My Old Kentucky Podcast

We welcomed Rep. Joshua Watkins of Louisville to talk to us about his first legislative session this week. He explained his process of trying to improve bad legislation, how the session met his expectations, and his hopes for the future. Before the interview, Robert and Jazmin talked through the rest of Governor Beshear's vetoes, as well as the Kentucky Democratic Party's reorganization.

Jazmin discusses the bills vetoed by Andy Beshear, and Robert talks through a few other items involved former elected executive branch officials in Kentucky.

As of Friday, all the bills that won't be able to survive a veto by Governor Beshear had to be passed -- so Republicans came out big with a lot of secret priorities that were passed at the last second. We went through all of those and meanwhile Jazmin updated the status of all the bills we've been tracking so far this legislative session.

This week Robert and Jazmin run down the priority bills in the House and Senate, as well as a few other bills making their way through the legislature.

Jazmin is back this week and she walked us through the ten bills the Senate is prioritizing.

This week Deric Senecal joined Robert to talk about what's next for Kentucky's US Senate seat now that Mitch McConnell has decided to retire, as well as a session update. Deric also spoke about Louisville Young Democrats.

This week Robert and Allison Wiseman talked about the JCPS superintendent search as well as several bills making their way through the legislature.

This week Robert and Jazmin went over several updates about the 2025 legislative session, and a few more quick hits.

This week Jazmin explained a plethora of news stories and Robert went in depth about the impact of potential tariffs on the bourbon industry.

This week on the show Robert and Jazmin interviewed Kentucky AFL-CIO President Dustin Reinstedler about his role, the role of AFL-CIO in Kentucky, and about the labor movement in Kentucky. Before that, Jazmin went over how the new Trump administration is already impacting Kentuckians, and Robert did a deep dive into Mitch McConnell and his role in the modern day Republican Party.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about two major issues: the student voice team suing the legislature about the adequacy of the education system, and the surprising election of a Metro Council President. Afterwards, Robert sits down with Pamela Stevenson to talk about her first term as Democratic leader in the Kentucky House.

This week Robert and Jazmin discussed the first week of the session, which included a vote on one bill and the introduction of both HB 1 and 2, as well as the Louisville Police Union's opposition to the consent decree involving the DOJ and LMPD

The legislative session began today, but the big news discussed on this show happened over the break, when the Supreme Court of Kentucky made a significant decision about how the legislature could make rules specifically for Louisville.

This week, Jazmin brings us the news about the LMPD consent decree and Robert talks about the rest of the news.   There will be no show for the next two weeks -- enjoy the holiday!

This week Jazmin and Allison Wiseman got together to discuss several items including the task force which may some day break up JCPS.

This week Logan Gatti joined Robert to talk about the Louisville Democratic Party, and the pair talked about the news of the week.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about the Democrats electing three new leaders in the House and delivered a final word of analysis on the 2024 election.

This week Jazmin and Robert talked about the future political careers of Andy Beshear and Jacqueline Coleman as well as a lawsuit being brought by the ACLU, plus news about multiple battery plants across Kentucky.

This week Jazmin and Robert took a deeper dive into the election results, and also previewed what might happen during the next legislative session.   Also, subscribe on Patreon to hear our special episode with Kelsey Hayes Coots, the campaign manager of Better Schools Kentucky.

It wasn't fun but we're here to talk about it.