My Old Kentucky Podcast

Robert and Jazmin both are busy this week, so the show is just 10 minutes of quick hits from Robert -- two involved Kentucky's US Congressional delegation, and an update to a story from last week.

This week Robert and Jazmin were joined by US Congressional District 6 Democratic candidate Cherlynn Stevenson, who spoke to us from the road about her race for Congress. Before that, Robert and Jazmin discussed a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Daniel Grossberg, the KDP Convention, the "No Kings" Protests, and the "People's Consent Decree" resolution passed by the Louisville Metro Council.

Robert and Jazmin are joined by Nicholas Hazelett this week to talk about Democratic organizing in Eastern Kentucky. Before that, they discuss two new candidates in the 6th Congressional District as well as updates about Kentucky's two largest school districts.

This week Robert and Jazmin discuss the first criminal trial involving the Crystal Rogers killing and talk about the wild path Fayette County Public Schools is taking to try and fill its deficit hole.

This week Jazmin and Robert talked about two major Louisville stories: the Trump administration's decision to seek a dismissal of the consent decree with LMPD and JCPS hiring a new superintendent.

This week, Robert and Jazmin discussed the deadly storm that ripped through Kentucky over the weekend and the government's response to it. In addition, Robert discussed the major Medicaid cuts being discussed in Washington D.C. right now.

This week Robert and Jazmin discuss the entrance of Cherlynn Stevenson in Congressional District 6, as well as two Louisville stories which form a parable about openness in government.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about Andy's not-yet-declared-but-probably-existant campaign for US President, as well as updates to multiple stories about UofL and UK.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about Mayor Craig Greenberg's budget request for Louisville Metro Government and also discussed more about the fallout of Andy Barr deciding to run for U.S. Senate.

Jazmin is out this week so Robert was joined by KDP Executive Director Morgan Eaves. She talked about her job and ways to grow the Kentucky Democratic Party, and then discussed the Republicans who might run in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District as well as a final recap of the Kentucky legislative session.

This week Robert provided an update about tariffs on Kentucky bourbon and Jazmin walked us through major controversies at both the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked through several news items from this week including tragic flooding throughout Kentucky, a new ad from Pamela Stevenson, and Andy Beshear's new podcast.

We welcomed Rep. Joshua Watkins of Louisville to talk to us about his first legislative session this week. He explained his process of trying to improve bad legislation, how the session met his expectations, and his hopes for the future. Before the interview, Robert and Jazmin talked through the rest of Governor Beshear's vetoes, as well as the Kentucky Democratic Party's reorganization.

Jazmin discusses the bills vetoed by Andy Beshear, and Robert talks through a few other items involved former elected executive branch officials in Kentucky.

As of Friday, all the bills that won't be able to survive a veto by Governor Beshear had to be passed -- so Republicans came out big with a lot of secret priorities that were passed at the last second. We went through all of those and meanwhile Jazmin updated the status of all the bills we've been tracking so far this legislative session.

This week Robert and Jazmin run down the priority bills in the House and Senate, as well as a few other bills making their way through the legislature.

Jazmin is back this week and she walked us through the ten bills the Senate is prioritizing.

This week Deric Senecal joined Robert to talk about what's next for Kentucky's US Senate seat now that Mitch McConnell has decided to retire, as well as a session update. Deric also spoke about Louisville Young Democrats.

This week Robert and Allison Wiseman talked about the JCPS superintendent search as well as several bills making their way through the legislature.

This week Robert and Jazmin went over several updates about the 2025 legislative session, and a few more quick hits.