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Kentucky Baseball (2020)

Mariam and Wayne discuss the rich history of baseball in Kentucky.

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The League of Women Voters (2020)

Mariam interviews Cindy Heine and Dee Pregliasco from the Kentucky Chapter of The League of Women Voters about the organization’s 100 year history and its current initiatives.

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Gay Poems for Red States: An Interview with Willie Carver, Jr. (2023)

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Pamela Brown: A Free Life (2020)

Wayne tells the story of Pamela Brown and the ill-fated hot air balloon voyage across the Atlantic in 1970, in time for the 50th anniversary of the crash.

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J. Alexander Chiles: The Fight Against Kentucky’s Separate Coach Law (2022)

Mariam shares the history of Kentucky’s Separate Coach Law, and Lexington’s second African American attorney, J. Alexander Chiles, who took the fight to the US Supreme court multiple times in the 1890s and early 1900s.

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Black Soil: An Interview with Trevor Claiborn (2019)

Mariam interviews Trevor Claiborn, co-founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature, about the organization and the history of African American farmers in Kentucky. Trevor also performs as “Farmer Brown tha MC” to attract young people to farming.

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100 Years of the Kentucky Theatre: An Interview with Fred Mills (2022)

Mariam interviews Fred Mills about the history of the Kentucky Theatre and his 50 year tenure as the theatre’s manager.

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Women's Suffrage in Kentucky (2020)

Mariam interviews Shea Simanek Magnuson about the history of women’s suffrage in Kentucky.

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Henry Faulkner Week: Sweet Evening Breeze (2019)

Mariam interviews artist and activist Robert Morgan about his recollections of Sweet Evening Breeze.

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The Murder of Geneva Hardman: An Interview with Peter Brackney (2020)

Mariam interviews local author and attorney Peter Brackney about his latest book, The Murder of Geneva Hardman and Lexington’s Mob Riot of 1920.

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Village Branch: The Little Library That Could (2023)

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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: When the Horse Won't Follow by Christine W. Stephany (2024)

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The Tragic Life of Margaret Garner (2020)

Mariam discusses the life of Margaret Garner, the real life Kentucky Woman who inspired Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved. This episode may be difficult for some listeners to hear, listener’s discretion is advised.

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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Humor in a Time of Grief by Sylvia Lovely

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A Conversation with Mariama J. Lockington (2025)

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Anatomy of a Duel: an Interview with Stuart Sanders (2024)

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Civic Workshop with CivicLex : Understanding Lexington's City Government

Saturday, September 27th - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tates Creek Branch - Large Meeting Room

This beginner workshop is all about the who, what, and why of local government. We’ll help you understand how Lexington’s local government is structured, who is in charge of what, and how legislation gets made. The workshop includes an interactive activity to learn more about the people behind local government.

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Audubon vs. Rafinesque (2018)

Mariam and Erin tell the story of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque’s visit with naturalist John James Audubon, and how the resulting prank by Audubon on Rafinesque wasn’t fully discovered for nearly 150 years.