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Renee Shaw just retired after 29 years with KET. Listen as this accomplished professional shares how she maintained a reputation for even-handedness in often charged political and policy discussions.
We look into the value of the Head Start program and how a White House plan to deregulate the program would affect Kentucky children and families.
Episode 31 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua A. Douglas.
For much of the twentieth century, communities across Appalachia were sustained not only by coal mining, but also by furniture plants, textile mills, apparel shops, steel, glass, machinery, and other forms of manufacturing.
Filmmaker Lanny Brannock discusses his documentary about the August 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Bluegrass Airport.
What does the data tell us about our kids? Kentucky Youth Advocates’ latest edition of the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book is out, and we discuss key findings about the condition of Kentucky children with KYA executive director Shannon Moody.
Sue Fox spent more than three decades struggling with addiction before finding recovery in 2016 while in prison.
Should political appointees instead of scientists vet applications for federal scientific research grants? The White House Office of Management and Budget is proposing the change. Raising concerns is Kumble Subbaswamy, former University of Kentucky Provost.
This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 30 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua Douglas.
Cornbread baked according to the Mindy Merrell recipe.(Tom Martin)This week on Eastern Standard: What is the “Halfback Wave” and how might eastern Kentucky benefit from it? Veteran Appalachian journalist James Branscome has some ideas and joins us to offer details. What does it mean to cannabis research that the Trump administration has dropped marijuana from the prohibitive “Schedule I” drug category to the more lenient “Schedule III”? That’s our question for Dr. Shana Babalonis, head of the University of Kentucky Cannabis Research Center. Marianne Worthington, in conversation with ES literar
The Kentucky Resources Council is offering model Data Center ordinances for communities debating whether to allow data centers. KRC executive director Ashley Wilmes provides details.
In response to economic, public policy, and societal pressures, Kentucky’s flagship public institution of higher learning, the University of Kentucky, is undergoing systemic, campus-wide restructuring and privatization of services.
Many Lexington streets have been bumpy for months while Kentucky American Water Co. has worked to replace antiquated cast-iron pipes.
What are the practical considerations to take into account as Artificial Intelligence arrives in the workplace, displacing human employees?
Democracy Optimist is hosted by Joshua Douglas, an election law and voting rights and research professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.
ICE detainments and deportations may seem to have faded, but the actions against immigrants, illegal and legal, continue in Kentucky. Nima Kulkarni, a state representative, immigration employment attorney and founder of the New Americans Initiative, brings us up to date.
This week on Eastern Standard:The term “affordability” is tossed around a lot these days. What does it look like for Kentuckians?
Data Journalist and pollster G. Elliot Morris is the guest of Carolyn Dupont, host of our series, “Civics and Civility, the Path to a Shared American Future.”
Imagine being assigned to divine the future consequences and outcomes of economic decisions made today — especially in light of the uncertainties of war in the Middle East and what many experience as a “crisis of affordability” here at home.
Many people can name the Kentucky Governor, but what about Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor? Do you know what she does and how her work impacts your daily life?
The many ways nonprofits touch our lives, the fulfillment and reward of volunteerism, and the most pressing challenges confronting these organizations in uncertain times.
How to push the civility reset button. A thoughtful conversation between two leaders of “Braver Angels,” a nationwide movement with a Kentucky chapter that is working to help people overcome loss of friends and family estrangements to the divisiveness of our times.
Why AI makes rural access to broadband internet all the more essential. Education contributor Brigitte Blom, in conversation with EKU Artificial Intelligence strategist Lisa Blue.
What are the consequences of environmental deregulation? The Trump administration has done away with the “endangerment finding,” an EPA process that had identified six greenhouse gases as dangerous to human health under the Clean Air Act.
Episode 27 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua Douglas.
