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On this week's edition:
- Thoughts on the unthinkable: the absolute authority of the President to order the launch of nuclear weapons. Our guest: NYTimes National Security Correspondent Bill Hennigan
- Larry Pemble talks with Kentucky writers contributor Tom Eblen about the work of the James Baker Hall Foundation to lift and support writers and photographers across the Commonwealth.
- A book of poetry titled “Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow” by Lexington writer Dorian Hairston tells the story of Negro League power hitter and catcher Josh Gibson.
- Getting life-altering help to Kentucky's young who are struggling with reading. It's the work of the Decode Project. Founder and director Latoya Whitlock is guest of education contributor, Gill Hunter.
- After attending a public hearing in Whitesburg about a proposed federal prison in Letcher County, Eastern Standard contributor Chris Begley came away with a timely observation – and it had nothing to do with prisons.
Recently on Eastern Standard
Coal train along river in Perry County, Kentucky (Image by Chris Begley)
Episode Ten of the Eastern Standard documentary series RISE explores connections between surface mining and the flooding of downstream communities, as well as efforts to speed the reclamation of idled mines using methods designed to reduce or even prevent runoff.