Podcast appearances and mentions of Louie B Nunn

WUKY's Award winning history series Saving Stories celebrates Women's History Month. Nunn Center Director Doug Boyd shares audio from a rare oral history interview with Martha Layne Collins; the only woman ever to be elected governor of Kentucky. She talks about her approach to the office, convincing Japanese automaker Toyota to build a plant in Georgetown and how she hoped Kentuckians would look back on her time as governor. Saving Stories is a collaboration between WUKY and the Louie B. Nunn for Oral History in the UK Libraries.

To celebrate the paperback release of his autobiography Changing The Game – WUKY's Alan Lytle recently sat down with college sports marketing pioneer and WBKY alum Jim Host. Over the course of his multi-faceted career Jim was involved in state politics, working for Republican Governors Louie B. Nunn and Ernie Fletcher. Those political and business ties were put to good use in the construction of Rupp Arena, the Kentucky Horse Park and the KFC Yum! Center. In this in depth interview Jim talks about his use of bundling to secure lucrative sports marketing deals and makes a strong argument for tax reform in Kentucky and weighs in on the NCAA's new Name Image and Likeness policy for student athletes.

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.comInterview with Effa Manley appear courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe audio originally recorded with Stephen BankerTo learn more about the life of Bullet Rogan, check out Wilber "Bullet" Rogan and the Kansas City Monarchs by Phil Dixon - https://amzn.to/37jY12D   

June is Pride Month and in this edition of WUKY's Award Winning History Series, Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, shares an interview from their OutSouth collection. In this 2018 interview, Jack L. Coffman shares his experiences being gay during the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond, and talks about the love of his life, Teddy, as well as about working in IT at the University of Kentucky for a number of years, his friendships, and life in Lexington over the decades.

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.comInterviews with Larry Doby and Effa Manley appear courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries Ted Williams' Hall of Fame Speech  Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Youtube 

Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.com/Interviews with Effa Manley and  Monte Irvin appear courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries 

March is Women’s History Month and in this latest edition of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from a 1989 interview with Betty Tevis; one of the first female sports journalists in Kentucky. Betty came to UK to study journalism in the 1940's and was the subject of publicity surrounding a Louisville Courier Journal story about her gaining access to the UK Men's Basketball Team locker room. A Fascinating story and a fascinating woman this week in Saving Stories.

This week another name synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement passed away. Former National Urban League President and Clinton Administration advisor Vernon Jordan died at his home in Georgia at the age of 85. In this special edition of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries presents audio from a collection of interviews Robert Penn Warren conducted in 1964 on the unfolding Civil Rights Movement. Listen as a 29 year old Jordan and Warren engage in a philosophical discussion on the revolutionary nature of the movement.

In this Black History Month edition of WUKY's award winning series Saving Stories we hear how Harry Sykes became Lexington's first African American to be elected to the city council. Wait until you hear how the one-time Harlem Globetrotter accomplished that feat. Doug Boyd is the director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. He shares and talks about the audio with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

The backstory of how a folksy, quick witted, singing politician from rural Kentucky helped integrate professional baseball The Negro League Baseball Museum nlbm.com Terry Bohn's SABR Pagesabr.org/authors/terry-bohn/ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral Histories, University of Kentucky Librarieshttps://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ Chandler, Albert Benjamin, interview by William J. Marshall. September 03, 1980, A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. Small League Productionssmallleaguestu.com StoryBlocksstoryblocks.com

WUKY turned 80 this month. (October 17, 1940 to be exact) and to celebrate the occasion Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and Alan Lytle discuss the origin story for the radio station - now known as WUKY, which began as WBKY, an ambitious community radio experiment in the town of Beattyville in Eastern Kentucky.

Farming has never been easy, but, as this month’s farmer states, “Black people have had a hard time trying to farm.” John Botts’s great-grandmother was brought to his now farm by two white men that held her in slavery. She had two children by these men, and John’s father was one of them. Those slavers gave John’s great-grandmother that farm as a gift, and John later bought it from his mother. As of 1991 he was raising about 9,000 lbs of tobacco and had about 30 head of dairy cattle knowing none of his four kids wanted to farm once he was gone. John details how he met his wife of 39 years, at the time, his experiences being discriminated against while working on other people’s farms, how he got his first 5 cows, and dealing with banks in Bath County as a black man. From what we have gathered, it seems that Mr. Botts has now passed on, but that he was dairy farming until 2003. He was a dedicated member of Community Farm Alliance, and we are grateful for the work he did in DC, Frankfort, and Bath Co in the 90s advocating for farmers. Our sincere thanks to the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections of University of Kentucky Libraries for allowing us to use this oral history from the Family Farmers of KY: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Resources for this months episode include: John Bott’s full interview from 1991 https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7z0863637g

In this edition of WUKY's award winning history series "Saving Stories" Alan Lytle and Dr. Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, discuss the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. Hear audio from a 1982 interview with Baseball Hall of Famer Willard Brown; a contemporary of Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby and Satchell Paige, but whose major league experience did not last nearly as long. Find out why in this edition of Saving Stories.

In this latest edition of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries presents audio from a collection of interviews Robert Penn Warren conducted in 1964 on the unfolding Civil Rights Movement. On April 27, 1964 Penn Warren battled through equipment issues to have a candid conversation with James Baldwin. The author, lecturer and activist was featured in the recent Academy Award nominated documentary "I Am Not Your Negro."

