Saving Stories

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Doug Boyd, director of the UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History shares stories.

  1. 6月4日

    Saving Stories: P.G. Peeples and the enduring belief of 'passing the baton'

    In this edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from two oral history interviews with former Urban League of Lexington president P.G. Peeples who recently passed away at the age of 81. Both audio clips take you inside the mind of one of Kentucky's most influential civil rights and community leaders.

  2. 4月27日

    What's a kidney among old friends? A timely story of a life-saving gift

    April is National Donate Life month and WUKY's Saving Stories observes the occasion with this highly personal, fresh episode. Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd introduces us to two of his high school friends. But as you'll soon find out, this is a rather extraordinary reunion story.

  3. 3月31日

    Saving Stories: First director of Peace Corps reflects on legacy, impact of international effort

    March 2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the start of the Peace Corps and in this latest edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Doug Boyd with the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from an interview with Sargent Shriver, the diplomat tabbed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to lead the independent government agency that sends American volunteers to partner countries for two-year terms to work on grassroots projects in education, health, agriculture, and other sectors. Shriver told the interviewer why he thought they only had one chance to make it work.

  4. 3月18日

    Saving Stories: Peace Corps @ 65, Kentuckians remember joining JFK's 'New Frontier' initiative

    March 2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the start of the Peace Corps and in this latest edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Doug Boyd with the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from a Kentuckian who was one of the program's earliest participants. Angene Hopkins Wilson and her eventual husband Jack Wilson got accepted into the program and in 1962 were sent to Liberia. Angene talks about what happened next.

  5. 2月26日

    Saving Stories recalls a time when compromise wasn't such a taboo word in politics

    Compromise has always been critical to the success of our political system yet its sorely lacking in the lexicon today. Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares interviews from two former Kentucky politicians who describe a time when members of both political parties got along and even socialized together.

  6. 2月19日

    Saving Stories remembers Stranger with a Camera's Elizabeth Barret, lasting legacy of Appalshop

    In this edition of WUKY's Saving Stories we remember pioneering filmmaker Elizabeth Barret who recently passed away. Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd highlights an interview with former Appalshop fundraiser, co-producer and researcher Judi Jennings, who helped get the Stranger with a Camera project off the ground. She also talks about the pivotal decision to have Barret serve as the film's narrator.

  7. 1月15日

    Saving Stories: Mayor Gorton reflects on planning, implementation and impact of 250Lex

    Doug Boyd, director of the Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from a recent interview with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton reflecting on the years-long team effort to celebrate the city's 250th anniversary.

  8. 2025/10/31

    Saving Stories: The unlikely resurrection of Lexington's Lyric Theatre

    October 28, the Lyric Theatre in Lexington's East End neighborhood celebrated 15 years of rebirth. The current iteration of the arts and cultural center was officially reopened in 2010. In a 2015 UK Nunn Center oral history interview local activist Tom Tolliver talks about the effort to revitalize the Lyric, which had been shuttered since 1963; a result of the end of city-wide desegregation of public spaces. At first Tolliver was not on board with the idea and he describes what actions changed his mind.

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簡介

Doug Boyd, director of the UK Libraries' Nunn Center for Oral History shares stories.

資訊

  • 頻道
    WUKY
  • 創作者
    Alan Lytle, WUKY
  • 活躍年代
    2017年 - 2026年
  • 集數
    20
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
  • 節目網站
    Saving Stories

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