development and education: you can’t have one without the other. Lee Todd’s latest interview helps connect the dots.</p>
<p><strong>Segment One: </strong>Teaching in a Pandemic: Rockcastle County Schools Superintendent Carrie Ballinger with series co-host, Tonya May. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2446421/august-20-2020-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two: </strong>Child care in crisis. Then came a pandemic. John Cheves on what his reporting reveals of a system essential to working households. And June Widman, Executive Director of the Berea-based of the Appalachian Early Childhood Network on the consequences of reduced public support of child care services. And, economic development and education: you can’t have one without the other. Lee Todd’s latest interview makes personal a statewide program that helps connect the dots.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2446424/august-20-2020-segment-two" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tonya May with Carrie Ballinger&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2449357/august-20-2020-tonya-may-with-carrie-ballinger">Tonya May with Carrie Ballinger </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with John Cheves&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2449358/august-20-2020-tom-martin-with-john-cheves">Tom Martin with John Cheves </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with June Widman" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2449364/august-20-2020-tom-martin-with-june-widman">Tom Martin with June Widman</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd with Auburn Mattingly" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2449371/august-20-2020-lee-todd-with-auburn-mattingly">Lee Todd with Auburn Mattingly</a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64108052020-08-16T15:53:37-04:002021-04-21T13:00:36-04:00Program for August 13, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/845ea94143d28e41bd3fc38ece8fac7a51c425c9/original/shutterstock-1732081438.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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? | How do historians navigate the challenges of providing an accurate record of life in chattel slavery? | And, what is the value of solitude in times like these? | Questions. All sorts. And we have some answers for you to consider. </p>
<p>Segment One: Katie Moore, a new faculty member in EKU's Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education. Katie is Deaf so department chair, Vicki Brashear, joins Katie via Zoom and ES via phone to translate. | Dr. Jade Robinson is an Asst. Professor in EKU's Communications Disorders Department, has 20 years of professional experience serving young children and their families. She discusses the impact of masking on schoolchildren<a contents=". LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2440050/august-13-2020-segment-one" style="">.</a><a contents=". LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2440050/august-13-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p>Segment Two: University of Buffalo historian Carole Emberton on "disciplined imagination," a key tool used in reconstructing the often undocumented lives of the enslaved. | Tom Eblen of the Carnegie Center for Learning & Literacy discusses the importance of solitude in contemporary life with Fenton Johnson, author of "At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life"<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2440051/august-13-2020-segment-two"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Katie Moore and Vicky Brashear&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2443273/august-13-2020-katie-moore" style="">Katie Moore and Vicky Brashear </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jade Robinson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2443276/august-13-2020-jade-robinson">Jade Robinson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Carole Emberton&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2443278/august-13-2020-carole-emberton">Carole Emberton </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Fenton Johnson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2443280/august-13-2020-tom-eblen-with-fenton-johnson">Fenton Johnson</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/64062222020-08-10T07:11:22-04:002020-08-10T07:11:22-04:00Program for August 6, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/37a49daf02d07254aecc7cbcdd372e3cf611ca8e/original/shutterstock-1746069458.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image: Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>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 public school teacher as she describes what the pandemic has revealed and how she and her colleagues are struggling against its constant challenges. Cynthia Resor talks with Rockcastle County High School Social Studies teacher Holly Robinson. | The aftermath of the 19th Amendment has reverberated over a century. EKU Professor of History Jackie Kay with UK historian Melanie Goan | ServeKentucky's Joe Bringardner on fresh funding for AmeriCorps public service jobs </p>
<p><strong>Segment One</strong>: Education Commissioner Glass; Teachers Series -<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437389/august-6-2020-segment-one"> LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two</strong>: 19th Amendment Series; AmeriCorps public service jobs - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437390/august-6-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews:</strong> </p>
<p>Tom Martin with Commissioner Jason Glass <a contents="(Edited for Air" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437421/tom-martin-with-jason-glass">(Edited for Air</a>) (<a contents="Full Length" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437393/august-6-2020-jason-glass-full-length">Full Length</a>) </p>
<p><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Rockcastle County Social Studies teacher Holly Robinson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437425/cynthia-resor-with-holly-robinson">Cynthia Resor with Rockcastle County Social Studies teacher Holly Robinson </a></p>
<p><a contents="19th Amendment series host Jackie Jay with historian Melanie Goan&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437427/jackie-jay-with-melanie-goan">19th Amendment series host Jackie Jay with historian Melanie Goan </a></p>
<p><a contents="Tom Martin with ServeKentucky Executive Director Joe Bringardner" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2437428/tom-martin-with-joe-bringardner">Tom Martin with ServeKentucky Executive Director Joe Bringardner</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63999132020-08-02T08:27:39-04:002021-11-30T08:23:18-05:00Program for July 30, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ed07c85b15fdf35ad23e257e3bcf53e18dd8f49a/original/dsc-2344.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sallie Showalter (back to camera) and Jim Bannister (Photos by Bobby Shiflet)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/be4ce22c1eaed998013db8cf8a873f6382f1352b/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Sallie Showalter and Jim Bannister (back to camera)</p>
<p>Segment One: </p>
<p>The descendants of the accused and accuser sit down in Paris, Kentucky for a courageous conversation about a 1901 lynching. ES was there. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the unedited conversation&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2431045/the-conversation" style="">Listen to the unedited conversation </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to story" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2429538/tom-martin-with-jim-bannister-sallie-showalter">Listen to story</a></p>
<p>“I pray that this is not just a moment, but a movement.” The co-chairs of Lexington’s Commission for Racial Justice & Equality lay out goals</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to interview" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2429539/tom-martin-with-gerald-smith-rosz-akins">Listen to interview</a></p>
<p>Segment Two: </p>
<p>The latest in our “Future Tense” series: Chris Begley with Frank X Walker on the convergence of a pandemic and civil and economic unrest</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to interview&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2429540/chris-begley-with-frank-x-walker">Listen to interview </a></p>
<p> </p>52:59WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63972562020-07-30T08:34:36-04:002020-07-30T08:34:36-04:00Program for July 23, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e1450ab6136a4171dcad2f2171bef8dbcca431d4/original/confederate-monument-in-murray.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> 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. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2419773/july-23-2020-segment-one">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two: </strong> Uncertainty is a constant companion of Kentucky teachers as they attempt to prepare for a reopening of schools. | Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan of Lexington’s Green Room Exchange go virtual with the non-profit’s mission to bring World music and cultures to the Bluegrass. <strong><a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2419774/july-23-2020-segment-two" style="">LISTEN </a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Joy Giguere&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2424794/joy-giguere">Tom Martin with Joy Giguere </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Anne E. Marshall&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2424797/anne-marshall">Tom Martin with Anne E. Marshall </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Rhonda Gross&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2421831/july-23-cynthia-resor-with-rhonda-gross">Cynthia Resor with Rhonda Gross </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2424798/lee-carroll-connie-milligan">Tom Martin with Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63878192020-07-20T07:03:06-04:002021-12-11T08:30:57-05:00Program for July 16, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/56aba238d9b302a650e57c668d073f3ac607be66/original/shutterstock-1675198060.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image by Shutterstock)</p>
<p>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 Changer.” Dr. Lee Todd continues his series, “Education IS Economic Development” | Kentucky author Sallie Showalter tells Tom Martin how she fashioned a novel around her grandfather’s secret life | Carla Gover’s Kentucky Songcrafters series features singer-songwriter Marcus Wilkerson </p>
<p><strong>Segment One: </strong>Cynthia Resor hears from Clay County math teacher Aaron Asher about the challenges he is facing as he tries to prepare for classes in the midst of a pandemic. | Lee Todd talks with Brittany Cox, an Advance Kentucky teacher, about the "game changing" nature of the program.<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2414964/july-16-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong> Central Kentucky writer Sallie Showalter took up the offer of an investigative reporter friend to dig into a family mystery. The result is her first fact-based novel, "Next Train Out." | Carla Gover interviews Marcus Wilkerson for her ES series "Kentucky Songcrafters."<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2419774/july-23-2020-segment-two" style=""> LISTEN</a><a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2414965/july-16-2020-segment-two"> </a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in Order of Appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Cynthia Resor with Aaron Asher" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2418222/cynthia-resor-with-aaron-asher">Cynthia Resor with Aaron Asher</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd with Brittany Cox" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2418223/lee-todd-with-brittany-cox">Lee Todd with Brittany Cox</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Sallie Showalter&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2418224/tom-martin-with-sallie-showalter" style="">Tom Martin with Sallie Showalter </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Carla Gover with Marcus Wilkerson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2418225/carla-gover-with-marcus-wilkerson">Carla Gover with Marcus Wilkerson</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63856002020-07-15T09:35:05-04:002021-06-23T10:31:02-04:00Program for June 18, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c0b04c8ad976ec9ebbc6694caf516efd7e672527/original/shutterstock-68943733.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image by Shutterstock)</p>
<ul> <li>Kentucky company uses data to predict, prepare for natural disasters</li> <li>Effects linger from Eastern Kentucky's Easter Flood </li> <li>Lee Todd Series: How Advance Kentucky advances Kentucky</li> <li>EKU Psychology Chair announces retirement, reflects on key developments in the field</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lee Todd with Kris Kimel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2390107/lee-todd-with-kris-kimel" style="">Lee Todd with Kris Kimel</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Jerry Skees" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2390108/jerry-skees" style="">Tom Martin with Jerry Skees</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Samantha Morrill with Scott McReynolds" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2390109/samantha-morrill-with-scott-mcreynolds" style="">Samantha Morrill with Scott McReynolds</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Robert Brubaker" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2390110/robert-brubaker">Tom Martin with Dr. Robert Brubaker</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63839712020-07-12T19:21:52-04:002021-06-23T10:31:25-04:00Program for July 9, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e703e624998bd2dc0c593b8be8afced822beab45/original/shutterstock-1569561679.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<ul> <li><span class="font_large">Covid concerns in rural Kentucky </span></li> <li><span class="font_large">The demands of an HR manager in a pandemic</span></li> <li><span class="font_large">How the Pandemic of 2020 has made life stranger than sci-fi</span></li> <li><span class="font_large">Silas House on the re-issue of his first three novels, complete with some surprises. </span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Segment One:</strong> COVID-19 in rural Kentucky | Human Resources in a pandemic -<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2406154/july-9-2020-segment-one"> LISTEN</a> </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Segment Two:</strong> Stranger than fiction: the times | Silas House trilogy is reissued - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2406156/july-9-2020-segment-two">LISTEN</a> </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Tom Martin with Dr. Maria Braman&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2411457/dr-maria-braman">Tom Martin with Dr. Maria Braman </a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Tom Martin with Lyle Hanna&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2411459/lyle-hanna">Tom Martin with Lyle Hanna </a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Chris Begley with Dahlia Schweitzer&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2411461/chris-begley-w-dahlia-schweitzer">Chris Begley with Dahlia Schweitzer </a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Tom Martin with Silas House" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2411463/silas-house" style="">Tom Martin with Silas House</a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63734632020-07-02T07:36:19-04:002020-07-15T08:47:18-04:00Program for June 25, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/bc0ded7106807a97590123f983c0eb3cd7e62c7a/original/1-bowqluz9sf59hncdmahejq.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<ul> <li><span class="font_large">19th Amendment Series: Uneven equality </span></li> <li><span class="font_large">The story of fierce, Lexington-born social activist Sophonisba Breckinridge</span></li> <li><span class="font_large">How is the pandemic impacting live theatre performance?</span></li> <li><span class="font_large">One year later: Appalshop goes solar</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Segment One: </strong>The 19th Amendment, ratified 100 years ago, guarantees all American women the right to vote. But, according to the latest in our 19th Amendment Centennial series, it wasn’t always universal | Who was Lexington-born Sophonisba Breckinridge? Her remarkable story in an interview with historian Anya Jabour .<strong><a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2393721/june-25-2020-segment-one"> LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p>Segment Two: What is the post-pandemic future of live Theatre? We ask playwright and producing director Bo List | Appalshop “went solar” a year ago. A look into how this renewable energy source has impacted the non-profit’s bottom line.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2393729/june-25-2020-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="19th Amendment - Kathi Kern&nbsp;with Anastasia Curwood&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2398120/june-25-2020-kathi-kern-with-anastasia-curwood">19th Amendment - Kathi Kern with Anastasia Curwood </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Sophonisba Breckinridge - Anya Jabour&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2398121/anya-jabour">Sophonisba Breckinridge - Anya Jabour </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Pandemic Impact on Live Theater - Bo List&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2398122/bo-list">Pandemic Impact on Live Theater - Bo List </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Solar Savings at Appalshop - Marley Green" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2398123/marley-green">Solar Savings at Appalshop - Marley Green</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63555592020-06-16T17:19:56-04:002021-10-25T06:58:01-04:00Program for June 11, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e74862f5da6fbb27c6085d0d2f73a01510c35f7c/original/wfpl.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />(Photo: WFPL)</p>
