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Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Store medications safely: Protecting kids during holiday gatherings
Every year, Poison Control Centers in the U.S. receive more than a million calls related to accidental poisonings in young children, and thousands are treated in emergency departments. A child is rushed to the ER roughly every nine minutes because they’ve accessed medication. During the holiday season, these incidents increase as families gather, routines shift and visitors bring purses, coats or travel bags into homes where young children are eager to explore. Dr. Greg talks with Kyle Bryan, Pharm.D., practice implementation pharmacist and adjunct assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.
2025-12-24
06 min
Open Studio
Open Studio: Lakshmi Sriraman on performing, preserving and promoting Indian classical dance
This 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.
2025-12-19
39 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Dr. Greg: Top state health official calls Hep B vaccine changes 'a disaster that we're all going to pay a price for'
Despite knowing for decades that the hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective, the Centers for Disease Control advisors, many of them hand-picked by Secretary of Health and Human Services and noted vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Junior, recently voted to overturn decades long policy on this vaccine for infants. Dr. Greg talks with Dr. Steven Stack; a board certified emergency physician and Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services about the controversial decision.
2025-12-17
12 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
This week on Dr. Greg: this researcher says bone health is important for women at every age and stage
This week Dr. Greg talks with Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine, about how important maintaining bone health is for all women. Dr. Wittstein recently conducted a coffee talk on this very subject for the Active Girls Healthy Women group at UK.
2025-12-10
07 min
Open Studio
Open 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.
2025-11-21
10 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine: Markey ACTION students give voice to Appalachian cancer crisis in latest book
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s ACTION program has published the latest edition of its book, “Cancer in Appalachia: A Collection of Youth-told Stories, Volume Two.” The collection features fictional short stories and poems by high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky who participate in Markey’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program. Dr. Greg talks with Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., director of the ACTION program and the book’s co-editor.
2025-11-19
08 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
New study takes deeper dive in compensation gap for women in medical leadership roles
Dr. Annie Koempel is an anthropologist on the research team of the Lexington-based American Board of Family Medicine. She and a colleague recently conducted a study showing that despite all our progress, women in medicine are still not fairly compensated and recognized for their leadership and mentoring. The downstream effect is that this lack can result in poorer health care.
2025-11-12
17 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
The best lifestyle change to improve heart health? Quitting smoking
We have known for decades that smoking tobacco is bad for your health. Quitting smoking is probably the single best change a person can make not only for prevention of heart disease, but for their overall health. So why don't more people do it? Dr. Greg seeks answers from Peter Haigh, M.D., a noninvasive cardiologist at UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute.
2025-11-05
10 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: The unlikely resurrection of Lexington's Lyric Theatre
October 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.
2025-10-31
04 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
15th annual Markesbery Symposium to discuss latest research on aging and dementia
Pete Nelson, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UK Sanders-Brown tells us about this year's two-day symposium, Friday October 31 and Saturday November 1, which features a daylong scientific meeting with poster session followed by a half-day community session to which the public is invited free of charge. An “Ask the Experts” panel is a popular component of the community session.
2025-10-29
07 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
UK Launches new One Health Initiative to improve human, animal health
The mission of the One Health Center Initiative is to increase awareness of One Health by conducting multidisciplinary research — recognizing the health of people, animals and the environment are intricately linked and interdependent. One example of that might be looking at the rise of Alpha Gal syndrome which is transmitted through tick bites. Through these vital connections, the initiative focuses on solving complex health challenges, ranging from zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance to environmental exposures. Dr. Greg talks with S. Reddy Palli, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Entomology at Martin-Gatton CAFE, Bill Gatton Foundation Distinguished Professor and the st...
2025-10-22
07 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories remembers WUKY's first broadcast day
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. 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.
