Louisville Public Media

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Louisville Public Media (LPM) is an independent, community supported not-for-profit corporation serving our Louisville metropolitan area with three distinct public radio stations and a newly established investigative unit: 89.3 WFPL News provides local, national and international news, public affairs and cultural programming; Classical 90.5 WUOL is our city’s only classical music and fine arts radio station; 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville showcases independent, alternative music and an array of musical genres; and the newly established Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR) shines the light of accountability on the people and institutions in power.

Series

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4 Pieces

Burning coal creates coal ash. Sometimes the ash is recycled, but more commonly it's stored in a pond or landfill. In Louisville, Kentucky, residents say that ash is escaping that landfill and contaminating their homes.

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7 Pieces

The series looks at people in their professions and how jobs have helped mold traditions and the culture of Kentucky.

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9 Pieces

Nine features about the health effects of living near the industrial Rubbertown neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky.

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75 Pieces

Every week on The Guestlist, you'll hear casual, in-depth conversations and guest DJ sets with musicians, comedians, actors, authors, and other notable weirdos. It's like making a new friend at the end of the bar — and finding out they were in your favorite band.

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150 Pieces

Get a complete taste of legendary musicians and up-and-coming bands in these 7 minute interview pieces set to the artists own music. Hosted by Kyle Meredith.


Latest Pieces

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It took much longer than it should have, but Cheap Trick are sitting on top of the rock and roll mountain after recently being inducted into the Ha...

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  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 5
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If it looks like Graham Nash hasn’t been doing much lately, you’re not really paying attention. The rock and roll hall of fame member of both The H...

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  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Damien Jurado has now composed a trilogy. What started as a dream he had, turned into the beautiful album Maraquopa. Instead of just a beautiful co...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:06
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When chief songwriter Nick Hodgson left Kaiser Chiefs a few years back, a lot of fans thought that was the end. What they didn’t expect was a comeb...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:07
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What do Nada Surf have to prove at this point? They showed us that they were more than a one hit wonder from the 90s with their early 2000s comebac...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:06
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Broken Bells proved they were just one a one-off side project for The Shins’ James Mercer and super producer Danger Mouse when they released their ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 5
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School of Seven Bells talk SVIIB with Kyle Meredith

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Did you know Best Coast have a strong love for Sugar Ray? Oh it’s true. Not only them, but plenty of 90s groups that most people have shoved into ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 07:07
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With the release of A Man Alive, Thao Nguyen let us in on some of her most personal family moments, and matters. For most artists, that would have ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:58
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What doesn’t Wayne Coyne have his hand in these days? The Flaming Lips frontman is rarely out of the spotlight, whether it’s with his day job, side...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 4