<p><strong>On this week's edition: </strong></p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> 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 | UK Philosopher Arnold Farr on the way forward from protest <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2378802/june-11-2020-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two: </strong>Lexington property manager Bob Cole on workspace issues in a pandemic <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2378804/june-11-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Matthew Kaufmann&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2380972/matthew-kaufmann">Matthew Kaufmann </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley with Arnold Farr&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2380973/future-tense-chris-begley-with-arnold-farr">Chris Begley with Arnold Farr </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bob Cole" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2380976/bob-cole">Bob Cole</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63461612020-06-08T10:58:20-04:002020-06-13T15:17:11-04:00Program for June 4, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e79678c79df4ce3eb458aab9f71013efaeb2c008/original/shutterstock-1725136729.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Graphic by Shutterstock</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">On this week's program:</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_regular">Segment One: </span></strong><span class="font_regular">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 gauge Kentuckians' thoughts and habits during a pandemic. With Marc Kivimiemi, </span>professor and chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the University of Kentucky.<span class="font_regular"> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2371977/june-4-2020-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Segment Two: </strong></span>What about the future? A futurist's reading of trends and indicators for what a post-pandemic world. | What's in those archives? Appalshop celebrates 50 years of documenting life in Appalachian Kentucky. A conversation with Appalshop archivist Caroline Rubens and Brett Ratliff of the organization's community radio station, WMMT.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2371978/june-4-2020-segment-two" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program:</p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> Changes coming to Kentucky’s colleges - on and off campus. | A look at the history of pandemics with the author of “Russia in the Time of Cholera.” | Introducing “Future Tense” - anthropologist and author Chris Begley peers into a post-pandemic future through the eyes of his guests.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367424/may-28-2020-segment-one"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong> The latest in our monthly series on the 19th Amendment | How the coronavirus has brought things to a standstill at the Appalachian Center for the Arts in Pikeville.<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367427/may-28-2020-segment-two"> LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Aaron Thompson - College planning&nbsp;in a pandemic&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367713/aaron-thompson-ky-council-on-postsecondary-education">Aaron Thompson - College planning in a pandemic </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="John Davis - Pandemic history&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367714/dr-john-davis">John Davis - Pandemic history </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley with Bianca Spriggs - Future Tense&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367716/future-tense-with-chris-begley">Chris Begley with Bianca Spriggs - Future Tense </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kathi Kern with Nikki Brown - 19th Amendment" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367717/19th-amendment-kathi-kern-with-nikki-brown">Kathi Kern with Nikki Brown - 19th Amendment</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Robin Irwin and Erick Buckley - Appalachian Center for the Arts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2367718/robin-irwin-erick-buckley">Robin Irwin and Erick Buckley - Appalachian Center for the Arts</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63295512020-05-25T12:47:55-04:002021-05-02T03:23:42-04:00Program for May 21, 2020<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Shutterstock</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program:</p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> A new Eastern Standard series gets underway focusing on the connections between education, entrepreneurship and economic development in Kentucky. The series begins with an introductory conversation with its host: former U.K. President Lee Todd.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2355788/may-21-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two: </strong>Part two of a history of Maxey Flats, the nuclear waste dump in Fleming County. Part II of an interview with historian Caroline Peyton, and a conversation with Dr. Lindell Ormsbee of the Superfund Research Center at UK.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2355790/may-21-2020-segment-two"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63229022020-05-19T18:49:38-04:002020-07-28T10:39:12-04:00Program for May 14, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1a3a47ffe0ac7110abef2c6c452606bdfb32d079/original/maxeyflats.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program:</p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> A history of Maxey Flats, the sixties-era nuclear waste dump near Morehead. An interview with University of Memphis historian Caroline Peyton whose article, “Kentucky’s Atomic Graveyard: Maxey Flats and Environmental Inequity in Rural America” is published in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Part one of a two-part interview. <a contents="LISTEN NOW" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2349987/may-14-2020-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN NOW</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong> How the pandemic more starkly reveals the digital divide in Eastern Kentucky. Our guest is Peter Hille, President of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development | Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting: officials, advocates concerned as domestic violence rises | Behind the scenes of concerts and sporting events at Lexington’s Rupp Arena. A visit with Technical Services Manager Bob Stoops and Ticket Office Manager Jeff Bojanowski. They've been around for decades. They've seen a thing or two. <a contents="LISTEN NOW&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2349990/may-14-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN NOW </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Caroline Peyton&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2349992/caroline-peyton-part-one">Caroline Peyton </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Peter Hille" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2349994/peter-hille">Peter Hille</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Eleanor Klibanoff" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2349997/eleanor-klibanoff">Eleanor Klibanoff</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Rupp Arena's Bob Stoops and Jeff Bojanowski" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2346791/may-14-2020-rupp">Rupp Arena's Bob Stoops and Jeff Bojanowski</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63121852020-05-11T12:52:06-04:002020-09-23T05:55:07-04:00Program for May 7, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0ba45759c6682a643930795e1afba5b8b6fef00f/original/vanessa-holden.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Photo: UK Professor of African American and American History Vanessa Holden</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program:</p>
<p><strong>Segment One</strong>: Coal mining in a pandemic. Kentucky coal miners, especially those with Black Lung disease, are urged to take precautions against COVID-19 reporter Sydney Boles with radiologist Norman Crum - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2337597/may-7-2020-segment-one">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two</strong>: 19th Amendment series: the convergence of abolition and suffrage | Book chronicles the courage and determination of Appalachian women | Your hair in a pandemic <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2337598/may-7-2020-segment-two">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews/reports listed in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Sydney Boles&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2341904/sydney-boles">Sydney Boles </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kathi Kern with Vanessa Holden&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2341906/kathi-kern-with-vanessa-holden">Kathi Kern with Vanessa Holden </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jessica Wilkerson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2341907/jessica-wilkerson">Jessica Wilkerson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Wendy Barnett" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2341908/wendy-barnett-hair">Wendy Barnett</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/63040562020-05-04T07:22:21-04:002020-06-13T15:22:08-04:00Program for April 30, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/7a41662e56b8d0af206d8c5296765dda27b04fe4/original/shutterstock-1660546066.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Image: Shutterstock</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program: </p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong> EKU psychologists Theresa Botts* and Melinda Moore ** offer a psychological chronicle of life under COVID-19. They invite you to offer an account of your own observations and experiences for discussion in future editions of their Eastern Standard series on mental health. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2332382/april-30-2020-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong> Lora Smith of the Appalachian Impact Fund details a relief fund to tide over downtown businesses in Eastern Kentucky as they cope with COVID-19. Mindi Sheffel owns one of those businesses, the Read Spotted Newt bookstore in downtown Hazard. | How is the crisis impacting Kentucky's vast community of non-profits? We ask Danielle Clore, Executive Director of the Kentucky Non-profits Network | What emerges once COVID-19 is in our rearview mirror? We hear about the strategic plan of Hazard, Kentucky, formulated to survive the decline of coal and now the coronavirus, as well. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2332387/april-30-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews (listed in order of appearance) </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Theresa Botts &amp; Melinda Moore - EKU Psychologists&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2334529/theresa-botts-and-melinda-moore">Theresa Botts & Melinda Moore - EKU Psychologists </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lora Smith - Appalachian Impact Fund&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2334473/lora-smith">Lora Smith - Appalachian Impact Fund </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mandi Sheffel - Read Spotted Newt Bookstore&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2334479/mani-sheffel">Mandi Sheffel - Read Spotted Newt Bookstore </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Danielle Clore - Kentucky Nonprofit Network&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2334483/danielle-clore">Danielle Clore - Kentucky Nonprofit Network </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tad Long - Kentucky League of Cities&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2334489/tad-long">Tad Long - Kentucky League of Cities </a></p>
<p> * Dr. Botts received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2001. Her specialty interests include: trauma and grief work, gender related issues, depression and anxiety disorders. Much of her clinical work focuses on working with the juvenile and young adult populations. Her therapy orientation integrates feminist, cognitive behavioral and systemic approaches. </p>
<p>** Melinda Moore is a Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Catholic University of America, where she trained in the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) and conducted research on CAMS. She regularly trains clinicians in CAMS, as well as advocates on behalf of suicide prevention in her role as chair of the Kentucky Suicide Prevention Group, Inc., a statewide suicide prevention nonprofit.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62961212020-04-27T15:33:37-04:002020-06-13T15:23:29-04:00Program for April 23, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/af89d886d033bc0659286485f7fa3186f68b3054/original/shutterstock-1689623599-1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">Image by Shutterstock</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On this week's program:</p>
<p><strong>Segment One</strong>: Jason Bailey, Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy discusses the state's needs in any additional emergency coronavirus funding from Washington. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322528/april-23-2020-segment-one">LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two</strong>: Silas House on remembering the dignity of rural Americans | Carla Gover begins a new series: Kentucky Songcrafters | Author Bobi Conn on her debut memoir, a story of abuse at the hands of a violent, addicted father in Clearfield, Kentucky.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322529/april-23-2020-segment-two"> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews listed in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jason Bailey&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322544/jason-bailey">Jason Bailey </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Silas House&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322546/silas-house">Silas House </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Carla Gover" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322548/kentucky-songcrafters_01">Carla Gover</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bobi Conn" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2322552/bobi-conn" style="">Bobi Conn</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62882372020-04-20T16:31:44-04:002020-06-13T15:24:00-04:00Program for April 16, 2020 <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/57c1f6948b2f01a60f9cf5ce3c15dec968bdfff4/original/shutterstock-570645964.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">Image by Shutterstock</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Featured on this week's edition: </strong></p>
<p>Child care centers are closed. We discuss the consequences with Lynette Fraga of Child Care Aware of America, and Terry Brooks of Kentucky Youth Advocates | Force majeure in real estate contracts: Lexington attorney Dan Rose walks us through this deal-breaking clause in times of crisis...like now. | And, a play about a coal mine disaster, closed by the virus crisis. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment One: Child Care - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2313446/april-16-2020-segment-one">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment Two: Force majeure in real estate | "Coal Country" play - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2313450/april-16-2020-segment-two">LISTEN </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lynette Fraga" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2314473/lynette-fraga">Lynette Fraga</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Terry Brooks&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2314475/terry-brooks">Terry Brooks </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dan Rose" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2314478/dan-rose">Dan Rose</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jeff Young" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2314480/jeff-young">Jeff Young</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62808752020-04-13T10:39:57-04:002020-05-25T12:44:48-04:00Program for April 9, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/a24acf79753d8b289bfb3ae08913c41f677b584d/original/shutterstock-298448489.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(Image by Shutterstock)</span></p>
<p>Lexington restaurateur Ouita Michel on how she is helping laid-off employees cope with the coronavirus crisis. | Those devices, our minds: latest installment in our mental health series | The literacy of early 20th century Appalachia | As Appalshop celebrates its 50th year, a visit with the folks at Possum Radio, the organization’s community station in Whitesburg. </p>
