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Eastern Standard Nov. 16th, 2023

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Looking across the bow of Battleship Rock, in the Natural Bridge State Park, Powell County, Kentucky.
Keith Halladay
Looking across the bow of Battleship Rock, in the Natural Bridge State Park, Powell County, Kentucky.

Kentucky has a “Kid Workforce” labor crisis. It’s the focal point of the essay that begins Kentucky Youth Advocates’ 33rd Annual “Kids Count Data Book.” KYA Executive Director Terry Brooks describes where the shortages are and how they’re affecting children and families.  

Tom Eblen gets details of a new Appalachian crime novel from Lexington author Chris McGinley.

John McGary talks with Versailles muralist Stephen Sawyer about continuing his work even after breaking his painting hand.

What is a “Thin Place” and why should you be open to discovering one? We get guidance for the journey from novelist and Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House, and New York Times travel writer Eric Weiner.

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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