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Eastern Standard: February 5th, 2026

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Alice Lloyd College on Purpose Road, Pippa Passes, Kentucky

This week on Eastern Standard:

Our series, “The AI Revolution: Promise and Peril” continues with guest Lisa Blue, Director of AI Strategies at Eastern Kentucky University. We explore how EKU is adapting AI in its programming, workforce and campus life.

Shannon Moody, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer at Kentucky Youth Advocates on how the current session of the state General Assembly can meet the needs of Kentucky’s most vulnerable children.

That time when the founder and namesake of Alice Lloyd College was tricked into being flown to Los Angeles to appear on the tv show, “This is Your Life” and the suspenseful, but remarkable response that followed. The story is portrayed by Jacqueline Kohl Hamilton as part of the Kentucky Humanities Chautauqua series. She sits down with Eastern Standard theatre contributor, Bill McCann.

Bob Martin, producer of Shiners: Voices from Owsley County, discusses the award-winning documentary that celebrates the resilience and creativity of Appalachian youth.

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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