Tales From The Kentucky Room

Tales From The Kentucky Room

52 episodes

Stories of Lexington, Kentucky’s history and people.

Podcasts

Village Branch: The Little Library That Could (2023)

Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 4 seconds

Listed in: History

Kentucky and the War of 1812: the Governor, the Farmers and the Pig: An Interview with Doris Settles (2023)

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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Segregated Lexington: An Interview with Rona Roberts and Barbara Sutherland (2023)

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds

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Bluegrass Paradise: the History of Royal Spring with Gary ODell (2023)

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 9:27 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds

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Street Names in Lexington, Part Two: The Streets Not Named for Horses (2023)

Published: Sept. 12, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds

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Lexington's 1965 Fallout Shelter Plan (2023)

Published: July 20, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds

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Gay Poems for Red States: An Interview with Willie Carver, Jr. (2023)

Published: June 23, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 44 seconds

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Street Names in Lexington, Part One: Horse Names (2023)

Published: June 5, 2023, 9:57 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds

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A History Lover's Guide to Lexington with Peter Brackney (2023)

Published: May 8, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 55 seconds

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The 1964 March on Frankfort (2023)

Published: March 31, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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The 20th Anniversary of the Lexington Ice Storm

Published: March 1, 2023, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 15 seconds

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Julia Perry, Composer (2023)

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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100 Years of the Kentucky Theatre: An Interview with Fred Mills (2022)

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 8:40 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds

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Black Enclaves of Lexington (2022)

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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John Wilkes Booth in Lexington (2022)

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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Library Building History (2022)

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 40 seconds

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J. Alexander Chiles: The Fight Against Kentuckys Separate Coach Law (2022)

Published: June 30, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 58 seconds

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Ten Hours of Terror: The Barnes Family Murder, 1973 (Part 1 of 2, 2022)

Published: May 24, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds

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Nick Carter, Bloodhound (2022)

Published: April 26, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds

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Washingtons Iron Butterfly, an Interview with Terry Birdwhistell and Don Ritchie (2022)

Published: March 22, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 56 seconds

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Charles Dickens Visit to Kentucky (2022)

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds

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Drowned Town: An Interview with Author Jayne Moore Waldrop (2022)

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 31 seconds

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Whos the Scammer? A Tale of a Horse Sale (2021)

Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds

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History of Lexington City & Fayette County Public Schools (2021)

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 7 seconds

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Lafayettes Visit to Lexington (2021)

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 32 seconds

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The Urge to Merge: The Merger of Lexingtons City and Fayette Countys Governments (2021)

Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 8:18 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds

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Russells Cave: A Tiny History for Fayette Countys Biggest Cave (2021)

Published: Aug. 31, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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Not Just a One Way Street (2021)

Published: July 30, 2021, 10:06 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 13 seconds

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The Murder of Alexander T. Hays (2021)

Published: June 30, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 19 seconds

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Fire on UKs Campus: the 51st Anniversary of the Kent State protests (2021)

Published: May 26, 2021, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds

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Elizabeth Keckley, an Interview with Lauren Burke (2021)

Published: April 29, 2021, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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Three Civil War Lexington Women

Published: March 17, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 40 seconds

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A Conversation With Reverend L. Clark Williams (2021)

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 32 seconds

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Cut to the Chase: An Interview with Alan Cutler (2020)

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 53 seconds

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President for a Day: David Rice Atchison

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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The Murder of Marion Miley, Revisited: An Interview with Author Beverly Bell (2020)

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds

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Pamela Brown: A Free Life (2020)

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds

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The Willipus Wallipus (2020)

Published: June 23, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

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Best of Tales from the Kentucky Room (2020)

Published: May 19, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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Kentucky Baseball Bonus Episode (2020)

Published: April 21, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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Kentucky Baseball (2020)

Published: April 7, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 23 seconds

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Breaking the Bronze Ceiling (2020)

Published: March 10, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds

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Ruth Gaylord, Lexington Public Library's First African American Librarian (2020)

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Mary E. Britton (2020)

Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 23 seconds

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Dolly Johnson Dandridge: Lexington's White House Chef (2020)

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds

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The Murder of Geneva Hardman: An Interview with Peter Brackney (2020)

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 23 seconds

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The Tragic Life of Margaret Garner (2020)

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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The League of Women Voters (2020)

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 55 seconds

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Women's Suffrage in Kentucky (2020)

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds

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The History of Lexington Newspapers with Tom Eblen (2019)

Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Eastern State Hospital (2019)

Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Bad Sex in Kentucky, An Interview with Kevin Lane Dearinger (2019)

Published: Nov. 5, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds

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Joyland Amusement Park (2019)

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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Cassius Marcellus Clay: Abolitionist, Newspaper Man, Knife Fighter (2019)

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 13 seconds

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This Is Home Now: An Interview with Arwen Donahue (2019)

Published: Sept. 3, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 34 seconds

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The Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky (2019)

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds

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Black Soil: An Interview with Trevor Claiborn (2019)

Published: July 23, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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Harry Dean Stanton Festival (2019)

Published: July 2, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds

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A Little Kidnapping (2019)

Published: June 11, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 13 seconds

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Lost Lexington: An Interview with Peter Brackney

Published: May 28, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 54 seconds

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Smiley Pete: Lexington's Town Dog (2019)

Published: May 6, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Swope v. Goodloe, or Possibly the First Time Going Postal Might Apply (2019)

Published: April 15, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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Kentucky Duels (2019)

Published: March 19, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Henry Faulkner Week: Sweet Evening Breeze (2019)

Published: Feb. 27, 2019, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 23 seconds

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Henry Faulkner Week: An Interview with Robert Morgan (2019)

Published: Feb. 25, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Henry Faulkner Week Preview: Alice, Disappeared (2019)

Published: Feb. 19, 2019, noon
Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds

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A Wounded Snake: An Interview with author Joseph Anthony (2019)

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 17 seconds

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The Murder of Marion Miley, Part 2 (2019)

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, noon
Duration: 17 minutes 27 seconds

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The Murder of Marion Miley, Part 1 (2019)

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds

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Railroad Track Removal from Downtown Lexington. (2018)

Published: Dec. 20, 2018, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds

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Cholera, Part Four: The Outbreak in 1849. (2018)

Published: Nov. 27, 2018, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 31 seconds

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Cholera, Part Three: From the Home of the Friendless to Ashland Terrace (2018)

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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Cholera, Part Two: The Pie Seller, the Drunk, and the Lady (2018)

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 12:50 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds

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Cholera, Part One: King Solomon (2018)

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 12:20 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Lexington Ghost Stories (2018)

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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The Cherokee and the Newsman (2018)

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 49 seconds

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The Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (2018)

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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The Murder of Betty Gail Brown, part 2 (2018)

Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 44 seconds

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The Murder of Betty Gail Brown, part 1 (2018)

Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 40 seconds

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Belle Brezing (2018)

Published: July 20, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds

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Mary Todd Lincoln (2018)

Published: June 28, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 17 seconds

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Audubon vs. Rafinesque (2018)

Published: June 5, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 27 seconds

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Faulkner Morgan Pagan Babies Archive (2018)

Published: May 10, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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