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Laura Ellis
Director of Podcasts & Special ProjectsLaura is LPM's Director of Podcasts & Special Projects. Laura was born and raised in Louisville and has been with LPM since 2004. When she's not making radio, she's on stage or in a sound booth making theater, or singing old-fashioned music.
Email Laura at lellis@lpm.org.
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Rick wore many hats at LPM; most recently he hosted midday newscasts and our talk show, “In Conversation.”
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Why do love songs make us feel more connected? And how does music get us through heartbreak?
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How do you reclaim the pleasure of creating when you have to make art to pay the bills?
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When pleasure is your business, where's the line between work and play?
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Dr. JaBani Bennett explores the concept of pleasure as access to the things we want and need.
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How a long journey to motherhood reframed a woman’s relationship with pleasure.
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Entrepreneur Kishya Hayden on how mixing business with pleasure can strengthen both.
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What did we learn from our elders about joy? How are we teaching it?
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The pleasure of living authentically—even if it means changing everything.
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Exploring the pleasure in deep friendships between Black women.