Top of the Week

It’s Black History month. As Black men, how are we perceiving each other and how are we being perceived? This week’s podcast tackles how we see ourselves and our role in society. How can we continue the conversation while exploring our points of view?

Co-hosts Myles Middleton, Dale Young, Coy Booker and Elijah Gaines hope to spread knowledge and ideas through discussion and interviews with various figures on and off of campus. This program is a production of the College Heights Herald at Western Kentucky University.

Status Quo is a podcast designed to spark dialogue among students staff and faculty at WKU around topics that are often disregarded. Co-hosts Myles Middleton, Dale Young, Coy Booker and Elijah Gaines hope to spread knowledge and ideas through discussion and interviews with various figures on and off of campus. This program is a production of the College Heights Herald at Western Kentucky University.

College Heights Herald sports staffers Luke Edmonds and Michael Givner Jr. discuss the world of college basketball, the recent College Football Playoff change, EA College Football 25, the upcoming MLB season as well as Hilltopper and Lady Topper basketball. This program is a production by the College Heights Herald of Western Kentucky University.

This week co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens revisit a story by content editor Alexandria Anderson from the January print edition "The Climate Issue", as well as a sneak peek into Grace Stephens' story "It's Okay to Be Sexy" in the Herald's upcoming March print issue "Let's Talk About Sex (Or Not)".

Co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens talk to reporters Alexandria Anderson and Michael Crimmins about their upcoming stories on student sustainability and WKU President Timothy Caboni's Faculty Senate attendance. 

In this episode co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens interview news reporters Alexandria Anderson and Damon Stone about the upcoming Kentucky elections and gerrymandering. In addition, co-host Debra Murray talks about the developing situation regarding the potential suspension of WKU's Folk Studies master's program.

In a special edition of Top of the Week, co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens talk to Co-Editor-In-Chief Jake Moore, reporter B Turner, and photo editor Tucker Covey. In our interviews, we talk about various aspects of the newly released issue of the College Heights Herald magazine, such as the production, stories, and the visuals of the newsprint.

In this episode, co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens talk with Molly Dobberstein and Michael Crimmins about the upcoming general election and the new ownership of Dublin's Irish Pub in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky.

This week co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens talk to Herald reporters B Turner and Michael Crimmins about their articles from last week. B Turner provides information of a tornado support group for those affected by last December and Michael Crimmins details the events of the potential explosive threat on WKU's campus last Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. 

Audio production and mixing by Grace Stephens

Theme music by Jacob Latimer

After a year hiatus, Top of the Week returns with co-hosts Grace Stephens and Debra Murray. On this episode, Grace and Debra talk with Herald reporters Alexandria Anderson and Michael Crimmins about the top stories of the week.