June 19, 2025

The Muhammad Ali Center kicked off Juneteenth festivities in Louisville, President Trump taps a Kentuckian for a federal judgeship who was nearly nominated by former President Biden, and state lawmakers hear about a rise in youth suicide and a decline in childhood vaccinations.

Episode Transcript

(00:03):
[♪♪]

>> Kelsey (00:08):
A KENTUCKIAN COULD BE
A FUTURE FEDERAL JUDGE AND HE
HAS BEEN IN THE RUNNING BEFORE.
>> THE REST OF THE WORLD IS
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THAT WASN'T OUR DAY OF FREEDOM.
OUR FREEDOM GAME JUNETEENTH.
IT IS JUNETEENTH, A
CELEBRATION OF BLACK LIBERATION.

(00:29):
>> I WANT TO THINK OF A BAKERY,
A GOOD FRENCH BAKERY EXCEPT WHAT
WE ARE MAKING IS USUALLY BROOMS.
AND IN THIS WEEK'S
TAPESTRY WE TAKE YOU TO THE
BEREA BUSINESS THAT IS REALLY
CLEANING UP.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

(00:55):
MFNG
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THURSDAY JUNE 19TH, JUNETEENTH.
I'M KELSEY STARKS HERE IN OUR
LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING IN FOR
RENEE SHAW WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE
OF JUNETEENTH LATER IN THE

(01:15):
BROADCAST.
FIRST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
NOMINATED CHAD MEREDITH TO SERVE
AS A FEDERAL JUDGE FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY A NAME WE'VE HEARD
BEFORE.
MEREDITH SERVED AS KENTUCKY'S
SOLICITOR GENERAL DURING THE
MATT BEVIN ADMINISTRATION THIS
IS A VIDEOS A GUEST ON "KENTUCKY
TONIGHT" ON JUNE 10TH, 2024 IN

(01:38):
2022 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
CONSIDERED MEREDITH FOR A
JUDGESHIP A MOVE BACKED BY U.S.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL IN A
DEAL BETWEEN BIDEN AND
McCONNELL.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSED MEREDITH
BECAUSE OF HIS ANTIABORTION
RECORD.
SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY
OPPOSED THAT DEAL AND PRESIDENT

(01:59):
BIDEN NEVER NOMINATED MEREDITH.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAID THIS ABOUT HIS DECISION
QUOTE CHAD IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED
AND WELL QUALIFIED.
CHAD IS A PATRIOT WHO KNOWS WHAT
IS REQUIRED TO UPHOLD THE RULE
OF LAW AND PROTECT OUR
CONSTITUTION.
SENATOR McCONNELL PRAISED THE

(02:19):
NOMINATION HE SAID CHAD MEREDITH
IS A BRIGHT LAWYER WITH A
STELLAR RESUME AND DISTINGUISHED
RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE
INCLUDING PREVIOUS SERVICE AS
KENTUCKY'S SOLICITOR GENERAL.
HIS DEMONSTRATED DEVOTION TO THE
RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION
WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE OF
KENTUCKY WELL ON THE FEDERAL
BENCH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SENATE
CONFIRMING HIS NOMINATION, END

(02:40):
QUOTE.
NOW, THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON
THIS.
SPOKESPERSON NAT TURNER
CRITICIZED MEREDITH SAYING HE
PLAYED A ROLE IN THE LAST-MINUTE
PARDONS DURING THE BEVIN
ADMINISTRATION.
HERE IS PART OF THAT STATEMENT.
HE SAID CHAD MEREDITH HAS NO
BUSINESS BEING ON THE FEDERAL
BENCH AFTER HELPING ORCHESTRATE

(03:01):
PARDONS OF MURDERERS AND CHILD
RAPISTS THE FAMILIES OF THE
VICTIMS DESERVE BETTER.
RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY SAYS HE
BACKS THE CHAD MEREDITH
NOMINATION AFTER OPPOSING IT IN
2022.
AND SENATOR PAUL IS CONTINUING
TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING
BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL.

