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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard - Feb. 6th, 2025

By Tom Martin

Published February 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM EST

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As Lexington begins celebrating its 250th anniversary, the story of one of its early movers and shakers: Benjamin Gratz. Also, an account of the Cholera Epidemic of 1833. Reggie Van Stockum is out on the back roads of Kentucky exploring the history of the Fort Knox area and southern Indiana. And, the latest in our dog and cat cognition series asks why cats do that head-butting thing.

Eastern Standard

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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