Eastern Standard - April 3rd, 2025

Eastern Standard launches "The First Kentuckians", a new series on Indigenous life in what became The Commonwealth of Kentucky. In this initial segment, co-hosting archeologists Chris Begley and Gwynn Henderson discuss coverage plans. We're joined by Blake Moss from the Big Sandy Area Development District to talk about a program to aid small businesses and entrepreneurs, especially those hit by recent flooding. We get details on 250Lex Literary Month and visit with 2025 Lexington Poet Laureate Eva Alcaraz-Monje, as well as the authors of "Haint Country". And with the launch of a second new ES series about animals sharing our planet, Natalie Voss Nevills with Sgt. Bryon Creekmore and Officer Alison Winters from the Lexington PD to talk about the mounted patrol unit horses.