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Open StudioOpen Studio: Lakshmi Sriraman on performing, preserving and promoting Indian classical danceThis week on WUKY's Open Studio host Tom Musgrave talks with dancer and choreographer Lakshmi Sriraman, who brings the beauty of Bharatanatyam, one of India’s oldest classical dance traditions, to audiences across Kentucky. Her work bridges cultures through storytelling, movement and teaching, fostering connection and deepening cultural understanding. She recently was honored with the 2025 Governor's in the Arts Folk Heritage Award.
2025-12-1939 min
Open StudioOpen Studio: LexArts-led collaboration explores the healing power of artLexArts and the Arts and Health Alliance of Central Kentucky promote and integrate the arts into healthcare settings to enhance the well-being of patients, caregivers, and communities. Tom Musgrave talks about the collaborative concept with LexArts Vice President Nathan Zamarron.
2025-12-1211 min
Lex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: 250Lex co-chair Eunice Beatty joins us to recap our historic, year-long celebrationLex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back with our final episode for 2025. 250Lex co-chair Eunice Beatty highlights the many different ways Lexington celebrated its 250th anniversary and previews the upcoming Grand Finale, Monday December 15th at Central Bank Center.
2025-12-1131 min
Open StudioOpen Studio takes you behind the scenes of UKCFA podcast 'The Beat'What happens when three arts podcast hosts get together? Will hilarity ensue? Perhaps something a bit more urbane and cerebral? You're about to find out! This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Jennifer Sciantarelli and Mark Mozingo, co-hosts of "The Beat: Conversations with the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts Community," podcast.
2025-11-2110 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: Lexington film maker, writer Jeff Hoagland talks about the premiere of Intersections: 250 Years of Lexington History Digital ShortsLex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back for November with an update on museum happenings and a chat with Lexington film maker and writer Jeff Hoagland. Mandy and Alan talk with Jeff about the debut of four new multimedia projects that complement LHM's “Intersections: 250 Years of Lexington History” exhibit. The premiere event, 'Discovering Lexington,' will be held this Saturday November 22nd at 11 a.m. in the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre.
2025-11-1848 min
Open StudioLyndy Franklin Smith previews the Lexington Theatre Company's production of A Christmas CarolThis week on Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Lexington Theatre Company co-founder & artistic director Lyndy Franklin Smith about their production of 'A Christmas Carol,' November 20-23 at the Lexington Opera House. The local musical theater group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
2025-11-1425 minOpen StudioThis week on Open Studio: Frank X. Walker on his mentor, Gurney NormanThis week on Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker on the recent passing of his mentor and friend Gurney Norman who passed away last month. The University of Kentucky is holding a two day tribute on December 6th and 7th.
2025-11-0712 minOpen StudioLex. Singers' Jefferson Johnson on a most unusual choral assignment this weekendAt the time of this interview they didn't even have a title but we now know Lexington Singers and the Lexington Children's Choir will debut the World Premiere of Elaine Hagenberg's new work, 'Aeterna Via' for chorus and orchestra. This is the piece that Lexington Singers will take to Paris, France, in June 2026.
2025-10-3118 min
Saving StoriesSaving Stories: The unlikely resurrection of Lexington's Lyric TheatreOctober 28, the Lyric Theatre in Lexington's East End neighborhood celebrated 15 years of rebirth. The current iteration of the arts and cultural center was officially reopened in 2010. In a 2015 UK Nunn Center oral history interview local activist Tom Tolliver talks about the effort to revitalize the Lyric, which had been shuttered since 1963; a result of the end of city-wide desegregation of public spaces. At first Tolliver was not on board with the idea and he describes what actions changed his mind.
2025-10-3104 min
Open StudioOpen Studio: Mark Lenn Johnson joins us to talk about Community Venture's Art Inc. Kentucky programArt Inc. Kentucky, a Community Ventures social enterprise, is a non-profit, member-focused business and marketing incubator and artist's loan fund committed to providing emerging and established Kentucky artists with the tools, resources and education necessary to build their businesses, broaden their exposure and sell their work. President Mark Lenn Johnson joins Tom for a sweeping conversation on the range of aid and assistance on offer to established and aspiring artists in Central Kentucky. This includes an artist incubator program, the ArtHouse Kentucky Gallery inside the MET, and the Artists' Village.
2025-10-2424 minOpen StudioOpen Studio takes you behind the scenes of KCAL Old Time Radio'Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear....' This week on Open Studio Tom welcomes Norman and Denise Cline of KCAL Old Time Radio. The Troupe, which recreates old time radio shows the way they were originally performed back in the 40s and 50s, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an event Friday October 24th and Saturday the 25th at First Vineyard Winery in Nicholasville.
2025-10-1740 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories remembers WUKY's first broadcast dayOctober 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. To mark the station's 85th anniversary, this special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, features an interview with Ruth Foxx Newborg, the first program director of the Beattyville, KY radio station.
