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Eastern Standard - May 1st, 2025

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On this week's Eastern Standard

  • Debra Hamelback, executive director of the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association, on the factors driving a shortage of large animal veterinarians in Kentucky
  • Daily Yonder reporter Ilana Newman, host of "Getaway," a new podcast series about rural tourism
  • Amanda Higgins, executive director of the Lexington History Museum, on the history of the Women's Club of Central Kentucky
  • Christine Genoveley, executive director of The American Printing House in Louisville, discusses their partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to publish braille children’s books
  • WEKU reporter John McGary visits a service providing vital resources for the visually impaired
  • Berea College cat cognition researcher Rebecca Singer takes a pair of listener questions 
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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