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Katerina talks with former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker about his new children’s book, A Is For Affrilachia.

Dennis Johnson is a former All-American and all-SEC defensive end at Kentucky. He played in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers, and today is in his ninth season as head football coach at Woodford County High School, where his teams have a combined 24-3 record over the last two years. He was named Kentucky’s Mr. Football for 1997, and was also a star in basketball and track and field at Harrodsburg High School. He was the USA Today National High School Defensive Player of the Year in 1997. In this interview, he recalls his early start — a really early start — in football (he was on the high school varsity roster when he was in the second grade), his recruitment to UK, which had to beat out Notre Dame for his signature, playing defense on Kentucky teams coached by offensive-minded Hal Mumme, his NFL teammates with the Arizona Cardinals, and his success as a high school coach.

On this week's episode of the Lexington Farmers' Market Report, Joe and Josh invite you to 'Meet The Meats' at the Farmers' Market, including beef, pork, chicken...and llama?

A recent study led by UK Markey Cancer Center researcher Jean Edward, Ph.D., examined the effectiveness of a new oncology financial navigation intervention called Coverage and Cost-of-Care Links (CC Links), among patients and their caregivers recruited from Markey’s Hematology and Blood & Marrow Transplant Program. She talks about in this week's edition of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.

On this week's episode of the Lexington Farmers' Market Podcast, Joe and Josh talk Pawpaws and how to enjoy this uniquely Kentucky product—from ice cream and wine to pancakes.

Katerina Stoykova interviews Gwenda Bond about her latest book, Mr. & Mrs. Witch, the Lexington Writers Room and more.

Joe & Josh talk Farmers' Market Breakfast—pork belly sandwiches, smoothies, and vegetable fried rice? Yes.

Dr. Abeni El-Amin and Renee Collins Cobb, M.Ed. present the next podcast in a series of special edition episodes. This special edition of the Ricochet Effect introduces a new podcast on WUKY called Aging Graycefully hosted by Missy Ward. The Aging Graycefully podcast addresses issues that accompany the aging process and talk about strategies to implement (and engage). So sit back and enjoy the first episode of Aging Graycefully.

Leroy Byrd, listed at five-feet-five, but as he says, “no more than five-three,” played basketball for the University of Kentucky and UNLV after finishing a high school career in which he earned state and regional honors while leading Bryan Station to the Sweet Sixteen. He later played professionally for the Harlem Magicians and in the World Basketball League. Known as “Baby Magic,” Byrd contributed to his team’s offense with scoring and assists and disrupted opponents with ball-hawking defense.In this interview, he talks about getting his start in basketball, his confidence and motivation to succeed, his high school and college coaches (Bobby Barlow at Bryan Station, Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV, Joe B. Hall and Eddie Sutton at Kentucky), and some of his keys to success in a tall player’s sport.Byrd will be inducted into the Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame September 23rd.

The last weekend of summer means your last chance to grab some favorite summer produce at the Famers' Market...plus Josh solves the mystery of the exploding watermelon!