Kimberly and WILLIE discuss the Kentucky political news of the week before checking in with Belle Townsend, the creator of the "Discarded" rural poetry collection, which includes some of Willie's work!#ColonelsOfTruth NEWS OF THE WEAK: https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/08/beshear-touts-ky-economy-urges-end-to-attacks-on-public-schools/https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/whiskey-maker-brown-foreman-to-close-louisville-site-layoff-about-650-workers-globally/INTERVIEW: Belle Townsend, writer, organizer, bakerhttps://belletownsend.com/"Discarded: A Rural Anthology" https://www.backwoodsliterarypress.com/store-1/p/discarded-buy-1-give-1CALL TO ACTION:Expand early voting for caregivers!https://actionnetwork.org/letters/early-voting-for-caregivers#ProgressKentucky - #ColonelsOfTruthJoin us! http://progressky.org/Support us! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/progresskyLive Wednesdays at 7pm on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/progressky/live/and on YouTube http://bit.ly/progress_kyListen as a podcast right here, or wherever you get your pods: https://tr.ee/PsdiXaFylKFacebook - @progresskyInstagram - @progress_kyTwitter - @progress_kyEpisode 193 was produced by Emerge class of 1995 member, Annabel Nagel!!!!!Theme music from the amazing Nato - hear more at http://www.NatoSongs.comLogo and some graphic design provided by Couchfire Media

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