(03:21):
APPEARING ON A DAILY SIGNAL
PODCAST, SENATOR PAUL SAID HE IS
WORRIED ABOUT THE COSTS OF A
LONG-TERM U.S. SKMIVMENT.
>> YOU KNOW MILITARYLY I THINK
WE CAN DEFEAT THEM IN A MATTER
OF WEEKS IT'S WHAT COMES
AFTERWARDS LIKE IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN THE UNINTENDED

(03:42):
CONSEQUENCES AND THE
CONSERVATIVES FOR WAR ALL THE
TIME EVERYWHERE THEY DON'T THINK
THROUGH THE CONSEQUENCES
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO THE CONSEQUENCES IN
AFGHANISTAN TOOK 20 YEARS WHEN
WE LEFT IT REVERTED BACK TO THE
STONE AGES WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
WE WASTED A TRILLION DOLLARS.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD NOT
HAVE GONE AFTER OUR ENEMIES BUT

(04:04):
WE SHOULD HAVE COME HOME THREE
MONTHS LATER THE NATION BUILDING
ENTERPRISE WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.
IN IRAQ WE TAKE OUT THE
OPPOSITION TO IRAN IRAN IS MORE
OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE SADDAM
HUSSEIN IS GONE.
AND THOSE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER THE WAR.
AND THE SAME HERE, WHAT ARE THE

(04:26):
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IS THIS?
DO THEY RUSH TO A BOMB AND HAVE
A NUCLEAR WEAPON IN THREE MONTHS
INSTEAD OF SAYING SORRY WE'RE NO
LONGER GOING TO TRY TO PURSUE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
ANOTHER KENTUCKIAN
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF THE
FOURTH DISTRICT IS SPONSORING
LEGISLATION BLOCKING PRESIDENT

(04:46):
TRUMP FROM TAKING ACTION IN IRAN
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS.
YESTERDAY, CONGRESSMAN MASSIE
POSTED THIS ON X, QUOTE MOST
AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN ISRAEL'S WAR
AGAINST IRAN WHICH BEGS THE

QUESTION (05:03):
WHY DOESN'T MORE OF
CONGRESS OPPOSE IT?
NO ONE CAMPAIGNED ON ANOTHER WAR
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
END QUOTE.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL HAS
SUGGESTED THE U.S. SHOULD GET
INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT SAYING
QUOTE AMERICA MUST STAND
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ISRAEL
BUT THIS WEEK HE QUESTIONED THE
ADMINISTRATION'S MOST RECENT

(05:23):
BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE U.S.
ARMY.
>> IF THE ADMINISTRATION MADE
THE CASE FOR SUSTAINED INCREASES
IN DEFENSE SPENDING, THE ARM
WOULD HAVE A STRONGER HAND WHEN
ASKING CONGRESS TO TAKE RISKS ON
NEW INITIATIVES.
BUT NET CUTS TO DEFENSE SPENDING
MAKE IT HARDER TO BALANCE THE

(05:46):
ARMY'S CURRENT AND FUTURE
REQUIREMENTS.

>> Kelsey (05:50):
LAST WEEK, DEFENSE
SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WAS MET
WITH BIPARTISAN FRUSTRATION THAT
CONGRESS HAS NOT YET GOTTEN A
FULL DEFENSE BUDGET FROM THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
>>> YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT
STATE LAWMAKERS WHO WENT ON THE
ROAD TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY, THE
DAY WAS FULL OF INTERIM JOINT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ONE WAS THE
HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE.

(06:10):
THAT GROUP MET FOR THREE HOURS
TO DISCUSS TOPICS FROM MEASLES
TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.
NOW, WE WANT TO WARN YOU THIS
STORY WILL DISCUSS SUICIDE.
"KENTUCKY EDITION"'S EMILY SISK
HAS DETAILS.
>> YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH WAS A
LARGE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION ON
WEDNESDAY AS DATA SHOWED THE
NUMBER OF YOUTH SUICIDES IN THE