2025-10-17
05 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
This UK researcher and her team are working to develop a new screening method for HPV-related throat cancer
Molecular epidemiologist Krystle Kuhs, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health in the College of Public Health, leads three large clinical studies evaluating biomarker-based screening for early detection of HPV-driven throat cancer, a rapidly increasing cancer that disproportionately affects Kentuckians, especially in Appalachia, and for which no screening methods exist. She talks about the effort on this week's edition of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
2025-10-15
09 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
UK HealthCare, Lexington Senior Center lead community effort on fall prevention awareness
A fall can happen to anyone, at any age, place or time. For adults age 65 and older, falling can be frightening and a serious health matter — not only for the physical repercussions of falling, but the emotional trauma which often occurs afterwards. Dr. Greg talks with Amie Peel, a registered nurse and UK Trauma’s outreach and education coordinator, about a new Falls Prevention collaboration with the Lexington Senior Center.
2025-10-08
08 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
This week on Dr. Greg: Top Kentucky public health official weighs in on Tylenol pregnancy controversy
Last month new federal guidance from Health and Human Services Cabinet Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylenol, sent shockwaves throughout the medical community. Dr. Greg speaks one-on-one with Kentucky Cabinet for Health Family Services Secretary Dr. Steven Stack about what patients, particularly pregnant women, should do in the wake of the new recommendations.
2025-10-01
11 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Lexington native Bobby Flynn on making history with the Hustlers
Saving 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...
2025-09-19
05 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
College of Social work prof. Julie Cerel receives international award for advancing understanding of suicide’s ripple effects
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and we're rolling out this new episode with Julie Cerel, Ph.D., professor in the College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky, who recently was honored with the Norman Farberow Award for Bereavement and Lived Experience by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The award recognizes her transformative research, which expands understanding of the impact of suicide on families, friends and entire communities.
2025-09-17
08 min
Open Studio
Equinox Jazz Fest: Celebrating 250 Years of Lexington
This 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.
2025-09-12
16 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Kentucky middle school student gets a bourbon history lesson from Jim Beam's Booker Noe
WUKY'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.
2025-09-12
04 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Why are tick-borne food allergies becoming more prevalent in Kentucky
Perhaps you've heard lately in the news about something called alpha gal red meat allergy. Dr. Greg talks with Dr. Heather Norman Bergdorf, associate extension professor in the UK College of Culture, Food, and Environment about Alpha-gal syndrome.
2025-09-10
10 min
Open Studio
Lexington hosts powerful weekend celebrating American playwright August Wilson
The 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.
2025-09-05
46 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Audiology doctoral program coming to UK College of Health Sciences in 2026
Kentucky has a high prevalence of persons with hearing loss that ranks us third per capita nationally. Kentucky also has a shortage of audiologists, particularly in rural areas - Two pressing reasons why the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences is adding a new audiology doctoral degree program beginning in Summer of 2026. Dr. Greg talks with Anne Olson, Ph.D., CSD department chair in the College of Health Sciences and Jennifer Shinn, Ph.D., chief of audiology in the College of Medicine.
2025-09-03
08 min
Open Studio
This week on Open Studio: what to expect at Gatton Park's grand opening celebration this Saturday
The 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.
2025-08-22
08 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
A behind the scenes look at Kentucky's new Injury-free academy
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), part of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, has launched the Kentucky Injury-Free Academy (KIFA), a new initiative designed to support local teams in developing and strengthening community-based violence prevention strategies. Dr. Greg talks with program manager Catherine Hines.
2025-08-20
09 min
Open Studio
Open Studio: Calling all artists - Kentucky Arts Council America250 grants available
This 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.
2025-08-15
15 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Confusing mixed messages, Medicaid changes, present challenges for Kentucky health officials
Kentuckians continue to face many health challenges. And in the current political climate in Washington, those challenges have been increased. This week Doctor Greg talks with Steven Stack; secretary of the cabinet for health and family services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky about some of those new challenges.
2025-08-13
11 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Nagasaki bombing survivor gives harrowing first-person account during oral history class project
This 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.
2025-08-08
05 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Fitness experts tout health benefits of strength training for adults over fifty
As we age it becomes more and more important to do some sort of regular strength training in order to maintain balance, agility, and independence. Dr. Greg's guest, exercise physiologist Sheila Kalas talks about just that.
