15 December 1997
School Safety
Guests:
- Ross Julson, superintendent of Campbell County Schools
- Bill Scott, director of student support services for the Kentucky School Boards Association
- Tim Dedman, a teacher at Arlington Elementary in Lexington and a member of the Kentucky Education Association board of directors
- Karen Jones, president of Kentucky PTA
8 December 1997
Ballot Initiatives and Referendums
Guests:
- Alderman Steve Magre, president of the Louisville Board of Aldermen
- Jeanette Lenczyk, state chair of the Reform Party of Kentucky
- Bill Stone, chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party
- Landis Jones, a University of Louisville political science professor
1 December 1997
Home Schooling
Guests:
- David Lanier, president of the Kentucky Home School Education Association
- Rev. Joe Adams, chairman of Christian Home Educators of Kentucky
- Woody Cheek, superintendent of Jenkins Independent Schools
- Gene Wright, director of pupil personnel for Fayette County Public Schools
24 November 1997
Abortion
Guests:
- Margie Montgomery, executive director of the Kentucky Right to Life Association
- Ed Monahan, a member The Catholic Conference of Kentucky's pro-life committee
- Elizabeth Strom, president of the Kentucky chapter of the National Organization for Women
- Tom Stickler, a member of the board of directors of the Lexington Planned Parenthood Center
17 November 1997
Violent Crime
Guests:
- Louisville Police Chief Doug Hamilton
- Louisville's 9th Ward Alderman Denise Bentley
- Rev. Louis Coleman, pastor of First Congregational Methodist Church in Louisville and director of the Justice Resource Center in Shelbyville
- Shawn Schwaner, a University of Louisville sociology professor specializing in criminology and juvenile delinquency
10 November 1997
Same-Sex Marriage
Guests:
- Martin Cothran, public policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky
- Pat Monaghan, senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice
- Martha Barnette, an author and freelance journalist who has written about same-sex marriage
- Sam Marcosson, a University of Louisville law professor specializing in constitutional, civil rights, and discrimination law
3 November 1997
Assisted Suicide
Guests:
- Al Rosen, president of the Kentucky and Indiana chapters of The Hemlock Society
- Dr. Michael Rie, an anesthesiologist and intensive care physician and University of Kentucky medical school professor
- Sharon Branham, a registered nurse, CEO of a home health agency in Pikeville, and president of the Kentucky Association of Hospices
- Dr. Terry Gutgsell, medical director of the hospice care center at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington
27 October 1997
Public School Desegregation
Guests:
- Deanna Tinsley, director of elementary student assignment for Jefferson County Public Schools
- Dottie Priddy, a Jefferson County school board member and a former state legislator
- Blaine Hudson, an assistant professor of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville
- Debra Stallworth, a member of CEASE (Citizens for Equitable Assignment to School Environment)
20 October 1997
Violent Crime and Mental Illness
Guests:
- Secretary Laura Douglas of the Kentucky Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet
- Gretchen Brown, president and CEO of Hospice of the Bluegrass and a member of the Bluegrass Regional Mental Health / Mental Retardation Board
- Don Meier, an assistant public defender in Jefferson County
- Jane Thompson, a psychologist at the Kentucky State Reformatory at La Grange
13 October 1997
Campaign Finance Reform
Guests:
- Everett Hoffman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky
- Richard Beliles, chair of Common Cause of Kentucky
- Donald Gross, professor of political science at the University of Kentucky
- Jocelyn Shadforth, professor of political science at the University of Louisville
29 September 1997
Horse Racing and Gambling
Guests:
- William Greely, president and chief executive officer of the Keeneland Association
- Alex Waldrop, senior vice president and general counsel for Churchill Downs
- Richard Schnaars, executive vice president and general manager of Ellis Park
- Mark Simon, editor of Thoroughbred Times, a weekly news magazine covering thoroughbred racing
22 September 1997
Proposed Tobacco Settlement
Guests:
- Rod Kuegel, a Daviess County tobacco farmer and president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
- Dr. Barbara Phillips, a professor of medicine in the pulmonary and critical care division at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and president of the American Lung Association of Kentucky
- Bill Allison, a Louisville lawyer and member of Kentucky ACTION, a statewide coalition working for comprehensive tobacco prevention