(06:31):
STATE IS ON THE RISE.
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MENTAL
HEALTH AMERICA OF KENTUCKY SAID
THE PROBLEM IS YOUNG PEOPLE
AREN'T RECEIVING TREATMENT.
>> ALMOST HALF OF KENTUCKY YOUTH
WHO EXPERIENCE SOME KIND OF
MENTAL DISORDER THROUGH SURVEYS
AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT RECEIVE
ANY KIND OF TREATMENT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO

(06:52):
FIX.
>> FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPLAINED THE
MODEL THEY BELIEVE COMMUNITIES
SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE.
>> THIS IS HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND
NOT ONE OF THESE THINGS CAN
HAPPEN INDEPENDENTLY.
THEY HAVE TO ALL HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SUICIDE
INTERVENTION --
SUICIDE PREVENTION.
BUILDING A WORLD WHERE FOLKS

(07:14):
WANT TO LIVE AND STAY ALIVE.
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS
WHEN THEY BECOME SUICIDAL
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND
CAREGIVERS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE NEED TO
BUILD SURVIVOR CENTERED POST
INTERVENTION RESPONSE HOW DO WE
CIRCLE AROUND PEOPLE WHO LOST
SOMEONE TO SUICIDE.
>> THE SPEAKERS ALSO SUGGESTED
FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO

(07:35):
CREATE A SAFETY PLAN FOR MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW AFTER
A SUICIDE.
SIMILAR TO STOP, DROP AND ROLL
DURING A FIRE.
REPRESENTATIVE FLEMING OF
LOUISVILLE WAS CRITICAL OF
MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS IN THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> I DON'T SEE ENOUGH EFFORT IN
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TERMS OF
GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE

(07:55):
KIDS, HAVE A COOPERATIVE
APPROACH TO THE PARENTS.
I KNOW I HEAR YOU BUT I DON'T
SEE IT.
>> JAMIE SIGHTS WHO LOST HER 13
DAUGHTER AUDREY TO SUICIDE LAST
YEAR, AGREED WITH REPRESENTATIVE
FLEMING.
SHE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE
RESOURCES THAN STANDARD SCHOOL
COUNSELORS.
>> AUDREY NEVER TOLD ANYBODY.

(08:18):
EVER.
SHE NERVE --
JUST IN THIS SINGLE JOURNAL THAT
IS MANY PAGES.
OTHER THAN JUST HAVING SCHOOL
COUNSELORS WHO ARE EXTREMELY
BUSY THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING
WHERE A CHILD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
SCARED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL
COUNSELOR.
>> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
AGREED THEY WANT TO MAKE STRIDES

(08:40):
TOWARDS SAFER TECHNOLOGY USES
AND MORE RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS.
THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A REPORT
ON MEASLES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AFTER BEING NEARLY ELIMINATED
MEASLES CASES ARE BACK ON THE
RISE.
ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT'S ASSOCIATION.
THEY ATTRIBUTED THE TREND TO A
LACK IN VACCINATIONS.
>> WE DON'T START GETTING OUR

(09:01):
IMMUNIZATION RATES BACK UP AND
WORKING ON THIS, WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE MORE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES BEING SPREAD IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> WHILE THE COUNTRY HAS ONLY
SEEN THREE MEASLES DEATHS SO FAR
THIS YEAR, THE SPEAKER SAID THAT
COULD INCREASE IF MORE CHILDREN
ARE NOT VACCINATED.
>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M

(09:23):
EMILY SISK.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE MEASLES VACCINE THIS YEAR'S
ASSESSMENT OF KENTUCKY GARTERS
SHOWED 87% WERE VACCINATED.
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WANT TO SEE
THAT NUMBER REACH AT LEAST 90%.
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(09:43):
LOUISVILLE'S OLDEST STANDING
PUBLIC HOUSING HIGH-RISE COMPLEX
WILL NOT BE STANDING FOR MUCH
LONGER.
THE CITY HAS PLANS TO DEMOLISH
DOSKER MANOR AND REBUILD A NEW
PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX ON THE
SITE AFTER THE NAMED EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE METRO
PUBLIC HOUSING CALLED THE LIVING
CONDITIONS THERE DEPLORABLE.
ON THIS SUNDAY'S "INSIDE

