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Eastern Standard Preview for Oct. 11, 2021

By Tom Martin

Published October 11, 2021 at 5:36 PM EDT

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Kentucky’s teacher shortage: already there and then came the pandemic | Bryan Station H.S. grad becomes a Senior Editor at the Atlantic | A chat with Louisville film and music producer Gil Holland | New book based on what’s on the bottom of Kentucky’s man-made lakes | Big changes for Eastern Standard arts partner Undermain

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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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