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Access Louisville — 349 episodes

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Louisville's parks power play

2

Trouble in the Highlands

3

St. Matthews development drama

4

A bourbon bankruptcy

5

Latest restaurant news

6

Bringing people back

7

Building up NuLu

8

Louisville teams confront financial realities

9

An education leader's take on Downtown Louisville

10

Hopes for a 20-story Louisville building

11

The state of dining out in Louisville

12

Inside a growing Louisville attraction

13

Restaurant news roundup

14

The trouble with the booze industry

15

What will happen to Vincenzo's?

16

Louisville's new growth strategy

17

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

18

New apartments, homes coming

19

The family legacy behind Louisville McDonald's locations

20

Did the Louisville Kings choose the right jersey colors?

21

Local restaurant news roundup

22

Louisville's urban core under the microscope

23

Is Louisville really getting three hotel towers?

24

A singer-turned-CEO shares insights

25

Is Publix good enough for the Mid City Mall site?

26

20+ predictions for Louisville in 2026

27

The story behind Against the Grain's closure

28

Behind the reported Humana Building deal

29

Unanswered questions about Foxconn in Louisville

30

December restaurant news roundup

31

Behind the Belvedere redux

32

A $36M project with big potential

33

Restaurant news roundup

34

The crash of UPS Flight 2976 and its toll on Louisville

35

Behind the athletic budgets at UK, UofL

36

Local leader on arts industry's evolution

37

Is Lynn Family Stadium big enough?

38

Will Louisville support pro football?

39

Restaurant news roundup

40

Do you brag about Louisville's water?

41

Are Louisville's bigger music festivals better?

42

Louisville's CEO problem

43

Past and future clash at Downtown Louisville site

44

A downtown building's potential revival

45

Two major local projects advance

46

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

47

On undoing Louisville Metro Government

48

Louisville's top 5 biggest developments

49

Churchill Downs' big Oaks Day change

50

Bourbon & Bowling

51

Louisville's housing and homelessness issues: A closer look

52

A growing area of the metro

53

A big investment in Louisville from GE Appliances

54

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

55

A Downtown Louisville advocate talks impact

56

Big real estate deals around Louisville

57

Kroger's multimillion dollar push

58

Restaurant news roundup

59

NuLu, pickleball, golf and more

60

New at Kentucky Kingdom

61

Ford's Louisville flex

62

Louisville's growth play

63

Restaurant news roundup

64

A painful loss for Louisville

65

Louisville's data center boom — is it bad?

66

What to make of UofL's sudden leadership change

67

2 restaurants close + new places open

68

Remembering a Louisville legend

69

A CEO's perspective on Louisville's economy

70

Why we fight about apartments

71

Why are companies leaving Louisville?

72

Louisville's best shot at the big leagues

73

Does Louisville hate big ideas?

74

East end grocery + development roundup

75

CEO talks re-connecting with Louisville roots

76

The Bourbon downturn and it's Louisville impact

77

Deliberating on bourbon's future

78

16+ predictions for Louisville in 2025

79

2024 was hard to predict

80

Behind a $58M community project

81

Restaurant and retail news roundup

82

A $250M proposal to jumpstart downtown (Podcast)

83

Rainbow Blossom CEO talks overcoming struggles

84

Restaurant news roundup

85

Louisville recovers after massive factory explosion

86

New downtown tower: The latest

87

Louisville's grocery needs

88

Behind the revival of a Louisville retailer

89

A problem in Louisville's school system

90

Louisville money in politics

91

Louisville offered Sundance how much?

92

Louisville's film aspirations

93

Restaurant news roundup

94

3 business leaders talk turning points

95

Louisville has a big decision to make on transit

96

Louisville's barely growing

97

Three big sports business stories

98

The area's biggest redevelopment opporunity

99

Retail news roundup

100

2 businesses for sale

101

Two local projects that seem to be dead

102

What 4th Street Live needs

103

Louisville economic agency off to a buggy start

104

Does Louisville need a new hotel tower?

105

Louisville economic plans

106

YPAL's origin story

107

The history of Kentucky's Fairness Campaign

108

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

109

Restaurant news roundup

110

A recap of the PGA Championship — and a Derby oddity

111

The latest with the Louisville Zoo

112

Bringing a California fast food chain to Kentucky

113

Big things at Kentucky Kingdom

114

Can Kentucky bourbon go global?

115

Business Women First, housing news and a restaurant recap

116

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

117

Louisville restaurant news

118

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

119

Behind the scene at one of Louisville's newest attractions

120

A round up of Louisville sports news

121

A roundup of restaurant news

122

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

123

Lessons in Louisville music history

124

How LBF's Power 50 gets picked

125

Bad days for Downtown Louisville

126

A restaurant news roundup

127

'Wrestlers' series on Netflix puts Louisville in the limelight

128

A roundup of recent Louisville restaurant news

129

Vince Tyra gets caught in a corporate crossfire

130

12 predictions for Louisville in 2024

131

Review: 2023 was hard to predict

132

Louisville beverage director talks tastes, career

133

A visit from Santa Claus, economic development news and more

134

Big bourbon news + more

135

A few holiday recommendations

136

Why transit isn't a thing in Louisville

137

Restaurant news roundup + grading Louisville's hospitals

138

Advice for building a network in Louisville

139

Louisville's trip to the big city

140

Big changes at some of Louisville’s largest employers

141

The story behind Signarama Downtown

142

What makes a cool office?

143

A big weekend for bourbon fans

144

How to heal NuLu's growing pains

145

Three restaurant closings

146

A story about a house

147

Lawsuits, disputes and more

148

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

149

A roundup of restaurant and retail news

150

Behind the scenes at Shady Rays

151

News from the world of bourbon

152

KFC's new advertising campaign

153

Restaurant news + more

154

The Southern Indiana takeover

155

Restaurants and other new stuff coming to NuLu

156

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

157

All new at the Zoo

158

Does bourbon and pickle ball mix?