2025-10-1705 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: Kentucky artist Ben Maddox previews fall art market at Kentucky Artisan CenterThe Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Fall Art Market will be held on the grounds of the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea Kentucky, October 18 from 10-5pm and October 19 from 10-4pm. Guild member Ben Maddox has your special sneak peek.
2025-10-1025 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: UK Theatre and Dance chair Susie Thiel previews 'eclectic' season of showsThe University of Kentucky’s Department of Theatre and Dance has announced six productions that will make up its 2025-26 season. The offerings are a dynamic mix of classical, contemporary and thought-provoking performances. Program chair Susie Thiel joins Tom Musgrave for a preview of coming attractions.
2025-10-0314 min
Lex Talk HistoryLex Talk about our equine history with Visit Horse Country's Hallie HardyOctober's 250Lex theme explores Lexington's history as the "Horse Capital of the World." We talk with Hallie Hardy, executive director of Visit Horse Country, which is celebrating its own 10 year anniversary with numerous equine-related events happening all this month. We also run down some exciting new things happening at the Lexington History Museum.
2025-09-3044 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: Lexington native Bobby Flynn on making history with the HustlersSaving Stories returns with a fresh episode on the integration of baseball. Not the Jackie Robinson story but another event that happened right here in Lexington. Nunn Center director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from an oral history interview with Lexington native Bobby Flynn, who in 1947 helped the Lexington Hustlers become the first integrated baseball team in the South. Flynn was white but had been rejected by the white teams because he was small. In the interview Bobby Flynn tells the story of being asked by manager John 'Scoop' Brown to join the Negro League team, and the reaction from...
2025-09-1905 min
Open StudioOpen Studio: Everett McCorvey returns to talk about 'In One A-Chord' Sacred Music Festival250Lex kicks off a month celebrating the rich heritage of sacred music. On September 21, all churches, synagogues, chapels, sanctuaries, houses of prayer and places of peace are invited to include a special musical piece in their liturgies. Doctor Everett McCorvey, director of the UK's opera theater program and founder and music director of the African spiritual ensemble, says this project has been near and dear to his heart and has been decades in the making. He talks all about it with host, Tom Musgrave.
2025-09-1916 minOpen StudioEquinox Jazz Fest: Celebrating 250 Years of LexingtonThis year, as Lexington celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Origins Jazz Series has curated the inaugural Equinox Jazz Fest. The Equinox Jazz Fest is a five-day celebration, September 17-21, honoring the rich legacy and boundless future of jazz. Origins co-founder Eli Uttal-Veroff says the festival will feature everything from intimate showcases to electrifying headliner performances, all embodying the spirit of Jazz and its impact on Lexington. He's the guest this week on WUKY's Open Studio with Tom Musgrave.
2025-09-1216 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: Kentucky middle school student gets a bourbon history lesson from Jim Beam's Booker NoeWUKY's Saving Stories celebrates Bourbon Heritage Month with this special episode. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares this 1991 interview with Frederick Booker Noe II, who discusses the bourbon industry and the history of Jim Beam. The Nunn Center has conducted more than one hundred bourbon-related interviews spanning generations of famous personalities, but it wasn't until recently that Boyd and staff discovered this rare conversation between Noe and a Kentucky middle school student. The interviews were part of an educational media project under the direction of Henderson County North Middle School teacher Roy Pullam.
2025-09-1204 minOpen StudioLexington hosts powerful weekend celebrating American playwright August WilsonThe University of Kentucky has partnered with local organizations to present a powerful two-day celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson culminating with a presentation of his deeply personal solo piece, “How I Learned What I Learned,” performed by UK Theatre and Dance faculty member Jeremy Gillett. Events take place in downtown Lexington Sept. 12-13. In this week's edition of WUKY's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks all things August Wilson with Gillet.
2025-09-0546 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk about our professional sports history with the 'Legendary' Alan SteinTo help celebrate September as 250 Lex Sports Month, Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, visits with business entrepreneur Alan Stein; the name most closely associated with Lexington Legends baseball since it's inaugural season 25 years ago. Stein talks about Lexington's long history of baseball, the secret of the Legends' longevity, and other franchises that have come and gone. Alan and Mandy also recap a busy month of museum happenings.
2025-09-021h 14Open StudioOpen Studio: A preview of Sunday's 250 Lex Concert for Lexington250Lex: Concert for Lexington, a celebration of the City’s 250th anniversary, will feature an all-star lineup of Lexington artists. Tom talks with music director Mélisse Brunet, conductor of the Lexington Philharmonic and hometown composer Shawn E. Okpebholo, whose original work, specially commissioned by the City of Lexington for this occasion, will be performed.
