The DeVone Holt Show

DeVone sits down with Blake Gerstner, the newly installed chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Party, for a wide-ranging conversation on what it actually means to be a Democrat in 2026. Their discussion ranged from the party's "big tent" tension between traditionalists and Democratic Socialists, the 36,585 registered Democrats Jefferson County has lost since 2021, to the fight to protect three Metro Council seats (Districts 17,...

DeVone sits down with Don Fitzpatrick, Chair of the Jefferson County Republican Party, for a candid conversation about what it actually means to be Republican in 2026. They discussed individual freedom versus big government, the party's evolution and how Fitzpatrick's team engineered a stunning shift on Louisville’s Metro Council from a 19-7 Democratic advantage just a few election cycles ago to a near-even 13-12-1 split toda...

Pastor Tim Findley joins DeVone for a candid conversation about stepping down as CEO of ElderServe, why he says raising money for Black-led nonprofits in Louisville is "more than hard, it's a beast," and the looming "silver tsunami" of an aging population without the systems in place to support it. Findley doesn't hold back on the optics of a $75,000 city check to ElderServe that arrived just 48 hours after his resignation — ...

DeVone welcomes WAVE 3 Sports Director Kendrick Haskins for a deep dive into college athletics — UK and UofL football's early season, why the transfer portal hits mid-tier high school prospects hardest, how NIL money is reshaping who plays where and whether Louisville could finally support an NBA or NFL franchise after years of near-misses. Haskins also shares candid insight on Mark Pope's tenure at Kentucky, U of L's breakou...

This week, DeVone continues last week's conversation on youth violence with Metro Councilwoman Tammy Hawkins of District 1, who made headlines declaring Louisville "is not safe" after 16-year-old Dannady Greene was shot and killed at a bus stop while trying to run from a fight she didn't want. 

Hawkins doesn't hold back on (1) the trouble with Kentucky refusing to destroy recovered firearms, (2) why grassroots organizations doi...

This week's show centers on the conversation cities can no longer afford to avoid: youth violence. Days after a 15-year-old girl was shot at a Jefferson County Public School bus stop in Louisville, DeVone sits down with Anthony Smith, Executive Director of Cities United and the architect of Louisville's first violence prevention office, to talk about what's actually driving the numbers up and why. 

Smith (1) makes the case that...

Never-before-heard content: Before Saturday's live data center debate, DeVone sat down with community watchdog Jeff Cavalcanti, who's spent months tracking Metro Council's handling of data center proposals. Jeff lays out the concerns that didn't make it into the broadcast — the low-frequency noise hum from hyperscale facilities, discharge water carrying heavy metals into a sewer system already under a consent decree, and a pr...

Before Stacy Griggs joined DeVone in the studio alongside Ken Shapero for Saturday's on-air data center debate, the two did an extended one-on-one telephone interview — and there was too much good material to leave on the cutting room floor. 

In this bonus episode, Stacy (Louisville entrepreneur, co-founder of El Toro and AboutBit, and a 20-year veteran of building and operating data centers) walks DeVone through his "fea...

On this episode of The DeVone Holt Show, we tackle the topic dividing Louisville and many other communities: data centers. 

In the studio, entrepreneur Stacy Griggs makes the economic case of jobs, tax revenue, and why he believes fears are outweighing the facts, while Ken Shapero of the Louisville Climate Action Network lays out the real gaps in oversight that got us here in the first place. 

Also, this week: Tawanda Owsle...

This week: "The Cost of Polite Racism." DeVone sits down with Dr. Nikki Lanier, President and CEO of Harper Slade Advisors and former Federal Reserve economist, to talk about 2045 — the year the U.S. becomes a majority-minority nation. Dr. Lanier makes the case that racism isn't just a moral failing, it's an economic one, pointing to trillions in lost GDP tied to discrimination and warning that Kentucky still isn't ready for ...

In this debut-episode conversation with DeVone Holt, the U.S. Senate candidate breaks his silence on the Mitch McConnell mystery, questioning whether the incumbent can even return to office and demanding transparency Kentuckians deserve. Booker opens up about building his "Hood to the Holler" coalition in the same rooms where Confederate flags fly, gets vulnerable about watching his mother cry at a Walgreens counter because she cou...