“Vote Worthy,” an hour from Kentucky Humanities and WEKU about the upcoming Presidential Inauguration and issues raised by the 2020 election. UK Law professor, Joshua A. Douglas, an election and voting Scholar, and KET Public Affairs Managing Producer and Host, Renee Shaw will field questions from well-known scholars, activists, authors, and influencers across the state about redistricting, minority voting, the 2020 election, the Electoral College, and protecting our democracy. WEKU’s Tom Martin, host of Eastern Standard, will serve as moderator. Listen Tuesday, January 19th at 11am and 8pm on WEKU.
Vote Worthy is produced by Kentucky Humanities in partnership with WEKU and distributed to Kentucky's major public radio stations with support from the Federation of State Humanities Councils and a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Distinguished Election and Voting Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky, Joshua A. Douglas will discuss numerous election-related topics with guests from across the state. Tom Martin, producer of Eastern Standard on WEKU, will serve as the moderator.
Guests joining Douglas on Vote Worthy include Margie Charasika, President of the Louisville League of Women Voters; Brian Clardy, Associate Professor of History at Murray State University; and Scott Lasley, Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at Western Kentucky University.
"We are extremely appreciative to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Federation of State Humanities Councils for their continued support of programming that enables important conversations and information exchanges to occur," said Bill Goodman, Executive Director of Kentucky Humanities.
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