2025-08-2915 minOpen StudioThis week on Open Studio: what to expect at Gatton Park's grand opening celebration this SaturdayThe stage is set for the lineup of performers that will help celebrate the grand opening tomorrow of Gatton Park on the Town Branch - a space that's being billed as downtown Lexington's new backyard, front porch, and living room - all rolled into one. WUKY's Alan Lytle talks with Gatton Park Conservancy Allison Lankford.
2025-08-2208 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: Calling all artists - Kentucky Arts Council America250 grants availableThis week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Dr. Leeann Potter, communications director with the Kentucky Arts Council, about the America250KY grant program. In addition to being administered by the arts council, it is supported by the Kentucky Historical Society. Learn about what the arts council is looking for in potential applicants as well as a few stories about some of the awardees from the first round of grants.
2025-08-1515 min
Saving StoriesSaving Stories: Nagasaki bombing survivor gives harrowing first-person account during oral history class projectThis week marks the 80th anniversary of the US bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which essentially brought about the end of World War II. In this special edition of Saving Stories Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares an interview from a survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki.
2025-08-0805 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk all about our city's rich business history with Commerce Lex250 Lex is shining the spotlight on Lexington's business history and so are we. Alan and Mandy return with this fresh episode of Lex Talk History and their special guests are Commerce Lexington president and CEO Bob Quick and chief communications officer Mark Turner. The Lexington Chamber of Commerce has been a part of our city almost from the very beginning fostering growth and innovation in the business community. Plus, Alan and Mandy recap a very busy July of museum happenings, let you know what's happening now, and give a sneak preview of September events.
2025-08-0554 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: Prominent food entrepreneur 'Sav' on the journey from 'grill' to 'chill' to gourmet ice cream specialtyAs 250 Lex continues to celebrate Lexington's culinary traditions this month, we're highlighting this interview with Mamadou Savane. In 2018 the Nunn Center collaborated with Vanessa Grossl to interview immigrant entrepreneurs. The resulting project was called Savor, immigrant entrepreneur oral history project. Grossl conducted 20 interviews, many of which were conducted with food entrepreneurs here in Lexington. One of those individuals was Mamadou Savane. Better known to all of us as Sav. He talks about opening his West African restaurant (Sav's Grill) and starting a side ice cream business (Sav's Chill) that eventually became his primary venture which today we know as Sav's...
2025-07-3105 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: 2025-26 Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen DriskellIn April, governor Andy Beshear named Kathleen Driskell as the next Kentucky poet laureate. She will serve in the position for the next two years acting as Kentucky's literary ambassador. She talks with Tom Musgrave about that position, what plan she has for her two year term, and you'll even get to hear her read from her work.
2025-07-2532 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: Lexington - birthplace of Long John Silver's and the man credited for taking it national250 Lex is celebrating our culinary traditions. WUKY's Saving Stories serves up this behind the scenes look at Lexington's role in launching the Long John Silver's Fish 'n Chips restaurant chain. The very first Seafood Shoppe was located on Southland Drive. In 2009, the Nunn Center worked with Mike Hammonds to interview Warren Rosenthal; the business entrepreneur credited with taking the experimental fast food concept nationwide.
2025-07-2405 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: Allegro Dance Project prepares for 'Beautiful' performances this weekendAllegro Dance Project, an organization which has a goal of ensuring that everyone gets a chance to learn and perform dance, will present its latest event titled 'Beauty' this weekend at Moondance Amphitheatre in Lexington. Tom Musgrave sits down with ADP director and founder Jeana Klavene and director of music Thomas Usher.
2025-07-1823 min
ONDA 88BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS "FULL ALBUM" (SOLO PARA FANS) - Episodio exclusivo para mecenasAgradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! EL PADRE DEL ROCK AND ROLL
William John Clifton "Bill" Haley (Highland Park, Detroit, Míchigan; 6 de julio de 1925-Harlingen, Texas; 9 de febrero de 1981) fue un músico estadounidense, uno de los propulsores del rock and roll, que popularizó grandemente este tipo de música a principios de 1950 con su grupo Bill Haley & His Comets, teniendo hits con ventas millonarias como "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny Minnie" y "Razzle Dazzle". Vendió más de 25 m...
2025-07-1449 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: Dr. Everett McCorvey talks in depth about 'American Stories' projectOn this week's episode of Open Studio Tom Musgrave continues his conversation with Dr. Everett McCorvey, director of the University of Kentucky Opera Theater Program. Opera has its origins in Europe, but in this segment, Dr. McCorvey discusses UK Opera Theater's initiative to tell American stories by American composers and librettists as part of its performance schedule over the next few years.
2025-07-1108 minOpen StudioOpen Studio: New exhibit celebrates Hispanic community as 'heartbeat' of KY's equine industryIn this week's Open Studio segment, Tom Musgrave welcomes Lexington artist and teacher Gloria Artehaga, who talks about a multiyear project called Hispanics, the heartbeat of Kentucky's equine industry. This project includes a multimedia art exhibition that puts a spotlight on the significant contributions of the Hispanic community on Kentucky's signature agricultural industry.
