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Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
Veteran journalist Sam Dick tells stories about the places and people of the Commonwealth. Have a story idea? Send it to Sam.
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Episodes
Growing Truffles...in Kentucky 10.05.2024 4:32
Sam Dick visited a farmer in Fayette County who grows truffles
One Eastern KY Woman's Mission to Help Recovering Addicts 26.04.2024 4:23
Sam Dick travels to Manchester, Kentucky to visit a woman who has made it her mission to help recovering addicts
A Central Kentucky farm is home to sculptures from across the world 12.04.2024 4:40
Sam Dick visited a Franklin County farm featuring artistic sculptures from across the globe
Dirty South Pottery: From Side Hustle to Full-Time Business 29.03.2024 4:32
Sam Dick visited a Winchester Couple who took a hobby and built it into a thriving art business.
The Fine Gardens of Jon Carloftis 15.03.2024 4:41
Sam Dick traveled to Lexington to the special home of award-winning landscape designer Jon Carloftis
Great-grandson of enslaved Kentuckians honors family through farming 23.02.2024 4:34
Sam Dick visits a Fayette County farmer who is the great-grandson of enslaved Kentuckians
Lexington's Doctor of Tennis 09.02.2024 4:44
Sam Dick traveled to Lexington to meet Dr. Mike Eden whose tennis memorabilia collection is considered one of the best in the world.
One woman's mission to clean up Kentucky 26.01.2024 4:44
Sam Dick goes Off the Beaten Path to meet a woman who cleans up Kentucky's trash as she kayaks rivers and lakes
A Central Kentucky Pro Football Family 09.01.2024 4:33
Sam Dick visited with a family with a very strong connection to the NFL's Cleveland Browns
Central Kentucky couple create art through the blacksmith craft 15.12.2023 4:45
Sam Dick traveled to Lawrenceburg, Ky to meet a couple who are blacksmith artists
What it means to be a Kentucky Song Farmer 22.11.2023 4:55
Sam Dick traveled to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky to understand what it's like to be a Song Farmer
For 40 years, Lexington hotel valet, 'Tone', has opened many doors 10.11.2023 4:27
Sam Dick travels to Lexington to meet a long-time hotel employee
On Guard: Lexington fencing club produces champions 27.10.2023 4:40
Sam Dick travels to Lexington to see the Bluegrass Fencers Club train young fencers
Lexington students get a science lesson from restaurant food scraps 13.10.2023 4:40
Sam Dick travels to Lexington to learn how Middle school students learn real-world science from restaurant scraps and their reuse.
79 year-old, Lexington Pickleball player heading to championship tournament 22.09.2023 4:29
Sam Dick met up with Larry Roberts of Lexington who just started playing Pickleball one year ago. Roberts is now heading to the national Pickleball championship in Dallas in November.
Finding peace in an Eastern KY monastery 08.09.2023 4:41
In the Eastern Kentucky mountains, the Mt. Tabor Benedictines run a monastery that focuses on prayer, work, solitude, and hospitality
Archeologists Work to Preserve Native American Artifacts in Kentucky's Forests 25.08.2023 4:40
Sam Dick travels to the Daniel Boone National Forest to see how forest officials are working to preserve Native American artifacts
KY college students learn leadership skills and teamwork through rock climbing 11.08.2023 4:50
Sam Dick traveled to Red River Gorge to watch Berea College students learn leadership skills through rock climbing
89-year-old Kentucky man is a water skiing phenom 28.07.2023 4:27
Joe Duff shreds the water of Herrington Lake even as he approaches his 90th birthday.
Lexington couple searches for history through Indian artifacts 14.07.2023 4:21
Sam Dick traveled to Lexington to meet a couple really focused on collecting Indian artifacts like arrowheads
Central KY family continues the state's beer cheese legacy 23.06.2023 4:38
Sam Dick goes Off the Beaten Patch to visit the Bailey family of Winchester. They have made and sold beer cheese for 15 years
Lexington couple offers a message of hope after a clinical trial of 'breakthrough' Alzheimer's drug 02.06.2023 4:41
Sam Dick talked with Ron Borkowski whose wife died in 2020 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease
A Kentucky Zoo and the family that runs it 19.05.2023 4:34
A Nicholas County family runs the 125-acre Wendt's Wildlife Adventure Zoo. The zoo's latest addition is a baby sloth.
Longtime Lexington crossing guard protects kids and makes a difference 05.05.2023 4:18
Virginia Mayes has been a crossing guard helping kids get to school in Lexington safely for 31 years
A 120-year-old KY love scandal is brought to the stage 21.04.2023 4:40
The marriage between a Japanese man and a Bourbon County, Kentucky woman stirred up controversy more than a century ago.
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