This week on Eastern Standard:
Data Journalist and pollster G. Elliot Morris is the guest of Carolyn Dupont, host of our series, “Civics and Civility, the Path to a Shared American Future.” They discuss the psychology that goes into framing polling questions and how framing influences responses.
Sarah Melotte heads “the Rural Index,” the Daily Yonder data newsletter. Sarah takes us through the details of her recent article, “Rural Counties: New Arrivals Offset Natural Declines for Fifth Consecutive Year.” And she made an interactive map to show what is happening to the populations of many Eastern Kentucky counties.
Pat Banks is an artist, an environmentalist and director of the Kentucky Riverkeeper, a nonprofit on a mission to educate and advocate for the responsible stewardship of the Kentucky River watershed.
Richmond crime novelist Wesley Browne won the prestigious Weatherford Award for his book, They All Fall the Same. In this conversation with Eastern Standard literary contributor Kevin Nance, Browne discusses how crime and literary novels differ and how he has blended these genres in his latest work.
Yeison Landero, born in San Jacinto, Colombia, is carrying on the legacy his grandfather Andrés Landero, a musician recognized internationally as the “King of Cumbia,” a dance style similar to salsa. Landero and his band are performing in the latest Greenroom Exchange concert at the Downtown Arts Center in Lexington. We learn more from Landero’s road manager, Javier Visas.
