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LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 26, 2025) – As Lexington commemorates its 250th anniversary and the University of Kentucky marks its 160th, UK Libraries' Deirdre Scaggs helps listeners explore the intertwined history and evolving relationship between the city and its university.  Scaggs is associate dean for research and discovery and director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center in UK Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. She helps navigate UK's origins in Lexington, the challenges of growing UK and Lexington's symbiotic relationship, and the importance of the community built between the two.  A key part of that is UK's mission and charge as the Commonwealth's land-grant institution.  “Having a land-grant institution in your city is a big draw for development, for businesses to want to come here and invest in the area,” Scaggs said. “The public service mission of a land-grant institution is something that I think the university has always followed through with and has made such a difference — from the early days of agricultural extension to all of the health care, innovations and opportunities that exist here to help the entire state.” Learn more from Scaggs on the captivating history, challenges and triumphs that have shaped Lexington and UK, as well as the historical insights and pivot points that define the relationship between the two. Behind the Blue is available via a variety of podcast providers, including iTunes and Spotify. 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. Behind the Blue is a joint production of the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare. Transcripts for this or other episodes of Behind the Blue can be downloaded from the show's blog page.  To discover how the University of Kentucky is advancing our Commonwealth, click here.

WUKY's Saving Stories remembers former Keeneland president and trustee Ted Bassett who passed away last week at the age of 103. In the summer of 2019, the Nunn Center and the UK Libraries partnered with Keeneland, the Keeneland Association, Keeneland Library and Museum Foundation, and the Thoroughbred Daily News to conduct a series of oral history interviews called Life's Work. And one of the first interviews released was an interview with Ted Bassett. In this highlighted section Bassett reflects on the tension that exists between tradition and innovation, especially when he first came to work at Keeneland. He explains why it wasn't always easy to bring modern touches to the traditional venue and why Keeneland's place in the industry will always be unique and special.

It's Olympics time again and in this edition of WUKY's Saving Stories we hear from NBC Olympics sportscaster and native Lexingtonian Tom Hammond. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from an interview with Hammond. He talks about one his most memorable moments from the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia. Aboriginal sprinter Cathy Freeman first had the honor of lighting the Olympic torch to open the games, then ten nights later she won 400 meters gold in a most dramatic fashion. Hammond, who called the action in 13 Olympic Games, was behind the microphone that historic day.

This Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France. Doug Boyd from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from a 1994 interview with Garrard County native Jesse Beazley who was among the first wave of soldiers that fought their way onto Omaha Beach that fateful day.

