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Eastern Standard Nov. 30, 2023

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Lexington Herald Leader, with permission.

The “Red Scare” of the fifties came late to Kentucky. Lexington Herald-Leader government accountability reporter John Cheves gives details of his article about the Kentucky UnAmerican Activities Committee of the late sixties.

Former two-term Governor Paul Patton has published a memoir and who better for the interview than Kentucky Journalism Hall of Famer Jack Brammer? As a reporter for the Herald-Leader, Brammer covered the highs and lows of Patton’s eight years in office.

Gatewood Galbraith was a unique character of Kentucky politics and culture. Our guest is Galbraith biographer Matthew Strandmark.

The founders of Lexington-based Green Room Exchange are just back from a big World Music conference in Spain. Lee Carroll and Connie Milligan share the takeaways and details of the GRE concert featuring Haitian artist Paul Beaubrun.

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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