Donors & Recipients: A Kidney Transplant Among Friends
In this episode of The Wisdom Project, host Doug Boyd explores the life-changing journey of kidney donation and transplantation through the stories of two childhood friends, Laura Ottaviani-Chacon and...
10 Mar 30min
No Longer Pretend: An Interview with Actor Steve Zahn
In this episode of The Wisdom Project Podcast, host Doug Boyd interviews acclaimed actor Steve Zahn for a deeply personal and unexpected conversation that moves far beyond Hollywood. Recorded as part ...
9 Jan 29min
Proof of Progress: The Women in Bourbon Oral History Project
In early 2021, the Nunn Center and Dr. Janice Fernheimer partnered to launch the Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. This oral history project, built in collaboration with students, documents women...
18 Mar 202426min
By the Power Vested in Me: Marriage Equality, Kentucky, and the US Supreme Court
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same sex marriage. This episode explores the stories of two Kentucky couples and one lawyer who were part of the legal fight that led...
13 Feb 202428min
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Remembering Thomas Merton
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was interviewed in Louisville, KY in 2013 for filmmaker Morgan C. Atkinson's documentary "The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton" The Dalai Lama shared his me...
31 Jan 202210min
Dancing with Princesses: Englishman, Sailor, Priest, Kentuckian
This episode features an interview with Mark Lyon Thornewill, interviewed on January 23, 2018. In addition to telling a story about dancing with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in 1947, this ...
19 Nov 202131min
Local Spirits: Ghosts at the Wild Turkey Distillery
This episode explores ghost stories about ghosts at the Wild Turkey Distillery. The ghost stories are from an oral history interview conducted in 2014 with Olivia J. Ripy for the Kentucky Bourbon Tal...
25 Okt 202111min
Remembering 9/11, A Flight Attendant's Perspective
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this episode features a powerful oral history interview conducted on September 11, 2002, with flight attendant Janet Foushee. Foushee recalls her ...
10 Sep 202125min