Pizza Time goes bust, Amiga announces a computer & Nintendo launches the VS   These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!   This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.   Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book   Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:  https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine   And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM   Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com   Links: If you don't see all the links, find them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-1984-104469980   7 Minutes in Heaven: Dolphin's Rune/Dolphin's Pearl Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/104389483     https://www.mobygames.com/game/21190/the-dolphins-pearl/     Game Manual: https://archive.org/details/c64man_dolphins-rune     Ecco the Dolphin 7 Minutes in Heaven: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-80192007 Corrections: February 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-1984-102404099 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-la-pinball-or/145438040/     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-san-francisco/145438150/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc     https://www.mobygames.com/game/38079/cosmic-chasm/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/82890/cube-quest/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomy_Tutor     https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/15340     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80186#In_personal_computers   1974: Atari introduces Gran Track 10     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_37/page/58/mode/1up?view=theater         https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_38/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_36/page/52/mode/2up     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYcNvAAeu6k     https://www.facebook.com/100057102354061/videos/1111919918819701/   Wurlitzer ends manufacturing     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_37/page/59/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_35/page/44/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurlitzer   1984: Laserdisc games galore!     https://archive.org/details/198403VideoGamesExpress/mode/1up        Play Meter 15th, 1984, pg. 56     Replay March 1984, pg. 10     https://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/   Centuri turns it around     No Headline In Original, PR Newswire, March 14, 1984, Wednesday, Dateline: HIALEAH, Fla., March 14   The battle begins with Sente vs. VS!     Replay March 1984, pg. 10     https://sergiostuff.com/category/nintendo-vs-dualsystem/     https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/punch-out   Exidy goes interchangeable     Replay March 1984, pg. 10     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy#First_Star_Software_games     https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/exidy-max-a-flex-system     https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/boulder-dash--data   Bills pile up at Pizza Time     Company Deferring Some Debts, The Associated Press, March 9, 1984, Friday, PM cycle, Section: Business News, Byline: By LORETTA NOFFSINGER, Associated Press Writer         Bankruptcy Threat Issued, The Associated Press, March 16, 1984, Friday, AM cycle   Pizza Time Theater enters Chapter 11     Curtains for the Pizza Time Theatre, Financial Times (London,England), March 30, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION I; Pg. 18, Byline: By Louise Kehoe in San Francisco     Joneva Barry - Chuck E. Cheese, Kadabrascope - https://www.patreon.com/posts/joneva-barry-e-101938460     Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794     Owen Rowley - Chuck E Cheese, Autodesk - https://www.patreon.com/posts/owen-rowley-88533133   Bally buys Sente     BALLY-MANUFACTURING; Acquires Sente Technologies Division of Pizza Time Theatre Inc., Business Wire, March 29, 1984, Thursday   Chip shortage looms     Play Meter March 1st, 1984, pg. 16         Jay Balakrishnan - HESWare, Radical, Dynamics, Solid State Software - https://www.patreon.com/posts/jay-balakrishnan-103071267   Goldman Sachs quantifies the Crash     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater      Battle for Warner is over...     Warner buys back Murdoch's stake with aid from Chris-Craft, Financial Times (London,England),  March 19, 1984, Monday, Section: SECTION I; Pg. 16, Byline: BY WILLIAM HALL IN NEW YORK     https://archive.org/details/masterofgamestev00bruc   Atari cuts another 200     Atari cuts jobs in restructuring, Financial Times (London,England), March 21, 1984, Wednesday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 19, Byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE IN SAN FRANCISCO     A Year After Layoffs, Atari Foresees Better Times in '84, The Associated Press, March 11, 1984, Sunday, BC cycle   Coleco losses dwarf expectations     COLECO LOSES $35 MILLION IN QUARTER, The New York Times, March 8, 1984, Thursday, Late City Final Edition, C, Section: Section D; Page 1, Column 3; Financial Desk, Byline: By DAVID E. SANGER         https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/business/coleco-loses-35-million-in-quarter.html   Coleco announces massive layoffs     No Headline In Original, The Associated Press, March 28, 1984, Wednesday, AM cycle, Section: Business News, Byline: By S.W. BELL, AP Business Writer, Dateline: AMSTERDAM, N.Y.   Massive losses can't bring Mattel's spirits down     Mattel, Despite $171 Million Loss, Optimistic About Future, The Associated Press, March 15, 1984, Thursday, AM cycle, Byline: By ROGER GILLOTT, AP Business Writer        Mattel reaches new financing agreement with creditor banks, Financial Times (London,England), March 15, 1984, Thursday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 27, Byline: BY PAUL TAYLOR IN NEW YORK   Intellivision reborn!     