(10:05):
LOUISVILLE" WE TAKE YOU INSIDE
DOSKER MANOR.
[♪♪]
>> YOU'LL SEE GATES ON THE
WINDOWS AND SCREWS IN THE DOORS.
SOME DOORS WILL HAVE THE DEAD
BOLT REMOVED.
>> KEVIN WALLER HAS BEEN WORKING
IN MAINTENANCE AT DOSKER MANOR

(10:25):
FOR FIVE YEARS AND NOW HIS JOB
IS KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
VACANT ROOMS.
>> LET'S SEE SOMETHING THIS IS
THE TOUR.
PEOPLE FROM ENTERING INTO THE
APARTMENTS, SQUATTING.
>> IN THE YEAR SINCE IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THIS COMPLEX WOULD BE
DEMOLISHED 300 RESIDENTS HAVE
BEEN MOVED OUT.

(10:45):
AND THEY ARE MOVING TO OTHER
PUBLIC HOUSING SITES.
JANICE LAMBERT IS 70 YEARS OLD
AND WILL BE MOVING SOON AFTER
LIVING HERE FOR THE LAST DECADE.
>> I SEE THE SUNSET EVERY
EVENING.
AND MY WINDOW GIVES ME THE
FIREWORKS EVERY DERBY AND EVERY

(11:06):
FOURTH OF JULY.
AND EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IS
ACTUALLY VISITED ME, IT'S ALL
RIGHT.
>> THAT PRIME LOCATION MORE THAN
FIVE ACRES NEAR DOWNTOWN WAS KEY
WHEN THE THREE HIGH-RISE
BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN 1964 AND 1972.
THEY WERE LOUISVILLE'S FIRST
PUBLIC HOUSING HIGH-RISE SITES

(11:27):
AND THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING
DEDICATED TO LOW INCOME SENIORS
WITH ELEVATORS AND ON-SITE
RESOURCES.
THE COMPLEX WAS NAMED FOR
NICHOLAS DOSKER, ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC
HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
HE IS REGARDED BY MANY AS THE
FATHER OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN
LOUISVILLE.

(11:47):
DOSKER MANOR OPENED AFTER HIS
DEATH.
>> EVERYBODY KNOW MY NAME LIKE
NORM.
>> ROCHELLE HAS WORKED AT DOSKER
MANOR FOR 31 YEARS.
SHE SAYS IT'S DOWNFALL BEGAN
WHEN THE POPULATION HERE
CHANGED.
>> IT WAS MOSTLY SENIORS HERE
AND THEY TOLD ME THE STORY WHEN
THE BUILDING WAS FIRST BUILT YOU

(12:09):
COULDN'T COME THROUGH YOU WERE
TRESPASSING.
IT WAS NO GATES YOU COULDN'T
COME.
NO, YOU CAN'T COME THROUGH HERE
SO THEY MIXED IN AND THINGS
CHANGED.
SO AS YOU SEE, THINGS CHANGED IT
IS AS TIME GO ON.
>> IN ADDITION TO YOUNGER FOLKS

(12:29):
MOVING IN, FUNDING CUTS AT BOTH
THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVEL LED
TO DECADES OF NEGLECT SENDING
THE COMPLEX INTO DIRE DISREPAIR.
>> IT BECAME ABOVE THEM WHERE
THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT UP
COULDN'T DO IT.
THE PIPES AND STUFF THE CRACKS
STILL COMING.
JUST STILL GOING DOWNHILL.

(12:50):
AND WE STILL LIKE NOW TRYING TO
KEEP IT UP, THE BEST WE CAN.
EVEN WORSE A LOT OF DAMAGE AND
WE COULDN'T KEEP UP.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
EMPLOYEES.
>> THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS

(13:10):
WANT TO TRY TO STEP INSIDE.
>> IN RECENT YEARS THE COMPLEX
HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH REPORTS OF
EVERYTHING FROM MOLD, BEDBUGS TO
ANIMALS AND HUMAN REMAINS FOUND
INSIDE.
>> JUST LAST MONTH, I HAD ONE
MOUSE THAT WAS GOING FROM ONE
PART OF THE LIVING ROOM TO THE
KITCHEN TO THE BEDROOM TO THE
BATHROOM.
AND BABIES.

