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On this week's episode: From budding eastern Kentucky entrepreneurs to an update on colorectal cancer to the latest from poet Frank X Walker and why a big city girl now loves life in Hazard, Ky.

On this week’s edition: engineering’s climate change challenge, examining journalism’s Code of Ethics, a conversation with a Drag Show producer and the mechanics of the nap.

On this week’s Eastern Standard: A new analysis reveals the full extent of flood damage to homes in E. Kentucky; Pillar Two of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics; the value of student journalism; A Chris Begley essay on the local reporter; the reopening of the Giles Art Gallery on the campus of EKU.

A Special Episode of Rise: Eastern Kentucky

The art and many professions of storytelling are the focus of this week’s edition; from why humans tell stories and the art of storytelling onstage to the fact-based storytelling of journalism and how a public display tells stories.

Thousands of landslides in eastern Kentucky and no insurance. The latest in our series on a Code of Ethics for professional journalists. High school theatre bounces back from Covid and flooding. And a special guest: Billy Joel’s longtime drummer - until all of a sudden he wasn’t, Liberty DeVitto.

Kentucky’s ranking as dead last among states for investment in green energy. The heavy impact of the pandemic on learning and proficiency in math and reading and how improvements in those areas would boost the Kentucky economy. And, the Lexington world premier of the touring photographic exhibition, “Shades of Compassion.”

On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard:How Senate Bill 1, passed in the most recent session of the Kentucky General Assembly, encourages teachers in Kentucky public schools to avoid classroom discussion of controversial topics and untruths. Education contributor Cynthia Resor talks with Russell County public school social studies teacher Donnie Wilkerson. LexPhil director Allison Kaiser fills us in on the 2022-23 season with some new twists in both programming and concert venues. ArtsConnect founder Kate Savage begins a new arts series on Eastern Standard in conversation with Lexington muralist Wylie Caudill. Magnolia Boulevard’s Maggie Noelle on emerging from the hard times of the pandemic and the loss of a beloved band member to take their Southern Rock groove back to the stage. LEXToday.com editor Molly Thompson visits with Nini Edwards of Edwards-Harkness vineyards to discover fun and interesting day trip destinations in and near Winchester.

Farrah Alexander, author of the just-published "Resistance in the Bluegrass" on how to safely and effectively protest actions and policies you oppose or support When a traumatic childhood memory comes out of hiding and how having a horse for a friend can help overcome the resulting trauma and stress. A riveting and enlightening conversation with Cheryl Eriksen, author of “Follow Me Friend: a memoir of undiagnosed PTSD and the healing-power of the horse-human relationship” A Lexington tech company with sustainability at its core connects Kentucky retail entrepreneurs and makers to a world market that is increasingly becoming sensitive to consumer demands for transparency and accountability. Middle Tech podcast hosts Logan Jones and Evan Knowles sit down with “To The Market” founder and CEO, Jane Mosbacher Morris Places to kayak in central Kentucky: LexToday’s Aaron Mikel gets tips on places to paddle from Explore Kentucky founder, Gerry Seavo James.

Farrah Alexander, author of the just-published "Resistance in the Bluegrass" on how to safely and effectively protest actions and policies you oppose or support | When a traumatic childhood memory comes out of hiding and how having a horse for a friend can help overcome the resulting trauma and stress. A riveting and enlightening conversation with Cheryl Eriksen, author of “Follow Me Friend: a memoir of undiagnosed PTSD and the healing-power of the horse-human relationship” | A Lexington tech company with sustainability at its core connects Kentucky retail entrepreneurs and makers to a world market that is increasingly becoming sensitive to consumer demands for transparency and accountability. Middle Tech podcast hosts Logan Jones and Evan Knowles sit down with “To The Market” founder and CEO, Jane Mosbacher Morris | Places to kayak in central Kentucky: LexToday’s Aaron Mikel gets tips on places to paddle from Explore Kentucky founder, Gerry Seavo James.