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Podcasts & Walking Tours

Current Shows

Active Podcasts
Tales from the Kentucky Room

Tales from the Kentucky Room

Stories of Lexington's history told through the Kentucky Room archives.

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Turning The Page

Turning The Page

Join us for updates on library happenings, book recommendations, interviews, and more!

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Archived Shows

Inactive Podcasts
Checked Out: A Virtual Book Club

Checked Out: A Virtual Book Club

Join librarians Alexa and Jenny as we talk books. What we're currently loving, what we're hating, and what we can't wait to read next!

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One Book One Podcast

One Book One Podcast

The Lexington Public Library's virtual book club for our 2016 One Book One Lexington pick, How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon.

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Library Cooks: A Virtual Cookbook Review

Library Cooks: A Virtual Cookbook Review

Join librarians Erin and Jennifer as they review new and classic cookbooks by testing and discussing the recipes.

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Lexington Walking Tours

These tours are guided audio walking tours with a variety of topics focused on Downtown Lexington, KY. Music will play in between each stop, and the listener can pause the track while walking between stops.

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Map of downtown Lexington with blue stars representing the stops on the tour of locations Lafayette visited

Lafayette’s Visit to Lexington Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of the places the Marquis de Lafayette visited in downtown Lexington in 1825!

Tour Length 1.76 miles

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Map of downtown Lexington with blue stars representing the stops on the tour of locations important Lexington's Literary History

Literary Lexington Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Lexington’s literary history!

Tour Length 1.05 miles

The music clips used in this tour are from “Walking Barefoot on Grass” by Kai…

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Map of downtown Lexington with blue stars representing the stops on the tour of locations important in Abraham Lincoln's time

Lincoln's Lexington Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour highlighting Lexington's unique role in Abraham Lincoln's life.

Tour Length: 1.42 miles

This tour is adapted from the 2009 Tour…

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Map of downtown Lexington with thirteen (13) blue stars noting the locations of the tour stops.

Notorious Lexington Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of downtown Lexington's most notorious places! The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3…

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Map of downtown Lexington with blue stars representing the stops on the tour of historic library locations

Lexington Public Library's Historic Locations Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Lexington Public Library's historic downtown locations! The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the…

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Lexington's Downtown Historic Walking Tour Map with eleven stars marking the sites on a map of downtown Lexington on the left side of the page, while a numbered list of the stops with names and addresses in on the right on a gray background

Downtown Lexington’s Historic Sites Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s historic sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music…

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walking tour map with blue stars representing the stops and a list of stops on the right hand side

Downtown Lexington’s Public Art Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s public art. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will…

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Map of Downtown Lexington with 12 stars highlighting the locations of the walking tour stops.

Lexington’s LGBTQ History Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s historic LGBTQ+ places. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3…

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Lexington's African American Heritage Walking Tour

Lexington's African American Heritage Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American Heritage Sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the…

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Lexington's Gratz Park Historic District Walking Tour

Lexington's Gratz Park Historic District Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour Lexington's Gratz Park Historic District. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3,…

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Historic Lexington Cemetery Walking Tour

Historic Lexington Cemetery Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Lexington's Historic Lexington Cemetery. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3,…

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