My Old Kentucky Podcast

This week Democratic House Whip Joshua Watkins joined Robert and Jazmin to discuss the session so far, including conversations about the budget, education, Medicaid, and more. Then, Robert and Jazmin interview Iva Markicevic Daley, the Democratic candidate in the 99th District.

This week Robert and Jazmin talk about Kentuckians reactions to the ICE killings in Minnesota as well as catch up on some of the priority bills in the session so far, and Robert goes in depth on the cuts to JCPS voted on by the school board.

This week, Adrian Paul Bryant of the Herald-Leader joined us to talk about Lexington -- major issue facing the city, as well as the significant turnover the LFUCG council is experiencing. Robert also presented a few quick hits about Craig Greenberg's campaign, JCPS, and Elon Musk backing a US Senate candidate.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about the first week of the general assembly and reacted to all the filings that will make up the 2026 elections.

This week, Jazmin dove deep into the Kentucky Supreme Court ruling which overturned 2022's SB 1, which impacted the way JCPS could govern the school district. Also, Robert looked at some quick hits.

This week Robert and Jazmin previewed the 2026 legislative session, gave out their 2025 superlatives, and said goodbye to their friend Tatum, who died tragically last week.

This week Robert and Jazmin took a look at the full slate of candidates running for US Senate and decided what they thought of the group. In addition, they analyzed the news about the former battery plant in Hardin County that has been developing for a week or so.

This week Robert and Brook Benningfield discuss Charles Booker's entrance into the US Senate race and Daniel Grossberg's ongoing troubles.

This week Jazmin tells us about a lawsuit against the Trump administration's approach to HUD, and Robert brings us several other stories.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about ongoing transitions, changes, and issues happening in the two largest public school districts in Kentucky.

This week Allison Wiseman joins Robert to talk about Dale Romans' entry into the US Senate race and her take on the state of the Democratic Primary, plus a few quick hits.

This week Robert and Jazmin discuss the horrific plane crash in Louisville as well as several smaller news items from this week.

This week Jazmin spoke to us about the impact of SNAP benefits disappearing for many Kentuckians during the Government Shutdown and Robert talked about the approval of 2 new power generation projects LG&E/KU has proposed.

This week Ricardo Santiago joined us to speak about his new job at the Executive Director at the Americana Community Center. We had spoken about the center's uncertain future in the wake of it's federal funding being cut, and Ricky talked to us about how Americana was approaching it's future--including ways for everyone to get involved. During the first part of the show Robert and Jazmin discussed the federal election commission fundraising reports and spoke about a JCPS task force.

Robert is flying solo this week! He talks about four smaller stories that mostly update issues MOKP has been tracking this year.

This week Robert and Jazmin interviewed Joel Willett, one of the Democratic candidates for US Senate in 2026. In addition, they talked about Mayor Greenberg's appointments to the County Clerk and Sheriff positions, plus Amy McGrath's entry into the US Senate race.

This week Maddie Shepard joins Robert and Jazmin to talk about the Protect Our Schools KY effort to increase education spending in Frankfort by $718 million, as well as the recent news about the JCPS budget. Before that, Robert and Jazmin discuss the evolving Democratic side of the 2026 US Senate race and a recent controversy involving a vote by Morgan McGarvey.

Jazmin and Robert dig into the plan put forth by Louisville Metro Council Republicans and whether or not it actually addresses "crime," and update several stories the show has been following.

Jazmin and Robert took on five topics this week: Kentucky's revenue did not meet the criteria set by Republicans for a tax cut, and may even be in a shortfall The Charter School funding mechanism created by Republicans will go before the Supreme Court of Kentucky Mayor of London Randall Weddle was ousted from his position last week LG&E/KU may be shirking their climate pledges There is a new candidate for Congress on the Democratic side in Kentucky 6.

This week we catch up on two stories we've discussed before: the union election in Hardin County at the Blue Oval SK plant and Fayette County Public Schools' ongoing budget disaster. In addition, Jazmin talks about a crime story involving shock probation that has many Republicans in Louisville talking.