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American critic, biographer, and literary historian, whose “Finders and Makers” series traces American literary history in rich biographical detail from 1800 to 1915.

Golden Age of Radio #194

Mountain Edition: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Tribeca is a hip area known for its old industrial buildings, many now turned into residential loft space. Cobblestone streets are lined with trendy boutiques and restaurants.

Mountain Edition: Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mountain Edition: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Riding in an elevator used to be dangerous business — until Elisha Otis, of Otis Elevator Company fame, invented a device that could prevent a passenger elevator from falling if its rope broke. It debuted precisely 160 years ago at the E.V. Haughwout and Company store in Manhattan on March 23, 1857. (time.com)

Mountain Edition: Friday, March 25, 2022

John Tyler (1790-1862) served as America’s 10th president from 1841 to 1845. He assumed office after the death of President William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who passed away from pneumonia after just a month in the White House.

Snap recipients in the commonwealth are concerned about moving forward after the COVID state of emergency ended last week; a bill to abolish the death penalty for certain people is headed to the governor’s desk; and Kentucky’s attorney general is not ruling out a run for governor. Mountain Edition, weekday afternoons @ 5pm on WMKY.