2025-07-1118 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: something sinister and mysterious took place at this famous UK landmarkIn this new episode of Lex Talk History: get a behind the scenes tour of the long-awaited Intersections exhibit now on display at the Lexington History Museum. Plus, in keeping with 250 Lex's Culinary Month theme, Deirdre Scaggs, with UK Libraries' Special Collections and Research Center, talks to Alan and Mandy about the discovery of new evidence in an unsolved Lexington food poisoning case. The sensational attempted murder of one of Lexington’s most prominent families gripped the community for weeks in 1904. Deirdre also talks about her recently published book: 'The Historic Kentucky Kitchen: Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook.' It's an...
2025-07-1043 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: Kentucky's LGBTQ history on display with new Queer, Here, & Everywhere exhibitIt's officially Pride Month and Lex Talk History is back with a fresh episode examining Kentucky's long, storied, and often under-told LGBTQ history. Alan and Mandy welcome back Josh Porter from the Faulkner Morgan Archive to talk about the Queer, Here, & Everywhere exhibit now on display at the downtown branch of the Lexington Public Library. They also discuss a number of upcoming 250 Lex events to celebrate homecoming month.
2025-06-0229 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: Gwen Thompson of the Mary Todd Lincoln House shares new insights of those who were enslaved thereLex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, goes from "All Things LaFayette" to a seldom told aspect of life in the Mary Todd Lincoln House. This bonus May edition features Gwen Thompson, executive director of the historic childhood home of the former First Lady. She and Mandy discuss some of the people that too often history leaves out of the grand narrative; especially poignant with Lexington's 250th anniversary upon us. One person in particular was an enslaved servant named Chaney Dickerson. It's a fascinating conversation you won't want to miss.
2025-05-1952 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: Lexington to celebrate 200th anniversary of General Lafayette's visit to the Bluegrass2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de LaFayette’s historic tour of the United States. LaFayette, then the last surviving major general of the Revolutionary War, received a hero’s greeting at many stops, including his visit to Lexington. In this edition of Lex Talk History Mandy and Alan get a visit from Lexington History Museum trustee-emeritus Bill Swinford; arguably the most knowledgeable source on the subject. Bill previews a number of Lafayette anniversary events coming up this month.
2025-05-0541 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: 25 years of professional baseball in Lexington hinged on a game winning pitch and a tap dance for the agesThe Lexington Legends baseball team has seen its share of ups and downs – including a head-scratching name change (anybody remember the Counter Clocks?) But now as the city gets ready to celebrate 25 seasons of professional baseball, WUKY’s Saving Stories has this look back at how it all began. Nunn Center for Oral History director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from a 2019 interview with Alan Stein, who along with other prominent members of the community, led an effort to bring minor league baseball to Lexington. In this portion of the conversation Stein recalls a literal 11th hour curveball his group had...
2025-04-2504 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: DeBraun Thomas brings the funk to 250 Lex's music/written word month250 Lex's designated theme for April is the dual, and equally important roles of music and the written word in our city's history. For such a heavy lift Mandy and Alan turn to the one and only DeBraun Thomas who is certainly adept at both. He's a singer, a songwriter, truth-teller and last but not least, a radio host extraordinaire. This conversation will be anything but conventional and we guarantee you'll learn something new about our community!
2025-04-1756 min
Saving StoriesSaving Stories remembers the shot felt ‘round BBNIt’s Final Four weekend and sadly the Kentucky Wildcats came up short this year in their bid for a 9th national title. Bookending our look back at special moments in UK basketball history WUKY’s Saving Stories highlights another famous shot, the one Duke’s Christian Laettner hit in overtime against the Wildcats in the 1992 East Regional final in Philadelphia. The buzzer beater marked the end of an era for the team affectionately known as “The Unforgettables.” Nunn Center director Doug Boyd shares interviews with UK players Sean Woods – who hit the Wildcats’ go-ahead basket with two seconds on the clock, and...
2025-04-0404 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk History: 250 years of educational history in Lexington250 Lex's theme for March is higher education and Lex Talk History is doing its part to highlight our rich history of colleges and universities. Alan and Mandy welcome historian Andrew Patrick for an overview. They also talk about the latest museum happenings, give an update on the StoryCorps project currently set up in Woodland Park through April 14th, and preview 250 Lex's College Town Showcase coming this weekend to the campuses of Blue Grass Community and Technical College, Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky.
2025-03-2639 min
Saving StoriesSaving Stories remembers Vernon Hatton and THE Shot heard 'round BBNFor three quarters of a century the month of March in Kentucky has been tournament time with hoops fever reaching a near fever pitch. And if you're wondering why UK Basketball is sometimes considered an official religion, we submit this audio as exhibit A. In this special episode of WUKY's Saving Stories, UK Nunn Center director Dr. Doug Boyd and Deirdre Scaggs, associate dean and head of Special Collections, join Alan Lytle to re-live one of the most dramatic moments in UK Basketball history called by the legendary sports broadcaster Claude Sullivan; a thrilling triple overtime win over Temple University...