2025-08-06
05 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Prominent food entrepreneur 'Sav' on the journey from 'grill' to 'chill' to gourmet ice cream specialty
As 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...
2025-07-31
05 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging celebrates 40 year milestone while also reopening renovated research facilities
Forty years ago, the National Institute on Aging launched its Alzheimer disease research center grants program, and the UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging was among the prestigious first class of just 10 awardees. Dr. Greg talks about that designation, the mission of Sanders Brown, and its future with Doctor Linda Van Eldik, director of the UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging.
2025-07-30
06 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Lexington - birthplace of Long John Silver's and the man credited for taking it national
250 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.
2025-07-24
05 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Meet the Garrard County native working to alleviate 'Period Poverty' in Kentucky
Period poverty is a global community health dilemma that has long been overlooked. A condition described as having insufficient access to menstrual products, education, and sanitation facilities. This week Dr. Greg talks with Skylar Davis, who has taken it upon herself to address period poverty through her nonprofit, Period Y'all.
2025-07-23
10 min
Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine
Tick bites becoming an increasing problem, here's how to protect yourself
A CDC study shows that 1 in 10 Americans gets a tick bite every year on average. This year, the CDC reported that Emergency room visits from Tick bites are at the highest levels since 2019. The CDC has recorded just under 450 Emergency Department visits in the US so far this year, with 250 of those in the Southeast. With that new info as a backdrop we’re revisiting this interview Dr. Greg did earlier this year with UK extension entomologist Jonathan Larson.
2025-07-15
10 min
#IChampionHealth Chats
Season 2 Preview
#IChampionHealth Chats is back for a second season! This season, #IChampionHealth and Project Ricochet teamed up for something special—a joint series of community interviews recorded live at the 2025 Central Kentucky Black Family Conference. Across this series, you’ll hear stories about health, leadership, family, and life’s everyday moments from local young people, professionals, and artists. Conversations were led by Gerald "GEO" Gibson from #IChampionHealth Chats and Terry Dumphord from the Ricochet Effect podcast.Listen as GEO and Dr. Abeni El-Amin break down what you can expect from this special crossover season....
2025-06-04
04 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: 25 years of professional baseball in Lexington hinged on a game winning pitch and a tap dance for the ages
The 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...
2025-04-25
04 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories remembers the shot felt ‘round BBN
It’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...
2025-04-04
04 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories remembers Vernon Hatton and THE Shot heard 'round BBN
For 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...
2025-03-24
07 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Lunch counter sit-in's - a part of Lexington's 250 year history
Lexington 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.
2025-02-20
05 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories remembers Keeneland's Ted Bassett
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...
2025-01-30
05 min
Saving Stories
Saving Stories: Former Vice Mayor Isabel Yates details her journey into politics, predicts future Lexington challenges
Lexington 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.
2024-12-20
05 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast Special Edition Series: WUKY Women of Distinction with Guest Dawn Duncan Walters
Dawn Walters is a celebrated former University of Kentucky (UK) cheerleader, coach, and entrepreneur whose contributions have left a lasting impact on and the cheer and dance community. As a student-athlete, Walters played a pivotal role in UK’s cheerleading history, helping the Wildcats secure their first national championship in 1985.
2024-11-20
08 min
Saving Stories
This Kentucky veteran’s story illustrates the power, reach, and importance of oral history
In 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.
2024-11-11
05 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast Special Edition Series: WUKY Women of Distinction with Guest Belle Townsend
Belle Townsend (she/they) is a poet, advocate, political organizer, researcher, baker, and multi-media artist from rural Henderson, Kentucky. Now living in Louisville, KY, Belle uses poetry to make personal experiences accessible and relatable, offering comfort and connection to a broad audience. Her work is especially geared toward those with short attention spans, limited reading capacity, or no academic background, ensuring their stories are both digestible and meaningful.
2024-10-20
04 min
Saving Stories
The story of Oscar Dishman Jr. and his ambitious journey to the top of horse training
Horses 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...
