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Eastern Standard Jan. 18, 2024

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Atlantic writer and Naval War College Professor Emeritus Tom Nichols offers perspective on the prospects of a US Military under the command of an authoritarian White House. Having had time to process last summer’s US Supreme Court ruling ending race-conscious admission programs on college and university campuses, Aaron Thompson, President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education talks with Gerald Smith about the meaning of the ruling to Kentucky campuses, students, and society. Tom Eblen has a conversation with poet and novelist Crystal Wilkinson about her new book, “Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts.”

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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