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Eastern Standard
WEKU's weekly public affairs program discussing topics and concerns of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hosted by Tom Martin
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Eastern Standard: October 29th, 2026
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 33 of our series, “Democracy Optimist” with…
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Eastern Standard: October 22nd, 2026
Press freedom in America is in a fragile state.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: In September, McClatchy Media made deep cuts at…
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Eastern Standard: October 15th, 2026
Pew research finds the American electorate as diverse as ever.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Today's voter maps tend to break us…
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Eastern Standard: October 8th, 2026
This week on Eastern Standard: David Phemister, Nature Conservancy-KY, acquisition of 1700+ acres of forest in Bell Co. and what this means. A conversation…
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Eastern Standard: October 1st, 2026
Aging. We'll all get there, someday.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Kentucky has hundreds of nursing homes caring for some of the…
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Eastern Standard: September 24th, 2026
Exercising the right to vote.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 32 of our series, Democracy Optimist, takes the temperature…
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Eastern Standard: September 17th, 2026
The Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom is commemorating the 50th anniversary of "Harlan County USA" with an hourlong radio documentary Oct. 12.(Jared Kunish /…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: September 10th, 2026
Insun Park performs a modern take on the ancient Korean tradition of the Gangnyeong mask dance.(Vogue Korea) This week on Eastern Standard: A full hour focused…
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Eastern Standard: September 3rd, 2026
Cover of the Emilee Hackney memoir, "All That's Unseen."(PenguinRandomHouse.com) This week on Eastern Standard: You're in your 30s or 40s and are too busy with…
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Eastern Standard: August 27th, 2026
Renee Shaw leading a panel discussion at KET.(Screenshot KET) This Week on Eastern Standard: Renee Shaw just retired after 29 years with KET. Listen as this…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: August 20th, 2026
Whitesburg artist Lacy Hale works on a mural commemorating those who perished in the flood of 2022.(Provided by Artist. ) We look into the value of the Head…
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Eastern Standard: August 13th, 2026
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 31 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by…
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Eastern Standard: August 6th, 2026
In addition to coal, furniture manufacturing was once an economic mainstay in much of Appalachia.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: July 30th, 2026
The Comair Flight 5191 sculpture at The Arboretum State Botanical Garden of Kentucky in Lexington, designed by sculptor Douwe Blumberg, honors those…
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Eastern Standard: July 23rd, 2026
A new study finds high rates of sleep disturbances in Eastern Kentucky.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: What does the data tell us…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: July 16th, 2026
Sue Fox overcame 30 years of addiction and prison to lead addiction recovery efforts in Eastern Kentucky(Les Nicholson / Freedom House) This week on Eastern…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: July 9th, 2026
Gabrielle Helle, Director of Radiology, MCHC, Whitesburg, Ky. One of the 63 Appalachian women who posed for the Malcolm Wilson project.(MALCOLM J WILSON /…
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Eastern Standard: July 2nd, 2026
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 30 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: June 25, 2026
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…
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Eastern Standard: June 18th, 2026
Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has set up data centers across about 900 acres in Gallatin, Tennessee.(Meta) This Week on Eastern…
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Eastern Standard: June 11th, 2026
How much homework is too much homework?(Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock) In response to economic, public policy, and societal pressures, Kentucky’s flagship…
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Eastern Standard : June 4th, 2026
Sweet Evening Breeze(John Denny Ashley. 1972. Collection of the Faulkner Morgan Archive. / John Denny Ashley. 1972. Collection of the Faulkner Morgan Archive.)…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard : May 28th, 2026
What are the implications as AI arrives in the workplace? What are the practical considerations to take into account as Artificial Intelligence arrives in the…
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Eastern Standard: May 21st, 2026
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) Our first guest in Episode 29 of the Eastern Standard series “Democracy Optimist” is…
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Eastern Standard: May 14th, 2026
Free-roaming horses in Breathitt County, Kentucky(David Leach Photography/Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: ICE detainments and…
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Eastern Standard: May 7th, 2026
Household budgets are straining under inflationary pressures.(Windcolors / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: The term “affordability” is tossed…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: April 30th, 2026
<a href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xs1lc/1/">https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xs1lc/1/ </a> Population Change in Rural Kentucky, 2024 - 2025(Sarah…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: April 23rd, 2026
The Lexington Opera House, before and after its restoration(Lexington Center Corporation) This week on Eastern Standard: Imagine being assigned to divine the…
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Eastern Standard: April 16th, 2026
Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman (L), Kentucky Lantern founding editor, Jamie Lucke (R)(Provided) This week on Eastern Standard: Many people can name…
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Eastern Standard: April 9th, 2026
Sizing up the non-profit landscape in Kentucky(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: The many ways nonprofits touch our lives, the…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: April 2nd, 2026