- Thomas McAdam, a Louisville lawyer and member of the National Smoker's Alliance
15 September 1997
Health Insurance
Guests:
- Jerry Chapman, an independent insurance agent and president of the Kentucky Association of Health Underwriters
- Leslie Bryant, Kentucky field director for the Health Insurance Association of America
- Jeff Johnson, chief executive officer of Advantage Care and vice president of the HMO Association of Kentucky
- Jane Chiles, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky and co-chair of Kentuckians for Health Care Reform
8 September 1997
Juvenile Crime
Guests:
- Ralph Kelly, Kentucky's juvenile justice commissioner
- McKay Chauvin, assistant commonwealth's attorney in Jefferson County
- Debra Miller, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates
1 September 1997
Labor-Management Relations
Guests:
- Ron Cyrus, executive secretary-treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO
- John Harston, vice president of employee relations for the Brown-Forman Corporation in Louisville
- Carrie Donald, associate professor and director of the Labor Management Center at the University of Louisville
- Nancy Johnson, associate professor of management in the Gatton College of Business at the University of Kentucky
25 August 1997
Hog Farming
Guests:
- Mike Ovesen, executive director of the Kentucky Pork Producers Association
- Greg Higdon, a consultant and former deputy secretary of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection in Kentucky
- Hank Graddy, Sierra Club attorney for the Feedlot Working Group, an environmental organization involved in farm-related issues
- John Wilson, a Graves County farmer and member of the Kentucky Coalition for Family Farms
18 August 1997
KIRIS Testing
Guests:
- Commissioner Wilmer Cody of the Kentucky Department of Education
- Janet Carrico, president of the Kentucky Education Association
- Karen Jones, president of the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers
- Martin Cothran, public policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky
11 August 1997
Health Insurance
Guests:
- Jeff Johnson, chief executive officer of Advantage Care and vice president of the HMO Association of Kentucky
- Bill Roby, an independent insurance agent and president of the Greater Louisville Association of Health Underwriters
- Sheila Schuster, a clinical psychologist and co-chair of Kentuckians for Health Care Reform
- Laurel True, chairman of the Kentucky legislative committee for the American Association of Retired Persons
4 August 1997
Industrial Hemp
Guests:
- Andy Graves, president of the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association and president of the Fayette County Farm Bureau
- Rob Moseley, vice president of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Association and owner of Kentucky Hemp Outfitters in Louisville
- Scott Smith, chairman of the University of Kentucky Department of Agronomy
- Kentucky State Police Commissioner Gary Rose
28 July 1997
Internet Pornography
Guests:
- Mary Shadowen, editor of Louisville Computer News
- Vince Heuser, a Louisville lawyer
- Michael Tague, president of WinNet Communications, a Louisville Internet service provider
- David Porter, a Lexington lawyer whose clients include the Lexington Public Library board
21 July 1997
Animal Control
Guests:
- Jackie Gulbe, co-host of Pet Project, a Louisville television program
- Aline Summe, director of the Kenton County Animal Shelter and president of the Kentucky Animal Control Association
- Donna Herzig, legislative chairwoman for the Louisville Kennel Club
14 July 1997
Southern Baptist Disney Boycott
Guests:
- Rev. Mike Routt, pastor of Rosehill Baptist Church in Ashland
- Martin Cothran, public policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky
- Rev. Cindy Weber, pastor of Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty in Louisville
- Don Cross, a board member with the Louisville chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
7 July 1997
Flag Amendment
Guests:
- Retired Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler
- Carl Wedekind, president of the Louisville chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
- Jessica Loving, a national board member of the American Civil Liberties Union
- Richard Parker, legal consultant to the Citizens Flag Alliance
30 June 1997
The Death Penalty
Guests:
- Ray Larson, Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney
- Allison Connelly, a University of Kentucky law professor and a former Kentucky Public Advocate
- Rev. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Rev. Pat Delahanty, chair of the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
23 June 1997
Corporate Mergers
Guests:
- Nancy Wigand, an account executive with Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.
