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This week on the Crossroads Suncast, University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Yancy Freeman and Murray State University President Ron Patterson discuss the barriers they faced as first generation students and how those experiences shaped them into the leaders they are today.

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This week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast takes a comprehensive look at the roots of federal food aid programs in the United States, the political issues driving the current crisis, and new rules changing SNAP eligibility moving forward.

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From Kentucky ghost stories to Southern Illinois' legendary cryptid and an alleged UFO crash — this week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast is all about the myths and legends of our region.

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From Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald; Satchel Paige to Billie Holiday and Thurgood Marshall, the Hotel Metropolitan has housed a huge number of iconic figures in American culture. This week's episode explores the Hotel's role as a bastion of equality during the Jim Crow era.

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This week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast explores the ways that cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities filter down to community-level programming at schools, libraries, and community centers.

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After tornadoes, flooding, hail, and storms, first responders and journalists discuss severe weather response and how their agencies partner to make sense of complicated situations on this week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast.Â