Eastern Standard - May 8th, 2025
May 08, 2025•53 min
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Episode description
Instruments destroyed by flood.(Commons / Commons)
The Trump administration cuts to federal funding of colleges and universities, and the linkage of funding to the termination of DEI programs is raising concerns at the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education, as we hear from CPE President, Aaron Thompson.
The heavy presence of celebrities in politics is the focus of ES Contributor Carolyn Dupont and her guest, Darrell West, author of Celebrity Politics.
ReString Appalachia, headed by folk musician and musicologist Nicholas Edward Williams, is pairing working musicians who have lost their instruments in recent floods with replacements.
Lexington-based Jazz-Rock-Fusion violinist Zach Brock launches a new series of interviews with The Greats in today’s music scene.
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