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Eastern Standard Preview for August 25, 2022

By Tom Martin

Published August 22, 2022 at 6:27 AM EDT

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EKU mental health services are available to Eastern Kentucky flood survivors. Logan Burris is our guest. He is the EKU Psychology Clinic Coordinator and a native of the Letcher County town of Partridge. | Alan Maimon offers an afterword to his book "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning" | Lexington's first African-American Sports Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony and Gala is set for Sept. 24 at Central Bank Center. We hear from co-founders Bobby and Jennifer Jones | University of Pittsburgh professor Peggy Liu discusses her study: "The Surprise of Reaching Out: Appreciated More Than We Think" | And, the music of Senegal is coming to Lexington. We get details from Green Room Exchange co-founder Lee Carroll.

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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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