<p><strong>Segment One</strong>: Ouita Michel -<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304659/april-9-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong> Dr. Melinda Moore, host of our series on mental health issues, interviews Father Steve Roberts of the Newman Center at UK on how our mobile devices affect who we are and how we behave | Samantha NeCamp, author of "Literacy in the Mountains: Community Newspapers and Writing in Appalachia" on the inaccurate portrayal of early 20th century Appalachians as generally illiterate. | Appalshop's 50th: "Possum Radio" with Rachel Garringer and Rich Kirby. - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304660/april-9-2020-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="OUITA MICHEL&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304662/ouita-michel">OUITA MICHEL </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="MELINDA MOORE&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304666/melinda-moore-father-steve-roberts">MELINDA MOORE </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="SAMANTHA NeCAMP&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304671/samantha-necamp">SAMANTHA NeCAMP </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="RACHEL GARRINGER &amp; RICH KIRBY" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2304675/rich-kirby-rachel-garringer">RACHEL GARRINGER & RICH KIRBY</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62736822020-04-06T16:35:52-04:002020-05-25T12:44:58-04:00Program for April 2, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/712dc319ea5fa0d4b2b3809574dad6247b2287a4/original/shutterstock-43059370.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Force majeure contract clauses eyed as coronavirus rattles supply chains | 200-year cement. Sound good? UK researchers are on it | Standing up to heart disease in Eastern Kentucky | The rural "news desert" and the search for an oasis. | An online calendar for arts events off the beaten path </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment One: Force Majeure - <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291312/april-2-2020-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment Two: News deserts; 200-year cement; Heart Disease in E. KY.; Arts events calendar - <strong> <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291316/april-2-2020-segment-2">LISTEN </a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Steve Amato&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291320/april-2-2020-steve-amato">Steve Amato </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dee Davis&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291322/april-2-2020-dee-davis">Dee Davis </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Robert Jewell&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291327/april-2-2020-robert-jewell">Robert Jewell </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Heather Whitson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291332/april-2-2020-heather-whitson">Heather Whitson </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dima Strakovsky" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2291337/april-2-2020-dima-strakovsky">Dima Strakovsky</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62683942020-04-01T12:25:49-04:002020-05-25T12:45:07-04:00Program for March 26, 2020<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://tom.hnatow.com/" style=""><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c5e45f70e9078d2cd53c096bfca497d267be4a73/original/tom-hnatow-photo-by-vivian-h-w-wang.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Featured on this week's edition: </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Segment One: Coronavirus impacts: musicians who make ends meet with jobs in the hospitality industry An interview with Lexington producer, recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Tom Hnatow. And, a Lexington company that connects KY businesses with government contracts <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2279277/march-26-2020-segment-one">LISTEN </a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Segment Two: Al Cross on news media vs social media | How to choose the right name for your company or organization | Kentucky author Carter Sickles on his latest, "The Prettiest Star." <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2279280/march-26-2020-segment-two">LISTEN </a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Interviews: </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tom Hnatow&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2284632/tom-hnatow"><span class="font_regular">Tom Hnatow </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Darrall Henderson&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2284633/darrall-henderson"><span class="font_regular">Darrall Henderson </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="Al Cross" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2284635/al-cross">Al Cross</a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Brad Flowers&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2284636/brad-flowers"><span class="font_regular">Brad Flowers </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Carter Sickles" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2284641/carter-sickles"><span class="font_regular">Carter Sickles</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62590862020-03-23T12:14:04-04:002021-08-13T05:23:06-04:00Program for March 19, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/399140299eda9e0236eb0daf98bc63e6ac673c9d/original/drinks-2578446-1280.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">A 333% increase in alcohol-related deaths in Kentucky over the last two decades with dramatic increases among women and the middle-aged. | Efforts are underway in Eastern Kentucky to reduce Kentucky's high rate of type 2 diabetes . | In our continuing series on the 19th Amendment, we look at the major, society-shifting changes after establishing women's right to vote. | A Transylvania University student has created trading cards of influential women. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Segment One: <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2279277/march-26-2020-segment-one">LISTEN</a>* </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Segment Two: <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2279280/march-26-2020-segment-two">LISTEN </a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Interviews:</strong> </span></p>
<p><a contents="Tara McGuire - Alcohol rates in Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2274372/tara-mcguire"><span class="font_regular">Tara McGuire - Alcohol rates in Kentucky </span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><a contents="Parker&nbsp;Hobson - Confronting&nbsp;KY's high rate of type-2 diabetes&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2274378/parker-hobson">Parker Hobson - Confronting KY's high rate of type-2 diabetes </a> (see note below) </span></p>
<p><a contents="Jackie Jay with Sara Egge - 19th amendment series&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2274380/jackie-jay-with-sara-egge"><span class="font_regular">Jackie Jay with Sara Egge - 19th amendment series </span></a></p>
<p><a contents="Shawna Morton - Influential Women trading cards&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2274381/shawna-morton"><span class="font_regular">Shawna Morton - Influential Women trading cards </span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">*Note: </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">The report by Appalshop's Parker Hobson is the first in a series about efforts underway in Eastern Kentucky to reduce through lifestyle changes Kentucky's high rates of type 2 diabetes. This report was made possible, in part, by the Kentucky Department of Public Health. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">To see if you might be at risk for pre-diabetes, there is a short quiz you can take at <a contents="http://doihaveprediabetes.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://doihaveprediabetes.org/">http://doihaveprediabetes.org</a>. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Music in this report ("Bergen County Farewell" and "Across the Tappen Zee") was performed by Glenn Jones & Laura Baird, from the <a contents="WFMU collection on the Free Music Archive" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glenn_Jones/Live_on_WFMUs_Irene_Trudels_show_-_July_1st_2013_1868">WFMU collection on the Free Music Archive</a>.</span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62505552020-03-15T20:30:52-04:002020-05-25T12:45:28-04:00Program for March 12, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/3df7f78da296787d055256874d02e79faf9c49e9/original/shutterstock-105451553-1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>AG impacts: COVID-19, trade wars, THC in hemp. A conversation with state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles | NEW: series on Mental Health Issues in Eastern Kentucky and the delivery of care to the rural and remote | Does Kentucky's famous hospitality extend to its community of African Immigrants? | New book illuminates LGBTQ history of Kentucky </p>
<p><strong>Segment One:</strong><a contents=" Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267400/march-12-2020-segment-one"> Listen</a> </p>
<p><strong>Segment Two:</strong><a contents=" Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267401/march-12-2020-segment-two"> Listen</a> </p>
<p><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p><a contents="Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267411/kentucky-ag-commissioner-ryan-quarles">Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles </a></p>
<p><a contents="EKU Psychologists Melinda Moore &amp; Michael McClellan&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267412/mental-health-in-e-ky">EKU Psychologists Melinda Moore & Michael McClellan </a></p>
<p><a contents="Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky co-authors Iddah Otieno and Angene Wilson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267413/african-immigrants-in-ky">Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky co-authors Iddah Otieno and Angene Wilson</a> </p>
<p><a contents="LGBTQ History in Kentucky&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2267414/jonathan-coleman">LGBTQ History in Kentucky </a></p>
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<p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=PLEDGE&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=2IHggXVb%2bSYhrOSvjvOZaxiCxtaFReuS">making a contribution</a>.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62420792020-03-08T20:47:40-04:002020-03-08T20:53:39-04:00March 5, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/7de13a0a365a0b7d9e85247f3ffb50083052b193/original/college-lake.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Segment One:</strong></p>
<p>Cross-border collaboration in Eastern Kentucky | Reclaiming forests destroyed by surface mining and mountaintop removal | Appalachian thinkers and doers to gather in Lexington -<a contents="&nbsp;Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2256952/march-5-2020-segment-one"> Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Segment Two:</strong> </p>
<p>Singling out that special teacher | Fashion show focuses on hemp | The arts and critical review in discussion at UnderMain event in Lexington -<a contents="&nbsp;Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2256953/march-5-2020-segment-two"> Listen</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Brook Smith &amp; Lora Smith" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2260314/brook-smith-lora-smith">Brook Smith & Lora Smith</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gabriel Popkin&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2260722/gabriel-popkin">Gabriel Popkin </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kathy Newfont" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2260723/kathy-newfont">Kathy Newfont</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mary Ann Vimont&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2260725/mary-ann-vimont">Mary Ann Vimont </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Soreyda Benedit-Begley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2248875/soreyda-benedit-begley">Soreyda Benedit-Begley</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Christine Huskisson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2260726/christine-huskisson">Christine Huskisson</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62347482020-03-02T15:18:31-05:002020-03-02T15:20:49-05:00February 27, 2020<p style="text-align: center;">Segment One: </p>
<p>Eastern Kentucky’s cancer rate is highest in the nation. Why? | Markey Cancer Center turns to young Appalachians to help battle the disease in their communities and homes. <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253139/february-27-2020-segment-one">Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Segment Two: </strong></p>
<p>What’s happening in chain pharmacies and the prescription mistakes that result | An examination of a fundamental virtue - and one we could all use right now: Patience.<a contents="&nbsp;Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253145/february-27-2020-segment-two"> Listen</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interviews in order of appearance: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Suzanne Zuppello&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253587/suzanne-zuppello">Suzanne Zuppello </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Nathan Vanderford" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253588/nathan-vanderford">Nathan Vanderford</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Don Kupper&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253590/don-kupper" style="">Don Kupper </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Matthew Pianalto" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2253591/matthew-pianalto" style="">Matthew Pianalto</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Shutterstock)</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62252032020-02-23T20:00:41-05:002020-03-02T15:08:13-05:00February 20 ,2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/749ff649a823c32669930375573ebb0b8e9ce123/original/image-asset.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment One </p>
<p>Oscar-nominated, Emmy winning Appalachian documentary-maker Elaine McMillion Sheldon is coming to EKU | A summit on all things farm-to-table at UK | <a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245302/february-20-2020-segment-one" style=""> LISTEN</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Segment Two </p>
<p>The latest in our series on the 19th amendment: what exactly was a U.S. citizen 150 years ago? | A pair of surveys gauge where women are on matters of workplace conditions, as well as what is expected of political leaders | <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245304/february-20-2020-segment-two">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Interviews </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Elaine McMillion Sheldon - Documentary-maker&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245297/elaine-sheldon">Elaine McMillion Sheldon - Documentary-maker </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Lilian Brislen - Ashton Wright - Food Summit&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245294/lilian-brislen-ashton-wright">Lilian Brislen - Ashton Wright - Food Summit </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jackie Jay - Josh Lynn - 19th Amendment Serie" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245289/jackie-jay-josh-lynn">Jackie Jay - Josh Lynn - 19th Amendment Serie</a>s </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Catherine Bean - YWCA Survey on women and politics and policy" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245296/catherine-bean">Catherine Bean - YWCA Survey on women and politics and policy</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mark Lyons - Alltech Survey on Women in Food &amp; Agriculture" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2245284/mark-lyons">Mark Lyons - Alltech Survey on Women in Food & Agriculture</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/62005412020-02-02T13:19:50-05:002020-08-08T15:19:31-04:00February 13, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b369bfcf91f6ee8693dfe9d734e708142e3ea1d6/original/shutterstock-1449112562.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">As superbugs become resistant, antibiotic companies drop out </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">The 2020 Census: What You Need to Know. Plus: they're hiring. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">The midwives of Depression-era Appalachian Kentucky </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">UK Filmmaker's Documentary Airs on PBS </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">Lexington guitarist and singer/songwriter Jim Gleason </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SEGMENTS:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Segment One - Antibiotic makers going bankrupt&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2203917/january-30-2020-segment-one">Segment One - Antibiotic makers going bankrupt </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Segment Two - 2020 Census | Midwives of Appalachia | UK Documentary | Gleason&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2203920/january-30-2020-segment-two">Segment Two - 2020 Census | Midwives of Appalachia | UK Documentary | Gleason </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>INTERVIEWS: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Bethany Wattles - Antibiotics&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2222835/wattles">Dr. Bethany Wattles - Antibiotics </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dani Rodgers - Census&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2222834/rodgers">Dani Rodgers - Census </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Courtney Kisat - Appalachian midwives/birth control&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2222838/kisat">Courtney Kisat - Appalachian midwives/birth control </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Catharine Axley - ATTLA documentary&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2203924/uk-filmmaker-in-residence-catharine-axley">Catharine Axley - ATTLA documentary </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jim Gleason - New album" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2222837/gleason">Jim Gleason - New album</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/61751412020-01-26T20:03:04-05:002020-08-08T15:25:05-04:00February 6, 2020<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0c369f597872b27b1b4b04cbd1adf98905c45de1/original/shutterstock-344401472.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Conversations with Eastern Kentucky University Interim President David McFaddin and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto. And, making a "big bold ask" of a budget-strapped state legislature, Prichard Committee executive director, Brigitte Blom Ramsey. </p>
<p>Segment One: Eastern Kentucky University Interim President David McFaddin and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2150458/january-23-2020-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a> </strong></p>
<p>Segment Two: Making a "big bold ask" of a budget-challenged state legislature, Prichard Committee executive director, Brigitte Blom Ramsey. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2150452/january-23-2020-segment-two" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/61336142020-01-19T16:10:18-05:002020-08-08T15:20:45-04:00January 30, 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/6917ed1fe4a6b9a03a2371d2b58bec6b659cfe89/original/82095628-10158526693973538-8014181740501270528-n.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="Jan. 7, 1920: Kentucky Gov. Edwin Morrow signs the 19th Amendment establishing the right of women to vote. (Courtesy, Kentucky Historical Society)" /></p>
