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Finding quality, affordable, accessible child care was already challenging working parents in Kentucky and across the nation. Then came the pandemic. Day care centers were closed and many have struggled to recover. Finding people qualified and willing to do the work for low pay has become more difficult than ever. In this edition: Dustin Pugel, Senior Policy Analyst, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; Patricia Tennen, Chief Operating Officer, Kentucky Youth Advocates; Brigitte Blom, President & CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; Dr. Sarah Vanover, Director of the Division of Child Care, Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services

Apocalypse. As awful as it is to think about, in these times of Covid, international saber rattling and severe domestic political division the thought of a collapse of civilization may seem more plausible. It’s what motivated archeologist Chris Begley, host of the ES series “Future Tense” to write “The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival.” Dr. Begley is interviewed by Tom Eblen | The KY Chamber takes on racial inequality in business | New leadership for the Kentucky Resources Council | The debut of our new series on theatre production in Kentucky | An interview with WoodSongs creator and host Michael Johnathon about his new book

After years of clamoring for improved child care in Kentucky and the U.S., the pandemic has provided a boost. But, even as Child Care Advocates of Kentucky executive director Steve Magre applauds a new influx of federal dollars, he acknowledges that there remains much to be done to close this crucial gap of support for working parents. | Jay Miller, dean of the College of Social Work at UK knows the adoption landscape firsthand. He was adopted. Now, he leads an award winning program to help newly minted adoptive and foster parents. | Also: A look at the Kentucky leg of the Trans America Bike Trail | The Kentucky “Staycation” gets a pandemic boost | Former Cats coach Tubby Smith on racial justice and equality

After years of clamoring for improved child care in Kentucky and the U.S., the pandemic has provided a boost. But, even as Child Care Advocates of Kentucky executive director Steve Magre applauds a new influx of federal dollars, he acknowledges that there remains much to be done to close this crucial gap of support for working parents. | Jay Miller, dean of the College of Social Work at UK knows the adoption landscape firsthand. He was adopted. Now, he leads an award winning program to help newly minted adoptive and foster parents. | Also: A look at the Kentucky leg of the Trans America Bike Trail | The Kentucky “Staycation” gets a pandemic boost | Former Cats coach Tubby Smith on racial justice and equality

A special Christmas gift from WEKU and Eastern Standard! Tom Eblen joins Tom Martin in conversations with Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson, acclaimed Kentucky novelist Silas House and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor about their contributions to “A Kentucky Christmas”, an anthology edited by George Ella Lyon and published by the University Press of Kentucky. Plus, a reading by Georgia Green Stamper of her contribution to Kentucky Monthly’s anthology, “The Twelve Days of a Kentucky Christmas,” a feature about why Louisville children’s author Dee Dee Cummings published a Christmas book featuring African American characters, and historian Thomas Weyant on how the modern Christmas was influenced by the cold war between the US and USSR.

A special Christmas gift from WEKU and Eastern Standard! Tom Eblen joins Tom Martin in conversations with Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson, acclaimed Kentucky novelist Silas House and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor about their contributions to “A Kentucky Christmas”, an anthology edited by George Ella Lyon and published by the University Press of Kentucky. Plus, a reading by Georgia Green Stamper of her contribution to Kentucky Monthly’s anthology, “The Twelve Days of a Kentucky Christmas,” a feature about why Louisville children’s author Dee Dee Cummings published a Christmas book featuring African American characters, and historian Thomas Weyant on how the modern Christmas was influenced by the cold war between the US and USSR.

Eastern Standard for January 6, 2022

As Martin Luther King Day approaches, a conversation with one who knew him well: civil rights activist and organizer, scholar and minister, Bernard Lafayette. Dr. Lafayette is Gerald Smith's guest for this latest edition in our series on racial justice and equality. | Our series on Kentucky literature continues as Tom Eblen interviews Randolph Runyon about his account of one man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century | Listen to the story of a remarkable Kentucky woman. Tom Martin talks with Terry Birdwhistell and Donald Ritchie, co-authors of "Washington's Iron Butterfly: Bess Clements Abell, an Oral History."

“The ship of education is on fire and sinking.” The words of Georgia high school teacher Jordan Kohanim. You’ll hear her ten recommendations to prevent teacher burnout | If Kentucky was a nation it would be #7 in the world for incarceration of its people. A new report offers alternatives | Our Future Tense series returns with a view on pandemic damage to society | Tyler Childers manager Ian Thornton, guest on our Depth of Field series, on an up and coming Appalachian music scene.

Election integrity, access to the ballot, a free and independent press - all fundamentals of democracy. Are they endangered? We get the perspectives of UK election and voting law professor Joshua Douglas, and John Greenman, veteran reporter, editor, news executive and journalism professor emeritus at the University of Georgia who once called Morehead home.An offer to help sustain civility on the local level is coming to Kentucky in February. NYTimes columnist David Brooks details “Weave”, his mission to support people on the grass roots level who are working to heal our divisions and rebuild trust in our communities.