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On this week’s edition of Eastern Standard: Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher on his book “Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia.” | Outdated drinking water standards documented across the Ohio Valley | Why dairy farmers are gladly burning manure and how it works to fight climate change | New census numbers show continued loss of population in Eastern Kentucky | What oral history teaches us about the realities of the past 

Interviews in order of appearance (Click on name to listen): 

WSJ reporter Kris Maher 

Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Corinne Boyer 

Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Katie Myers 

Alltech Sustainability officer David Butler 

Daily Yonder Editor Tim Marema 

Capitol reporter Ryland Barton 

Neil Kasiak, Director of EKU's Berge Oral History Center