<p>Jan. 7, 1920: Kentucky Gov. Edwin Morrow signs the 19th Amendment establishing the right of women to vote. (Courtesy, Kentucky Historical Society)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Part One</strong>: One-on-one interviews with Gov, Andy Beshear and Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton. <a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2112940/january-16-2020-segment-one"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Part Two</strong>: Debut of our year long monthly series on the centennial of ratification of the 19th amendment establishing the right of women to vote. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2112941/19th-amendment-series">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Music in this edition:</strong> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="We are All Connected - Allen Toussaint" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/64TFhs81TUk"> We are All Connected - Allen Toussaint </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Put a Woman in Charge - Keb Mo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/FciQeRGYFlw">Put a Woman in Charge - Keb Mo</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="19th Amendment - Dolly Parton" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/ASx-s0fPzK4">19th Amendment - Dolly Parton</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/60932692020-01-12T19:55:56-05:002020-08-08T15:24:05-04:00January 23., 2020<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f1a748677e7c7f6934faeb26daa2be027b551fdd/original/shutterstock-1486458770.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Image: Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Drugs, incarceration and the Kentucky business community: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction. Plus, the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference. And, Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. </p>
<p>Segments: </p>
<p><strong>ONE</strong>: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts is making it a priority to de-felonize drug possession and focus on recovery. And, Kentucky Health News reporter Melissa Patrick on how newsrooms are changing the language used to report about drug addiction.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2039357/january-9-2020-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>TWO:</strong> Dr. Jennifer Carrol and Robert Brown of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative on the micro-credential, a tool for classroom teachers that is making a difference in student performance and outcomes.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2039359/january-9-2020-segment-two"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>THREE:</strong> Carnegie Center for Learning and Literacy Arts Liaison Tom Eblen with the 2020 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2039363/january-9-2020-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/60628522020-01-05T20:18:09-05:002020-08-08T15:26:40-04:00January 16, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/da26dcedfae27f2efc61a13583f24727f6bf82ac/original/80620907-10111202710480191-6320889569793277952-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Encouragement! Listen to Robert Gipe, Sky & Geoff Marietta, and Robin Mason describe their efforts to make entrepreneurial enterprises become realities in the downtowns of Eastern Kentucky communities. Also: cultivating the school principal's CEO chops. An interview with the Kentucky Chamber's Kelly Wolf and public school vice principal Michael Price, an alumni of the Chamber's School Principal Leadership Institute. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Segments</strong> </p>
<p><strong>One:</strong> Robert Gipe on the work of the Southeast Kentucky Revitalization Project <a contents="-&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2007851/january-2-2020-segment-one">- LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Two:</strong> Geoff and Sky Marietta discuss their Moonbow Mercantile projects on the Main Streets of three Eastern Kentucky communities. Dr. Robin Mason details her Paint Lick eco-friendly firelog business - <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2007852/january-2-2020-segment-two">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>Three:</strong> Helping school principals sharpen their leadership skills - Kelly Wolf, executive director of the Kentucky Chamber Foundation and Michael Price, vice principal at Breckinridge Elementary School in Fayette County detail the work of the Chamber’s School Principal Leadership Institute -<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2007855/january-2-2020-segment-three"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/60510912019-12-30T07:46:39-05:002019-12-30T07:46:39-05:00Holiday Special: Humans of Central Appalachia<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/6c87910c84e663091a278c1df61f903c31b0273d/original/b-w10.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>With narration by Tom Martin, the hour is filled with samplings of voices among the hundreds throughout the central Appalachian region interviewed and photographed by Malcolm Wilson. From Brittany Boggs of Cumberland, Kentucky (above) to Buck Wade of Keystone, West Virginia, they tell the stories of life in the mountains as they live it and know it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Segments </strong></p>
<p>One: Ronnie Walker, Brittany Boggs, Russell Huff <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2005738/december-26-2019-segment-one">LISTEN </a></p>
<p>Two: Kateena Haynes, William "Buck" Wade <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2005739/december-26-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a> </p>
<p>Three: Michael Caudill <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/2005741/december-26-2019-segment-three">LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/60301382019-12-18T19:59:09-05:002019-12-18T19:59:09-05:00Appalshop at 50. Multimedia folk opera "The Way Forth." Historian Thomas Weyant on the cold war and Christmas<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f979e97d6d40d10670b3ef456200c00448820b2b/original/appalshop-family.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="DECEMBER 19 EDITION - FULL LENGTH&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1960077/december-19-2019-full-length">DECEMBER 19 EDITION - FULL LENGTH </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">_______________________ </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">SEGMENTS </p>
<p><strong>ONE:</strong> Appalshop at 50: a conversation with an "original," filmmaker Herb E. Smith, and Willa Johnson, director of the Appalachian Media Institute. <a contents="LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1965084/december-19-2019-segment-one">LISTEN </a></p>
<p><strong>TWO:</strong> Composer , pianist and arranger Rachel Grimes and filmmaker Catharine Axley discuss the original multi-media folk opera "The Way Forth."<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1965085/december-19-2019-segment-two"> LISTEN</a> </p>
<p><strong>THREE:</strong> Historian Thomas Weyant talks about his research into the influences of the cold war between the US and former Soviet Union on the modern American Christmas.<a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1965086/december-19-2019-segment-three"> LISTEN</a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/60230912019-12-16T11:26:28-05:002019-12-16T11:26:28-05:00Medical Marijuana; Local honey contamination; Local food and storytelling<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0ba0c0381472ae3fae011da4326af6f08f733696/original/shutterstock-589763738.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Full length program&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917273/december-12-2019-full-length-program" target="_blank"><span class="font_large">Full length program </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">______________________________ </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Segments </span></strong></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>ONE:</strong> Part one of a two-part interview with Dr. Shanna Babalonis, a medical marijuana researcher in the University of Kentucky Department of Behavioral Science.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917274/december-12-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN </a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>TWO:</strong> Part two of our interview with Dr. Babalonis. And a conversation with Mary Sheldon whose research at EKU revealed the presence of heavy metals and pesticides in local honey.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917275/december-12-2019-segment-two" style="" target="_blank"> <strong>LISTEN </strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>THREE: </strong>Elizabeth Engelhardt, co-author of The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell, with West Virginia folklorist Emily Hilliard.<a contents=" LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917276/december-12-2019-segment-three" target="_blank"><strong> LISTEN </strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">____________________________ </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Interviews in order of appearance </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Shanna Babalonis&nbsp;- Part 1" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917283/shana-babalonis-part-1" target="_blank">Shanna Babalonis - Part 1</a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Shanna Babalonis - Part 2&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917287/shana-babalonis-part-2" target="_blank"><span class="font_large">Shanna Babalonis - Part 2 </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mary Sheldon&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917293/mary-sheldon" target="_blank"><span class="font_large">Mary Sheldon </span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Elizabeth Engelhardt &amp; Emily Hilliard" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1917300/elizabeth-engelhardt-emily-hilliard" target="_blank"><span class="font_large">Elizabeth Engelhardt & Emily Hilliard</span></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59918122019-12-05T07:46:51-05:002019-12-05T07:49:01-05:00FirstGen College Students: their challenges. Moving higher ed closer to home for E. Kentuckians. A fast track to a GED<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/fc9617b0148c4deb2c31495c0f1fe10e5f083e63/original/eku-move-in-day.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Segments:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong><span class="font_large">The PhD who heads the KY Council on Postsecondary Education knows a thing or two about the challenges faced by first generation college students. He has personal experience. Tom Martin talks with CPSE President Aaron Thompson. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1892713/december-5-2019-segment-1" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> Three reports on first generation student issues: Samantha Morrill on arriving on campus from a foster home; Stu Johnson on communication barriers; Wendy Barnett on students as parents of young children. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1892716/december-5-2019-segment-2" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Three: </span></strong><span class="font_large">If distance from the home front is an obstacle to would-be Eastern Kentucky college students, then why not take college to them? That's the mission of the new University Center of Southern Kentucky and its director Trent Pool. Plus, outgoing KY Secretary of Education and Workforce Development Derrick Ramsey on the value and significance of the GED. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1892717/december-5-2019-segment-3" style="" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Reports and interviews in order of appearance</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Dr. Aaron Thompson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1905328/aaron-thompson" style="" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Dr. Aaron Thompson</span></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><a contents="Samantha Morrill" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1905334/weku-s-samantha-morrill" style="">Samantha Morrill</a> - </span></strong><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">First Gen students from foster homes</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><a contents="Stu Johnson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1905338/weku-s-stu-johnson" style="" target="_blank">Stu Johnson</a> - </span></strong><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">First Gen communications issues</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Wendy Barnett" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1905339/weku-s-wendy-barnett" style="" target="_blank">Wendy Barnett</a> - </strong>First Gen students as parents of young children</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Trent Pool " data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1905330/trent-pool" style="" target="_blank">Trent Pool </a></strong>- University Center of Southern Kentucky</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><a contents="Derrick Ramsey" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1908101/secy-derrick-ramsey" target="_blank"><strong>Derrick Ramsey</strong></a> - Fast Tracking the GED</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">______________________</span></p>
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<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59670312019-11-21T11:05:00-05:002019-11-21T11:05:29-05:00Rescuing wrongly denied veterans benefits. Rise in heart infection related to illicit drug injections. Recovering addicts find new path in guitar making. End of life issues. New movie filmed in central KY<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/9097a294de0fa43f4c8b7a576e8dcf17a2b366da/original/lex-191009luthieryrch09.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>Segments:</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>ONE: </b>Samantha Morrill reports on efforts to rescue wrongfully denied veterans benefits. Tom Martin interviews David Albright, a University of Alabama expert on veterans issues. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857658/november-21-24-2019-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>TWO: </strong>Mary Meehan reports on a rise in cases of endocarditis, an often fatal heart infection related to intravenous drug abuse. Will Wright visits the Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument factory in Hindman, KY where people in recovery find new direction in life building guitars and mandolins.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857663/november-21-24-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>THREE: </strong>Tom Martin interviews Turner West of Bluegrass Care Navigators on hospice and palliative care and end-of-life issues. And, a chat with Lexington actor Kevin Hardesty about his lead role in a movie about Alzheimer's, filmed on location in central Kentucky and co-starring Tatum Oneal, Lou Gossett, Jr. and Karen Grassley. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857665/november-21-24-2019-segment-three" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>Reports & Interviews in order of appearance:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Samantha Morrill" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1860120/samantha-morrill" style="">Samantha Morrill</a> - Veterans benefits</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="David Albright" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1860118/david-albright" style="">David Albright</a> - Veterans issues</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Mary Meehan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1860121/mary-meehan" style="">Mary Meehan</a> - Endocarditis</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Will Wright" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857834/will-wright" style="">Will Wright</a> - Troublesome Creek Stringed Instruments</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Turner West" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857848/turner-west" style="">Turner West</a> - End-of-life care</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong><a contents="Kevin Hardesty" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1857844/kevin-hardesty" style="">Kevin Hardesty</a> - Role in film shot in KY</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>______________</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59526382019-11-07T12:18:46-05:002019-11-07T12:18:46-05:00The Martin County Water Crisis. The disconnect between work and school hours. CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/9608a460cfb731732b5fa4df95551c91d2ccdaf1/original/credit-wfpl.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>Click to listen/download:</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Segment One: Martin County Water Crisis" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1850840/november-7-10-2019-segment-one"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>Segment One: Martin County Water Crisis</b></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Segment Two: Work and School Hours Out of Sync" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1850845/november-7-10-2019-segment-two"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>Segment Two: Work and School Hours Out of Sync</b></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Segment Three: CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1850848/november-7-10-2019-segment-three"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>Segment Three: CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta</b></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please <a contents="consider making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2BeA1M">consider making a contribution</a>.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59444212019-10-31T06:39:21-04:002019-10-31T06:51:04-04:00Per-pupil K-12 funding in Ky is approaching a 30 year low. Experiences of refugees who resettle in Lexington. An anthropologist’s unusual approach to documenting E. Kentucky history. 