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Eastern Standard March 21st, 2024

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Gerry Roll, recently retired as CEO of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky with her successor, Kristin Walker Collins
Chris Begley
Gerry Roll, recently retired as CEO of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky with her successor, Kristin Walker Collins

Truth and honesty are those values that give us that “North Star” that we can rely on as we navigate our way in the world. But William Damon, one of the world's leading scholars of human development, observes that these days we seem to be going through a dysfunctional period of social change, when “an essential commitment to truthfulness no longer seems to be assumed.” Our guest is former U.S. Attorney, University of Michigan law professor and NBC/MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade. Her new book is titled: “Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America.”

The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky has pumped tens of millions of dollars into the communities of Eastern Kentucky and serves as an umbrella organization for more than 100 community groups spread across the region. There has been a succession of leadership at the foundation. We talk with now-retired founding CEO Gerry Roll and her successor, Kristin Walker Collins.

Robby Cosenza was beloved in Lexington for his art, music and good humor. His close friend and colleague Duane Lundy remembers Robby in conversation with Tom Martin.

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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