KYSEN : 10:00 AM ET / 9:00 AM CT 2hrs 30min
KYSEN : 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT 3hrs
KYSEN : 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT 3hrs
Bill Bryant and guest journalists discuss the week's news from the commonwealth. Scheduled guests: Ryland Barton from Kentucky Public Radio; Ronnie Ellis from CNHI News Service; and Allison Ross from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Renee Shaw and her guests discuss national and state politics. Scheduled guests: Trey Grayson, a Republican, former Kentucky Secretary of State and former director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University; Jonathan Miller, a Democrat and former Kentucky State Treasurer; Mike Ward, campaign consultant and former Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives; and Steve Robertson, political consultant and former chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky.
Journalists from around the state discuss news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including a visit to Lexington from Vice President Mike Pence to support the Republican-backed health care bill being considered in Congress. Scheduled guests: Adam Beam from the Associated Press; Grace Schneider from the Louisville Courier-Journal; and John Stamper from the Lexington Herald-Leader.
MIT professor Christine Ortiz stepped down as the dean for graduate education in July 2016 to launch a new residential research university that will have no disciplinary departments, no classrooms, no traditional on-ground passive lectures, no majors and no pedagogical distinction between undergraduate and graduate education. She discusses her remarkable new vision for higher education.
Renee's guest is Pikeville, Kentucky native Walter Gilliam, director of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and associate professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Gilliam has done extensive research in early childhood education and intervention policy analysis (specifically how policies translate into effective services). He was recently a keynote speaker at Kentucky's 2017 Early Childhood Institute conference in Louisville.
Renee Shaw and her guests discuss workers' compensation. Scheduled guests: State Rep. Adam Koenig, R-Erlanger, chair of the House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations Committee; State Rep. Al Gentry, D-Louisville; Elizabeth Hahn, a Louisville lawyer; and Ched Jennings, a Louisville lawyer.
Bill Bryant and guest journalists discuss the news of the week, including comments Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made about proposed federal health care legislation while meeting with constituents back in Kentucky. Scheduled guests: Jack Brammer from the Lexington Herald-Leader; Miranda Combs from WKYT-TV in Lexington; and Kevin Wheatley from Spectrum News.
Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, talks about recent data in the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book concerning the well-being of Kentucky kids.
Radio host Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journalists, from the peaceful Arab Spring protests to a bloody civil war.
Journalists from around the state discuss news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including a new report indicating a rise in drug abuse deaths in the commonwealth, and Gov. Matt Bevin's urgent call for tax reform to bolster public employee pensions. Guests: Bill Estep from the Lexington Herald-Leader; Tom Loftus from the Louisville Courier-Journal; and Lawrence Smith from WDRB-TV in Louisville.