60-Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on his memoir.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/7f5fe6c1f6c6e0228f399010bfa46898f191cc28/original/shutterstock-1252514326.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844163/october-31-november-3-2019-full-length"><span class="font_large">Listen to the full length program</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Despite claims to the contrary, per-pupil K-12 education funding in Kentucky is approaching a low not seen since before the legislature enacted the Kentucky Education Reform Act in 1990. Tom Martin discusses it with Ashley Spalding, Senior Analyst, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844165/october-31-november-3-2019-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Learn from Derek Feldman of Kentucky Refugee Ministries of the experiences of refugees who resettle in Lexington. Hear about anthropologist Zada Komara's unusual approach to documenting Eastern Kentucky history. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844169/october-31-november-3-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong> 60-Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, coming to Lexington for the Kentucky Book Fair, discusses his memoir and why journalism and truth matter<a contents=".LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1677335/march-14-2019-segment-three"><strong>.LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><b>Interviews in order of appearance:</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Ashley Spalding" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844427/spalding"><b>Ashley Spalding</b></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Derek Feldman" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844428/feldman"><b>Derek Feldman</b></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Zada Komara" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844429/komara"><b>Zada Komara</b></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Scott Pelley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1844430/pelley"><b>Scott Pelley</b></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p>Contact: Tom Martin at <a contents="es@eku.edu" data-link-label="" data-link-type="email" href="mailto:es@eku.edu%C2%A0">es@eku.edu</a> or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2beA1M" target="_blank">making a contribution</a>.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59372852019-10-24T07:20:42-04:002021-09-09T09:08:28-04:00Kids Count: Helping kids in traumatic situations. Counting Kids: How the 2020 Census impacts kids. The Appalachian Leadership Institute kicks off<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/af3d9add64109a5ab3bfd414295738c2f1e247b0/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1837288/october-24-27-2019-full-length"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong>The extent of child abuse and neglect happening in our backyard is, as our guest puts it, "shocking." We talk with CASA's Melynda Jamison.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1837289/october-24-27-2019-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two:</strong> Why the 2020 Census matters to your children? Patricia Tennen of KY Youth Advocates and Lawrence County teacher David Prince are our guests.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1837294/october-24-27-2019-segment-two"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three:</strong> A chat with Jessie Hunt, one of four Kentuckians selected as a Fellow for the first class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1837299/october-24-27-2019-segment-three"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The interviews:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Melynda Jamison -<a contents=" Part One" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1839408/melynda-jamison-part-one"> Part One</a> / <a contents="Part Two" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1839409/melynda-jamison-part-two">Part Two</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Patricia Tennen, David Prince" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1839410/patricia-tennen-david-prince">Patricia Tennen, David Prince</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Jessie Hunt" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1839411/jessie-hunt">Jessie Hunt</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Who,What,Where,When,Why" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1839412/5ws">Who,What,Where,When,Why</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59290082019-10-17T21:35:22-04:002021-09-12T07:41:10-04:00Drug rehab leads to job rehab in S.E. Ky. Helping"risky" people buy homes LexPhil's conductor search continues. A vision for eco/adventure tourism in E. Ky. Getting lost in the woods<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/013636ddb1bdb6859b9fcd1ae1ff9fd783d2e519/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1832435/october-17-20-2019-full-length-program"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to segments:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Akiko Fujimoto is the second of six finalist candidates for Music Director and Conductor of the Lexington Philharmonic. She talks with Tom Martin in the days before her arrival for an intense week of interviews, meets 'n greets, rehearsals and performances.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1832437/october-17-20-2019-segment-one">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Getting energy efficient, affordable houses built while giving people in recovery the training they need to start life anew: Scott McReynolds is executive director of the Housing Development Alliance in Hazard. And, Mae Humiston at Red Bud Financial Alternatives helps people with credit problems clean up their records and qualify for mortgages.<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1832438/october-17-20-2019-segment-two"> LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Is outdoor recreation - hiking, biking, whitewater rafting, kayaking, hunting, fishing - becoming an important part of Eastern Kentucky's "Plan B"? Listen to Gerry James of Explore Kentucky. Plus, outdoors guru Chris Begley on the psychology of getting lost in the woods.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1832441/october-17-20-2019-segment-three"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>The Interviews:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Akiko Fujimoto" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1834270/akiko-fujimoto"><strong>Akiko Fujimoto</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Scott McReynolds" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1834273/scott-mcreynolds"><strong>Scott McReynolds</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mae Humiston" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1834275/mae-humiston"><strong>Mae Humiston</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Gerry James" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1834277/gerry-james"><strong>Gerry James</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Begley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1834279/chris-begley"><strong>Chris Begley</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://afg.secureallegiance.com/weku/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2beA1M">making a contribution</a>.</p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59210702019-10-10T07:22:49-04:002021-09-12T07:33:16-04:00What's keeping HR managers up at night? The "overqualified" job seeker. The traits of a true leader.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/ecdd3c6e22299b1fe2d1f41cc423b7e72ce68476/original/shutterstock-1149593039.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829271/october-10-13-2019-full-length"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>What tops the list of concerns of Human Resources managers?<strong> </strong>What keeps HR up at night revealed in an interview with Katie Adams, executive director of the Kentucky Society for Human Resources Managerment.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829274/october-10-13-2019-segment-one">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>You go in for the interview for that dream job, only to be told that you are "overqualified." What does this mean? We discuss it with Dr. Beth Polin, an Associate Professor of Management at EKU, and Maggie Abney, Executive-in-Residence for Banking in the EKU department of Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829285/beth-polin-maggie-abney">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>What are the traits of a true leader? Who better to ask than the leader of Leadership Kentucky, Janice Way.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829280/october-10-13-2019-segment-three" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>The Interviews:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Katie Adams" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829282/katie-adams-kyshrm"><span class="font_large"><strong>Katie Adams</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Beth Polin and Maggie Abney" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829285/beth-polin-maggie-abney"><span class="font_large"><strong>Beth Polin and Maggie Abney</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Janice Sword Way" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1829286/janice-sword-way" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Janice Sword Way</strong></span></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358</p>
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<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/59135042019-10-03T08:15:40-04:002019-10-03T08:16:47-04:00Working on a "Plan B" for local economies of E. Kentucky<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/85e5bd3aa7c6e6aadb2fb38ba6d5394c210d6afa/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822065/october-3-6-2019-full-length"><strong><span class="font_large">Listen to the full program</span></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong><span class="font_large">Alison Davis, UK Professor of Agriculture Economics on what it takes to encourage the growth of entrepreneurship in the coalfield communities of Eastern Kentucky<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822068/october-3-6-2029-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> Brian Mefford heads "C3", a state-funded non-profit that connects entrepreneurs with the marketplace. And Brian Whitacre, a Professor of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University, has come up with a tool to measure rural innovation<strong>.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822070/october-3-6-2019-segment-two"> LISTEN</a> </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>All about the B Corp: business with a stated social and environmental conscience. An interview with Scott Koloms, founder of CanopyKY.org. And, Bobby Clark of the non-profit Sustainable Business Ventures on a workshop series for budding E. Ky. entrepreneurs.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822071/october-3-6-2019-segment-three"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Interviews in order of appearance:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Alison Davis" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822075/alison-davis"><strong>Alison Davis</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Brian Mefford" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822077/brian-mefford"><strong>Brian Mefford</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong><a contents="Brian Whitacre" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822079/brian-whitacre">B</a></strong><a contents="Brian Whitacre" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822079/brian-whitacre"><strong>rian Whitacre</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Scott Koloms" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822080/scott-koloms"><strong>Scott Koloms</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><a contents="Bobby Clark" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1822081/bobby-clark"><strong>Bobby Clark</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">____________________________________________</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Segments:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Andrea James heads efforts by Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton to reduce drug addiction in general and opioid use, in particular<strong>.<a contents=" Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1815969/september-26-29-2019-segment-one" style=""> Listen</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Ben Wilcox is the state's first Schools Security Marshal. He discusses what is required by the new law that created his job.<strong> <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1815970/september-26-29-2019-segment-two">Listen</a> </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Alltech CEO and President Mark Lyons and David Butler, head of the company's sustainbility team detail the local company's commitment to UN Global Sustainable Development Goals.<strong> <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1815972/september-26-29-2019-segment-three" style="">Listen</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Interviews:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Andrea James&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1818161/andrea-james" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Andrea James </strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ben Wilcox" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1818166/ben-wilcox" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Ben Wilcox</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Mark Lyons &amp; David Butler" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1818169/mark-lyons-david-butler" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>M</strong></span></a><span class="font_large"><strong><a contents="ark Lyons &amp; David Butler" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1818169/mark-lyons-david-butler" style="">ark Lyons & David Butler</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong><a contents="Who,What,Where,When,Why" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1819353/who-what-where-when-why">Who,What,Where,When,Why</a></strong></span></p>43:02WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58976872019-09-19T07:32:18-04:002019-09-19T15:34:30-04:00LexPhil Conductor Search; KY women writers gather; UK mural documentary; A Railbird debriefing<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/63207bcf60a301bb7ee9852aa0a58ef90e200cfb/original/shutterstock-391754824.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Segments:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong>Kentucky Women Writers Conference president Randi Ewing: more than one way to tell a story; WEKU's Wendy Barnett interviews John Fitch, EKU professor of broadcast and electronic media and creator of <em>Painted in Stone</em>, a documentary about the racially-charged mural in the University of Kentucky's iconic Memorial Hall.<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1812597/september-19-2019-segment-one" style=""> LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>The Lexington Philharmonic begins a season-long search for its next music director and conductor. LexPhil executive director Allison Kaiser details an intense process. Tom Martin interviews finalist candidate number one, Thomas Heuser of Idaho Falls, <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1812602/september-19-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three:</strong> It was something entirely new and different for historic Keeneland: hosting a music festival. UnderMain's Art Shechet debriefs Railbird Festival local producer David Helmers.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1812606/september-19-2019-segment-three"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Interviews:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="Randi Ewing, president, KY Women Writers Conference" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1813114/randi-ewing" style=""><strong>Randi Ewing, President, KY Women Writers Conference</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="Wendy Barnett interviews documentary filmmaker John Fitch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1813116/wendy-barnett-with-john-fitch" style=""><strong>Wendy Barnett interviews documentary filmmaker John Fitch</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="Lexington Philharmonic Executive Director Allison Kaiser" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1805261/lexphil-executive-director-allison-kaiser" style=""><strong>Lexington Philharmonic Executive Director Allison Kaiser</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="LexPhil finalist conductor candidate Thomas Heuser" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1805265/lexphil-conductor-candidate-thomas-heuser" style=""><strong>LexPhil finalist conductor candidate Thomas Heuser</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular"><a contents="UnderMain's Art Shechet with Railbird Fest producer David Helmers" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1813118/art-shechet-with-david-helmers" style=""><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>UnderMain's Art Shechet with Railbird Fest producer David Helmers</b></span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>______________</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong>Results of a statewide public opinion poll on education discussed with Brigitte Blom Ramsey, executive director, The <a contents="Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.prichardcommittee.org/">Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence</a><a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1804574/september-12-2019-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>Findings from a statewide listening tour by<a contents=" Council for Postsecondary Education" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://cpe.ky.gov/"> Council for Postsecondary Education</a> president Aaron Thompson. