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President Donald Trump has gone on the attack against two prominent Kentucky lawmakers yet again — Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul.
Local News
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Josh James/WUKYThis week, WUKY chats with CivicLex's Adrian Bryant about the city's remaining fund balance and how councilmembers might spend it, the latest on a microtransit proposal, and more. -
Adobe Stock/754722The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on state laws that ban transgender athletes from sports this session. -
Team Kentucky Screenshot/KY LanternKentuckians receiving much-needed cash payments through the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program will receive less assistance starting in November. -
Image providedWhether you’ve lived in Lexington all of your life or you’re a relative newcomer, there’s probably a story you haven’t heard, or a question you’ve always had, about some of our fascinating spots or quirky spaces. Author Fiona Young Brown joins us to talk about her new book Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. -
In the face of legal pressure, the Trump administration has resumed student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment program, providing relief to borrowers who had been left in limbo after the program was paused in July. -
M. Spencer Green/AP/APFor the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America’s epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But the same can't be said for Kentucky and more than a dozen other states.
Radio Shows & Music
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025. -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Rodney Crowell Featuring Tyler Bryant (The Twenty One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)), Mt. Joy (Lucy), St Paul & the Broken Bones (Sushi And Coca Cola), Tame Impala (End Of Summer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (One Ray Of Shine), & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Voodoo Charm)! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Flyte Featuring Aimee Mann (Alabaster), Jade Bird (Save Your Tears), Jeff Tweedy (Enough), The Last Dinner Party (This Is The Killer Speaking), Robert Plant Featuring Suzy Dian (Everybody's Song), & Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown (The New Normal)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Grace Jones, Trouble Funk, Klymaxx, Erykah Badu, George Clinton, Slave, Bonnie Pointer, & more! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Your Direction), Khatumu (Fire Drill), Counting Crows (With Love From A To Z), Grant-Lee Phillips (She Knows Me), & Warren Haynes Featuring Derek Trucks (These Changes)!
Podcasts
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Podcasts'Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear....' This week on Open Studio Tom welcomes Norman and Denise Cline of KCAL Old Time Radio. The Troupe, which recreates old time radio shows the way they were originally performed back in the 40s and 50s, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an event Friday October 24th and Saturday the 25th at First Vineyard Winery in Nicholasville. -
PodcastsThis week on the Farmers' Marker Report Josh and Joe take bite out of apples: so many different varieties and ways to prepare this delicious tree fruit. You can eat them raw, bake them, cook and sauté them - dehydrate or drink them.Support The Farmers' Market Report on 91.3, WUKY with a donation at wuky.org. -
PodcastsOctober 17 is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. To mark the station's 85th anniversary, this special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, features an interview with Ruth Foxx Newborg, the first program director of the Beattyville, KY radio station. -
PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Larry Pemble and Jeanine Triplett of the James Baker Hall Foundation about the current and future plans of the organization.
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