My Old Kentucky Podcast

This week Jazmin and Robert interviewed Cassie Chambers Armstrong, the Kentucky Senator for District 19. She spoke about her decision to run for Senate, her experience in her first session, and her hopes for future sessions of the legislature. Before interviewing her, there were a few news items.   No show next week! We are going on vacation!

Jazmin takes a look at several small stories about Daniel Cameron and Robert and she put together the story he is trying to tell voters as the campaign moves forward. Robert recaps a big series on hemp by the Herald-Leader, and there are several quick hits.

This week Jazmin and Robert discussed four stories: a federal court's decision to block implementation of parts of SB 150, Donald Trump's (and Daniel Cameron's) appearance at Eric Deters' Freedom Fest this fall, the dismissal of an abortion lawsuit, and the match up for the special election in HD 93.

This week Emilie McKiernan joined Robert to talk through drama about campaign finance from both the Beshear and the Cameron campaigns this week. Then, we talk about Louisville Metro's budget, which passed unanimously this week, and then we end the show by talking about an embarrassing article from Kentucky Today.

This week Jazmin digs into a lawsuit filed by Dr. Kish Kumi Price against her former employer, the Louisville Urban League. From what we know now, it's hard to say what to think! In addition, Robert talked about Lexington's budget, which passed this week. Finally, there were plenty of quick hits to talk about.

This week Jazmin explains to us new guidance around SB 150, where the Kentucky Department of Education uncovered that legislators used the word "or" when they probably meant to use "and." In addition, Robert brings a lot of quick hits.

This week Jazmin took us on a journey to learn the often joyful history of LGBTQ+ folks here in Kentucky. LGBTQ+ people have always been with us and have had a significant impact on our state through the years, and Jazmin showed us when and how. Robert talked this week about the Lexington growth boundary changes and a few quick hits.

This week Robert and Jazmin preview the general election now that we know who all the candidates will be. Then, Robert talks through a few transparency reforms announced by Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. Thank you for your patience as we deal with Robert moving -- we will be back to our normal cadence and time soon -- and more guests!

This week Jazmin and Robert talked about the end of the primary campaign, and predicted what would happen when results started coming in -- then later, once the results were clear, they recorded their reaction to the results. Also in this episode are reactions to the news that Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason Glass was looking to leave Kentucky, and a remembrance of Lamin Swann.

This week Jazmin looked into the ACLU's lawsuit taking on this year's SB 150, which is a law that prevents trans kids from receiving gender affirming care.

This week Robert invited Olivia Krauth of the Courier-Journal to the show to talk about the GOP Gubernatorial debate that happened on May 1. Robert and Olivia talked about winners and losers, as well as why we hold debates like these in the first place. It was a good discussion! Before Olivia joined, Robert talked about Mayor Craig Greenberg's first budget proposal and what Louisville's priorities will be in the next year.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about the Kentucky Sports Radio debate from last week and Robert did an analysis of all the fundraising data for 2023 candidates for Q1 2023.

This week, Robert interviewed Robert Sainte, the Democratic candidate in the 28th Senate District special election. They spoke about how he found himself running for this seat, what he's been hearing from voters, and how he's campaigned so far. Jazmin is out this week, so Robert did the show by himself -- he talked about the GOP Gubernatorial primary, as both a poll and the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner occurred last week, as well as another mass shooting event in Louisville and the city's reaction.

Most of the show this week is an update about the mass shooting in Louisville, where five people were killed and eight more were wounded. Government leaders were in Louisville on Tuesday and Wednesday and we talked about what they said and any potential response to the tragedy. We also gave an update about the past few weeks for the Republican gubernatorial candidates, and where we see the race heading in the final weeks.

This week we welcomed Republican candidate for Governor Alan Keck to the show! We asked him a lot of tough questions and didn't pull our punches regarding what we thought about the Republican agenda, and he was willing to answer -- the conversation was very cordial and definitely provided a different perspective than you will normally hear on our show. We were impressed with Mayor Keck's willingness to take all of our questions, even if we didn't agree on much. The legislative session is over, and Jazmin and Robert talked about the post-veto period happenings -- including final passage of both medical marijuana and sports gambling, two major Democratic priorities for years. We talked about how much credit was due to the Governor, and how each program will be set up in the coming years.

This week Jazmin took us through all the legislation Andy Beshear vetoed, what he signed into law, and what became law without his signature. Then, Robert talked us through a feature of James Comer in the New York Times and the fallout that has ensued here in Kentucky, as well as a few other missteps by the 1st District Congressman.

Allison Wiseman, the President of the Kentucky Young Democrats, joined us this week to talk about KYD -- what it does, what role it plays in the Kentucky political ecosystem, and how to create and join chapters. She was great! Before speaking with her, Jazmin and Robert talked about all the legislation that passed in the lead up to the veto period. Most of it was really bad, including potentially the most anti-trans legislation passed anywhere in the country. While most of it was bad news, there were at least a few good parts, such as medical marijuana (and maybe eve sports betting) potentially becoming legal in Kentucky.

This week Jazmin walked through the US Department of Justice's report on LMPD's bad actions, and talked about the federal and local response to the report. The upshot: Louisville's police department is now under a consent decree and likely will be for a long time. Meanwhile, the legislative session is wrapping up. Robert walked through all the heavy action that both chambers had seen. Lots of bills are making their way through the process, and there are still a few days left for the legislature to finish it's work. We recorded the show at 5:30 on Tuesday, so it's up to date as of then.

This week, Jazmin updated even more anti-trans legislation making its way through Frankfort. Two additional bills -- about drag shows and about trans healthcare -- are the topics this time. Robert updated us about the wind storms that swept through Kentucky at the end of last week (including his own experience) and there were several other political updates.

This week George Eklund of the Louisville Coalition of the Homeless joined us to talk about housing issues facing Louisville and Kentucky. We talked about how the issue of housing has changed in recent years, specific reactions to housing issues, and how our current leaders are coping with the issue. Jazmin and Robert talked about several bills facing the legislature in the first half of the show -- the session is now more than halfway through!