Under the Trump administration, the EPA is moving to relax anti-pollution controls and is dismantling its scientific research arm. We invited Kentucky Resources Council executive director Ashley Wilmes, an environmental attorney, to help us distill these actions down to local consequences.

Tori Votaw developed an interest in helping people overcome opioid addiction. She had seen it happen to too many friends and fellow students while in high school in Georgetown, Ky.

Episode 21 of our series, Democracy Optimist, with constitutional, election law, and voting rights scholar Joshua Douglas.

As ICE continues to sign support agreements with Kentucky law enforcement agencies we get an update on the atmosphere among international communities across the Commonwealth from Nima Kulkarni, state representative, immigration employment attorney and founder of the New Americans Initiative.

Substantiated incidents of abuse and neglect in Kentucky child care centers are up 73% from 2022.

“Are we really just going to decide that we are going to be a divided country, and there’s going to be half of the population that we choose not to associate with?”

Celebrating a century: Herrington Lake, a source of hydroelectric power and a central Kentucky destination for recreation and relaxation. Tom Martin interviews Mike Holdren, author of a new book about the creation and history of the lake.

Episode 20 of the Eastern Standard special series, "Democracy Optimist." The series is hosted by Joshua Douglas, Acting Associate Dean for Research at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law where he teaches and researches election law and voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making.

Eastern Standard contributor Gerald Smith gets the perspective of long-time Council Member James Brown.

The art — and challenges — of raising backyard chickens in an urban setting. Natalie Voss interviews Jackie Jacob, Ag Extension Project Manager at the University of Kentucky.