In this latest edition of WUKY’s award winning history series Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries and Alan Lytle discuss an incident that happened on the UK campus. Fifty years ago this week, the country was rocked by the shooting of four student protesters by National Guard troops on the Kent State campus - that incident touched off demonstrations across the country including at UK where an ROTC annex building caught on fire. And fifty years later the Nunn Center continues to document the varying accounts of just what happened.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 11, 2019) – The University of Kentucky community is celebrating Women’s History Month. Throughout March, UKNow will feature the women — past and present — on whose shoulders we stand and whose hard work has made our achievements possible. With a combination of fierce resolve and deep compassion, UK women have left indelible marks on our university. Join us as we highlight these #WomenOfUK. As part of her early graduate work, Karen Clancy, interviewed 10 physicians and staff affiliated with the UK College of Medicine for the school’s fiftieth anniversary. One of her subjects, Dr. Jaqueline Noonan, was the first woman to chair a clinical department for the college. During the interview, Noonan talked about the ways in which women had changed not only the face of medicine, but how it was practiced.  That conversation led Clancy, a faculty member in the UK College of Health Sciences to ask, “how have women changed medicine?” To date, Clancy has interviewed 25 women who graduated from the UK College of Medicine between 1964 and 1975. She focused on this group because UK began admitting women to medical school in 1960, and she wanted to learn about their experiences prior to the adoption of Title IX. The “Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project” is a collection of oral histories featuring the perspectives and memories of ground-breaking women who completed medical school when only six to 10 percent of physicians were women. They were trailblazers who successfully pursued professional careers, made scientific contributions and brought a new dimension to medicine. They became leaders of medical associations, chairs of academic departments, discoverers, scientists and givers of compassionate and innovative care in their communities.  They told stories of barriers, triumphs and leadership. Dr. Jacqueline Noonan, a pediatric cardiologist went on to have a medical condition, Noonan Syndrome, named after her. Dr. Flora Johnson came the United States with her sisters when she was just 14 years old. She was told by countless people along her journey that she couldn’t make it in medical school and wouldn’t become a physician, she still practices family medicine in Alhambra, California. Dr. Ardis Hoven, one of the first women to serve as president of the American Medical Association and the first woman elected chair of the World Medical Association said, “Women have a special something that makes them ready to care and to lead. They’ve made medicine more personal, we go the extra mile.” On this week's episode of "Behind the Blue" you’ll hear these stories and more as we talk with Clancy about her project. The Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project is housed in the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky.  Support for the collection was funded in part by the Arvle Turner Research Fund and the Kentucky Oral History Commission of the Kentucky Historical Society. Become a subscriber to receive new episodes of “Behind the Blue” each week. UK’s latest medical breakthroughs, research, artists and writers will be featured, along with the most important news impacting the university. For questions or comments about this or any other episode of "Behind the Blue," email BehindTheBlue@uky.edu or tweet your question with #BehindTheBlue

As the University of Kentucky Cheerleading Squad vies for yet another National Championship, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries is collaborating on a project to preserve the program's rich and storied history. Center director Doug Boyd talks about it with WUKY's Alan Lytle in this edition of Saving Stories. You'll hear from two of the principals that helped usher in the modern era of cheerleading at UK.

In this edition of Saving Stories which we really should re-name Sharing Stories we learn more about how UK's Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and it's OHMS system (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) is being used in interactive exhibits at Louisville's Frazier History Museum and the new Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro. Center director Doug Boyd tells Alan Lytle the technological advancement takes oral history out of the confines of the library or online computer search and into the public.

In this edition of Saving Stories Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History shares audio of an interview with the late Sue Grafton. It's part of the center's online series featuring Kentucky authors. In this 1993 conversation the Louisville native talks about her difficult childhood, how she came up with her signature Alphabet series of mystery novels and the creation of her lead character, private investigator Kinsey Millhone.

The Louie B. Nunn Center For Oral History in the UK Libraries is partnering with former Wildcat great Kyle Macy for a project involving the university's storied men's basketball program. Today we feature the legendary exploits of Jack "Goose" Givens who's 41 point night helped the Wildcats defeat the Duke Blue Devils in the 1978 National Championship Game.

For over 40 years the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries has been the go-to source for scholars and researchers. It is recognized around the world as a leader and innovator in the collection of oral history with thousands of interviews on topics ranging from politics and public policy, education and literature, coal communities and life in Appalachia, as well as African American History. It’s this latter topic we take up with center director Dr. Doug Boyd.

Sure, Kentucky bourbon is arguably more popular than ever, evidenced by the oft quoted statistic that there are now more bourbon barrels in the state than there are people, but that wasn't always the case. In this episode of Saving Stories WUKY's Alan Lytle and Dr. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries talk about the bourbon renaissance and share audio clips from the Nunn Center's ongoing Kentucky Bourbon Tales project.

February 14, 2013 Doug Boyd Ph.D. serves as the Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries. In this workshop, Boyd discusses new models for engaging and empowering users of oral history in a digital environment. He will also discuss the web-based, system OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) that inexpensively and efficiently enhances access to oral history online, created at the Nunn Center. Presented by the Columbia Center for Oral History, the Oral History Master of Arts, and the Digital Humanities Center