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Access Louisville — 341 episodes

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An education leader's take on Downtown Louisville

2

Hopes for a 20-story Louisville building

3

The state of dining out in Louisville

4

Inside a growing Louisville attraction

5

Restaurant news roundup

6

The trouble with the booze industry

7

What will happen to Vincenzo's?

8

Louisville's new growth strategy

9

Louisville — a.k.a. "Glitter Ball City" — in the HBO spotlight

10

New apartments, homes coming

11

The family legacy behind Louisville McDonald's locations

12

Did the Louisville Kings choose the right jersey colors?

13

Local restaurant news roundup

14

Louisville's urban core under the microscope

15

Is Louisville really getting three hotel towers?

16

A singer-turned-CEO shares insights

17

Is Publix good enough for the Mid City Mall site?

18

20+ predictions for Louisville in 2026

19

The story behind Against the Grain's closure

20

Behind the reported Humana Building deal

21

Unanswered questions about Foxconn in Louisville

22

December restaurant news roundup

23

Behind the Belvedere redux

24

A $36M project with big potential

25

Restaurant news roundup

26

The crash of UPS Flight 2976 and its toll on Louisville

27

Behind the athletic budgets at UK, UofL

28

Local leader on arts industry's evolution

29

Is Lynn Family Stadium big enough?

30

Will Louisville support pro football?

31

Restaurant news roundup

32

Do you brag about Louisville's water?

33

Are Louisville's bigger music festivals better?

34

Louisville's CEO problem

35

Past and future clash at Downtown Louisville site

36

A downtown building's potential revival

37

Two major local projects advance

38

Who are Louisville's peers? Also, is manufacturing back?

39

On undoing Louisville Metro Government

40

Louisville's top 5 biggest developments

41

Churchill Downs' big Oaks Day change

42

Bourbon & Bowling

43

Louisville's housing and homelessness issues: A closer look

44

A growing area of the metro

45

A big investment in Louisville from GE Appliances

46

Louisville's bar scene is a lot to keep track of

47

A Downtown Louisville advocate talks impact

48

Big real estate deals around Louisville

49

Kroger's multimillion dollar push

50

Restaurant news roundup

51

NuLu, pickleball, golf and more

52

New at Kentucky Kingdom

53

Ford's Louisville flex

54

Louisville's growth play

55

Restaurant news roundup

56

A painful loss for Louisville

57

Louisville's data center boom — is it bad?

58

What to make of UofL's sudden leadership change

59

2 restaurants close + new places open

60

Remembering a Louisville legend

61

A CEO's perspective on Louisville's economy

62

Why we fight about apartments

63

Why are companies leaving Louisville?

64

Louisville's best shot at the big leagues

65

Does Louisville hate big ideas?

66

East end grocery + development roundup

67

CEO talks re-connecting with Louisville roots

68

The Bourbon downturn and it's Louisville impact

69

Deliberating on bourbon's future

70

16+ predictions for Louisville in 2025

71

2024 was hard to predict

72

Behind a $58M community project

73

Restaurant and retail news roundup

74

A $250M proposal to jumpstart downtown (Podcast)

75

Rainbow Blossom CEO talks overcoming struggles

76

Restaurant news roundup

77

Louisville recovers after massive factory explosion

78

New downtown tower: The latest

79

Louisville's grocery needs

80

Behind the revival of a Louisville retailer

81

A problem in Louisville's school system

82

Louisville money in politics

83

Louisville offered Sundance how much?

84

Louisville's film aspirations

85

Restaurant news roundup

86

3 business leaders talk turning points

87

Louisville has a big decision to make on transit

88

Louisville's barely growing

89

Three big sports business stories

90

The area's biggest redevelopment opporunity

91

Retail news roundup

92

2 businesses for sale

93

Two local projects that seem to be dead

94

What 4th Street Live needs

95

Louisville economic agency off to a buggy start

96

Does Louisville need a new hotel tower?

97

Louisville economic plans

98

YPAL's origin story

99

The history of Kentucky's Fairness Campaign

100

Why does it take so long to build something in Louisville?

101

Restaurant news roundup

102

A recap of the PGA Championship — and a Derby oddity

103

The latest with the Louisville Zoo

104

Bringing a California fast food chain to Kentucky

105

Big things at Kentucky Kingdom

106

Can Kentucky bourbon go global?

107

Business Women First, housing news and a restaurant recap

108

What's working — and what's not — for Downtown Louisville

109

Louisville restaurant news

110

Jerry Abramson, Christy Lee Brown help us look back at Louisville's milestones

111

Behind the scene at one of Louisville's newest attractions

112

A round up of Louisville sports news

113

A roundup of restaurant news

114

News roundup: Shaq leaves Papa John's board and more

115

Lessons in Louisville music history

116

How LBF's Power 50 gets picked

117

Bad days for Downtown Louisville

118

A restaurant news roundup

119

'Wrestlers' series on Netflix puts Louisville in the limelight

120

A roundup of recent Louisville restaurant news

121

Vince Tyra gets caught in a corporate crossfire

122

12 predictions for Louisville in 2024

123

Review: 2023 was hard to predict

124

Louisville beverage director talks tastes, career

125

A visit from Santa Claus, economic development news and more

126

Big bourbon news + more

127

A few holiday recommendations

128

Why transit isn't a thing in Louisville

129

Restaurant news roundup + grading Louisville's hospitals

130

Advice for building a network in Louisville

131

Louisville's trip to the big city

132

Big changes at some of Louisville’s largest employers

133

The story behind Signarama Downtown

134

What makes a cool office?