- Mike Bosc, vice president of communications for the Greater Louisville Economic Development Partnership
- Ron Cyrus, executive secretary-treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO
- Charles Haywood, a University of Kentucky finance professor
16 June 1997
Alcoholic Beverage Advertising
Guests:
- Rev. Claude Witt, executive director of the Temperance League of Kentucky
- Nicolette Jones, a chemical dependency specialist at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville
- Phil Lynch, director of corporate communications for Brown-Forman Corporation in Louisville
- Gene McLean, executive director of the Kentucky Beer Wholesalers Association
9 June 1997
Tobacco Settlement Negotiations
Guests:
- Rep. Scotty Baesler, (D) Kentucky's sixth district
- Marshall Coyle, second vice president of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
- Dr. James Roach, executive chair of Kentucky ACTION (Alliance to Control Tobacco in Our Neighborhoods) and a family practice physician
- Dr. Barbara Phillips, president of the American Lung Association of Kentucky and a professor of pulmonary medicine and critical care at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine
2 June 1997
"Religious Freedom" Amendment
Guests:
- Everett Hoffman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky
- Pat Monaghan, senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice
- Rev. Jim Holladay, pastor of Clifton Baptist Church
- Rev. Ben Mitchell, assistant professor of Christian ethics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
26 May 1997
Drunk Driving Laws
Guests:
- Fayette County Attorney Margaret Kannensohn
- Marcel Bush Radomile, a criminal defense attorney
- John Hinkle, president of the Kentucky Retail Federation
- Paula Freeman, Kentucky executive director of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
19 May 1997
Multiracial Identity
Guests:
- Rev. Louis Coleman, director of the Justice Resource Center
- Keith McKenzie, a member of Project RACE
- Yvonne Jones, an associate professor of anthropology and chair of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville
5 May 1997
Health Insurance
Guests:
- Bill Roby, an independent insurance agent and president of the Greater Louisville Association of Health Underwriters
- Vickie Yates Brown, a health care industry lawyer
- Nancy Galvagni, vice president for health policy and finance with the Kentucky Hospital Association
- Sheila Schuster, a psychologist and co-chair of Kentuckians for Health Care Reform
28 April 1997
Hatch-Kennedy Bill
Guests:
- Marshall Coyle, second vice president of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
- Tom Little, executive director of the Council for Burley Tobacco
- Dr. Tom Young, president-elect of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Todd Warnick, tobacco control coordinator for Kentucky
21 April 1997
Higher Education
Guests:
- Tony Sholar, senior vice president of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
- Robert Sexton, executive director of the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence
- Bill Francis, past president of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association
- Bill Sprague, president of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
14 April 1997
Expansion of the Death Penalty
Guests:
- Dave Stengel, Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney
- Ernie Lewis, Kentucky Public Advocate
- Jane Chiles, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky
- Pat Byron, president of the Jefferson County chapter of Kentuckians' Voice for Crime Victims
7 April 1997
Child Abuse and Neglect
Guests:
- Carol Jordan, director of the Governor's Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services
- Allen Button, a lawyer and a member of the Court Appointed Special Advocates board in Jefferson County
- Martin Cothran, a policy analyst with The Family Foundation
- David Lanier, a clinical psychologist
31 March 1997
The Stock Market and The Economy
Guests:
- Nancy Wigand, an account executive with Robert Thomas Securities, Inc.
- Thomas Kessinger, a financial consultant with Hilliard Lyons
- Alan Winger, a former professor, a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank, and author of "Risk: How To Deal With Personal Investment Risk"
- Larry Lynch, a professor of economics at Transylvania University
24 March 1997
Higher Education
Guests:
- Governor Paul Patton
- Charles Wethington, president of the University of Kentucky
- John Shumaker, president of the University of Louisville
- Kern Alexander, president of Murray State University
24 February 1997
Race Relations
Guests:
- Rochelle Riley, a columnist and associate editor for The Courier-Journal
- Ninie O'Hara, publisher of The Southeast Outlook, a weekly newspaper of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, and a contributing columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader
- John Cumbler, a professor of history at the University of Louisville
- Robert Douglas, an associate professor of Pan-African studies and art history at the University of Louisville
17 February 1997
Graduation Testing
Guests:
- Roger Marcum, principal of South Laurel High School
- George Cunningham, a professor of educational and counseling psychology at the University of Louisville
- Debbie Grubb, an assistant professor of education at Morehead State University
- Pat Hurt, the team leader for high school restructuring in the Kentucky Department of Education
10 February 1997
Medicare
Guests:
- Dr. William Mitchell, president of the Kentucky Medical Association
- Karen Hinkle, executive director of the Kentucky Home Health Association
- Laurel True, Kentucky legislative committee chairman for the American Association of Retired Persons
- Howard Bost, former deputy director of the Bureau of Health Insurance, the federal agency established to administer the original Medicare program
3 February 1997
Social Security
Guests:
- Rand Paul, chairman of Kentucky Taxpayers United
- Paul Paletti, president of the Kentucky Association for Older Persons
- Jill Poznick, grassroots regional coordinator for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
- Chris Ostaszewski, actuarial program director at the University of Louisville
27 January 1997
Balanced Budget Amendment
Guests:
- Marjorie Dufek, Kentucky coordinator for The Concord Coalition
- Terry Busson, a public administration professor at Eastern Kentucky University
- Tom Jensen, Kentucky Republican Party chairman
20 January 1997
Health Insurance
Guests:
- Sheila Schuster, a psychologist and co-chair of Kentuckians for Health Care Reform
- Ron Luft, an independent insurance agent and member of the Association of Health Underwriters
- Vickie Yates Brown, a health care industry lawyer
- Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, a professor of medicine at the University of Louisville
13 January 1997
Campaign Finance Reform
Guests:
- Richard Beliles, chairman of Common Cause of Kentucky
- Everett Hoffman, executive director of the ACLU of Kentucky
- Bob Gable, a former state Republican party chairman and a former candidate for governor
- State Representative Tom Riner, a Louisville Democrat
6 January 1997
1997 Legislative Issues
Guests:
- Kentucky House Speaker Jody Richards (D), Bowling Green
- Kentucky Senate Minority Floor Leader Dan Kelly (R), Springfield