Cultural Legacy & Storytelling

A dynamic combination of live musical performances, audience engagement and conversation featuring Harry Pickens, Ben Sollee, Hannah Drake and Emily Bingham, examines the role of "My Old Kentucky Home" as the song that represents our state, and thus ourselves, from its problematic roots to its modern disconnect.

Dana Canedy is senior vice president and publisher of Simon and Schuster, the first African American to lead a top U.S. publishing imprint. She speaks with Richard Green, former editor of the Courier Journal, about her career and growing up in Kentucky.

Sound engineer and Kentucky native, Finis 'KY' White, managed to turn homelessness and hopelessness into a multi-platinum career mixing and engineering records for artists like Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and more. Sean Cannon speaks with White to see how this entrepreneur rose to the top of the hip-hop world. Known as "the engineer from Kentucky," White is the owner of Bass Recording Studios.

We talk with Louisville's own Olympic Gold Medalists in swimming Mary T. Meagher and Kelsi Worrell Dahlia. They discuss how Kentucky impacted their path to success and how to navigate life when it seems like your greatest accomplishment is behind you. WHAS 11's Whitney Harding moderates.

Louisville natives and brothers Daniel Roth, executive editor of LinkedIn, and Evan Roth, founding partner of BBR Partners, host the financial podcast Breaking the Mold. They interview franchise entrepreneur and former University of Louisville and NBA star Junior Bridgeman about how he navigated his transition from the world of sports to the list of the highest-earning retired athletes in Forbes.