135

A big weekend for bourbon fans

136

How to heal NuLu's growing pains

137

Three restaurant closings

138

A story about a house

139

Lawsuits, disputes and more

140

What makes a "Best Places to Work?" + More

141

A roundup of restaurant and retail news

142

Behind the scenes at Shady Rays

143

News from the world of bourbon

144

KFC's new advertising campaign

145

Restaurant news + more

146

The Southern Indiana takeover

147

Restaurants and other new stuff coming to NuLu

148

A roundup of developments in Anchorage, Clermont, LaGrange and more

149

All new at the Zoo

150

Does bourbon and pickle ball mix?

151

APH's huge Frankfort Avenue project

152

There are reasons to worry about the Kentucky Derby

153

Remembering Denny Crum

154

Hotels, restaurants and Derby predictions

155

The power of Kentucky's bourbon community

156

Getting into the Derby Festival spirit

157

Grieving a tragedy in Louisville

158

Louisville Bats president on what's new this baseball season

159

Restaurant roundup: Nic and Norman's + Bandido Taqueria new location

160

Sports commission leader on March Madness in Louisville

161

Louisville business community’s reaction to Silicon Valley Bank failure

162

What's new with Nulu Marketplace?

163

Will a new listing strategy help this local restaurant find an owner?

164

Restaurant news roundup: Ramen, boba tea and more

165

Adventures in bourbon and sustainability

166

A local celebrity chef's next move + more restaurant news

167

Is e-commerce to blame for recent Louisville retail closures?

168

How Louisville’s top tourism official plans to shift into growth mode

169

Restaurant news roundup

170

What makes Louisville's startup scene unique?

171

18 Predictions for Louisville's 2023

172

We predicted what would happen in 2022. Here's what we got right (and wrong)

173

Will Publix shake up Louisville's grocery market?

174

Will Jeff Brohm’s hire end the ‘revolving door’ problem at UofL?

175

Will an apartment complex be demolished for a parking lot?

176

What makes Louisville’s Top Golf unique

177

Louisville's new mayor: Where do we go from here?

178

Kentucky's newest bourbon industry investments

179

What's the biggest hotel in Louisville?

180

Which fast-food restaurant has the slowest drive-thru?

181

Which end of the Big Four Bridge is better?

182

New restaurants news + Topgolf opening

183

What city would you compare Louisville to?

184

A bevy of events in and around Louisville

185

Is wallpaper back? Inside Homearama’s newest trends

186

A tour of Louisville prompts a lawsuit

187

Where would you take an out-of-towner to eat in Louisville?

188

Two hotels project to talk about in Louisville

189

How two major Louisville music festivals come together

190

Is the Zappos closure another sign of an e-commerce decline?

191

Huge new distillery project in Louisville

192

Restaurant roundup: One closure, one sale and surprising chicken nuggets

193

The worst habits of Louisville drivers

194

Recent restaurant closures + more

195

The best places for a coffee meeting in Louisville

196

New places to go in Louisville tourism and nightlife

197

Restaurant updates + talking over Louisville housing problem

198

Kentucky Kingdom: What's next under new ownership

199

Behind the planning of the Kentucky State Fair

200

Let's talk about that mayor's race

201

Vince Tyra's new job + Norton Commons development

202

Unpopular Derby opinions

203

Churchill Downs improvements + Louisville loses a movie theater

204

An economics education

205

Roundup of new restaurants in Louisville

206

Louisville's ongoing debate over preservation

207

A new tower in Downtown Louisville

208

A new era for UofL

209

Louisville lands another major direct flight — but we still want more

210

A new fast food restaurant is coming to town

211

The housing issues that anger Louisvillians

212

So, do you want to return to the office?

213

How did Mayor Fischer leave Louisville?

214

A restaurant news roundup

215

A food-tech company braves tough times for the restaurant industry

216

Hotels are evolving — has it changed the way you stay?

217

16 predictions for Louisville in 2022

218

We predicted Louisville's future ... sorta

219

Louisville airport's big new flight

220

Looking back on UofL's wild week

221

Forecastle founder JK McKnight on next venture, festival memories

222

A pizza week for the record books: Access Louisville restaurant roundup

223

A dreamy new hotel coming to Downtown Louisville

224

A Louisville company that's swearing off Facebook

225

One of Louisville's signature industries is changing dramatically

226

The Louisville startups that get us talking

227

What's being built? And who's running for what?

