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WEKU | By Tom Martin
Published March 9, 2020 at 6:45 AM EDT
Eastern Standard

AG impacts: tariffs, COVID-19, swine virus, hemp. A conversation with Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles | NEW: We begin a series focusing on Mental Health Issues in Eastern Kentucky | The authors of "Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky" on life as a transnational. | An interview with the author of a forthcoming book illuminating LGBTQ history of Kentucky

Contact: Tom Martin at es@eku.edu or leave voicemail at 859-622-9358  

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