2024-10-04
05 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast Special Edition Series: WUKY Women of Distinction with Tanelle Sawyer
Tanelle is currently Associate Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development for Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), after previously serving as Executive Director of Workforce Talent Development. She serves as President of the Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) and was previously YPAL’s Director of Professional Development.
2024-09-23
04 min
Lex Talk History
New exhibit to highlight 130 years of the Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky
It’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...
2024-09-05
42 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast Special Edition Series: WUKY Women of Distinction with Cynthia Bohn
In this special edition of The Ricochet Effect Podcast, we celebrate the visionary leadership of Cynthia Bohn, the driving force behind Equus Run Vineyards located in Midway, KY.
2024-08-21
07 min
Lex Talk History
History Museum celebrates one year anniversary with discussion of Campus Candor project
Lex 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...
2024-08-19
52 min
Saving Stories
Hall of Fame sportscaster Tom Hammond recounts a memorable Olympic call
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...
2024-07-26
05 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast Special Edition Series: WUKY Women of Distinction with Guest Vera Mabson
Vera Mabson is Singer-Songwriter, Poet, Choir Director, Praise Dancer, DancerMother, Psychology educator, Paraeducator for Fayette County Public Schools and Seamstress from Lexington Kentucky
2024-07-25
08 min
Accents
Pauletta Hansel
Katerina Stoykova interviews poet Pauletta Hansel about her latest book, Will There Also Be Singing, as well as about her work in progress.
2024-07-18
40 min
Accents
Bobi Conn
Katerina Stoykova interviews writer Bobi Conn about her latest novel, Someplace Like Home, as well as her current and upcoming creative projects.
2024-07-10
54 min
Accents
Marcia Thornton Jones
Katerina Stoykova interviews children's author Marcia Thornton Jones about writing, teaching, persisting, publishing and more.
2024-07-03
38 min
Lex Talk History
How 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.
2024-07-01
55 min
Writing Lessons
Writing Lessons Episode 3: The Creative Process Featuring Carla Gover
In this third episode of Writing Lessons, Silas House chats with award winning singer/songwriter Carla Gover about writing songs and the creative process. Not just for musicians; this fascinating conversation will resonate with anyone who does creative work.
2024-07-01
26 min
Accents
Tom C. Hunley
Katerina Stoykova interviews poet, teacher and filmmaker Tom C Hunley about his latest poetry and craft books, as well as his screenwriting.
2024-06-26
36 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast: Engaging New Leaders
Join The Ricochet Effect to discuss developing new and innovative leaders through New Leaders Council Kentucky - Using the #BetterArguments framework from the Aspen Institute. Civic Suppers encourage participants to have vulnerable and productive conversations about partisan local elections.
2024-06-21
41 min
Accents
Theo Edmonds
Katerina Stoykova interviews artist, poet, visionary and culture futurist Theo Edmonds about creativity, writing, persisting and thriving.
2024-06-19
1h 00
MadWavy Radio
MadWavy Radio Episode 5: A Conversation With Anonimuss Rose
In this episode, Tony & B-Mad sit down for a conversation with Lexington's own Anonimuss Rose!
2024-06-17
1h 06
Accents
Robby Henson
Katerina Stoykova interviews writer, filmmaker and teacher Robby Henson about his novel, Loud Water, his writing and his work at the Pioneer Playhouse.
2024-06-12
29 min
Accents
David Cazden
Katerina Stoykova interviews David Cazden about his upcoming poetry book, his mentors, playing chess, taking long writing breaks and more.
2024-06-05
30 min
Saving Stories
Kentucky soldier gives harrowing first-hand account of his role on D-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.
2024-06-04
04 min
The Ricochet Effect
The Ricochet Effect Podcast: The Tahlsound Music Festival
Gareth Evans from The Tahlsound Music Festival joins the Ricochet Effect to discuss Tahlsound as a family friendly concert series that exists to celebrate, elevate, and recognize Central Kentucky’s musical and artistic vibrancy through an inclusive festival with emphasis on artists from surrounding communities. For more information about Tahlsound visit tahlsound.com.