(13:31):
BUT THEY ALL STARVED TO DEATH.
EVERY SPRING, THE POPULATION OF
INSECTS GROWS.
BUT THE AIR-CONDITIONING KEEPS
IT DOWN.
IF IT'S COLD, IT WILL KEEP THE
ANIMALS THE CREATURES FROM
MOVING AROUND SO MUCH.
>> MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE

(13:52):
ARE GLAD TO ESCAPE THE LIVING
CONDITIONS, BUT MANY ARE UNSURE
WHERE THEY WILL END UP NEXT.
>> DOWN NOW THAT I'M GOING I
HATE TO SEE IT GO.
I DO.
I HATE TO SEE IT GO BECAUSE A
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO.
>> THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE

(14:13):
PEOPLE DIED.
PEOPLE LIVED HERE.
IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
ONLY CAME HERE TO DIE.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE WERE IN
THEIR 90s WHEN THEY DIED HERE
BUT THEY HAD BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE ALL BY YOURSELF
AND YOU CAN'T HANDLE BEING BY
YOURSELF, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR

(14:36):
YOU.
THIS SUNDAY I SIT
DOWN WITH ELIZABETH STROJAN WHO
TOOK OVER AT LOUISVILLE METRO
PUBLIC HOUSING JUST OVER A YEAR
AGO AND ALREADY IS MAKING BIG
PLANS TO OVERHAUL THE AGENCY.
YOU CAN HEAR THAT FULL
CONVERSATION SUNDAY AT NOON, 11
CENTRAL HERE ON KET.
[♪♪]

(14:58):
WELL, GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR DID
NOT HAVE HIS USUAL THURSDAY NEWS
CONFERENCE TODAY BECAUSE OF
JUNETEENTH THE HOLIDAY OBSERVING
THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED
STATES IN 1865.
DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE LAST
THURSDAY HE TALKED ABOUT THE
MEANING OF THIS HOLIDAY.

>> Gov. Andy Beshear (15:15):
THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT DAY IN OUR HISTORY AS
AMERICANS A DAY WHERE WE STAND
UNITED IN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PAST
AND OUR NATION'S GREATEST
INJUSTICE.
A DAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE
COLLECTIVE COURAGE OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO PAVED THE
WAY FOR REAL, MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
AND NOW IT'S RECOGNIZED IN
KENTUCKY BECAUSE FOLLOWING MY
EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST YEAR, WE'RE

(15:36):
OFFICIALLY MARKING JUNETEENTH AS
AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH HOLIDAY FOR
THE SECOND TIME.
AT A TIME WHERE OTHERS WANT TO
MAKE DIVERSITY A DIRTY WORD.
LET ME BE CLEAR.
I BELIEVE DIVERSITY IS ALWAYS A
STRENGTH AND NEVER A WEAKNESS
THAT WE ARE STRONGER WITH MORE
VOICES AND BACKGROUNDS AT THE
TABLE.
THAT IT MAKES US BETTER, A

(15:56):
BETTER AS A STATE AND BETTER AS
A COUNTRY.

>> Kelsey (16:01):
AS YOU HEARD FROM
GOVERNOR BESHEAR THIS IS A
HOLIDAY FOR STATE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH WORKERS.
FORM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
DECLARED IT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN
2021.
>> THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER IN
LOUISVILLE KICKED OFF JUNETEENTH
FESTIVITIES THE MUSEUM THAT
HONORS AND CARRIES OUT ALI'S
LEGACY WELCOMED PATRONS FREE OF

(16:23):
CHARGE TO CELEBRATE BLACK
HISTORY, BLACK JOY AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
>> MUHAMMED ALI MY HERO BECAUSE
HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS
MIND ON REPRESENTATIVE
COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED OR A
LONGTIME AROUND THE WORLD.
JUNETEENTH IS NOT ONLY A WAY TO
OBSERVE A TIME IN HISTORY, BUT
IT'S ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK

