Eastern Standard: August 27th, 2026

Renee Shaw leading a panel discussion at KET.(Screenshot KET)This Week on Eastern Standard: Renee Shaw just retired after 29 years with KET. Listen as this accomplished professional shares how she maintained a reputation for even-handedness in often charged political and policy discussions. Appalachian journalist Jim Branscome takes us into The Hollowing of the Appalachian Press, from Pittsburgh to Birmingham, an analysis co-authored by Bill Bishop of what remains when small, rural communities lose these local lifelines of information. And we’re joined by Jim Embry, community organizer, cultural activist and co-founder of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, and Lexington-born jazz trumpeter Michael Cruse. A Cruse homecoming concert in the Art Garden on Saturday, August 29 will feature a group photo in the style of the iconic 1958 “A Great Day in Harlem.”