2024-06-03
15 min
Lex Talk History
Lex talk about our LGBTQ history
To 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.
2024-05-31
57 min
Accents
Dave Harrity
A lively conversation with poet and philosopher Dave Harrity about his latest manuscript, running, theopoetics, revision, prophetic writing and more.
2024-05-29
48 min
Writing Lessons
Writing Lessons Episode 2: The Deliciousness of Words Featuring George Ella Lyon
In this second episode of Writing Lessons, host Silas House chats with acclaimed writer George Ella Lyon about writing for children and “the deliciousness of words”.
2024-05-08
28 min
Saving Stories
Calculating the perfect Derby ride from the far outside
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 t...
2024-05-01
04 min
MadWavy Radio
MadWavy Radio Episode 4: Development Vs. Execution
In this episode, Tony & B-Mad talk Development Vs. Execution!
2024-04-24
1h 03
MadWavy Radio
MadWavy Radio Episode 3: Collaboration Vs. Competition
In this episode, B-Mad & Tony talk Collaboration Vs. Competition!
2024-04-09
52 min
Progress Kentucky: Colonels of Truth!
Andy Makes it Rain as #KYGA24 Brings More Pain w/Chris Hartman, Fairness Campaign #ColonelsOfTruth
This week we continue to keep an eye on the Kentucky legislature — they are in day 57 of the 60 day session, just one more day before they adjourn for a two-week veto break - this is when the bad bills come fast and furious. Aaron, Doug and Nema get an update from our guest, Chris Hartman, the Executive Director of Kentucky’s Fairness Campaign - then we close out with our housing and homelessness call to action. #ColonelsOfTruth NEWS OF THE WEAK: https://bit.ly/PKBBB
2024-03-28
56 min
MadWavy Radio
MadWavy Radio Episode 2
In this episode, B-Mad & Tony talk Local Highlights, the passing of Akira Toriyama, the Grammys, & more!
2024-03-19
48 min
Saving Stories
Women on the March - 60 years later, memories still fresh
WUKY'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.
2024-03-01
05 min
Saving Stories
The March on Frankfort: a 'pivotal moment' and milestone for Kentucky Civil Rights
WUKY'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.
2024-02-29
05 min
MadWavy Radio
MadWavy Radio Episode 1
MadWavy Radio: Conversations and Music with Bryce Oquaye & Tony Wavy.
2024-02-21
1h 08
Writing Lessons
Writing Lessons Episode 1: Characterization Featuring David Arnold
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House visits with bestselling writer David Arnold to talk about creating vivid characterizations in the premiere episode of “Writing Lessons”, a podcast that explores the foundations of creative writing.
2024-02-16
24 min
Point2TheSkyy Radio
Bro, I am STRESSED
Black Reason and LC discuss what stress is and how do we handle it ourselves at our jobs as well as in the real world. Tonight's guest is Bilal El-Amin. He comes on the show to talk about his non-profit organization and help us knock down those barriers about talking about our mental health stressors and how we can cope with stress to become a better person not only for the people around you but for yourself. The Ricochet Effect https://www.wuky.org/podcast/the-ricochet-effect?fbclid=IwAR1l7AYT0LL55jo7...
2023-04-21
49 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Dori Freeman (July 2022)
Silas House speaks with Dori Freeman about her music the new album Ten Thousand Roses.
2022-07-11
24 min
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
S07:E09 - "The Hungarian Secret"
What A Morning. This episode of I Have No Idea What I'm Doing is sponsored by: Our Goodstuff Patreon Subscribers and listeners just like you! Support your favorite podcasts directly to get access to the discord and more. New Intro Welcome to 2 Guys 2 Questions, where two friends test the limits of propriety through the questions we ask. This week we are sponsored by: Iced Tea I am Aaron L. M. Goodwin And I’m joined, as always, by Andrew Huster, say hello Andrew. I’m al...
2022-06-13
00 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Lee Cole (May 2022)
Silas House speaks with Lee Cole, author of Groundskeeping.
2022-05-31
22 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Wiley Cash (April 2022)
Silas House speaks with Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come Home.
