Lex Talk History

About Lex Talk History

Lex Talk History is a monthly podcast with WUKY's Alan Lytle & Lexington History Museum Executive Director Dr. Amanda Higgins. Episodes cover Lexington's past, present and future.

Publisher

Alan Lytle, Dr. Amanda Higgins

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Mar 2024

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Program to honor Civil Rights pioneer, voting rights advocate RCO Benjamin

   Lex Talk History welcomes historian Yvonne Giles as she shares her research on notable Kentucky African-Americans including R.C.O. Benjamin. On Thursday October 1st the history museum is teaming up with Blue Grass Community Foundation and the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative for an event honoring the lawyer, journalist and advocate for voting rights. The program will include the dedication of soil collected at the Equal Justice Initiative marker installation and a staged reading of “Benjamin’s Victory,” an original audio drama by Michele Tyrene Johnson.

2. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Traveling exhibit on Peace Corps volunteers comes to Lex. History Museum

   Lex Talk History is back with a fresh episode for September. Alan and Mandy recap the enormously successful Back to Lex Future signature event, then welcome in returned Peace Corps volunteer Rona Roberts. A traveling exhibit celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Peace Corps initiative opens at the museum later this month. Rona talks about the exhibit as well as her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1973 to 1975. We also have updates on a number of other museum happenings coming this fall.

3. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Lex Talk History: signature event at Limestone Hall promises a trip through time

   Step inside a time-travel experience unlike anything in Lexington. Alan and Mandy have everything you need to know about the museum's 'Back to Lex Future' signature event Saturday August 29 at Limestone Hall in downtown Lexington.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

174,842

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

27

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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