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The recent death of former Kentucky poet laureate Gurney Norman has been keenly felt all across the literary world and of course here in our state. That's especially true in his native Appalachia, where the author and writing professor continues to inspire a new generation of regional writers.
Local News
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George Walker IV/AP/APFans booed the Wildcats off the court at halftime Friday night and headed to the exits before Kentucky’s miserable and ugly 94-59 loss to No. 11 Gonzaga. The Wildcats now are 5-4. -
UK AthleticsPowered by 57 combined kills from Brooklyn DeLeye and Eva Hudson, the top-seeded Kentucky Volleyball team punched its ticket into the NCAA Regionals with a 3-1 (30-28, 25-16, 28-30, 25-17) tight four-set win over a gritty eighth-seeded UCLA team out of the Big Ten. -
George Walker IV/AP/APOtega Oweh scored 16 points, but No. 18 Kentucky lost to 11th-ranked Gonzaga 94-59 on Friday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. -
Jon Cherry/AP/FR171965 APWhen President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned. -
CSPANKentucky's main organ donation organization, the Network for Hope, is responding to a congressional hearing this week, where a whistleblower alleged mismanagement of donation procedures. -
A local pediatrician outlines the public health victories Kentucky's children stand to lose.
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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PodcastsThis week Josh and Joe wrap up the 50th Aniversary year of The Lexington Farmers' Market. Find out what's in store for the winter and the future for the Farmers' Market, and get Josh's final recipe of the season.Support The Farmers' Market Report on 91.3, WUKY with a donation at wuky.org. -
PodcastsThis week Josh and Joe discuss preparations for your Thanksgiving feast and Josh shares a favorite recipe with an unlikey ingredient, pickeled roasted beets.Support The Farmers' Market Report on 91.3, WUKY with a donation at wuky.org.
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PodcastsWhat happens when three arts podcast hosts get together? Will hilarity ensue? Perhaps something a bit more urbane and cerebral? You're about to find out! This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave talks with Jennifer Sciantarelli and Mark Mozingo, co-hosts of "The Beat: Conversations with the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts Community," podcast. -
PodcastsThis week we've got a fresh episode of Lexington Stories, Lore and More where Alan and Fiona Young Brown, author of Secret Lexington, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, discuss places likethe Coca Cola building on Leestown that resembles a UFO, the former Bondurant pharmacy, (now a liquor store) that was constructed as a giant mortar and pestle, and the story of downtown Lexington's Big Blue building.
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