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/179/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revco     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#INTV_Corporation_(1984%E2%80%931990)   2600 goes to Turkey     ATARI; Signs agreement with Turkish firm to manufacture and distribute video game products in Turkey, Business Wire, March 20, 1984, Tuesday  https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCinemassacre/comments/1afkuz2/the_first_atari_2600_commercial_in_turkey_80s/        http://www.atariboxed.com/index.php?go=output&sort=T1.Modul_Complete_Title,%20T1.Modul_Complete_Model,%20T1.Modul_Complete_TV,%20T1.Modul_Complete_Label&dir=DESC&rows_per_page=50&select_system=1&select_company=49   Odyssey RIP     Pioneer Home Video Game Is Dropped, The Associated Press, March 20, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Byline: By TOM EBLEN, Associated Press Writer First Home Video-Game Maker Calling It Quits, The Associated Press, March 21, 1984, Wednesday, PM cycle, Byline: By TOM EBLEN, Associated Press Writer   Nintendo may show off console at summer CES     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater      Goodbye Video Game Update including Computer Entertainer...     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/electronic-fun-with-computers-and-games-volume-2-number-5-march-1984/page/4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_12_1984-03_Reese_Communications_US/page/n5/mode/2up     Julian 'Jaz' Rignall - Computer and Video Games, ZZAP!64, Mean Machines, Future Publishing, Virgin, IGN  - https://www.patreon.com/posts/julian-jaz-and-97565043     Jerry Wolosenko - Synapse - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42014024   Amiga announces 68000 based home computer     Infoworld March 26, 1984, pg. 13     Infoworld March 19, 1984 pg. 20     https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/atari/museum/mickey.html     https://theretrohour.com/amstrad-cpc-40th-anniversary-with-roland-perry-pt-1-the-retro-hour-ep425/   Mac distribution widens     Infoworld March 26, 1984, pg. 11     Infoworld March 26, 1984, pg. 16   Apple IIx rumors begin     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/184/mode/1up?view=theater         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS     https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1984-03/page/n43/mode/2up   Intel licenses chip designs to Sanyo     BOTH 8- AND 16-BIT MODELS; Tokyo Sanyo will make Intel-compatible MPUs, The Japan Economic Journal, March 13, 1984, Section: ELECTRICALS & ELECTRONICS; Pg. 9   Commodore and IBM become Intel licensees     https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/10/business/ibm-is-licensed-to-makeintel-chip.html?searchResultPosition=1   https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-15/mode/1up?view=theater     Don Greenbaum - Commodore - https://www.patreon.com/posts/don-greenbaum-67077078   Commodore goes brit     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHJ6vVxJLlQ   IBM slashes PC prices in Europe     Infoworld March 26, 1984, pg. 11     Creative Computing reviews the TS 2068         https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1984-03/page/n93/mode/2up   Timex calls it quits     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-01/mode/1up?view=theater        InfoWorld March 19, 1984 pg. 16   Sinclair admits QL is a mess     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-08/mode/1up?view=theater        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-15/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/page/n31/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-22/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater   QL peripheral makers multiply     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater   Developers abandon QL for CPC     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-15/mode/1up?view=theater   Sir Clive's portable TV impresses     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV80   Sinclair EV to be made by Hoover     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-08/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater   Imagine begins Bandersnatch and Psyclapse ad blitz     https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-029/page/n153/mode/2up   Imagine bungles deal     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-08/mode/1up?view=theater        http://redparsley.blogspot.com/2016/08/input-magazine-retrospective.html        https://archive.org/details/Input_Vol_1_No_01_1997_Marshall_Cavendish_GB      Imagine announces price cut     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-08/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater       https://archive.org/details/Big_K_Issue_03_1984_Jun/page/n15/mode/2up   Bug Byte won't give up on Miner Willie     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-22/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/mattie-goes-mining/   Novotrade details     First All-Hungarian Stock Corporation Ventures Into Video Gaming, The Associated Press, March 3, 1984, Saturday, BC cycle, Byline: By ROLAND PRINZ, Associated Press Writer     https://www.stayforever.de/2024/04/ddr-computer-sft-14/     https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/blog/2020/genex-geschenkdienst     https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genex     https://archive.org/details/genexhauptkatalog1986   Hudsonsoft goes Speccy     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:1360/platform:zx-spectrum/sort:-date/page:1/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/19608/cannon-ball/   Geoff Crammond takes to the skies     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVNAippFbAs     https://www.mobygames.com/person/6244/geoffrey-j-crammond/   Mythos puts Karsten Köper on the map     