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Kentucky native Katie Green now lives in Austin, TX where she serves as artistic director for the Twin Alchemy Collective, a group whose mission is to produce "theatre for people who hate theatre." In this podcast, we talk to Katie about how growing up in our area influenced her as an artist and the unique and exciting things she's doing in Texas. www. TwinAlchemy.com Trailer for Great Gold Bird g...

On December 15, in association with the AAUW and Ministerial Association, we hosted another panel discussion on race in our community inspired by Ta-Nahesi Coates’ Between the World and Me. It was moderated by Rhondalyn Randolph, president of our local NAACP chapter. We captured full audio from the event and now present it to you as a podcast. Warning: This was an open and frank discussion involvi...

Author Mary Knight will be dropped by the library to talk about the power of the written word, her debut novel "Saving Wonder," and her journey as a writer.

Dedrick Jackson, who works for Gorman Recruiting, recently hosted a workshop on what to do before, during and after a job interview. It included practical demonstrations and real-world advice on how to interview for a job.

We recently hosted a workshop led by Chris Schweizer (The Crogan Adventures, The Creeps, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean) for aspiring authors. The latest installment of our podcast features (nearly) complete audio from the event. Enjoy! Check out great work from Chris here: http://croganadventures.blogspot.com/ Intro/outro music: Big Fresh - "Rumours" (from the album Moneychasers) Visit bigfres...

Danny May, author and ghostwriter for "The First Family of Racing" by Earl Hayden, will share tips and tricks for ghostwriting. NOTE: There are a couple of audio drops in this recording that correspond with questions being asked from the audience. Mr May knew hew as being podcasted, so, he eventually began repeating the questions. We hope to have a better setup for recording Q&As next go-round.

Thomas Freese is a talented teller who entertains and teaches with animated movement from world folktales, silly songs from original imagination and suspenseful voice in ghost stories. Thomas plays guitar and harmonica, and he also tells stories interspersed with Spanish. He does literary/visual artist in residence work in Kentucky schools. Thomas sang and danced for ten years with the Pleasant Hi...

Kentucky Historian James Prichard discusses America's first serial killers, the Harpe Brothers. In the aftermath of the Revolution and the long and bloody Indian wars, the Kentucky frontier remained a dangerous land. Throughout 1799 two brothers, Wiley and Micajah Harpe, terrorized the entire state from the Wilderness Trail to the far reaches of the Green River country. Posing as Methodist circuit...

Sarah and Brian talk to Kentucky-based author R. Mance Chappell(Best Summer Ever) about how he got his start and the value of participating in National Novel Writing Month. Mr. Chappell was the keynote speaker at the Daviess County Public Library's Indie Author Fair, which is where this interview was taped. Intro/outro music: Big Fresh - "Rumours" (from the album Moneychasers) Visit http://bigfres...

Rhondalyn Randolph, president of the Owensboro Kentucky NAACP Branch 3107, facilitates a panel discussion on the Experiences of Being Black in Owensboro. She will be joined by Angela Oliver, Samuel Tandy, and Demarcus Curry. Topics of discussion: education, the economy, discrimination, and more. This event is a kick-off for our Community Read of Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. To fin...

Our second Unscripted Interview features Ryan McCurdy and Kevin Arnold, the two men responsible for the incredibly powerful short, No More Messages. Relevant Links: No More Messages - tinyurl.com/NoMoreEvv Dark Nights - tinyurl.com/DarkNightsEvv www.maydayfilmfestival.com/ ------------ Intro Music: Big Fresh - "Here Is The Deal" - BigFresh. Bandcamp. Com Outro Music: Lurxury Elite - "Au Revoir" Lu...

Once a year, the Daviess County Public Library plays host to a short film showcase called Unscripted: An Indie Film Experience. The series, created by filmmaker PJ Starks, is a great to network with filmmakers and find out how they do what they do. This year the library decided to spin the event off into a podcast. For our first installment, we talked to the team behind A Wedding Like That, a grea...