Eastern Standard: October 30th 2025

Boo! In this Halloween edition, Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith discuss their book “Paranormal Kentucky: An Uncommon Wealth of Close Encounters with Aliens, Ghosts and Cryptids.”(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)

Carolyn Dupont hosts a conversation providing thoughtful perspectives from right and left concerning the national mood. Her guests: Henry Olsen, researcher at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Shadi Hamid, formerly with the Brookings Institution, now on the faculty at Fuller Theological Institute and author of the substack, “The Wisdom of Crowds.”

Nathan Vanderford from the Markey Cancer Center on the latest book of student essays published by the Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program. The aim is to encourage students from Eastern Kentucky to consider careers in fighting cancer back in their hometowns where some of the highest cancer rates in the nation are found.

Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith, co-authors of “Paranormal Kentucky: An Uncommon Wealth of Close Encounters with Aliens, Ghosts and Cryptids.”