Renee talks with Dr. Patricia Peacock about how the VA is helping veterans with military sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Renee speaks Kentucky Department of Community Based Services Commissioner Adria Johnson to discuss foster care.

Renee speaks with Secretary John Tilley, head of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. Secretary Tilley discusses new legislation targeting re-entry procedures for felons, as well as other topics related to his cabinet including the opioid crisis.

Renee's guests are Secretary Hal Heiner, head of Kentucky's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey. They discuss felon reentry efforts such as job training while behind bars, Kentucky's workforce shortage, apprenticeship and Work Ready programs, and education policy changes possible impact on the state's future workforce.

Renee speaks with Kristen Branscum, the commissioner of Kentucky's Department of Travel and Tourism. She discusses several of Kentucky's signature travel destinations, describing the commonwealth as "the front porch of the South."

Renee speaks with Rashaad Abdur-Rahman, director of Louisville Metro Government's Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, about how the office in Louisville is responding with ways to help steer people away from gun violence.

Renee speaks with State Treasurer Allison Ball, Kentucky's 38th state treasurer and the youngest statewide female elected official in the country.

Renee's guest is Kathryn Edin, a sociologist and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in study of people living on welfare. Edin is author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Renee looks at homelessness from the perspectives of advocates in Kentucky's two largest cities. First, she speaks with Natalie Harris, executive director of Louisville's Coalition for the Homeless, and then with Charlie Lanter, director of Lexington's Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention.

Renee's guest is Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League. A former Jefferson county district judge, Reynolds was once the chief of community building in the Office of the Mayor.