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1804575/september-12-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>Why research universities matter to us all: <a contents="EKU president Michael Benson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://president.eku.edu/">EKU president Michael Benson</a> discusses his research for a forthcoming book about Daniel Coit Gilman, founder of Johns Hopkins University and a visionary force in the establishment of the Great American Research Institution. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1804577/september-12-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen to the interviews:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Brigitte Blom Ramsey, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1807635/brigitte-blom-ramsey"><strong>Brigitte Blom Ramsey, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Aaron Thompson, Counc for Postsecondary Education" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1807636/aaron-thompson"><strong>Aaron Thompson, Council for Postsecondary Education</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Dr. Michael Benson, President of Eastern Kentucky University" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1807637/dr-michael-benson"><strong>Dr. Michael Benson, President of Eastern Kentucky University</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Chris Smith, Tahlsound Music Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1806515/tahlsound"><strong>Chris Smith, Tahlsound Music Festival</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Ed Bryson, Wilmore Storytelling Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1806511/ed-bryson-wilmore-storytelling-fest"><strong>Ed Bryson, Wilmore Storytelling Festival</strong></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58814512019-09-05T07:45:02-04:002021-12-20T04:25:59-05:00A career path compass. Food insecurity in KY. Broadway Buddies.. Campfire tips<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b2e2c9a98da5932c024a44f782beccf3dd3996a9/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801587/september-5-2019-full-length-program">Listen to the full length program</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong> Kentucky Secretary of Education and Workforce Development Derrick Ramsey details the cabinet's new "Career Explorer Tool" and Modern Apprenticeship Program. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801590/september-5-2019-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>Just how bad is food insecurity in Kentucky? UK Microeconomics professor James Ziliak has the numbers, Tamara Sandberg of Feeding Kentucky has the stories. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801593/september-5-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Three:</strong> Field Trip! Through its Broadway Buddies program The Lexington Opera House provides 500 area school kids with memorable behind-scenes peeks at Broadway productions. And, our Great Outdoors guru Chris Begley has tips on building, maintaining and dousing a safe, comfy campfire. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801594/september-5-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen to the interviews:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Career Explorer Tool: Secy. Derrick Ramsey" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801601/ramsey">Career Explorer Tool: Secy. Derrick Ramsey</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Food Insecurity in KY: Dr. James Ziliak" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801596/james-ziliak">Food Insecurity in KY: Dr. James Ziliak</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Food Insecurity in KY: Tamara Sandberg" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801597/sandberg">Food Insecurity in KY: Tamara Sandberg</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Broadway Buddies: Luanne Franklin" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801598/franklin">Broadway Buddies: Luanne Franklin</a> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Campfires: Chris Begley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1801602/begley">Campfires: Chris Begley</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________________________________</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider making a contribution.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58739082019-08-29T09:00:57-04:002019-08-29T09:00:57-04:00Hemp industry moves to self-regulation. Medical Marijuana, up for discussion in Kentucky. Suicide prevention is focus of events at EKU. Tree Week returns to Lexington. Details of the Origins Jazz Series season opener.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/1277d95ff37876971600334f0e96f4c58dccebd1/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1796777/august-29-2019-full-length"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong>How to know when a loved one or friend is in danger of suicide: a conversation with EKU psychologist Melinda Moore. Details of World Suicide Prevention Week events on the EKU campus. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1796779/august-29-2019-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>Stu Johnson covers an information and update event for Kentucky hemp farmers and processors. Tom Martin interviews Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the US Hemp Roundtable on the industry's efforts to self-regulate. And Tom talks with Ben Chandler, executive director of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky about his organization's September forum on the legalization of medical marijuana in Kentucky. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1796782/august-29-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>Bridget Abernathy of the Ky. Division of Forestry and Lexington Municipal Arborist Heather Wilson discuss details of Tree Week 2019 coming in October. And the Origins Jazz Series' Richard Young offers info on the season opener: jazz pianist Orrin Evans. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1796785/august-29-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen to the interviews:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Suicide prevention: Dr. Melinda Moore" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1797836/dr-melinda-moore"><strong>Suicide prevention: Dr. Melinda Moore</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Hemp industry self regulates: Jonathan Miller" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1797837/jonathan-miller"><strong>Hemp industry self regulates: Jonathan Miller</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="The prospects for legalizing medical marijuana in KY: Ben Chandler" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1797838/ben-chandler"><strong>The prospects for legalizing medical marijuana in KY: Ben Chandler</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Tree Week: Bridget Abernathy &amp; Heather Wilson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1797839/bridget-abernathy-heather-wilson" style=""><strong>Tree Week: Bridget Abernathy & Heather Wilson</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Origins Jazz Series: Richard Young" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1797840/richard-young"><strong>Origins Jazz Series: Richard Young</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58662302019-08-22T09:39:39-04:002019-09-22T15:34:11-04:00Ky infrastructure report card; bridge repairs underway; how old is that dam above your town? Ky employers take on the opioid epidemic. A community discussion about immigration. Appalshop goes solar.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f95684b6efae658f93be1c200446b64abdb9ab56/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1789743/august-22-2019-full-length" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by Segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>A report card for Kentucky infrastructure; much needed bridge repairs underway; how old and in what shape is that dam above your town? <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1789747/august-22-2019-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Kentucky employers, concerned about the workforce, take on the opioid epidemic. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1789750/august-22-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>"On Common Ground”, a community discussion about immigration in central Kentucky. Appalshop installs Eastern Kentucky's largest net metered solar power system. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1789754/august-22-2019-segment-three" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the interviews</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kentucky's Infrastructure Report Card: Paul Maron" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793414/paul-maron"><span class="font_regular">Kentucky's Infrastructure Report Card: Paul Maron</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kentucky Bridge Repairs: Royce Meredith" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793415/royce-meredith"><span class="font_regular">Kentucky Bridge Repairs: Royce Meredith</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Kentucky Dams: Caitlin McGlade" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793416/caitlin-mcglade"><span class="font_regular">Kentucky Dams: Caitlin McGlade</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Business Gets Into the Opioid Battle: Beth Davisson" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793417/beth-davisson"><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Business Gets Into the Opioid Battle: Beth Davisson</span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Immigration Forum in Lexington: Mark Royce, Rowena Mahlock" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793419/mark-royce-and-rowena-mahlock"><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Immigration Forum in Lexington: Mark Royse, Rowena Mahlock</span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Appalshop Goes Solar: Marley Green" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1793418/marley-green"><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Appalshop Goes Solar: Marley Green</span></span></a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58586632019-08-15T08:18:12-04:002019-08-16T14:31:08-04:00Secondary trauma from mass shootings. Overcrowded Kentucky jails. Saving the mountains. Tec-X puts Lexington on the tech map. The Lyric Theater’s new director<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/df0d6f012cee1f4ab9ead28aa775d35466b2b8af/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1786851/august-15-2019-full-length" style=""><strong><span class="font_large">Listen to the full length program</span></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong><span class="font_large">The "vicarious trauma" that persists in the wake of mass shootings. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1780285/august-8-2019-segment-one">LISTEN</a> to a conversation with Amy Walker Doan who was on staff at Sunrise Medical Center in Las Vegas when the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting at a country music concert sent hundreds of casualties to the hospital's emergency room.</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Two: </span></strong><span class="font_large">The deplorable conditions in many of Kentucky's county jails. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1786854/august-15-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a> as Lexington Herald-Leader accountability reporter John Cheves offers details of a forthcoming four part series.</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Three: </span></strong><span class="font_large">Another acquisition by the Nature Conservancy of a huge tract of Appalachian forestland. Details of TECX, Lexington's first regional tech event. And, the Lyric Theater's new director. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1786856/august-15-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the interviews</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Vicarious Trauma: <a contents="Amy Walker Doan" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1782381/august-15-2019-amy-walker-doan">Amy Walker Doan</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Conditions in county jails: <a contents="John Cheves" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1788377/john-cheves">John Cheves</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Nature Conservancy forest acquisition: <a contents="David Phemister, Will Bowling" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1787429/phemister-bowling-nature-conservancy">David Phemister, Will Bowling</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">TECX in Lex: <a contents="Katy Brown, Michael Baer" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1787430/brown-baer-tec-x">Katy Brown, Michael Baer</a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58513972019-08-08T09:56:09-04:002021-12-11T01:44:42-05:00A skilled trade shortage has a solution. A 60-acre greenhouse is being built in Morehead. Plus: the works of Wendell Berry, a steam locomotive makes a return to life, and what you need to know about scuba diving safety.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/55f088504ffac273a109581cde0b2d9f1eab1f7a/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1780273/august-8-2019-full-length" style=""><strong><span class="font_large">Listen to the full length program</span></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">ONE: </span></strong><span class="font_large">A serious skilled trade shortage has a solution. Todd Johnson discusses the Building Institute of Central Kentucky. And, an update on AppHarvest, the 60-acre greenhouse is being built in Morehead. Tom Martin talks with founder and CEO Jonathan Webb. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1780285/august-8-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>TWO: </strong>What distinguishes the works of Kentucky writer Wendell Berry?<strong> </strong>Kentucky Historical Society research fellow Richard Bailey discusses his studies of the works of the novelist and poet. The Kentucky Historical Society research fellowship program provides funding for academic researchers whose projects focus on Kentucky or larger regional-related topics. Researchers have used the the Kentucky Historical Society’s archival holdings to shed light on a vast array of topics, including resistance and slavery, medical history and addiction, and environmentalism and economic development. Visit <a contents="history.ky.gov" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://history.ky.gov">history.ky.gov</a> to learn more</span>. <span class="font_large"><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1780287/august-8-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>THREE: </strong>Vintage steam locomotive "2716" makes a return to life and purpose. A report from WEKU's Samantha Morrill. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0f460caeb8db2afbdd0c8ad6791a9c4c97749a62/original/photo-1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">And, in our latest "Great Outdoors" feature, Chris Begley on what you need to know about scuba diving safety. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1780288/august-8-2019-segment-three">LISTEN</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358</span></p>
<hr><p><span class="font_large">People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://donate.nprstations.org/weku/weku">making a contribution</a>.</span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58438442019-08-01T07:26:42-04:002021-10-21T03:40:54-04:00Rural America has not had its day. Watching a Tennessee county turn things around. Google can be life altering - and life-like<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/35ffa016e159252b6b6f81ab95925caad453a4a4/original/unnamed.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN TO THE FULL LENGTH PROGRAM" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1774371/august-1-2019-full-length"><span class="font_large"><strong>LISTEN TO THE FULL LENGTH PROGRAM</strong></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Rural America<b>, </b>a lost cause? University of North Carolina research fellow Brian Dabson pushes back on the claim while offering insights to non-urban communities interested in building new futures. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1774376/august-1-2019-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>As a Tennessee county works its way up from near the bottom of the good lists and down from the top of the bad ones, what are the lessons for E. Kentucky counties in similar straits? A conversation with Daily Yonder editor Tim Marema.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1774379/august-1-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three:</strong> You might be amazed to discover just how many tools Google has developed - some life altering and life-like. We sort through the Google digital toolbox with Lexington's Scott Clark, among only a handful of professionals who have been involved with Internet marketing since the dawning of the world wide web. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1774384/august-1-2019-segment-three">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58354742019-07-25T13:52:04-04:002021-11-27T02:59:31-05:00As E. KY considers its future, a lesson from the past. A model for entrepreneurs. Opioids and an overwhelmed foster care system. The Mayo Clinic alternative to opioids. And, some pointers if whitewater rafting is planned. <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0cd732e07f6d76093e9ae9a9892456f08524c473/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to full length program&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1770298/july-25-2019-full-length" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to full length program </strong></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong></span>As Eastern Kentucky considers its future, what can be learned from the past? Virginia Tech archivist Aaron Purcell on the tensions that ended the proposed Bunches Creek Dam near Cumberland Falls. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1770299/july-25-2019-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong> Opioids, mental health and an overwhelmed foster care system. The Mayo Clinic alternative to opioids.