2025-03-2407 minLex Talk HistoryBlack Yarn project strives to tell Lexington's untold storiesLex Talk History is back with the first of two episodes for March. Alan and Mandy talk about the latest happenings at the Lexington History Museum, share all the details about the StoryCorps project coming soon to Lexington, and then in our Lex Get Into It segment they welcome guests Regina M. Lewis and Sharon Murphy from Black Yarn; a Lexington-based nonprofit dedicated to using research and film to shine a light on economic injustice and connect Black experiences with those of all Americans. Regina and Sharon discuss with Mandy the segregated history of Lexington, redlining and restrictive covenants, and...
2025-03-1442 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories: Lunch counter sit-in's - a part of Lexington's 250 year historyLexington is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, and Saving Stories is shining the spotlight today on lifelong educator and activist Audrey Grievous. In this 1985 UK Nunn Center oral history interview Grevious talks about her involvement in demonstrations and lunch counter sit-in's in downtown Lexington in the early 1960's.
2025-02-2005 minSaving StoriesSaving Stories remembers Keeneland's Ted BassettWUKY'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...
2025-01-3005 minLex Talk HistoryLexington's long and storied history with public healthLex Talk History is back with our January episode. Alan and Mandy recap the kickoff to 250 Lex and highlight what's to come in the New Year. In keeping with this month's theme of health and wellness they talk with Rachel Hogg-Graham, Associate Professor, department of health management and policy in the UK College of public health. She's done extensive research on public health crises in Lexington; including the 1833 Cholera Epidemic, the 1918 Influenza pandemic, as well as lessons learned and challenges encountered during the recent COVID-19 Pandemic.
2025-01-2251 min
Decades of Horror | Horror News RadioTHEM! (1954) – Episode 194 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era“Pfah! What kind of sense does that make? Is sugar a rare cargo? Is there a black market for it? Did you ever hear of a fence for hot sugar? If I was gonna make a deal with crooks to steal somethin’, it wouldn’t be for forty tons of sugar.” If you were a giant ant you would. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest Gregory Crosby – as they take a deep crawl into THEM! (1954), one of the all-time great big-bug movies! Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Epis...
2025-01-112h 01Saving StoriesSaving Stories: Former Vice Mayor Isabel Yates details her journey into politics, predicts future Lexington challengesLexington is about to turn 250 years old in the year 2025, and Saving Stories will be featuring a number of familiar voices from our community. Jump starting that look back is this episode featuring former Vice Mayor Isabel Yates. The Nunn Center interviewed Yates in 1996 for a project involving members of the Lexington Fayette Urban County local government. Listen as she details how she got involved in local politics and talks about a number of then pressing issues that seem all too relevant today - especially issues of growth versus preservation. Isabel Yates celebrated her 100th birthday this past October.
2024-12-2005 minLex Talk HistoryClear your calendars! A celebration 250 years in the making starts this New Year's Eve in downtown LexingtonOur final 2024 episode of Lex Talk History features a conversation with 250 Lex Commission Co-chair Kip Cornett. Alan and Mandy get a sneak peek at just about everything the city has planned to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2025; and what role the Lexington History Museum will play in the commemoration.
2024-12-0542 minLex Talk HistoryLex Talk about our Indigenous history with Filson specialist Kelly HybergerAlan and Mandy return for a special episode for National Indigenous History Month. Our special guest is Kelly Hyberger, Director of Curatorial Affairs with the Filson Historical Society. The museum in Louisville has endeavored to preserve and share Kentucky's underreported Native American History while also repatriating objects in their collection to their rightful places. Breaking News: On Tuesday November 12th Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear appointed Kelly to serve on the Native American Heritage Commission. The Commission was established in 1996 to recognize and promote Native American contributions and influence in Kentucky’s history and culture. Alan and Mandy also share news ab...
2024-11-1254 min
Saving StoriesThis Kentucky veteran’s story illustrates the power, reach, and importance of oral historyIn this Veterans Day segment of WUKY’s Saving Stories Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle discuss an unlikely pairing between a researcher in Italy and the family of a World War II soldier from Campbellsville, Kentucky.
2024-11-1105 minLex Talk HistoryBluegrass Bold celebrates 36 Kentucky women who helped improve the state and the world beyond. We talk with co-author Carly MuettertiesAlan and Mandy recap the opening of the museum's new exhibit, Among Women, and then turn it over to Carly Muetterties as she highlights Central Kentucky women featured in the book she co-authored with Maddie Shepard. Bluegrass Bold showcases 36 diverse Kentucky women whose contributions to national and state history over the course of more than two centuries deserve recognition. Written to appeal to young readers and to help teachers weave Kentucky content in their curriculum, Muetterties and Shepard chose women whose stories have the potential to inspire young people to be civically engaged throughout their lifetime. Carly will give an...
