What’s in our water? That’s what Tiffany Messer, Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Kentucky, set out to discover, leading a team of researchers to document the contents of creeks, streams and rivers across the Commonwealth.

Lisa McKinney of the non-partisan, non-profit Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence raises concerns about the Trump administration clawback of federal education funding and its proposal to make further cuts in the coming year.

Grammy winning jazz violinist Zach Brock leads a fascinating conversation with Origins Jazz founders Chester Grundy and Richard Young. It was inspired by the forthcoming Equinox Jazz Festival, but is about so much more.

Luis Villalobos and his brothers, all accomplished violinists from the Veracruz region of Mexico, are the latest international artists being welcomed to Lexington by Greenroom Exchange. Luis joins us for a conversation that includes how he wound up on a Bruce Springsteen album.