Local News
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Xander Schauffele has won his first major with a thrilling win at the PGA Championship. Schauffele made a 6-foot birdie putt on the last hole at Valhalla for a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau.
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Seize the Grey has won the Preakness Stakes for 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. His victory ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid.
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A Lexington psychiatric hospital is celebrating its 200th anniversary Friday. WUKY’s Josh James has more on how the hospital has achieved such longevity.
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A new book by a University of Kentucky law professor Joshua Douglas makes the case that the U.S. Supreme Court has been gradually abdicating its responsibility to protect voter rights in cases spanning the last 50 years.
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While the University of Kentucky has thus far avoided the types of disruptions seen at campuses with large pro-Palestinian protests, the school's Dean of Students says a handful of incidents involving signs were reported, and the school is providing a variety of resources for anyone expressing concerns about the campus climate.
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The investigation will examine conditions in eight youth detention centers - used to temporarily hold children awaiting a court hearing - and one youth development center.
Radio Shows & Music
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On this episode of Joe's Blues...A Really BIG show of Really Big Artists!Tall tales and even taller performers A jam packed hour of “GIANTS”
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Waxahatchee (Bored), Kaleo (Lonely Cowboy), Aaron Frazer (Payback), Bonny Light Horseman (I Know You Know), Mark Knopfler (All Comers), Phish (Evolve), & Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Heartless)!
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Born and raised in Cuiaba, Brazil, based now in Lexington, Dana Vogel fuses her roots with piano melodies and emotional snapshots from her memories for a unique Kentucky singer/songwriter blend. She joins Rock & Roots host Joe Conkwright with music from her EP Rua Princesa, conversation about her process and a live performance in WUKY studios.
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This week's episode was a tribute to the Wizard of Woo, the late great Bernie Worrell! Featuring music from his time with Parliament, Funkadelic, Praxis, Pretenders, Deee-Lite, Mtume, The Bernie Worrell Orchestra, & more!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Crowded House (Teenage Summer), Fastball (Rather Be Me Than You), Dana Vogel (Favorite), Glass Animals (Creatures In Heaven), Blackberry Smoke (Hammer And The Nail), Swamp Dogg Featuring Jenny Lewis (Count The Days), & Ringo Starr (February Sky)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsMay is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and we're shining the spotlight on a series of events in Lexington. HAAPI - Heritage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders festival kicks off Friday night May 3rd from 6 to 9 pm at Moondance Amphitheatre at Midnight Pass. Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu and Ellen Sam, one of the first Asians to serve in the Lexington Police Department, share their stories with history museum executive director Dr. Amanda Higgins and WUKY's Alan Lytle. They also talk about the rich and significant history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Lexington.
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Over our 15-year collaboration with the UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, WUKY’s Saving Stories has brought you numerous Kentucky Derby themed segments featuring the likes of Eddie Arcaro, Penny Chenery, W.T. Young and Arthur B. Hancock III. This week to celebrate Derby 150, Center Director Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle continue that tradition by returning to a 2019 interview with another story by Hancock. In this part of the conversation the Stone Farm horse breeder and owner talks about how he used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride for eventual winner Gato Del Sol in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. Until that day no horse from the far outside had ever won the signature race. It's a similar scenario 5-2 morning line favorite Fierceness is facing this Saturday.
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PodcastsAmanda Aday joins The Ricochet Effect to discuss women in the media, her various television and film roles, and her new podcast.
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews folksinger Michael Johnathon about music, writing, community service and more.
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