<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1770300/july-25-segment-two"> </a> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1770300/july-25-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>A<strong> </strong>Corbin-based online arbitrage business has become so successful its young co-founders now want to help others follow their model. And, some pointers if whitewater rafting is on your agenda. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1770301/july-25-2019-segment-three" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<hr><p>Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1768258/july-18-2019-full-length" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>One: </strong>What's Next EKY is a grassroots organization formed by individuals who have a stake in reshaping the future of Eastern Kentucky.<strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1768260/july-18-2019-segment-one" style=""> LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Two: </strong> Richmond Police Detective Stuart Adams reflects on the dark side of his job. But he often finds safety for survivors of abuse at Richmond's Hope's Wings Domestic Violence Shelter where Jennifer Lainhart is Director. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1768262/july-18-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Three: </strong>The booming economy hasn't helped everybody. Habitat for Humanity has a nationwide campaign to make housing affordable. Learn what's being done here in Kentucky. In-studio with Kentucky Habitat for Humanity Director Mary Shearer and Lexington Habitat for Humanity CEO Rachel Childress. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1768263/july-18-2019-segment-three" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p>Contact: Tom Martin at <a contents="es@eku.edu" data-link-label="" data-link-type="email" href="mailto:es@eku.edu">es@eku.edu</a> or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<hr><p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://donate.nprstations.org/weku/weku">making a contribution</a>.</p>WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58208712019-07-11T07:27:11-04:002019-07-11T14:04:01-04:00Does undocumented immigration boost crime? Education’s impact in E. Ky. Wilderness survival; Photographing the artists of the Great Lakes<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/b6d210b57c370624037054e12a4d65f94cab609b/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1763961/july-11-2019-full-length-a"><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong></span>Do undocumented immigrants = increased crime rates? This analysis says no. A conversation with Anna Flagg, Senior Data Reporter for The Marshall Project. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1763963/july-11-2019-segment-one-a"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>Does quality public education = positive economic development? These educators say yes. Jeff Hawkins, Director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, and Magoffin County Schools Superintendent Scott Helton on a new strategy for public education and economic development in Appalachian Kentucky.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1763181/july-11-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>Can rural Kentucky benefit from ideas hatched in other parts of the world? This Eastern Kentucky leader says it can. An interview with Hindman Settlement School Director and newly minted Obama Foundation Fellow Brent Hutchinson. Might you kick yourself for forgetting this before heading out for a hike in the back country? Wilderness survival expert Chris Begley says, probably. And, can an artist bring the Great Lakes to Kentucky? Yes. Well, so to speak. An UnderMain interview.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1763183/july-11-2019-segment-three" style=""><strong> </strong></a><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1763966/july-11-2019-segment-three-a" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58136482019-07-04T08:13:04-04:002019-07-04T08:14:02-04:00Support for rural-bound millennials; a bridge of understanding between veterans and non-vets; Craft cideries in Lexington; Additions to Bourbon Trail<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/debb2be0d6fadcd0d6d49221f5b0238ea32c773e/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1756856/july-4-2019-full-length" style=""><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen to the full length program</strong></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>A conversation with Madeline Moore, the Chinook, Washington founder of ReThink Rural, a support resource for fellow millennials looking for a change of scenery and lifestyle. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1756858/july-4-2019-segment-1" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Interview with Travis Martin, co-founder of EKU's Veterans Studies Program, the first of its kind in the nation. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1756860/july-4-2019-segment-2" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Lexington's growing craft cider scene. Interviews with Tim and Greta Wright of Wisebird Cider Company and Kevin Compton and Tom Sturm of Pivot Brewing. Plus, additions to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1756862/july-4-2019-segment-3" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<hr><p>Contact: Tom Martin at <a contents="es@eku.edu" data-link-label="" data-link-type="email" href="mailto:es@eku.edu" target="_blank">es@eku.edu</a> or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
<p>People like you value experienced, knowledgeable and award-winning journalism that covers meaningful stories in Central and Eastern Kentucky. To support more stories and interviews like those featured in this edition of Eastern Standard, please consider <a contents="making a contribution" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://donate.nprstations.org/weku/weku">making a contribution</a>.</p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/58056632019-06-27T07:13:53-04:002019-06-27T10:22:23-04:00KY Kids: A Report Card; A KY View of UN Extinction Report; The Lex, Summer Season V; What's New at the Speed<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e1cb3d6927de136a8b47689148cb0063eb45caa7/original/age-of-enlightenment.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pictured above: a work by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1753996/june-27-2019-revfulllength" style="">Listen to the full length program</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong>Good news/bad news about the general condition of children in Kentucky. A conversation with KY Youth Advocates' Terry Brooks about the findings of the 2019 KIDS COUNT Databook.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1752151/june-27-2019-segment-1"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two:</strong> A comprehensive global report from the United Nations warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely. Greg Abernathy of the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust brings it close to home.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1752155/june-27-2019-segment-2"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>The Lexington Theater Company prepares its 5th summer season. the organization's husband-wife co-founders Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith detail the productions and the company's mission to connect local, regional and national talents both onstage and behind the scenes. And, UnderMain's Art Shechet sits down with Speed Museum curator Miranda Lash to get details on several major events happening over the summer. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1753998/june-27-2019-revsegment-3" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<hr><p>Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358 </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Pictured above: Our latest "Human of Central Appalachia", Ronnie Walker of Harlan, KY</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to the full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1746232/june-20-2019-full-length" style=""><span class="font_large">Listen to the full length program</span></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One:<span class="font_large"> </span></strong>NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman draws a "beg to differ" response from Rural America. We hear from Mark Haggerty, an geographic economist based in Bozeman, Montana. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1746235/june-20-2029-segment-1"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Two: </span></strong><span class="font_large">An update on the Kentucky "Promise Zone,” now in its 5th year. Tom talks with Promise Zone coordinator Sandi Kurd. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1746244/june-20-2019-segment-2"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Three: </span></strong><span class="font_large">Renewable energy is winning over some Kentuckians. The latest in our series, "Humans of Central Appalachia": Ronnie Walker of Harlan, Kentucky.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1746248/june-20-2019-segment-3"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>43:01WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57902442019-06-13T10:45:04-04:002019-06-16T11:45:28-04:00Solar in the coalfields; race horse death secrecy; art as a living in E. Ky; Juneteenth<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/448d8a35668ed78efda91cf8ae0b7d208796a8ee/original/solar-coal.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen&nbsp;to full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1744229/june-13-2019-full-length"><strong><span class="font_large">Listen to full length program</span></strong></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One:<span class="font_large"> </span></strong>"The cavalry's not coming, we're it." Ky towns work on their economies and quality of life. Tad Long of the KY League of Cities. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1744239/june-13-2019-segment-1" style="">LISTEN</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> Meanwhile, solar: Coalfields towns and non-profits look upward for power from the sun. Race horse deaths on the rise: why Kentucky is more secretive than other racing states. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1744242/june-13-2019-segment-2"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Looking to Montana’s Artrepreneurs Program for tips for the artist of rural Kentucky. And, details on Juneteenth in Lexington. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1744245/june-13-2019-segment-3" style="">LISTEN</a></span></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57819582019-06-06T09:37:09-04:002019-06-16T11:44:52-04:00An oral alternative to insulin. Meet a 5th generation KY CEO. New small business incubator in E. KY.<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/278d329ef1508d01f64d30be413fcd91875580de/original/shutterstock-725250994.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Listen to full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1739460/june-6-2019-full-length"><strong>Listen to full length program</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:null;"><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:null;"><span class="font_large">One: </span></span></strong><span style="color:null;"><span class="font_large">Wells Bullard is the 5th generation - and first female - leader of the Cynthiana-based family company that invented the hard hat and today produces a line of protective gear and clothing for people working in hazardous conditions. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1737338/june-6-2019-segment-1" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:null;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Dr. Ronan Power is leading a research team at Alltech in the development of an affordable oral alternative to insulin. He discusses it with Tom Martin. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1737339/june-6-2019-segment-2" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:null;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Geoff Marietta details his new small business incubator for Eastern Kentucky entrepreneurs. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1737340/june-6-2019-segment-3"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57734192019-05-30T09:54:39-04:002019-06-16T11:52:15-04:00Tourism in E. Ky. Chem Weapons Destruction Begins. What the '19 KY General Assembly Did for Kids<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/90fa1c47807aed8ab68b20c7339077c3e75415c1/original/depot-pic-wkyt.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><a contents="Listen to full length program" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1733069/may-30-2019-full-length" style=""><strong>Listen to full length program</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One</strong>: A conversation with Barbara Napier, owner of Snug Hollow Farm in Estill County, about the prospects for tourism in Eastern Kentucky <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1733070/may-30-2019-segment-1"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> WEKU's Stu Johnson offers an update on operations at the Blue Grass Army Depot as the beginning of chemical weapons destruction nears. And, a conversation with Craig Williams, co-chair of the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board, about concerns for the local economy once weapons destruction is completed. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1733071/may-30-2019-segment-2"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three:</strong> What was accomplished on behalf of Kentucky's children by the 2019 Kentucky General Assembly? An assessment by Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Terry Brooks. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1733072/may-30-2019-segment-3"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57651122019-05-23T08:29:48-04:002019-06-01T07:19:43-04:00An Exultation of Appalachia - GPS Has A Meteorologist Worried - Classic Cuban Music Is Coming to Lexington<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/61889082a2542da0f215e996ef0c66ccfc690949/original/shutterstock-699785857.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One:</strong> Is GPS technology eroding our map-reading skills? And, how are our smart devices changing our lives? We feature a segment from NPR's Here&Now on how GPS has made the roadmap obsolete - and why that can be dangerous. Plus, an interview with EKU psychologist Matthew Winslow on ways our smart devices are changing our lives, <strong><a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1728410/may-23-2019-segment-1" style=""> LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Essay winner pens a counter to<strong> </strong>the J.D. Vance memoir Hillbilly Elegy. We talk with writer Lonormi Manuel, author Silas House and Chris Green, director of the essay-sponsoring Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1728409/may-23-2019-segment-2" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>The romance of classic Cuban music is heading for Lexington. Guest interviewer Lee Carroll chats with singer Xiomarra Laugart and we offer samplings of her music <a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1728411/may-23-2019-segment-3"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57565362019-05-16T07:25:18-04:002021-12-15T04:41:14-05:00Chris Zook, author of The Founder's Mentality - Implementing The Founder's Mentality: Alltech's Mark Lyons - Helping E. Ky. Businesses Up Their Online Game - The Railbird Festival: what sets it apart <p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://one.alltech.com/"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/e57c013d983c8e881701a0ecf5fdb991744aa30d/original/alltech-mark-lyons.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One</strong>: Interview with Chris Zook,author of the best-selling <em>Founder's Mentality</em> and keynote speaker at Alltech's 35th annual ONE Ideas Conference in Lexington<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1722221/may-16-2019-segment-1" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><b>Two: </b>Interview with Dr. Mark Lyons, Alltech president and CEO, on how he is carrying on his late father Pearse Lyons' vision for the global agricultural company with an emphasis on sustainability<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1722223/may-16-2019-segment-2" style=""> <strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>Art Shechet from our arts & culture partner UnderMain sits down with Railbird Festival co-producer David Helmers. And, a conversation with Amanda Kelly of the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation about a program that helps small businesses in the region increase their online savvy and presence.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1722230/may-16-2019-segment-3"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
