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Eastern Standard: March 26th, 2026

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Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.
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Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.

This week on Eastern Standard:

Why AI makes rural access to broadband internet all the more essential. Education contributor Brigitte Blom, in conversation with EKU Artificial Intelligence strategist Lisa Blue.

The meaning of the “Land Acknowledgment” that appears in many theatre production playbills. We get the back story from Lexington Theatre Company co-founder and Artistic Director Lyndy Franklin Smith, and Trevor McChristian, actor, enrolled member of the Navajo (Dine) Nation and of the Lexington Theatre Company’s Inclusivity Advisory Council.

Literary Contributor Tom Eblen interviews children’s book author Marcia Thornton Jones, a 2026 inductee into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.

Larry Pemble, founder of the James Baker Hall Foundation, details upcoming events for Kentucky writers.

Theatre contributor Bill McCann has as his guest Jordan Campbell, executive director of the Gateway Regional Arts Center in Mt. Sterling, and director of “The Sweet Life: The Ruth Hunt Story”, a play by Barbourville native Cat Goguen. The play will be performed as part of the Actor Theatre of Louisville Fringe Festival on April 4 in the Pamela Brown Theatre.

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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