Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.0 (1)
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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WEKU's weekly public affairs program discussing topics and concerns of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hosted by Tom Martin

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Eastern Standard: April 2nd, 2026

Apr 02, 2026 52m

The Path to a Shared American Future(Tom Martin)This week on Eastern Standard:How to push the civility reset button. A thoughtful conversation between two leaders of “Braver Angels,” a nationwide…

Eastern Standard: March 26th, 2026

Mar 26, 2026 52m

Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.(Smiley Pete Publishing)This week on Eastern Standard:Why AI makes rural access to broadband internet all the more…

Eastern Standard: March 19th, 2026

Mar 19, 2026 52m

Navajo flute maker, performer, Fred Nez Keams(WEKU)This week on Eastern Standard:What are the consequences of environmental deregulation? The Trump administration has done away with the “endangerment…

Eastern Standard: March 12th, 2026

Mar 12, 2026 52m

Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock)This week on Eastern Standard:Episode 27 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and…

Eastern Standard: March 5th, 2026

Mar 05, 2026 52m

Ruth Hunt Candies, subject of a play by Cat Goguen, still produced by hand.(Smiley Pete Publishing)On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard:Accounts of March 9 and March 11, 1976, when the Scotia…

Eastern Standard: February 26th, 2026

Feb 26, 2026 52m

Social Security is facing insolvency as soon as 2032.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)This week on Eastern Standard:The public is generally unaware that Social Security is projected to fall into…

Eastern Standard: February 19th, 2026

Feb 19, 2026 52m

"The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day." — Nick Jacobs, co-author of <i>The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and…

Eastern Standard: February 12th, 2026

Feb 12, 2026 52m

Secretary of State Michael Adams discusses AI in elections.This week on Eastern Standard:What are the implications of Artificial Intelligence in elections? Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams…

Eastern Standard: February 5th, 2026

Feb 05, 2026 52m

This week on Eastern Standard:Our series, “The AI Revolution: Promise and Peril” continues with guest Lisa Blue, Director of AI Strategies at Eastern Kentucky University. We explore how EKU is…

Eastern Standard: January 29th, 2026

Jan 29, 2026 53m

(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)This week on Eastern Standard:“The Future Would Like A Word”- Episode 26 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by UK election law and voting rights research…

Eastern Standard: January 22nd, 2026

Jan 22, 2026 52m

York was William Clark's personal slave and accompanied the Lewis and Clark 'Voyage of Discovery' as a fully participating member of the expedition.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)We Americans are…

Eastern Standard: January 15, 2026

Jan 15, 2026 52m

We continue our new series, “Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril.” Host, Dr. Arthur Shechet, goes “under the hood” of AI with University of Kentucky Artificial Intelligence and Machine…

Eastern Standard: January 8th, 2026

Jan 08, 2026 52m

AI in the Modern Age. (Shutterstock / Shutterstock)15 with UK AI and machine learning researcher, Dr. Brent Harrison taking us under the hood to better understand how the technology works. From…

Eastern Standard: January 1st, 2026

Jan 01, 2026 52m

Native American Voting Rights Demonstration in Washington, D.C.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)Part OneFrom strict voter ID laws that don’t recognize tribal IDs, to limits on allowing others to deliver…

Eastern Standard: December 18th, 2025

Dec 18, 2025 52m

Kentucky has fallen behind on investing in Pre-Kindergarten programs.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)At one time, an admired national leader in education, Kentucky has fallen behind. There are many…

Eastern Standard : December 11th, 2025

Dec 11, 2025 52m

Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?(shutterstock)Part One Guest: Carly Muetterties, chair of the Kentucky Civic Education Coalition, promoting civic education in public schools.…

Eastern Standard: Dec. 4th, 2025

Dec 04, 2025 52m

Not only did it happen, but there were thousands of spectators and often a carnival atmosphere as lynchings were carried out in Kentucky well into the 20th century. Sonya Lea’s “American Bloodlines”…

Eastern Standard: November 20th, 2025

Nov 20, 2025 52m

(Shutterstock / Shutterstock)Part One: Ben Sheehan, host, writer, and producer of “Civics Made Easy,” a series on PBS that empowers viewers with the knowledge necessary to participate in democracy.…

Eastern Standard: November 13th, 2025

Nov 13, 2025 52m

Agroforestry is intensive land-use management combining trees and/or shrubs with crops and/or livestock.(Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet)In a time when federal environmental programs and…

Eastern Standard: November 6th, 2025

Nov 06, 2025 52m

States With 2021 Redistricting Rules For Ending ‘Prison Gerrymandering’(Daniel Wood/NPR)“Eschatology” is the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul, and of…

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