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<p> </p>52:57WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57481642019-05-09T07:21:12-04:002021-07-26T02:28:14-04:00Trials and Tribulations of the honeybee - The Nature Conservancy buys huge tract of KY forest - Having the backs of farmers markets - Support for African American farmers in KY - More<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/f4504f2cf0f57a9bfb2fc76ca91d16f460ec0036/original/ataya-tract-ataya-tract-102907-01-printversion.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>A conversation with Kentucky State Apiarist Tammy Potter about h</span>ardworking honeybees, the tough lives they live today and what's at stake in hive decline, theft and vandalism.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1719482/may-9-2019-segment-1"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two:</strong> David Phemister, executive director of the Nature Conservancy-Kentucky with details of the organization's purchase of 100,000 acres of forestland in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1719483/may-9-2019-segment-2"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Three:</strong> Martin Richards of the Community Farm Alliance about the connection between the farmers market and local health and well-being. Tammy Cornett on EKU's own big farmers market. Ashley Smith on "Black Soil", an organization that is working to support African American farmers in Kentucky. Rhonda Miller on "Homegrown by Heroes", an innovative support program for veterans who farm. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1719484/may-9-2019-segment-3"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57398952019-05-02T06:53:20-04:002019-05-02T06:54:04-04:00Free Surgery-Region Heal Thyself-Smoking and Dementia-Much More<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/071302d8ec303ec1979392b72204faccb842c2fe/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" /><span class="font_large">Listen by Segment:</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong><span class="font_large">An organization that provides free surgery to the un- and under-insured.<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1715938/may-2-2019-segment-1" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Expanding efforts to reduce child abuse in Kentucky; UK research overturns smoking-dementia link; followup on investigation of state's handling of workplace deaths<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1715939/may-2-2019-segment-2" style=""><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>UK's all-out war on opioid addiction and death; Region heal thyself: recruiting oncology professionals in Eastern Kentucky, home to highest cancer rates in the nation<a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1715942/may-2-2019-segment-3"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57317332019-04-25T07:49:27-04:002021-04-19T05:22:00-04:00E. Kentucky's Savior? Education - Ky's Teen Tobacco Backslide - Humans of Central Appalachia - More<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c875cbee8bedd3157b80b7f1f1aa903fef28f2d7/original/brittany-boggs-with-pet-chicken.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Brittany Boggs of Cumberland, Ky. featured in "Humans of Central Appalachia"</p>
<p><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></p>
<p><strong>One: </strong>A conversation with Dreama Gentry, Executive Director, Partners for Education based at Berea College: education is the key to Eastern Kentucky's future.<a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1709209/april-25-2019-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Two: </strong>Ben Chandler, Executive Director, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky: e-cigs and vaping have brought a reversal of Kentucky's improvement in teen smoking; the pros and cons of hemp (CBD) oil<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1709215/april-25-2019-segment-two">LISTEN</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Three: </strong>Update on Ravenna railroad heritage center; Humans of Central Appalachia, featuring Brittany Boggs of Cumberland, Ky; Lexington's new arts festival; Poet-author Pauletta Hansel proves that you can go home <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1709218/april-25-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57239532019-04-18T06:46:37-04:002021-08-09T20:51:31-04:00Reinventing E. Ky・Kentucky's Ugliest Ranking・Youth Homelessness・Dwindling Coal Severance Dollars<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/efcea547e6d02c27ea49a33a0dd9410f3ae588fd/original/shutterstock-550367338.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_regular"><strong>By Segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>One: </strong></span></p>
<p>MACED's Ivy Brashear on <em>New Day Appalachia</em>: A Positive Vibe for E. Ky <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1705613/april-18-2019-segment-one">LISTEN</a></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Two: </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">EKU Psychologist MyraBeth Bundy on Kentucky's ranking as worst in the nation for child abuse <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1706810/child-abuse-in-ky">LISTEN</a> </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">The Brushy Fork Institute's Donna Daniels and Troy Price on Youth Homelessness in the region<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1706015/youth-homelessness">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><strong>Three: </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Reporter Mason Adams on what's become of Coal Severance dollars <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1705617/april-18-2019-segment-three">LISTEN</a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57155822019-04-11T08:37:27-04:002019-04-11T08:38:58-04:00E. Kentucky's Creative Economy • $80m High-Tech Greenhouse in Rowan County・The KY Rural-Urban Exchange ・Origins of "Y'all"<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/5d4af51a22a0d874b8222b4b2296ed4b97bd7858/original/58d1c58ec8f2f23593a3cc763d9d21d9.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Grayson Lake - Photo by John L Rucker </p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>By Segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>A conversation with Sky Marietta, Arts Extension Associate with Community and Economic Development of Kentucky, and co-owner of the Corbin, Ky performance and event venue “2nd & Main” </span>•<span class="font_large"> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1700089/april-11-2019-segment-one" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Jonathan Webb details his plans for an $80 million, 60-acre high-tech greenhouse operation in Rowan County, Kentucky </span>• <span class="font_large"><strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1700094/april-11-2019-segment-two" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Savannah Barrett tells us about the mission of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange; WEKU's Stu Johnson reports on Kentucky's national ranking for stress levels; NPR's Scott Simon on the origins of "Y'all." </span>• <span class="font_large"><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1700095/april-11-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/57066222019-04-04T08:51:09-04:002020-01-23T02:26:07-05:00Ohio River Pollution・Visions for E. Ky Renewal ・ Hemp and CBD<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/c79913a156a12dc73042c9002d6a779cd3488d8f/original/shutterstock-357839666.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Listen by segment:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">One: </span></strong><span class="font_large">Energy and Environmental reporter James Bruggers on efforts to weaken anti-pollution regulations along the Ohio River <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1690390/april-4-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Gerry Roll of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky and Lora Smith of the Appalachian Impact Fund on working toward economic rebirth in the aftermath of coal's decline <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1690391/april-4-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Annie Rouse on Kentucky's booming new hemp industry and how the CBD industry is moving to police itself <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1690421/april-4-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56978252019-03-28T09:34:29-04:002019-03-28T09:38:30-04:00WEKU Update - How to access government info/data - East Kentucky Leadership Conference<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/337011e22e419bd953b9aa26db670ce74fa3766c/original/cross-al.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by Segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><b>One: </b>WEKU station manager Mike Savage on recent improvements to the service <a contents=" LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1687433/march-28-2019-segment-one"><strong> LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>Two: </strong>Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame recipient and renowned political columnist Al Cross on the legal tools available to journalists and citizens to access government information and data <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1687436/march-28-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><strong>Three: </strong>Tom Martin interviews Carolyn Sundy about the 32nd annual East Kentucky Leadership Conference<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1687441/march-28-2019-segment-three">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>38:30WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56879432019-03-21T10:38:38-04:002021-12-18T15:51:56-05:00Superbugs・Super Music ・Super Humans (of Central Appalachia)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/2fcf421153ed56463ebbd2c2e9be3b9a4a54901c/original/a-northern-ghana-dancer-at-a-local-festival-honoring-ancestors.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A dancer in a northern Ghana village visited by the organizers of world music concerts in Lexington</p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Kentucky has the nation's highest rate of antibiotics over-use. An interview about a statewide campaign to reverse the trend with Dr. Bethany Wattles, a clinical pharmacist in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1680629/march-21-2019-segment-one"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Two: </span></strong><span class="font_large">The non-profit</span><strong><span class="font_large"> </span></strong><span class="font_large">Green Room Exchange to bring World Music to Lexington stages. An interview with GRE founders Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan, along with samplings of the world music they've booked for the season. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1680633/march-21-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Three: </span></strong><span class="font_large">Foster Ockerman, Jr., author of The Hidden History of Horse Racing; Humans of Central Appalachia featuring Russell Huff of Harlan, Ky. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1680634/march-21-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56799522019-03-14T09:17:38-04:002019-03-14T09:17:38-04:00Big boost for an EKU aviation program・Aligning education and the job market・A Struggle Toward Freedom・Help for future Kentucky exporters ・Lifeline for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault・Latest cellphone scam<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/2a372b60bc0fc9e3f3166a49c9d68111adfba72b/original/shutterstock-642996919.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong> </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One:</strong> An interview with Elizabeth Leonard, author of <em>Slaves, Slaveholders and a Kentucky Community's Struggle Toward Freedom </em><strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1677333/march-14-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> Wavelength adjustment: education and the job market. How the business community hopes to better connect with the classroom ・Details of a major boost for an EKU aviation program <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1677334/march-14-2019-segment-two"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three:</strong> Help for would-be Kentucky exporters・Telemedicine technology as a lifesaver in cases of domestic abuse and sexual assault・Packing local jails keep some Kentucky counties afloat・Kentucky's latest cellphone scam <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1677335/march-14-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56713432019-03-07T09:55:45-05:002019-03-07T09:55:45-05:00Railroading and Ravenna ∙ Margaret Verble's " Cherokee America" ∙ Degree regret ∙ Critical Mass III and the Kentucky Crafted Market<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/95f3908f6d4d36cb58f45bb083d08a48ec60eddd/original/41furi0.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>A plan to highlight the railroading history of the Estill County town of Ravenna <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1672778/march-7-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Degree regret: second thoughts about college majors ∙ Lexington author Margaret Verble on her new book, "Cherokee America" <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1672779/march-7-2019-segment-two" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>Details on Critical Mass III: boosting arts coverage in the Ohio Valley region ∙ The “what, where, and when” of this year’s Kentucky Crafted Market <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1672782/march-7-2019-segment-three"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56607552019-02-28T12:26:01-05:002021-07-13T03:57:33-04:00Ex Coal Miners, New Futures ∙ Letting Kids Fail ∙ Brains Behind Vinaigrette Salads, Breakout Games ∙ Lexington's Local Food Coordinator Eyes Spring<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/6af28f40b17050df4d276193ee59caa0531799e9/original/shutterstock-144448264.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Former coal-miners Scott Shoupe and John Craft on how a MACED program is helping them prepare for new futures. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1667842/february-28-2019-segment-one" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>EKU Psychologist Dan Florell on why now and then it’s wise to allow your child to fail. <strong><a contents="&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1667844/february-28-2019-segment-two" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong> Lexington entrepreneur Jason Thompson on the beginnings of Vinaigrette Salad Kitchen and Breakout Games ∙ Lexington Local Food Coordinator Ashton Potter Wright on some timely and tasty events that tell us spring is near <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1667847/february-28-2019-segment-three" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
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<p> </p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56523432019-02-21T09:34:12-05:002019-02-21T09:34:12-05:00Humans of Central Appalachia series: Kateena Haynes of Cumberland, KY・TEDx-Corbin is out to change subject about Appalachian KY・Black Millennials in pursuit of the American Dream・Loan forgiveness for teachers ∙<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/6019b8b10065b05ac6559580f1a37dd4d16c2b66/original/kateena-haynes.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="Kateena Haynes of Cumberland, Kentucky" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>Reniqua Allen's byline has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, Quartz, Buzzfeed, Teen-Vogue, and Glamour. And she has produced a range of films, video, and radio for PBS, MSNBC, WNYC and HBO. A recent visitor to the EKU campus for the university's Chautauqua Lecture Series, Reniqua stopped by WEKU to discuss her book, It Was All A Dream: How A New Generation is Navigating the Broken Promise of America. <strong><a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1661751/february-21-2019-segment-1" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font_large">Two: </span></strong><span class="font_large">A new state program offers student loan forgiveness for education majors. The aim is to reverse as decline in the next wave of future teachers in Kentucky schools. Tom Martin visits with Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis and Dr. Sherry Powers, Dean of the EKU College of Education.<strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1661752/february-21-2019-segment-2" style="">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>The latest in our series, "Humans of Central Appalachia." Kateena Haynes of Cumberland, KY, CEO of the Harlan Boys & Girls Club and among those yearning to change the story about life in Eastern Kentucky. Also, Crystal Kinser, organizer of TEDx-Corbin. Coming in March, the event is the first TEDx in Appalachian Kentucky and the aim is to share ideas for the region's future. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1661753/february-21-2019-segment-3"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56428682019-02-14T09:17:52-05:002019-02-21T09:41:05-05:00Steadman retrospective coming to Lexington ・ Group purchasing of solar power ・ The shortcomings at KY OSHA ・ Coal employment at all-time low ・ Pikeville's painful loss: EnerBlu ・ Debating with body language<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/de396c4225156bc831b29d24d36ceea92affe5c5/original/rs-hst.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One:</strong> The shortcomings at KY OSHA<span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span>・<span class="font_large"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span>Coal employment at all-time low<span style="font-size: 12px;"> ・ </span>Pikeville's painful loss: EnerBlu <strong> <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1656397/segment-1">LISTEN</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two:</strong> Group purchasing of solar power <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1656398/segment-2" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three </strong>・ Ralph Steadman retrospective is coming to Lexington ・ Debating with body language <a contents="●&nbsp;LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1656401/segment-3" style=""><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>53:00WEKUtag:esweku.org,2005:Post/56317932019-02-07T08:13:18-05:002019-02-07T12:09:00-05:00What is "Kentucky Wild”? • Reports of an "Insect Apocalypse" • Why do spiders make great houseguests? • Rescuing a once mighty tree from extinction • Quilts made of wood•<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/284402/0a2ae7e7dbad92583a4df38e1a3db998e2f7edce/original/unnamed.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Listen by segment:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>One: </strong>An interview with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife</span><span class="font_large"> Program Coordinator Laura Burford about "Kentucky Wild", a program aimed at reconnecting us to our natural surroundings. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1650841/segment-1"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Two: </strong>Entomologist Tom Myers on reports of an "insect apocalypse." • Transylvania University biologist James Wagner on what has eight legs, is largely misunderstood and makes an excellent houseguest. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1650843/segment-2"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Three: </strong>EKU biologist Jennifer Koslow on why it's important to rescue the American Chestnut tree from extinction </span>•<span class="font_large"> Kentucky Humanities' Bill Goodman talks with an artist whose quilts are made of wood. <a contents="LISTEN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1650847/segment-3"><strong>LISTEN</strong></a></span></p>52:52WEKU