2024-10-1437 minSaving StoriesThe story of Oscar Dishman Jr. and his ambitious journey to the top of horse trainingHorses are running again at Keeneland and in this episode of WUKY’s Saving Stories we hear from one of the first, and one of the most successful, African American horse trainers in the modern era. In this 1986 Nunn Center interview, Oscar Dishman Jr. reflects on his rise from exercise boy / groom, his decision to become a horse trainer in 1960, and the challenges he had to overcome on his way to the top of his field. Training the winning horses for the 1973 Michigan Mile, Ohio Derby, Hawthorne Stakes, and the Widener Handicap (1977-1978) are among the highlights of his career fo...
2024-10-0405 min
Lex Talk HistoryNew exhibit to highlight 130 years of the Woman’s Club of Central KentuckyIt’s September and we’re dropping a brand new episode of WUKY’s Lex Talk History with Alan Lytle and Lexington History Museum Executive Director Dr. Mandy Higgins. Join us as we re-cap the museum’s one year anniversary in its new home in the Thomas Hunt Morgan House and then in our Lex Get Into It segment Mandy talks with Judy Owens, President of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky, about a new focused exhibit opening this month. “Among Women – 130 years of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky,” will soon be on display for visitors. Get an audio sneak pee...
2024-09-0542 minLex Talk HistoryHistory Museum celebrates one year anniversary with discussion of Campus Candor projectLex Talk History returns with our August installment as LHM executive director Mandy Higgins and WUKY's Alan Lytle recap the museum's first year anniversary at their home at 210 North Broadway and welcome authors Rosie Moosnick and Tori Cruz-Falk. They discuss their book, Campus Candor, the product of more than two years of oral history interviews and writing. Through interviews with students at the University of Kentucky, West Virginia University, the University of Florida, and the University of Mississippi, Moosnick, Cruz-Falk, and their colleagues found commonality between unsuspecting student populations and built empathy with young people seeking understanding across race, gender...
2024-08-1952 minSaving StoriesHall of Fame sportscaster Tom Hammond recounts a memorable Olympic callIt'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...
2024-07-2605 min
Lex Talk HistoryHow much do you know about Lexington's public parks?While no one has written a comprehensive history of Lexington Parks and Recreation we do have quite a bit of knowledge to drop on you in this fresh episode of Lex Talk History hosted by Lexington History Museum executive director Mandy Higgins and WUKY's Alan Lytle. First we recap a super busy Pride Month, talk about some exciting happenings at the museum and then in our 'Lex Get Into It segment' Michelle Koseniak and Adrienne Thakur from Lexington Parks and Recreation join us for a look back and a look ahead at Lexington's growing and changing parks system.
2024-07-0155 min
Saving StoriesKentucky soldier gives harrowing first-hand account of his role on D-DayThis 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.
2024-06-0404 min
Lex Talk HistoryLex talk about our LGBTQ historyTo kick off Pride Month WUKY's Alan Lytle and Lexington History Museum Executive Director Mandy Higgins welcome Jonathan Coleman and Josh Porter of the Faulkner Morgan Archive which is celebrating its 10th year as THE repository for Kentucky’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer history. We also discuss the 25th anniversary of Lexington's successful passage of a Fairness Ordinance, and finish up with a preview of this year's Pride Festival in Lexington.
2024-05-3157 minSaving StoriesCalculating the perfect Derby ride from the far outsideOver 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 t...
2024-05-0104 minSaving StoriesWomen on the March - 60 years later, memories still freshWUKY's Saving Stories commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the March for Civil Rights in Frankfort. On March 5, 1964 thousands came toKentucky's Capitol to hear from Martin Luther King, baseball great Jackie Robinson, folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and rally support for a public accommodations bill. To celebrate Women's History Month, Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from three recent interviews with local women who participated in the event on that historic day.
2024-03-0105 minSaving StoriesThe March on Frankfort: a 'pivotal moment' and milestone for Kentucky Civil RightsWUKY's Saving Stories commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the March for Civil Rights in Frankfort. On March 5, 1964 thousands came to Kentucky's Capitol to hear from Martin Luther King, baseball great Jackie Robinson, folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and rally support for a public accommodations bill. In this segment we hear distinctly different perspectives from two Kentuckians and their respective experiences that historic day.
2024-02-2905 min
Mucho Soul's PodcastMucho Soul Show No.639As Broadcast @ www.totallywiredradio.com on Tuesday 28.12.2021This weeks Mucho Soul Show features a seasonal replay of a couple of interview specials Alan & Ket first recorded in 2012 and 2014.Hour one features Al in conversation with Paul Murphy and IDJ's Jerry Barry for A Jazz Dance special while hour two has Al & Ket in deep conversation with Lonnie Liston Smith.Two hours featuring a playlist of supreme Murphy Style Jazz Dance favourites and the cream of Lonnie Liston Smiths Flying Dutchman and Columbia Recordings.01. Kenny Burrell Ft. Brother Jack McDuff’s Quartet - Gre...
