KY Tourism Commissioner Kristen Branscum is asked: is E. Kentucky ready for tourism? ~ Herald-Leader reporter Bill Estep: for Benham & Lynch, a struggle pitting coal against tourism ~ Humans of Central Appalachia visits with longtime Lynch resident Melvin Hardy, Jr.  ~ MSU History Professor Thomas Kiffmeyer on his book about the rapid transition of Appalachian Volunteers from reformers to radicals.

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• KY Tourism Commissioner Kristen Branscum is asked: is Eastern Kentucky ready for tourism? LISTEN
• Herald-Leader reporter Bill Estep: for Benham & Lynch, a struggle pitting coal against tourism  ~ Humans of Central Appalachia visits with longtime Lynch resident Melvin Hardy, Jr. LISTEN
• MSU History Professor Thomas Kiffmeyer on his book Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty. LISTEN