Eastern Standard

About Eastern Standard

WEKU's weekly public affairs program discussing topics and concerns of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hosted by Tom Martin

Publisher

WEKU

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Oct 2023

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

157 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Eastern Standard: October 1st, 2026

   Kentucky has hundreds of nursing homes caring for some of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable residents. Questions have persisted about staffing, inspections, neglect and whether government oversight is adequate to protect the people living in them.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Eastern Standard: September 24th, 2026

   Episode 32 of our series, Democracy Optimist, takes the temperature of a challenged American democracy with only weeks to go before a highly consequential midterm election.

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Eastern Standard: September 17th, 2026

   “I’m Not From Here” is a new series from Eastern Standard contributor David T. Miller.

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