(16:44):
CULTURE, BLACK RESILIENCE, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, BLACK JOY.
>> THE REST OF WORLD IS
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY
THAT WASN'T OUR DAY OF FREEDOM.
OUR FREEDOM CAME JUNETEENTH.
>> WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE
HISTORY.
JUNETEENTH, WHEN ON JUNE THE

(17:05):
19TH THE ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON
TEXAS LEARNED ABOUT THE SIGNING
OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY
THE FIRST, 1863.
THE CIVIL WAR ENDED IN APRIL OF
1865.
AND THE ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON

(17:26):
DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL
JENTD.
>> AND THE FACT IT TOOK TWO
YEARS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE
SOUTH TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT, AND
THAT'S WHY WE CELEBRATE IT
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WERE
REALLY KNOWN TO BE FREE.
>> LINCOLN WAS A FASCINATOR.
HE COULD NOT MAKEUP HIS MIND.

(17:49):
IF HE SHOULD END SLAVERY, BUT HE
REALIZED BECAUSE LEE WAS WINNING
EVERY BATTLE, THAT I NEED THESE
ENSLAVED PEOPLE TO FIGHT.
I NEED TO DESTABILIZE THE SOUTH,
THEIR WORKFORCE.
SO HE WAS FORCED INTO SIGNING

(18:11):
AGAINST HIS WILL THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO
DESTABILIZE THE SOUTH AND TO
RECRUIT SOLDIERS THE TRUTH OF
THE MATTER IS, LINCOLN DIDN'T
FREE THE SLAVES, THE SLAVES
FREED LINCOLN.

(18:34):
THEY COULD NOT HAVE WON WITHOUT
THE ENSLAVED THEY HAD A JINGLE
THAT WENT LET'S RALLY NEVER MIND
THE PAST WE HAVE A LONG ROAD TO
TRAVEL BUT OUR DAY IS COMING
FAST.
GOD IS FOR THE RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR.
THE UNION WILL BE SAVED, BY THE
COLORED VOLUNTEERS.
AND THE UNION WAS SAVED.

(18:59):
ONE OF THE STATE'S
BIGGEST JUNETEENTH EVENTS IS
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS IN
LEXINGTON.
SOULFEAST IS A WEEK LONG
CELEBRATION OF BLACK
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A CULINARY
ARTIST INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY WE
CAUGHT UP WITH A COFOUNDER TO
SEE WHAT THEY ARE SERVING UP
THIS YEAR.
>> IT WAS 2020 MY TWIN BROTHER

(19:21):
AND I WE WERE AT LIVING AT HOME.
YOU KNOW.
RACIAL INJUSTICE WAS AT ITS
HEIGHT AND I WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING I STARTED THE HASHTAG
19 DAYS OF BLACK CHALLENGE
LEADING UP TO JUNETEENTH I
SUPPORTED A DIFFERENT
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS AND TOOK IT
A STEP FURTHER AND DID LEXINGTON

(19:42):
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
AND HAD A PASSION FOR FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE AND MARCELLUS JOKES
WE HAVE BEEN THROWING PARTIES
HEALTH INSURANCE WE WERE 10 WE
WANTED TO CULMINATE THAT AND
SOULFEAST WEEK WAS BORN AND IT'S
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS.
SO A LOT OF THE SAME EVENTS BUT
THEY ARE BIGGER AND BETTER.

(20:03):
WE HAVE EVENTS JUNE 19TH THROUGH
THE 22nd AND OUR BLACK
RESTAURANT WEEK THE 23-29.
THE BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK THE
RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE A $15 MENU
ENTRY.
AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS BOSH AND
RAISED IN LEX SON I DIDN'T LOOK
AT IT AS A CULINARY DESTINATION

(20:26):
UNTIL I MOVED BACK AND WE HAVE
REALLY GREAT RESTAURANTS.
AND A DIVERSE ARRAY OF
RESTAURANTS.
AND WE KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BE A
RESTAURANT OWNER PARTICULARLY A
BLACK RESTAURANT OWNER SO WE'RE
TRYING TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH
RESOURCES AND THINGS IN ORDER TO
HELP THEIR BUSINESSES THRIVE.