https://archive.org/details/atari-club-magazin-1984-3/page/6/mode/2up        https://archive.org/details/atari-club-magazin-1984-3/page/10/mode/2up        http://thethalionsource.w4f.eu/Artikel/Mythos.htm   XOR brings Football Manager to the gridiron     Infoworld March 12, 1984, pg. 22        https://www.mobygames.com/company/1848/xor-corporation/   Palace software to leverage movie licenses     https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-052   Enter the 'bookware'     https://archive.org/details/Acorn_User_Number_020_1984-03_Adn-Wesley_GB/page/n7/mode/2up     https://worldofspectrum.net/publisher/11213/        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-08/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater   Addison-Wesley launches line of games for girls     Infoworld March 26, 1984, pg. 20        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgYqUjtPj8        https://www.mobygames.com/company/23943/rhiannon-software/        https://www.wearelivinginthefuture.com/p/space-girls-gaming-obsolescence        https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Lauren_of_the_25th_Century   Angelsoft founded     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/190/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.mobygames.com/company/1107/angelsoft-inc/   Synergistic abandons publishing     https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_12_1984-03_Reese_Communications_US/page/n13/mode/2up   Lotus goes for integration     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-03/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Symphony_(MS-DOS)     http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-commodore-plus4-3-plus-1-and.html        https://archive.org/details/Ahoy_Issue_03_1984-03_Ion_International_US/page/n9/mode/2up   Egghead Softwear is slashing prices     https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1984-03/page/n205/mode/2up   Comptiq brings US games to Japan     Comptique will market U.S.-made game packages, The Japan Economic Journal, March 13, 1984, Section: SPECIAL U.S. SECTION; Pg. 13         https://www.mobygames.com/company/6942/comptiq/        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptiq   MSX looks to be a dud     https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-052/page/n31/mode/2up   Sega to export 70,000 SC300's     Personal computers, The Japan Economic Journal, March 6, 1984, Section: NEWS PACKAGE; Pg. 18   MAX RIP     Commodore withdraws from toy business, The Japan Economic Journal, March 13, 1984, Section: SERVICE/LEISURE/FOOD; Pg. 18   Robotron ships with dual controller holder     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-12/page/184/mode/1up?view=theater        https://forums.atariage.com/topic/166814-robotron-dual-controller-holder/   Violence in Gaming debate comes to the C64     https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_2_Number_06_1984-03_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n77/mode/2up         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqPymlvBrSA      Alladin's Castle finally beats Mesquite     Play Meter 15th, 1984, pg. 13   Computer hacking laws proposed     https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-053/page/n15/mode/2up   Piracy has Apple in a tizzy     No Headline In Original, United Press International, March 10, 1984, Saturday, PM cycle   Japanese Industry backs MITI     KEIDANREN SUPPORTS MITI'S SOFTWARE PROTECTION BILL, Copyright 1984 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, MARCH 13, 1984, TUESDAY        https://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/profile/pro001.html   Video Nasties Bill gets games amendment     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-22/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Recordings_Act_1984   UK Libraries clash with software publishers     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-03-29/mode/1up?view=theater      Are computer graphics art?     https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/27/science/colorful-graphics-aren-t-for-everybody.html        https://blisscast.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/mindset-computer-vyper-game/         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindset_(computer)   Smart devices invade homes     A Year After Layoffs, Atari Foresees Better Times in '84, The Associated Press, March 11, 1984, Sunday, BC cycle       https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/garden/the-digital-revolution-breeds-smart-new-appliances.html   Seiko introduces the smartwatch     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-03/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.namokimods.com/en-eu/blogs/namokitimes/seiko-originals-the-uc-2000-a-smartwatch-from-1984   RIP Mike Kogan     Replay March 1984, pg. 10     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kogan Recommended Links:   The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. 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Over our 15-year collaboration with the UK Libraries' Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, WUKY's Saving Stories has brought you numerous Kentucky Derby themed segments featuring the likes of Eddie Arcaro, Penny Chenery, W.T. Young and Arthur B. Hancock III. This week to celebrate Derby 150, Center Director Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle continue that tradition by returning to a 2019 interview with another story by Hancock. In this part of the conversation the Stone Farm horse breeder and owner talks about how he used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride for eventual winner Gato Del Sol in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. Until that day no horse from the far outside had ever won the signature race. It's a similar scenario 5-2 morning line favorite Fierceness is facing this Saturday.

