Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back with our final episode for 2025. 250Lex co-chair Eunice Beatty highlights the many different ways Lexington celebrated its 250th anniversary and previews the upcoming Grand Finale, Monday December 15th at Central Bank Center.

Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, is back for November with an update on museum happenings and a chat with Lexington film maker and writer Jeff Hoagland. Mandy and Alan talk with Jeff about the debut of four new multimedia projects that complement LHM's “Intersections: 250 Years of Lexington History” exhibit. The premiere event, 'Discovering Lexington,' will be held this Saturday November 22nd at 11 a.m. in the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre.

October's 250Lex theme explores Lexington's history as the "Horse Capital of the World." We talk with Hallie Hardy, executive director of Visit Horse Country, which is celebrating its own 10 year anniversary with numerous equine-related events happening all this month. We also run down some exciting new things happening at the Lexington History Museum.

To help celebrate September as 250 Lex Sports Month, Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, visits with business entrepreneur Alan Stein; the name most closely associated with Lexington Legends baseball since it's inaugural season 25 years ago. Stein talks about Lexington's long history of baseball, the secret of the Legends' longevity, and other franchises that have come and gone. Alan and Mandy also recap a busy month of museum happenings.

250 Lex is shining the spotlight on Lexington's business history and so are we. Alan and Mandy return with this fresh episode of Lex Talk History and their special guests are Commerce Lexington president and CEO Bob Quick and chief communications officer Mark Turner. The Lexington Chamber of Commerce has been a part of our city almost from the very beginning fostering growth and innovation in the business community. Plus, Alan and Mandy recap a very busy July of museum happenings, let you know what's happening now, and give a sneak preview of September events.

In this new episode of Lex Talk History: get a behind the scenes tour of the long-awaited Intersections exhibit now on display at the Lexington History Museum. Plus, in keeping with 250 Lex's Culinary Month theme, Deirdre Scaggs, with UK Libraries' Special Collections and Research Center, talks to Alan and Mandy about the discovery of new evidence in an unsolved Lexington food poisoning case. The sensational attempted murder of one of Lexington’s most prominent families gripped the community for weeks in 1904. Deirdre also talks about her recently published book: 'The Historic Kentucky Kitchen: Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook.' It's an episode we hope you'll really, (wait for it) savor.

It's officially Pride Month and Lex Talk History is back with a fresh episode examining Kentucky's long, storied, and often under-told LGBTQ history. Alan and Mandy welcome back Josh Porter from the Faulkner Morgan Archive to talk about the Queer, Here, & Everywhere exhibit now on display at the downtown branch of the Lexington Public Library. They also discuss a number of upcoming 250 Lex events to celebrate homecoming month.

Lex Talk History, the official podcast of the Lexington History Museum, goes from "All Things LaFayette" to a seldom told aspect of life in the Mary Todd Lincoln House. This bonus May edition features Gwen Thompson, executive director of the historic childhood home of the former First Lady. She and Mandy discuss some of the people that too often history leaves out of the grand narrative; especially poignant with Lexington's 250th anniversary upon us. One person in particular was an enslaved servant named Chaney Dickerson. It's a fascinating conversation you won't want to miss.

2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de LaFayette’s historic tour of the United States. LaFayette, then the last surviving major general of the Revolutionary War, received a hero’s greeting at many stops, including his visit to Lexington. In this edition of Lex Talk History Mandy and Alan get a visit from Lexington History Museum trustee-emeritus Bill Swinford; arguably the most knowledgeable source on the subject. Bill previews a number of Lafayette anniversary events coming up this month.

250 Lex's designated theme for April is the dual, and equally important roles of music and the written word in our city's history. For such a heavy lift Mandy and Alan turn to the one and only DeBraun Thomas who is certainly adept at both. He's a singer, a songwriter, truth-teller and last but not least, a radio host extraordinaire. This conversation will be anything but conventional and we guarantee you'll learn something new about our community!