(20:46):
>> IT'S JUST BECOME A FAMILY
THING.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE
SPEND OUR JUNE.
WHEN SOULFEAST WEEK COMES UP I
CLEAR MY CALENDAR BECAUSE I WANT
TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND HELP
THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK YOUR
REAL ESTATE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
SPONSORING OR SPENDING SO MUCH

(21:07):
TIME WITH AN EVENT LIKE
SOULFEAST.
BUT WHAT ATTRACTED US TO IT
FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAW AN ISSUE,
THEY SAW A PROBLEM AND WANTED TO
ACT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
>> WE'RE SUPPORTING BUSINESSES.
WE'RE SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS,
AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE
RIGHT HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE

(21:28):
COMMUNITY ALTOGETHER AND
HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITHIN
OUR COMMUNITY TO ALL OF
LEXINGTON.
>> YOU WILL HAVE GREAT COMPANY.
YOU WILL HAVE GREAT FOOD, GREAT
MUSIC AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
BE INVOLVEDDED IN LEXION.
>> BLACK RESTAURANT WEEKS EXIST
BUT IN COMBINATION WITH EVENTS

(21:50):
YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN.
AND I THINK IT'S HELPED PUTTING
NOT ONLY LEXINGTON ON THE MAP
BUT KENTUCKY ON THE MAP IN A
MAJOR WAY WITH HOW WE'RE LOOKED
AT FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON SOULFEAST WEEK GO TO SOUTH

(22:11):
FEAST WEEK.COM.
[♪♪]
SOULFEAST WEEK.COM.
>> A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
TWO KENTUCKY SCHOOLS WHO MADE IT
TO THIS YEAR'S COLLEGE WORLD
SERIES.
KENTUCKY HAD TWO OF THE EIGHT
TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT AS IT
STARTED.
THE MURRAY STATE RACERS MADE
THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES

(22:32):
APPEARANCE EVER.
THEY LOST TO ARKANSAS ON MONDAY.
LOUISVILLE MADE IT TO THE
SEMIFINALS BEFORE FALLING
YESTERDAY TO COASTAL CAROLINA
THIS WAS LOUISVILLE'S SIXTH
APPEARANCE IN THE COLLEGE WORLD
SERIES.
>>> THIS WEEK'S TAPESTRY SEGMENT
GIVES US A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE
PROCESS ABOUT AN ITEM ALL OF US

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HAVE IN OUR HOMES, BROOMS.
SUNHOUSE CRAFT IN BEREA IS
KEEPING BROOM MAKING ALIVE.
THE OWNERS SAY THE ARTISAN BROOM
BUSINESS IS BOOMING.
>> I WANT TO THINK TO HAVE AS A
GOOD FRENCH BAKERY EXCEPT WHAT
WE'RE MAKING IS USUALLY BROOMS.

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SO THE HANDLE GOES IN HERE.
THIS GETS ATTACHED TO IT.
WITH THIS WIRE HERE.
AND YOU STAND HERE AND SLOWLY
WIND THIS WITH YOUR FEET WITH
THE WIRE.
SO THAT IS WHAT ATTACHES TO THE
HEAD TO THE BROOM AND THIS DRIES
FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
WET TO GO HELP IT IS CINCH DOWN
ON TO THE HEAD.

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YOU MAKE A LOT OF CRAFT WE FOCUS
ON BROOMS AND BRUSHES IN
APPALACHIAN STYLE BUT WE MAKE
EVERYTHING BY HAND HERE IN HOUSE
AND ARE FOCUSING ON SOURCING AND
QUALITY.
THE BROOM GOES IN HERE.
THE STRING GETS WOUND AROUND IT
AND THESE TWO NEEDLES WAS PACK
AND FORTH THROUGH THE BROOM.
STITCHING IT BACK AND FORTH

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WHILE THE BROOM SLOWLY GETS
KICKED OUT OF PLACE.
MOST OF THE BROOMS ARE MADE OUT
OF A SORE GUM CALLED BROOM CORN
A CROP COMMONLY GROWN HERE BUT
IT LEFT THE U.S. DUE TO A SERIES
OF WHETHER IT'S TRADE AGREEMENTS
OR LABOR.
IT MOSTLY MOVED TO MEXICO.

