Podcasts about wuky's alan lytle

From shopping at Artique, to pickleball in Kirklevington to dining on one of our many restaurant patios, Audra Meighan recently published a comprehensive list of local experiences in a new book, and she had the unfortunate timing to release it just as everything was being shut down due to COVID-19. She talks about "100 Things To Do In Lexington Before You Die" with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

This Tuesday some voters will head to the polls for the primary election but many more have already voted via absentee ballot. In Fayette County all the voting booths will be located inside Kroger Field. And, thanks to the global pandemic we may not know winners and losers for the better part of a week. Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette talks with WUKY's Alan Lytle about Tuesday's Kentucky primary.

It's a district that's gone from red to blue to red again. Central Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District is hotly contested territory for one Independent candidate, three Republicans, including incumbent Andy Barr, and two Democrat hopefuls. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY's Alan Lytle to talk about the state's most competitive congressional seat.

Who doesn’t love a good true crime novel? Especially one about a notorious murder case here in Lexington? Golfer Marion Miley was on top of the world in the late 1930’s, winning nearly every prestigious tournament and becoming the darling of the sports world and the celebrity set. That all ended abruptly on the night of September 28, 1941 with her brutal murder at the Lexington Country Club. Author Beverly Bell explores the life and times of the female sports star and shines new light on her untimely death…still one of the most vexing cases in our city’s history. She talks with WUKY's Alan Lytle about her journey writing “ The Murder of Marion Miley ” published by the University Press of Kentucky.

More than a century ago, Kentucky native Katherine Jackson French’s research kick-started a resurgence of Appalachian music that continues to this day, but her collection of traditional Kentucky ballads, which should have been her crowning scholarly achievement, never saw print. Liza DiSavino, an assistant professor of music at Berea College, has uncovered the story of why. It’s an intriguing tale of academic rivalries, gender prejudice and broken promises. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently talked with Liza about her new book, Katherine Jackson French- Kentucky’s Forgotten Ballad Collector.

In the late winter of 1968 Democrat US Senator Robert Kennedy undertook a two day tour of Eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and to test his antiwar and antipoverty message with Appalachian voters. Now there’s a new book out on this important chapter in Kentucky and American political history. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently sat down with award winning journalist Matthew Algeo – author of All This Marvelous Potential – Robert Kennedy’s 1968 Tour of Appalachia.

The Civil War is without question one of the most painstakingly examined periods in our nation’s history. In fact, whole conferences are dedicated to its beginning and aftermath. Our guest today says his book should be regarded as a compendium to help fill in the gaps of historical research regarding some key contributions by Kentuckians. Before we all started practicing social distancing WUKY's Alan Lytle sat down with historian Thomas E. Stephens - author of Civil War Game-Changers: Kentucky and Kentuckians In America's Bloodiest Conflict.

Thoroughbred racing has a new scandal on its hands this week as more than two dozen people have been charged in what authorities describe as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster. In fact Jason Servis, the trainer of champion Maximum Security which crossed the finish line first in last year’s Kentucky Derby, only to be disqualified for interference is among those facing charges of administering performance-enhancing drugs to that horse and others. Horse trainers, veterinarians and others were detailed in four indictments unveiled Monday in Manhattan federal court. Natalie Voss, features editor for the Paulick Report talks with WUKY's Alan Lytle about what this could mean for the Keeneland Spring meet and beyond.

WUKY's Alan Lytle talks with Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock on the progress of several bills in this Legislative Session and whether calls for a return to civility and bipartisanship have been heeded by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

All month long WUKY's Alan Lytle will be visiting with Reinette Jones who along with colleague Rob Aken, oversee the UK Libraries’ Notable Kentucky African Americans Database – a free online resource for anyone who wants to know more about the history of our commonwealth. The database is full of little known stories of achievement, injustice, and agency of African Americans, past and present. We’ll be highlighting specific entries and categories in the weeks to come but today a general discussion of how the project came to be.

Friday was the deadline for candidates to file with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office for the May Primaries and as you might expect there was a flurry of activity on that last day, not to mention a few surprises. On this week’s Capitol Chat Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette talks matchups with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more would make a mass exodus from slavery to freedom. Dr. Amy Murrell Taylor, an associate professor in the UK history department has written a powerful book about this period in our history. Embattled Freedom : Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps' draws on an extraordinary survey of these make-shift camps throughout the country, including at Camp Nelson in Central Kentucky, revealing as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees. In fact it recently won the prestigious Frederick Douglass Book Prize for 2019. She discusses her project with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

Prior to their successful Winter Market event WUKY's Alan Lytle got a behind the scenes tour of the Julia Etta Lewis Public Market space from Kris Nonn, executive director of the North Limestone Community Development Corporation, commonly shortened to NoLi CDC. The community agency is tasked with bringing new life to the 23,000 square foot building that once was headquarters for the South East Greyhound Line. Once renovations are completed next summer the site will host retail, restaurants, office and event space, in addition to the NoLi CDC Greyline Station Market.

Dr. Aaron Thompson, the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education has been on a Listening Tour across the commonwealth to learn what students, parents, community leaders and employers think about higher education. Dr. Thompson was on UK’s Campus last week and he sat down with WUKY's Alan Lytle and UK Now’s Kody Kiser (host of the university's Behind the Blue podcast) to discuss a wide range of issues, including how to better equip college students of today for the employment and career opportunities of tomorrow.

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.

He played for two legendary basketball coaches, won a national title and several NBA championships, but a recent oral history interview with the late Frank Ramsey reveals much more about his life and legacy. WUKY's Alan Lytle and Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd talk about the Kentucky native who came to be known as the ultimate sixth man.

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.