This week on Saving Stories Dr. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an interview with Jim Green, the first African-American student-athlete to graduate from UK. In the conversation Green talks about his decision to enroll at the state's flagship university in the late 1960's, what it was like competing in the racially-charged Southeastern conference, his role in desegregating the track program, and how he'd like to be remembered by future generations.

In this special MLK Holiday edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King from March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one-on-one conversation with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren discussing the revolutionary nature of the Civil Rights movement and where he thought it should go next.

October 17 is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. In 2015 to mark the station's 75th anniversary, we produced a special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. By the way the Nunn Center is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2023.

WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. Alan Lytle and Center Director Doug Boyd reflect on their 15-year radio partnership and talk about one of Doug's favorite interviews that ‘reaches back almost as far as oral history can possibly reach.' It's a 1975 conversation with T.R. Bryant who attended UK in 1902 and talks about campus life at the state's flagship university around the turn of the century. After graduation Bryant helped establish UK's Cooperative Extension Service.

Today is Memorial Day; a time when we pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate price in defending our rights and securing our freedoms. The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries has a vast collection of stories from military veterans and their families. Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd highlights an interview from 1985 with Kentucky native, Judy Hartline Elbring, a nurse who served two tours in Vietnam. She describes the often gut-wrenching triage process for the wounded and dying, as well as the time she was called upon to help her own brother recover from his combat-related wounds. While he lived, many others didn't come home. We salute those men and women with this segment of our award-winning history series Saving Stories.

This past legislative session the General Assembly passed a bill legalizing the sale and use of medicinal cannabis under certain conditions. This landmark legislation represented a turning point in Kentucky politics and called to mind the many efforts of Gatewood Galbraith. The colorful and seemingly perennial candidate was a vocal proponent for full-on legalization. In this installment of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories. Doug Boyd from UK Libraries' Nunn Center shares audio from a 1990 interview with Galbraith where the well-known defense attorney and cannabis activist lays out his reasoning and offers up his overall positive vision for the future of the state.

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.

In celebration of this weekend's Academy Awards, WUKY's award-winning history series Saving Stories, goes Hollywood. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, shares an interview with film producer Frank Price. He was a major figure in the field of American television from the 1950's-1970's, including as an executive producer of "Ironside," before becoming head of Universal Studios and head of Columbia Pictures in 1978. Price left television to continue his career in motion pictures. He discusses some of his movies, (Gandhi, Out of Africa, Kramer vs Kramer and Ghostbusters) and why a film like Out of Africa wouldn't even be made in today's Hollywood.

In this Black History Month 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 highlights an extraordinary interview with Malcolm X from June of 1964. The conversation with Robert Penn Warren was part of a series of interviews the Kentucky author and poet conducted as part of his book “Who Speaks for the Negro.” The Muslim minister provides his opinions of the white race and the lasting effects of slavery and oppression on both the white race and African Americans. Malcolm X also questions the effectiveness of integration as well as non-violent tactics, like those advocated by Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement. Less than a year after this interview was conducted Malcolm X would be assassinated on February 21, 1965.

In this special MLK Holiday 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 highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King from March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one-on-one conversation with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren discussing the revolutionary nature of the Civil Rights movement and where he thought it should go next.