2021-12-291h 59
Rabbitt Stew ComicsEpisode 268August Sales Comics Reviews: Batman 100 by James Tynion IV, Carlo Pagulayan, Jorge Jimenez, Guillem March, Danny Miki, Tomeu Morey American Vampire 1976 1 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular by James Tynion, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Vita Ayala, Ram V, Julian Lytle, Emma Rios, Christian Ward, Domo Stanton, John Timms, Mike Perkins, Jordie Bellaire, Gabe Eltaeb, Andy Troy, Jeremiah Skipper Super Sons Escape to Landis by Ridley Pearson, Ileana Gonzales Amazing Spider-Man 49/850 by Nick Spencer, Kurt Busiek, Saladin Ahmed, Tradd Moore, Aaron Kuder, Ryan Ottley, Mark Bagley, Chris Bachalo, Humberto Ramos, Cliff Rathburn...
2020-10-112h 53
Prague TimesFOLKS - News, Nuance & the 90s w/Douglas LytleFOLKS - News, Nuance & the 90s with Douglas Lytle
Guest: Douglas Lytle, Editor for Bloomberg Intelligence, former editor/reporter at Dow Jones, former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, former editor at Prague Post, author of Pink Tanks and Velvet Hangovers: An American in Prague
Douglas Lytle came to Prague in 1990 on something of a whim. The city and the country have since become a permanent part of his life. He talks about the news industry here, life in Prague in the 90s, Czech politics and culture, and more in this this part reminiscence, part...
2020-10-0843 min
Warrior Woman's CircleWarrior Woman Highlight: Amanda Strickland Directs Jats'uts Meyah, a DocumentaryA word from Katarina:
I am beyond excited to share this interview with you all. I recorded this about a year ago in a rooftop apartment in Merida, Mexico. I had taken a trip to visit my friend and spend some time regrouping and recharging myself. A serendipitous series of events led my friend, and then me, to meet Amanda Strickland, a first time director following her dream of creating a documentary. There is nothing more energizing for me than being surrounded by independent, inspiring women, who are taking on their dreams and making things happen in...
2020-05-2200 minWarrior Woman's CircleWarrior Woman's Circle: Women in the Service IndustryHappy Hump Day! Dropping a new episode here amidst our time at home. It's our turn to tell you how we feel. Today's episode is Women in the Service Industry and boy is it a good one. Katarina sits down to speak with Becca and Marjorie about their past and present experiences within the service industry. Both Becca and Marjorie are making moves when it comes to their roles working with craft beer and bourbon, and it sure feels good to watch two women kick ass and climb the ladder. A beertender herself, Katarina asks the women about the...
2020-04-1500 minWarrior Woman's CircleWomen in the Service IndustryHappy Hump Day! Dropping a new episode here amidst our time at home. It's our turn to tell you how we feel. Today's episode is Women in the Service Industry and boy is it a good one. Katarina sits down to speak with Becca and Marjorie about their past and present experiences within the service industry. Both Becca and Marjorie are making moves when it comes to their roles working with craft beer and bourbon, and it sure feels good to watch two women kick ass and climb the ladder. A beertender herself, Katarina asks the women about the...
2020-04-1500 minWarrior Woman's CircleWarrior Woman Highlight: Kate LohmeyerIt's time for another Warrior Woman Highlight! During this episode, Katarina speaks with educator Kate Lohmeyer about her experiences as a health educator who has found a way to bring sexual health education into her school in Ohio. This was a particularly exciting episode for Katarina as sex education is a passion of hers. Kate walks us through her journey as a teacher, her work with Planned Parenthood, and the changes she is witnessing in her students now that sexual health is taking precedence in her school building. We can't wait for you to hear what this Warrior Woman...
2020-02-2900 minWarrior Woman's CircleSex Magic, Erotic Intelligence, and TantraValentine's Day may have been yesterday, but you still have the weekend to spice things up ;) . Get started by learning something new alongside our host, Katarina, as she interviews partners Gretchen and Martin about their sex life and a topic that is important to them. Not sure what Sex Magic means? That's okay, Katarina is learning alongside you and trust me, it is as intriguing as it sounds. Gretchen and Martin share some of the details of their time at the Zen Temple, Furnace Mountain and also talk about how tantric practices have improved intimacy for them both. It's...
2020-02-1558 minWarrior Woman's CircleWarrior Woman's Circle: Sex Magic, Erotic Intelligence, and TantraValentine's Day may have been yesterday, but you still have the weekend to spice things up ;) . Get started by learning something new alongside our host, Katarina, as she interviews partners Gretchen and Martin about their sex life and a topic that is important to them. Not sure what Sex Magic means? That's okay, Katarina is learning alongside you and trust me, it is as intriguing as it sounds. Gretchen and Martin share some of the details of their time at the Zen Temple, Furnace Mountain and also talk about how tantric practices have improved intimacy for them both. It's...
