John Asher will tell anyone who listens that he’s living his dream — as VP of Racing Communications at Churchill Downs he gets to do all sorts of fun stuff, from coordinating media interviews to standing in the Winners Circle for every race on Derby
About 50 years ago, two women who would make their mark in the world of horses and end up in Louisville were born about 2,000 miles apart. Donna Brothers was born in New Mexico and later become one of the top female jockeys of all
If you don’t know what all the fuss is about “SoBro”, listen in as Luckett & Farley CEO Ed Jerdonek explains just some of the exciting plans he’s got in mind for the area south of Broadway, where the offices of Luckett & Farley are
You may not know John Dant, but you’ve probably been a guest at the Back Door. With so many local establishments closing their doors, it’s refreshing to see a bar that’s been around for 30 years still going strong. And I met Bill Page, the
I would never say out loud that Rick Sanders is overqualified to be the police chief in Jeffersontown, but he probably has more law enforcement experience, on a national basis, than he needs. But that’s a plus for Jtown, which is gearing up for the
It was tons of fun to talk with Pip Pullen and Kevin Gibson on this episode of the Rusty Satellite Show. Pip is a colorful local character who runs a growing and successful advertising/marketing/web development firm, Mightily. He also was once the subject of an
If you’ve been to Jeffersontown lately, you’ve noticed some big changes — primarily those big arches on Taylorsville Road. But there’s a lot more that Mayor Bill Dieruf is doing to promote his (and my) city, and we talk about some of them on this
Rusty returns with another great show featuring two of the “Most Interesting People in the ‘Ville.” Kent Oyler has an important new job trying to turn around Greater Louisville Inc. I doubt there’s anyone more qualified, and I’m betting his entrepreneurial mindset will serve him
For our 51st show, featuring guests number 98 and 99, I ventured over to Indiana to talk with Wayne Estopinal about how he engineered moving a professional soccer team to Louisville. The team’s first home game will be sometime in March at Slugger Field, and
Rusty gets it going this week with Jerry Miller, the East End Metro Councilman. Miller makes sense, a little more so than some of his colleagues, calling out the craziness of restricting wine and liquor sales at 2 a.m., but not beer. But I think