228

A new use for a former Louisville church

229

Louisville restaurant news roundup

230

Louisville is getting Publix and one more First Watch

231

A Louisville company's quest for better decision making in sports

232

Which parts of Metro Louisville are growing the fastest

233

Something to celebrate in the South End of Louisville

234

Covid-19's alarming comeback brings renewed ire over masks

235

What makes a great workplace?

236

Will a craft seltzery shake up Louisville's bar scene?

237

Louisville's bourbon scene keeps growing

238

Louisville mayoral candidate surges ahead in fundraising

239

A slew of executive changes

240

Three Louisville companies sell within a week

241

Restaurant roundup: New places to eat and returning favorites

242

The plan to revitalize Downtown Louisville

243

What kind of mayor does Louisville need?

244

Two downtown office buildings sold — what happens next

245

New riverfront development, new restaurant + more

246

New restaurants abound — but there's a problem

247

Derby days gone by

248

New things coming to Norton Commons

249

Understanding your property tax bill

250

Kentucky unemployment system hacked and temporarily shut down

251

It's time to solve problems in Downtown Louisville

252

The new plan for Thunder Over Louisville

253

Should Louisville's so-called "Odd Fellows building" be torn down?

254

The most powerful people in Louisville

255

Another year without Forecastle — and the good news about next year

256

A Louisville restaurant brand with big plans

257

New hotels and old strip clubs

258

John Schnatter joins us to talk about a 'chilling' recording

259

Rebuilding downtown and other economic concerns

260

Looking forward to events on Louisville's calendar

261

A brand new restaurant group in Louisville with big ambitions

262

14 predictions for Louisville in 2021

263

An Access Louisville holiday special

264

We made a lot of bad predictions

265

Remembering a NuLu pioneer

266

A new Louisville-based restaurant brand

267

A Thanksgiving special

268

Some good news and bad news on the Covid-19 front

269

Making sense of a wild election

270

Getting back to good Covid behavior

271

John Schnatter takes another dig at Papa John's

272

The most-liked businesses in St. Matthews

273

Our favorite Louisville bars that are now gone

274

Is Louisville in a housing boom?

275

Papa John's Atlanta decision is a loss for Louisville

276

Hopes for TARC following a salacious scandal

277

Would you live in a shipping container?

278

Restaurant comings and goings + reviving downtown

279

Celebrating Louisville's philanthropic companies

280

Derby is a go — what does it mean for downtown?

281

Decisions loom on Kentucky Derby details

282

Perks at some of Louisville's Best Places to Work

283

The wealthiest ZIP codes in Louisville

284

Highlands restaurant closes — what should replace it?

285

Restaurant news galore!

286

Kentucky Derby is coming back with fans ... wait, why?

287

Is our field of dreams in Oldham County?

288

For those who want change, this is our moment

289

Making bourbon while the world stands still

290

Should we just keep working at home after the virus is gone?

291

Several Louisville restaurants have closed for good

292

The economy is reopening — Are you excited or not?

293

Should sports come back yet?

294

Predicting when Kentucky's economy reopens

295

Believe it or not, there are still new construction projects being proposed

296

Plenty of reasons to drink, but it's bad times for brewers

297

How to distract yourself during the coronavirus outbreak

298

Are Louisville's hospitals ready for coronavirus?

299

Working through the new normal

300

Staying at home is the new going to work

301

From Toy Tiger to Topgolf

302

Ranking Louisville bourbon distilleries

303

New tower being added to Downtown Louisville hotel

304

Lou City FC President Brad Estes joins the panel

305

An East Louisville restaurant is closing after 10 years + more foodie news

306

Troubled St. Matthews shopping center to be sold

307

What the Louisville housing market needs

308

New hotels coming to the Highlands and Downtown

309

A promising company leaves Louisville

310

Topgolf won't happen and other predictions for Louisville in 2020

311

Favorite holiday movies

312

One Park makes the New York Times

313

Our favorite Louisville real estate

314

One Park still has a long way to go

315

The stories we're thankful to tell

316

What does NuLu need?

317

Matt Bevin's surprising concession

318

Tons of restaurant news

319

Huge changes coming to Churchill Downs

320

Kevin Cogan's One Park: What happens next?

321

U of L's $379M plan B

322

A growing tech company considers leaving the Louisville area

323

Is One Park a referendum on Louisville's future?

324

Is Louisville getting too many new luxury apartments?

325

Meet Business First's new managing editor + Papa John's back in the news.

326

U of L officials get grilled in Frankfort

327

The fastest growing companies in town

328

Is Kevin Cogan's One Park project too big?

329

Why is Louisville always losing startups?

330

Louisville's newest direct flight destination isn't exciting

331

High salaries and soccer stadiums

332

Mourning the loss of Insider Louisville

333

Topgolf's legal challenge: What happens next?

334

What to make of Louisville's startup scene

335

Louisville has lost how many restaurants now?

336

A hotel bubble in Louisville?

337

A rocket ride with the new boss of Business First

338

Is Shaq enough to rebound Papa John's?

339

What Louisville's airport really needs

340

Our favorite restaurant buzzwords + tech in Louisville

341

1. Is development too slow in Louisville?