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Eastern Standard - Sept. 26th, 2024

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Elisha Mutayongwa, Founder and Executive Director of the Marafiki Center in Lexington
Elisha Mutayongwa, Founder and Executive Director of the Marafiki Center in Lexington

We explore the immigration experiences of Lexington’s Swahili-speaking community — after English and Spanish, the African-based language is the 3rd-most-spoken in Fayette County. Our guest: Elisha Mutayongwa, Exec. Director of the Marafiki Center.

Pharmacist Brad Little discusses why he opened the first drugstore in the Floyd County community of Wayland, Kentucky.

And, when we dig deep into the matter of the political polarization that is dividing us as a nation and as neighbors, what do we find? That’s Carolyn Dupont’s focus in this latest episode of our series: You’re Polarized, I’m Polarized: The Way to a Shared American Future.”

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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