WUKY is participating in this year's Public Media Day of Action on Thursday November 10th. It's a movement led by Public Media For All; a diverse coalition of public media workers of color, whose purpose is to raise awareness of the negative effects of a lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in public media while sharing solutions for individuals and organizations. To provide a historical perspective of the media landscape, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries is here with a segment of Saving Stories looking at how Lexington's daily mainstream newspapers handled coverage of African American communities. In 2004 the editor of the Lexington Herald Leader apologized for the newspaper's failures in covering the 1960's Civil Rights Movement.

In this special edition of WUKY's award-winning history program Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from an interview between the Country Music icon and a Kentucky middle school student. It's part of the Nunn Center's Bonnet Productions collection. In 1983, students at Henderson County North Middle School, under the direction of teacher Roy Pullam, began conducting videotaped interviews with prominent people in Kentucky. The Nunn Center is now in possession of all these interviews.

The recent death of Queen Elizabeth II has us revisiting an episode of WUKY's award-winning history program Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. Boyd and WUKY's Alan Lytle discuss a whale of a royal tale from Mark Thornewill.

A cultural center known for chronicling Appalachian life is cleaning up and assessing its losses. Like much of its stricken region, Appalshop has been swamped by historic flooding. The water inundated downtown Whitesburg in southeastern Kentucky, causing extensive damage to the renowned repository of Appalachian history and culture. Some losses are likely permanent, after raging waters soaked or swept away some of Appalshop's treasure trove of historic material. Dr. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and colleagues from the UK Libraries traveled this week to Appalshop to help save as many irreplaceable materials as possible. In this special edition of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Doug talks about the devastation he saw and highlights the special relationship the Nunn Center has with Appalshop.

It's Pride Month and WUKY's award winning history segment Saving Stories marks the milestone with a look back at the brief but impactful run of Cafe LMNOP; a popular nightspot which was located near the UK campus. Doug Boyd with the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares an interview with the club's brainchild Bradley Pickelsimer.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the federal civil rights law known as Title IX which changed the game for women's college athletics. Back in the spring of 2021, as part of our salute to Women's History Month, WUKY's Award Winning History program, Saving Stories, featured an interview with Sue Feamster, the UK women's basketball team's first varsity coach. We're revisiting that segment with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries.

We are heading into Juneteenth weekend – a holiday where we observe the official emancipation of African American slaves at the end of the Civil War, and in this segment of WUKY's Award Winning History series, Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an interview with long-time racial and social justice activist Jim Embry. Embry explains how the roots of his activism stretch all the way back to Juneteenth.

WUKY's award winning history program, Saving Stories; featuring interviews from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, commemorates International Nurses' Day with a story about the Frontier Nursing Service which introduced the first nurse-midwives to the United States. Founded in Leslie County by Mary Breckinridge, the nurses of the FNS would travel by horse to some of the most inaccessible regions of Eastern Kentucky. Betty Lester, a recruit from Great Britain shares her memories of her first day in the mountains.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 24, 2022) – Throughout March for Women's History Month, the University of Kentucky is spotlighting Women Making History. These women are leading their fields of research, crossing traditional academic boundaries, and impacting Kentucky's most pressing challenges including opioid use disorder treatment, aging and Alzheimer's, water and air filtration, environmental impacts on health and suicide prevention. They are mentoring the next generation of women scientists and scholars, curating stories and creating artworks illuminating who we are. Their work and voices shape the University of Kentucky. The “Women Making History” series continues with this episode of Behind the Blue featuring Deirdre Scaggs, associate dean of UK's Special Collections Research Center and director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center. Scaggs takes us back in time to describe what life was like for women throughout the history of the University of Kentucky – from its infancy until today. You'll be introduced to the many female leaders who pushed boundaries in their work as students, faculty members and administrators. Scaggs recently collaborated with UK Libraries senior oral historian Terry Birdwhistell on the book “Our Rightful Place: A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1945.” “Our Rightful Place” was published by the University Press of Kentucky in July 2020.. Through yearbooks, photographs and other materials housed in Special Collections, the work explores the struggle for gender equity in higher education by examining UK's first women undergraduates, faculty and administrators. "Behind the Blue" is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify. 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. Transcripts for this or other episodes of Behind the Blue can be downloaded from the show's blog page. To discover what's wildly possible at the University of Kentucky, click here.