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SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST
FOUR YEARS WITH LAZY EIGHT STOCK
FARM TO BRING BACK BROOM CORN
GROWING TO THE U.S. AND WE ARE
HOPING NEXT YEAR GROW OUR BROOM
CORN LOCALLY.
>> YOU CAN THINK OF TRADITIONAL
CRAFT MADE WITH NATURAL
MATERIALS BUT PEOPLE FOUND

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GETTING INTO CRAFT THE PLASTICS
AND HAVE INFULL TRAITED
TRADITIONAL CRAFT FILLING IN THE
GAPS AND FEIGNING THE PIECES AND
FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO
CHANGE IN THE PROCESS TO BRING
BACK TO BEING A NATURAL MATERIAL
IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SHOP IS
REALLY KNOWN FOR.
AND SOMETHING THAT I OBSESS OVER
THAT IS JUST A REALLY FUN AVENUE

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OF RESEARCH WE DO IN OUR
PRODUCTS.
>> THIS IS CALLED A TURKEY WING.
AND THIS SOLID WEAVE LIKE THIS
IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF THE
KENTUCKY SHAKERS DID A SOLID
WEAVE IN HEMP.
THIS IS MADE OUT OF RECYCLED
T-SHIRT FIBERS SO THAT IS THE

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ORIGINAL COLOR OF THE SHIRTS.
IT'S RECYCLED COTTON IN THE
TRADITIONAL STYLE.
>> PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED RIGHT
NOW ABOUT HAND CRAFT.
AND I THINK IT IS AN ECHO OF
WHAT PEOPLE SAW IN THE 1920s,
JUST AS TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME
WAS SURGING YOU SAW THE ARTS AND
CRAFTS MOVEMENT.
WE SEE TECHNOLOGY TAKING A BIG

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ROLE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND A
REAL DESIRE TO FEEL CONNECTION
AGAIN.
AND WORK THAT RESONATES.
A HANDMADE THING AS MOST OF US
HOPEFULLY HAVE GOTTEN TO
EXPERIENCE FEELS DIFFERENT THAN
SOMETHING COMPLETELY MADE BY
MACHINE.
AND THAT QUALITY IS SOMETHING
THAT IS HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER
ON BUT I FIND PEOPLE ARE DRAWN

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TO IT.
AND I THINK THERE IS A STRONG
CRAFT LEGACY HERE IN KENTUCKY
AND BEREA ESPECIALLY.
AND I THINK THERE IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
SHOP THAT IS AMERICAN MADE,
AMERICAN SOURCED, AMERICAN GROWN
FROM HERE THAT CAN THRIVE AND
PAY PEOPLE WELL AND DO ALL THE
THINGS.
AND IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION MARK

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CAN WE PULL THIS OFF?
CAN WE PAY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING
WAGE AND STILL MAKE HAND CRAFT?
AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.
BUT THE MISSION IS TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO THE LAND THROUGH
CRAFT.
THROUGH OUR WORK.
AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO FROM
THERE.
SUNHOUSE CRAFT IS
PRIMARILY AN ON-LINE RETAILER
BUT THE STOREFRONT WILL BE OPEN

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FOR THE SUMMER VERY SOON.
>>> A LOUISVILLE BUILDING IS NOW
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES THE AMERICAN
LIFE BUILDING ON WEST MAIN
STREET BUILT IN 1973 WHEN PEOPLE
WERE LEAVING DOWNTOWN FOR THE
SUBURBS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST DESIGNS
OF GERMAN ARCHITECT MIES VAN DER
ROHE THIS DISTINCTION ALLOWS FOR

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FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND
PROTECTIONS TO PRESERVE THE
BUILDING AND IT HAS A SPECIAL
MEANING FOR US AT KET IT'S HOME
TO OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO WHERE
WE ARE BROADCASTING FROM RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE WILL BE BROADCASTING FROM
HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US AT 6:30
EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL FOR
"KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE

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INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.