2020-02-1500 minWarrior Woman's CircleSneak Peak: Alan Lytle of WUKY interviews our host Katarina!Hey Warriors! We are so excited to bring you a new season of Warrior Woman's Circle at the end of this month. We didn't want to leave you hanging however, so in the meantime we have a special treat for you! In 2019 Alan Lytle at WUKY radio interviewed our creator and host Katarina to learn more about how and why this podcast was created. If you are new to our show, this interview is a perfect introduction and even brings you snippets from a few of our favorite episodes! Longtime listeners, special thank you for your continued support, we...
2020-01-1200 minWarrior Woman's CircleWarrior Woman's Circle: Coping With HeartbreakEverybody hurts sometimes, and for different reasons. Heartbreak sucks, but all we can do is move forward. This episode covers real heartbreak experiences from three women who have opened up a painful part of their lives to show us that no matter how much it hurts, there are ways to keep living and thriving. Parts of this episode contain sensitive material, especially if you have personal experiences with loss or death, but if you think you can listen with us then trust me, it is worth it. We don't have to do this alone. Thank you as always for...
2019-12-1400 minWarrior Woman's CircleCoping With HeartbreakEverybody hurts sometimes, and for different reasons. Heartbreak sucks, but all we can do is move forward. This episode covers real heartbreak experiences from three women who have opened up a painful part of their lives to show us that no matter how much it hurts, there are ways to keep living and thriving. Parts of this episode contain sensitive material, especially if you have personal experiences with loss or death, but if you think you can listen with us then trust me, it is worth it. We don't have to do this alone. Thank you as always for...
2019-12-1400 min
Ignorant BlissIgnorant Bliss vs Watchmen: Episode 1 - It's Summer and We're Running Out of IceMy thoughts on the first episode of the HBO series Watchmen based on the DC Comics property Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I talk about what happens in the episode, give some context on some things that happen along with early theories on where stuff fits into the larger story and how I...
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2019-10-2645 min
Contrabass ConversationsHerbert Smith on Brazil and his path thereHerbert Smith has had a remarkable career spanning a variety of musical genres. Originally from Chicago, Herbert spent many years in Southern California prior to his move to São Paulo, Brazil eight years ago. We dig into similarities and differences between the musical scenes of Brazil and the United States, Brazilian musical traditions, language and how it affects the music of a specific culture, Herbert's interesting life path, business skills, and much more! About Herbert: Herbert D. Smith currently lives in São Paulo, Brazil. He has had a diverse international performance ca...
2018-09-1357 min
Vidro AzulVidro Azul de 22 de Julho de 2013Here... not everywhere.
PROGRAMA De 15 de Julho De 2013
1. parte:
1 - Birds Of Passage - The Brave Man With A Sword B/W In Heaven - The Brave Man With A Sword
2 - Birds Of Passage - The Brave Man With A Sword B/W In Heaven - In Heaven
3 - Chihei Hatakeyama - The Secret Distance Of Tochka - Dot
4 - Emily Wells - Mama: Acoustic Recordings - Passenger
5 - Lisa Germano - No Elephants - Ruminants
6 - Perfume Genius - Put Yous Back N 2 It - Normal Song
7 - Untitled - U...
2013-07-232h 00
11 O'Clock Comics Podcast11 O'Clock Comics Episode 197Back to business as usual as we cover Spider Island, TMNT, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand by Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Ramon K. Perez from Archaia Entertainment, more on Winshluss' Pinocchio from Last Gasp, Ryan Stegman and Chris Yost's Scarlet Spider, Julian Lytle's ANTS, The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm from Flesk, Daredevil #8, Fantastic Four 1234 by Grant Morrison and Jae Lee, the art of Rafael Gallur (incorporating Mexico's Ghetto Librettos, Daniel K. Raeburn and the Historietas Perversas of The Imp #4, and much more), John Byrne's IDW Next Men run, Who Is Jake Ellis?, Scott Snyder and Papi Capullo's...
2012-01-262h 07
11 O'Clock Comics Podcast11 O'Clock Comics Episode 108Chris takes a breather, affording us ample opportunity for spoiler-free discussion on Siege #4, Alan Davis and the Marvels Project, Hulk #22 and Incredible Hulk #209, Ed McGuinness, The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 by Grant Morrison and Chris Sprouse, Dash Shaw's Bodyworld from Pantheon, The Black Terror and the Champions RPG, more distaste for the cut 'n' paste, Frank Frazetta, the Stumptown Festival: Bear Fight from Banner Year Press and Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett from Abrams Image, Batman & Robin, the Superman titles, Daredevil's crap-ass ninja skills, the Punisher and Shadowland, One Piece, video games, Julian Lytle's...
2010-05-132h 26