In this episode of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries introduces us to several women who have told their stories for a collaborative project with UK's Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies program on women in the bourbon industry.

In this special MLK Holiday 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 highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King recorded in March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one on one interview with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren talking about where he thought the Civil Rights movement would go next.

In this latest edition of WUKY's Award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights the Chasing Sound Oral History Project; a collection of interviews conducted by Susan Schmidt Horning for her book "Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013; 2015)." Included are interviews with some of the most established and creative audio engineers and musicians of the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, many of whom detail how the Beatles changed nearly every aspect of studio recording.

In this special Veterans Day edition of WUKY's award winning history series, Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights the From Combat to Kentucky Oral History Project (C2KY). The Nunn Center interviewed veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan who at the time were pursuing postsecondary education in Kentucky. In this 2013 interview BCTC student Sarah T. Ray reflects on her two tours in Afghanistan, her duties in the military police, training Afghan Uniformed Police, and returning to civilian life.

For the first time since 1950, when the Wildcats were coached by the legendary Bear Bryant, the Kentucky football team is off to a 6-0 start. In today's edition of WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories, Doug Boyd with the UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History highlights a 2019 interview with UK great, Jim Howe, one of the Bear's talented players from that era. In fact, he has the distinction of scoring the first touchdown in Kentucky's first-ever bowl game; a 24-14 victory over Villanova in the Great Lakes Bowl in snowy Cleveland, Ohio on December 6, 1947. Howe talks about playing for the legendary coach, the big victories, the close losses, and the life lessons learned while competing for the Big Blue.

In this special September 11th edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History shares an interview he conducted with Kentucky native Janet Foushee. She was working as a flight attendant on the morning of September 11, 2001 and recalls how and when she found out about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The entire account is featured in the Nunn Center's The Wisdom Project podcast.

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.

We've got a special Kentucky Derby themed edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories. Doug Boyd, director of the UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History shares audio from a recent interview with Stone Farm's Arthur B. Hancock about a strange but true tale surrounding their 1982 Derby win with Gato Del Sol.

March 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Peace Corps and in this latest edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories, Doug Boyd with the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from a Kentuckian who was one of the program's earliest participants. Angene Hopkins Wilson and her then fiancee Jack Hopkins got accepted into the program and in 1962 were sent to Liberia. Angene talks about what happened next.

It's Women's History Month and in this latest edition of WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories, Dr. Doug Boyd from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio clips from a new UK Women's Basketball project hosted by the school's all-time leading scorer Valerie Still.

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.

WUKY's award winning history program Saving Stories highlights the accomplishments of prominent African Americans in Lexington. This week we feature an oral history interview with noted educator Edythe J. Hayes, the first African American to serve as Deputy Superintendent of Fayette County Public Schools, and the first African American female appointed to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees. Special thanks to Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries.

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.

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. (April 16, 2020) – In 1918, as the United States sent troops to the Western Front for the final months of World War I, an influenza pandemic raged across the globe, infecting nearly a quarter of the world’s population of around 500 million at that time. The death toll was immense, with estimates anywhere from 17-50 million, and some as high as 100 million lives lost. The University of Kentucky was not immune to this deadly pandemic and in response turned its gymnasium, now known as Buell Armory, into a makeshift hospital with help from the Red Cross. Terry L. Birdwhistell, senior oral historian in the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at UK Libraries, has a personal connection to the 1918 flu pandemic, due to his own family being impacted. “Back then in Anderson County,” Birdwhistell says, “a farm family would have six, eight, 10 kids, to work the farm. I always thought it was odd that my father was an only child, coming out of that environment.” Birdwhistell says his mother told him in later years, “your grandmother had the flu that year, she was pregnant and she lost the baby, and she couldn’t have any more children. It put it all in perspective.” On this special edition of “Behind the Blue,” Kody Kiser and Carl Nathe of UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications talk with Birdwhistell about life at the time of the 1918 influenza pandemic, how the university and community responded, the unique roles our university presidents played both then and now, and more. "Behind the Blue" is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify. 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. Transcripts for this or other episodes of Behind the Blue can be downloaded from the show’s blog page. You can watch a video version of this podcast here. To discover what’s wildly possible at the University of Kentucky, click here.