2022-04-19
28 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Allison Moorer (January 2022)
Silas House speaks with Allison Moorer, musician and author of I Dream He Talks To Me: A Memoir Of Learning How To Listen.
2022-01-28
29 min
Prompt to Page
Martha Greenwald
For our fifth episode, we talk to Martha Greenwald, the director of the WhoWeLost and WhoWeLostKY projects. The WhoWeLost projects serve as "a sheltering place for remembrance" for victims of COVID-19. Martha offers suggestions for writing memories about loved ones and explains how you can share your stories on the WhoWeLost websites.She also provides a writing prompt suitable for all genres and topics that encourages writers to slow down and let their ideas develop. As she notes, "I've found some people really need to be slow and take their time with [writing]. So this is geared...
2022-01-18
19 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Jayne Moore Waldrop (November 2021)
Silas speaks with Jayne Moore Waldrop, author of Drowned Town.
2021-11-30
26 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (October 2021)
Silas speaks with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, author of Even As We Breathe.
2021-11-08
23 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Leah Hampton (August 2021)
Silas speaks with Leah Hampton, author of F*CKFace And Other Stories.
2021-08-23
22 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Robert Gipe (July 2021)
Silas speaks with Robert Gipe, author of Pop: An Illustrated Novel.
2021-08-09
21 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Wesley Browne (February 2021)
Silas speaks with Wesley Browne, author of Hillbilly Hustle.
2021-03-05
24 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Gwenda Bond (November 2020)
Silas speaks with Gwenda Bond, author of Suspicious Minds.
2020-11-24
27 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Karen Salyer McElmurray (August 2020)
Silas speaks with Karen Salyer McElmurray, author of Wanting Radiance.
2020-09-01
26 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Carter Sickels (June 2020)
Silas speaks with Carter Sickels, author of The Prettiest Star.
2020-07-06
22 min
On the Porch with Silas House
George Ella Lyon (May 2020)
Silas speaks with former Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon about her work and how she is faring through this current pandemic.
2020-06-01
23 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Allison Moorer (February 2020)
Silas speaks with Grammy nominated musician and author Allison Moorer about Blood, her new album and memoir.
2020-02-24
35 min
Warrior Woman's Circle
Sneak 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...
2020-01-12
00 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Michael Croley (December 2019)
Silas speaks with Michael Croley, author of Any Other Place: Stories
2019-12-30
19 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Margaret Renkl (October 2019)
Silas speaks with Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
2019-10-15
32 min
On the Porch with Silas House
River Jordan (September 2019)
Silas House speaks with River Jordan, author of the book Confessions of a Christian Mystic.
2019-09-03
21 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Toni Morrison (2/18/1931 - 8/5/2019) Tribute
In this epsiode of On The Porch, we pay tribute to Toni Morrison, one of the most important writers in American history. Silas House talks about the impact of Toni Morrison and you will hear reflections of her work from Shauna Morgan, Kathleen Driskell, Crystal Wilkinson, Ada Limón, & Bianca Spriggs.
2019-08-20
23 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Savannah Sipple (July 2019)
Silas House speaks with Savannah Sipple, author of the book WWJD And Other Poems.
2019-07-30
25 min
KyArtsCast
Kentucky Crafted artists Deb Chenault, Justine Riley and Bill Berryman
Listen in as we chat with three Kentucky Crafted artists, Deb Chenault, Justine Riley and Bill Berryman, about their work, what makes it unique and how they've benefited from being juried into Kentucky Crafted. The application process for Kentucky Crafted is open through Aug. 15, and this episode also features the Kentucky Arts Council's arts marketing director, Dave Blevins. Dave talks about the program guidelines and navigates the answers to questions that artists frequently ask about applying. Special thanks to 91.3 FM WUKY in Lexington for allowing us to record in their studio and to the station's...
2019-06-19
53 min
On the Porch with Silas House
Mary Laura Philpott (May 2019)
Silas House speaks with Mary Laura Philpott, author of the new essay collection I Miss You When I Blink.
2019-05-16
25 min