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Ariel Lavery
Co-Host and Managing Producer for Middle of EverywhereAriel grew up in and became disenchanted with suburbia early on. Since childhood, she yearned for rural farm life and has now made a chance landing in rural Murray, KY. She holds a BFA and MFA in Studio Art.“ I am driven to collect the stories and histories of rural folk, the people who , in some ways, have the most immediate connection to our history as a country. ” -Ariel
See more about the podcast at https://www.middleofeverywherepod.org/
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When a polar vortex chilled western Kentucky this winter, a local school worker got a concerning call about the Noble Lodge Apartments, a motel complex in midtown Paducah that was housing more than 70 people.