Doug Way became the new dean of UK Libraries this past July. He came to UK from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he served as associate librarian for Collections and Research Service. We discuss his optimism about the future of libraries, the benefits to UK students of having the library as a “third space”, and the King Library’s newest exhibit devoted to the role of Kentucky Women in the suffrage movement one century ago.

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WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, returns with audio from the Heyburn Initiative For Excellence in the Federal Judiciary. Among the more than 40 interviews conducted by project director Anu Kasarabada, is a conversation with former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who died at the age of 99 earlier this month. Stevens is one of only a few Supreme Court Justices who started their law careers by clerking for a Supreme Court Justice. In this interview from 2017 Stevens reveals that a coin toss determined whether he would clerk for Justice Wiley Rutledge or Chief Justice Fred Vinson; both hailed from Kentucky.

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.

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.

This week: U.S. libraries are dealing with hate speech, Bob Dylan is sorry he didn’t go to Sweden, the Golden Globe nominations are out, UK Libraries are cutting back, the winner of France’s highest literary honor has some harsh things to say about France’s leadership, the most expensive science book sets a new record at auction, and American Publishers have sent a letter to President-Elect Trump. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by the Indiegogo campaign for The Will of the Magi by Paul Dickinson Russell. Running now through January 21st, we are raising money to edit, design, and print Russell’s fantasy epic. Visit indiegogo.com and show your support. It is also brought to you “Dating” as told by the Modern Whore, a memoir of sexuality and relationships by Aylin Vega. Sometimes funny, always risqué, pick up this guide to dating in the 21st century from the aois21 market, and everywhere eBooks are sold. Literally This Week is available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Podomatic, and media.aois21.com. For news during the week, follow @aois21 on Twitter. You can now support this podcast either by buying an ad through Advertisecast, or on the aois21 page on Patreon. If there’s a story we missed, tweet to us with the #literallythisweek and we’ll check it out.

This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the devastating fire at Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown. In this episode of Saving Stories, WUKY's Alan Lytle talks with Dr. Doug Boyd of the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries about the fire and its somewhat surprising aftermath.

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.

Institute of Modern Languages Research and Institute of Latin American Studies Collecting Fiction from Latin America in UK Libraries Chair: Aquiles Alencar Brayner (British Library) Geoff West (British Library) Sonia Morcillo (Cambridge) ...

Institute of Modern Languages Research and Institute of Latin American Studies Collecting Fiction from Latin America in UK Libraries Chair: Aquiles Alencar Brayner (British Library) Geoff West (British Library) Sonia Morcillo (Cambridge) ...

Institute of Modern Languages Research and Institute of Latin American Studies Collecting Fiction from Latin America in UK Libraries Chair: Aquiles Alencar Brayner (British Library) Geoff West (British Library) Sonia Morcillo (Cambridge) ...

Institute of Modern Languages Research and Institute of Latin American Studies Collecting Fiction from Latin America in UK Libraries Chair: Aquiles Alencar Brayner (British Library) Geoff West (British Library) Sonia Morcillo (Cambridge) ...

There are all sorts of rare materials in UK Libraries, including a huge collection of books and posters from the former Soviet Union. With the 2012-2013 academic school year's A&S Passport to the World initiative focusing on Russia and its neighbors, the collection will get some extra exposure. This podcast interviews Gordon Hogg, Director of the Special Collections Library, about this unique part of UK Libraries' holdings. The Passport to the World initiative is sponsored by the A&S Advisory Board. This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.