Interview with farmer Bill Best, who has been involved with the Lexington Farmers Market since its beginning (1972). Bill Best is also the first farmer at the market to sell heirloom produce. In this interview, he discusses the earliest days of the Market and how it has changed. 

Longtime Lexington resident and market supporter Janis Gilbert shares her memories of the Farmers Market's earliest days (1972-1975). She recalls bringing her infant daughter to the market, where her daughter is now a vendor herself.  

Former Lexington Mayor Pam Miller recalls the first few years of the Lexington Farmers market (1972-1975). Pam Miller helped to found the Farmers Market, and here she discusses some of the difficulties and successes of these early days. Also heard in this interview is vendor/grower Russ Madison. 

Written texts, YouTube videos, podcasts - these are all means of communicating ideas to others. Craig Crowder is a graduate student in the Department of English and teaches Composition & Communication classes, WRD 110 & 111. In this podcast, Crowder discusses ways to engage students via multimedia projects, and his research, which examines social movement rhetoric in a society that uses multiple modes of communication.

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Frank X Walker, noted author, poet, and Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, shares the history of the term "Affrilachia," his thoughts on identity and place, and ways in which Affrilachian poetry continues to reach individuals all over the region.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

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Interview with farmer/grower Russ Madison. Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on February 11, 2012.

Oral history interview with farmer/vendor Roland Macintosh. 

Art is something everyone has an opinion about, but it can be difficult to define. There will be a conference about philosophical takes on aesthetic expression, “Perspectives in the Philosophy of Art,” on March 30th & 31st. Stefan Bird-Pollan and Tim Sundell, assistant professors in the Department of Philosophy, are co-organizing the conference, which will help conclude a year of aesthetics courses. Four invited speakers…

Latin is not dead, at least not at the University of Kentucky. "Latin is spoken as a living language here" says Jonathan Meyer, a graduate student in the Latin Studies program. Jonathan was recently nominated in the Masters Category for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. In this podcast, Guy Spriggs interviews Jonathan about his nomination as well as the unique aspects of the Latin Studies program.

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The UK Asia Center wants to connect UK and India on an institutional level. Srimati Basu, an associate professor in the Departments of Gender & Women’s Studies and Anthropology and a member of the Asia Center Steering Committee, went on a trip to India to tour potential partner institutions in February 2012. The tour was organized by the …