The Path to a Shared American Future(Tom Martin) This week on Eastern Standard: How to push the civility reset button. A thoughtful conversation between two…
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Eastern Standard: March 26th, 2026
Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.(Smiley Pete Publishing) This week on Eastern Standard: Why AI makes rural access to…
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Eastern Standard: March 19th, 2026
Navajo flute maker, performer, Fred Nez Keams(WEKU) This week on Eastern Standard: What are the consequences of environmental deregulation? The Trump…
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Eastern Standard: March 12th, 2026
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Episode 27 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by…
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Eastern Standard: March 5th, 2026
Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.(Smiley Pete Publishing) On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Accounts of…
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Eastern Standard: February 26th, 2026
Social Security is facing insolvency as soon as 2032.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: The public is generally unaware that Social…
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Eastern Standard: February 19th, 2026
"The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day." — Nick Jacobs, co-author of <i>The Rural…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: February 12th, 2026
Secretary of State Michael Adams discusses AI in elections. This week on Eastern Standard: What are the implications of Artificial Intelligence in elections?…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: February 5th, 2026
This week on Eastern Standard: Our series, “The AI Revolution: Promise and Peril” continues with guest Lisa Blue, Director of AI Strategies at Eastern Kentucky…
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Eastern Standard: January 29th, 2026
(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: “The Future Would Like A Word”- Episode 26 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by UK…
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Eastern Standard: January 22nd, 2026
York was William Clark's personal slave and accompanied the Lewis and Clark 'Voyage of Discovery' as a fully participating member of the…
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Eastern Standard: January 15, 2026
We continue our new series, “Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril.” Host, Dr. Arthur Shechet, goes “under the hood” of AI with University of Kentucky…
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Eastern Standard: January 8th, 2026
AI in the Modern Age. (Shutterstock / Shutterstock) 15 with UK AI and machine learning researcher, Dr. Brent Harrison taking us under the hood to better…
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Eastern Standard: January 1st, 2026
Native American Voting Rights Demonstration in Washington, D.C.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) Part One From strict voter ID laws that don’t recognize tribal…
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Eastern Standard: December 18th, 2025
Kentucky has fallen behind on investing in Pre-Kindergarten programs.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) At one time, an admired national leader in education…
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Eastern Standard : December 11th, 2025
Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock) Part One Guest: Carly Muetterties, chair of the Kentucky Civic Education Coalition…
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Eastern Standard: Dec. 4th, 2025
Not only did it happen, but there were thousands of spectators and often a carnival atmosphere as lynchings were carried out in Kentucky well into the 20th…
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Eastern Standard: November 20th, 2025
(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) Part One: Ben Sheehan, host, writer, and producer of “Civics Made Easy,” a series on PBS that empowers viewers with the knowledge…
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Eastern Standard: November 13th, 2025
Agroforestry is intensive land-use management combining trees and/or shrubs with crops and/or livestock.(Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet) In a time…
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Eastern Standard: November 6th, 2025
States With 2021 Redistricting Rules For Ending ‘Prison Gerrymandering’(Daniel Wood/NPR) “Eschatology” is the part of theology concerned with death, judgment…
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Eastern Standard: October 30th 2025
Boo! In this Halloween edition, Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith discuss their book “Paranormal Kentucky: An Uncommon Wealth of Close Encounters with Aliens…
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Eastern Standard: October 23rd, 2025
(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) Part One - Guest: Denise Lieberman Disputes over redistricting have gone into overdrive as some states have engaged in what we…
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Eastern Standard: October 16th, 2025
Exploring the puzzles of autism.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental condition that can…
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Eastern Standard: October 9th, 2025
How climate change is affecting seasons.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: What the polls indicate about voter attitudes…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard: Oct. 2nd, 2025
“A Way With Words” co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett will be in Lexington for the 2025 Kentucky Book Festival. Barnette, a UK graduate, fills us in on…
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Eastern Standard: Sept. 25th, 2025
Hardwood forests cover half of Kentucky land(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Weather forecasting. Meteorology. Why it’s critical to…
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Eastern Standard - Sept. 18th, 2025
The Social Security Trust Fund is projected to become insolvent in 2032. Mike Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff at the non-partisan Committee…
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Eastern Standard - Sept. 11th, 2025
(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) Part One: People hear the phrase “civics education,” and they often think of K-12 classes in government. States have enacted laws…
Eastern StandardEastern Standard - Sept. 4th, 2025
A secluded bend, just before sunset, on the Dix River in Garrard County, Kentucky.(Keith Halladay) This Week on Eastern Standard Lisa McKinney of the…
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Eastern Standard - Aug. 28th, 2025
Everyone Has A Story(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Happenings in the Kentucky literary scene. We’re joined by Jennifer Mattox…