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On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to new Kentucky Humanities board member Clarence Glover about his career as a NBA player and Kentucky basketball legend. THINK HUMANITIES is sponsored by generous funding from Spalding University.

On this very special episode of THINK HUMANITIES, host Bill Goodman is joined by Darlene Mazzone of Paducah Life Magazine to talk to Kentuckians Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers, co-hosts of the Pantsuit Politics Podcast and co-authors of the book "I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations." THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous funding...

This week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES is all about Maurice Manning's poetry collection Railsplitter. Over the past year, faculty and students at Transylvania University have worked with Manning to adapt Railsplitter for stage and film. Listen in for a sneak preview of the production as host Bill Goodman chats with Maurice Manning and Tosha Fowler, director of theatre at Transy, as well as some o...

It's Kentucky Book Festival Week! Bill Goodman is joined on this week's episode of THINK HUMANTIES by book festival director Sara Volpi Woods and Brooke Raby from the University Press of Kentucky to talk all things books and highlight some of our wonderful festival authors and books. For a full schedule of Kentucky Book Festival events and to watch past KBF events, visit kyhumanities.org. THINK HU...

This year's virtual Kentucky Book Festival is already in full swing with Author Happy Hours every Thursday, and a full line up of events from November 9-14. On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to two featured festival authors, Melanie Goan and Bobbie Ann Mason. Dr. Melanie Goan is the author of the new book "A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote" and will b...

This year's virtual Kentucky Book Festival is already in full swing with Author Happy Hours every Thursday, and a full line up of events from November 9-14. On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to two featured festival children's writers, George Ella Lyon and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, who will be featured guests on the Let’s Do the Time Warp (for Kids!) panel on November 10...

This year's virtual Kentucky Book Festival is already in full swing with Author Happy Hours every Thursday, and a full line up of events from November 9-14. On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to two featured festival authors, Chris Hamby and David Bell. Chris Hamby is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose new book, "Soul Full of Coal Dust," takes an investigative lo...

This week on the THINK HUMANITIES podcast, Bill interviews Dr. Monica Udvardy, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Udvardy shares the fascinating story of how she was asked to track down stolen East African antiquities and where the search has taken her over the years. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous funding from Spalding University.

This week on THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to Professor Megan Burnett, a Theatre teacher at Bellarmine Univsersity. Professor Burnett is also an expert on Mattie Griffith Browne, one of Kentucky's lesser-known suffragists and abolitionists, and has even created a one-woman play about Mattie's life. She is available to tell your organization more about Mattie Griffith Browne through our Spea...

Join Bill Goodman on this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES as he talks to Bob Thompson, a professional storyteller and a member of the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau. Bob is available to give talks on preserving personal history and storytelling in business at https://www.kyhumanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau/. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous funding from Spalding Universi...

Author and writing teacher Sylvia Lovely joins Bill Goodman on this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES. She talks about her career, how she came to collect stories, and how she helps people all over the commonwealth tell their own stories. Sylvia is available to give lectures on the power of storytelling and bookclubs through the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau at: https://www.kyhumanities.org...

On this very special episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman is joined by Sharon Farmer, White House photographer and photojournalist who covered the Clinton Presidency. She shares about her career, stories from her years in the White House, and what she's learned as a photojournalist. Ms. Farmer is part of an upcoming panel discussion with award-winning photographers Ryan Morris, Paul Morse and...

Host Bill Goodman talks to Dr. Kathy Bullock on this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES. Dr. Bullock is a professor and performer of music, specializing in gospel music, spirituals and classical music of the African diaspora. She is available for lectures on spirituals and suffrage through the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau at https://www.kyhumanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau

2020 marks the 100--year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Ammendment, which gave women the right to vote. On this week's special episode of THINK HUMANITIES host Bill Goodman talks to Dr. Melba Porter Hay, historian and author of a book on Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, one of Kentucky's most important suffragists. Dr. Hay gives an overview of woman's suffrage in Kentucky, some of Kentucky'...

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to Rachel Grimes, pianist, composer, and creator of The Way Forth, an Appalachian folk opera inspired by family keepsakes and historical documents. Rachel talks about the process of creating The Way Forth and what she's learned from her research for the project. To listen to the music and watch the accompanying documentary clips, visit...

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, host Bill Goodman talks to Dr. Linda Levstik, retired professor of social studies education at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Levstik shares about her research, her work on race relations on the Davis Bottom Project in Lexington, and the state of social studies in schools today.

Have you been more stressed lately? On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to psychologists Michelle Martel, Director of Clinical Training at the University of Kentucy, and Melinda Moore, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky Unversity, about how to cope with uncertainty, anxiety, and grief during these times.

On this special episode of THINK HUMANITIES, host Bill Goodman talks with three museum directors across the Commonwealth about how their organizations have risen to meet the COVID-19 challenge through innovative programming and increased community presence. Bill is joined by Andrew Treinen of the Frazier Kentucky History Museum in Louisville, Frank Bennett of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah,...

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, host Bill Goodman is joined by author Silas House, who shares news and insight into the new rereleases of his Appalachian Triology: Clay's Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo.

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to Bobi Conn, author of the new memoir "In the Shadow of the Valley." Bobi talks about the challenges she faced growing up in eastern Kentucky, why she chose to tell her story, and her hopes for the future of Appalachia.

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES the topic is the 2020 U.S. Census. Host Bill Goodman talks with Michelle Elison and Erin Peabody of the U.S. Census Bureau and Maddie Shepard, President of the Kentucky Council for Social Studies, about the importance of counting every Kentuckian during this census and what the census means for education and public life.

Dr. Tom Owen is one of Kentucky Humanities' newest board members. Bill Goodman, host of THINK HUMANITIES, talks with Tom about his career as an archivist, historian, and politician.

This week on THINK HUMANITIES, host Bill Goodman talks with Dr. Patrick Lewis of the Filson Historical Society and Dr. Anne Twitty of the University of Mississippi about monuments, their place today, and efforts to remove monuments.

Bill Goodman continues a series of discussions on racial equity. On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES he is joined by Dr. William Lucky, the President of Lindsey Wilson College. They discuss some of the challenges put forth by Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, and how we can address address racism and inequality in our country.

This week join Bill Goodman as THINK HUMANITIES continues its series of discussions about racial inequality in America with this week's guest, Dr. DaMaris Hill. Dr. Hill teaches courses in English, Creative Writing, and African American, Gender, and Women's Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her most recent book, A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing, weaves history with poetry to tell the story...