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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard for Sept. 9, 2021

By Tom Martin

Published September 9, 2021 at 9:43 AM EDT

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Hopes of a return to normal in schools have been dashed by the Delta variant. A Kentucky high school teacher shares the consequences | Collecting the voices of Eastern Kentucky activism | Tell me a story: details of The Wilmore Storytelling Festival | Untangling, unsticking local government issues by getting an artist’s take | Lexington singer-songwriter Chris Weiss has new music | Hanging out with a National Geographic Explorer

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Tom Martin

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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