159

APH's huge Frankfort Avenue project

160

There are reasons to worry about the Kentucky Derby

161

Remembering Denny Crum

162

Hotels, restaurants and Derby predictions

163

The power of Kentucky's bourbon community

164

Getting into the Derby Festival spirit

165

Grieving a tragedy in Louisville

166

Louisville Bats president on what's new this baseball season

167

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

168

Sports commission leader on March Madness in Louisville

169

Louisville business community’s reaction to Silicon Valley Bank failure

170

What's new with Nulu Marketplace?

171

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

172

Restaurant news roundup: Ramen, boba tea and more

173

Adventures in bourbon and sustainability

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

Restaurant news roundup

178

What makes Louisville's startup scene unique?

179

18 Predictions for Louisville's 2023

180

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

181

Will Publix shake up Louisville's grocery market?

182

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

183

Will an apartment complex be demolished for a parking lot?

184

What makes Louisville’s Top Golf unique

185

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

186

Kentucky's newest bourbon industry investments

187

What's the biggest hotel in Louisville?

188

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

189

Which end of the Big Four Bridge is better?

190

New restaurants news + Topgolf opening

191

What city would you compare Louisville to?

192

A bevy of events in and around Louisville

193

Is wallpaper back? Inside Homearama’s newest trends

194

A tour of Louisville prompts a lawsuit

195

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

196

Two hotels project to talk about in Louisville

197

How two major Louisville music festivals come together

198

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

199

Huge new distillery project in Louisville

200

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

201

The worst habits of Louisville drivers

202

Recent restaurant closures + more

203

The best places for a coffee meeting in Louisville

204

New places to go in Louisville tourism and nightlife

205

Restaurant updates + talking over Louisville housing problem

206

Kentucky Kingdom: What's next under new ownership

207

Behind the planning of the Kentucky State Fair

208

Let's talk about that mayor's race

209

Vince Tyra's new job + Norton Commons development

210

Unpopular Derby opinions

211

Churchill Downs improvements + Louisville loses a movie theater

212

An economics education

213

Roundup of new restaurants in Louisville

214

Louisville's ongoing debate over preservation

215

A new tower in Downtown Louisville

216

A new era for UofL

217

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

218

A new fast food restaurant is coming to town

219

The housing issues that anger Louisvillians

220

So, do you want to return to the office?

221

How did Mayor Fischer leave Louisville?

222

A restaurant news roundup

223

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

224

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

225

16 predictions for Louisville in 2022

226

We predicted Louisville's future ... sorta

227

Louisville airport's big new flight

228

Looking back on UofL's wild week

229

Forecastle founder JK McKnight on next venture, festival memories

230

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

231

A dreamy new hotel coming to Downtown Louisville

232

A Louisville company that's swearing off Facebook

233

One of Louisville's signature industries is changing dramatically

234

The Louisville startups that get us talking

235

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

236

A new use for a former Louisville church

237

Louisville restaurant news roundup

238

Louisville is getting Publix and one more First Watch

239

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

240

Which parts of Metro Louisville are growing the fastest

241

Something to celebrate in the South End of Louisville

242

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

243

What makes a great workplace?

244

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

245

Louisville's bourbon scene keeps growing

246

Louisville mayoral candidate surges ahead in fundraising

247

A slew of executive changes

248

Three Louisville companies sell within a week

249

Restaurant roundup: New places to eat and returning favorites

250

The plan to revitalize Downtown Louisville

251

What kind of mayor does Louisville need?

252

Two downtown office buildings sold — what happens next

253

New riverfront development, new restaurant + more

254

New restaurants abound — but there's a problem

255

Derby days gone by

256

New things coming to Norton Commons

257

Understanding your property tax bill

258

Kentucky unemployment system hacked and temporarily shut down

259

It's time to solve problems in Downtown Louisville

260

The new plan for Thunder Over Louisville

261

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

262

The most powerful people in Louisville

263

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

264

A Louisville restaurant brand with big plans

265

New hotels and old strip clubs

266

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

267

Rebuilding downtown and other economic concerns

268

Looking forward to events on Louisville's calendar

269

A brand new restaurant group in Louisville with big ambitions

270

14 predictions for Louisville in 2021

271

An Access Louisville holiday special

272

We made a lot of bad predictions

273

Remembering a NuLu pioneer

274

A new Louisville-based restaurant brand

275

A Thanksgiving special

276

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

277

Making sense of a wild election

278

Getting back to good Covid behavior

279

John Schnatter takes another dig at Papa John's

280

The most-liked businesses in St. Matthews

281

Our favorite Louisville bars that are now gone

282

Is Louisville in a housing boom?

283

Papa John's Atlanta decision is a loss for Louisville

284

Hopes for TARC following a salacious scandal

285

Would you live in a shipping container?

286

Restaurant comings and goings + reviving downtown

287

Celebrating Louisville's philanthropic companies

288

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

289

Decisions loom on Kentucky Derby details

290

Perks at some of Louisville's Best Places to Work

291

The wealthiest ZIP codes in Louisville

292

Highlands restaurant closes — what should replace it?

293

Restaurant news galore!

294

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

295

Is our field of dreams in Oldham County?

296

For those who want change, this is our moment

297

Making bourbon while the world stands still

298

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

299

Several Louisville restaurants have closed for good

300

The economy is reopening — Are you excited or not?

301

Should sports come back yet?

302

Predicting when Kentucky's economy reopens

303

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

304

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

305

How to distract yourself during the coronavirus outbreak

306

Are Louisville's hospitals ready for coronavirus?

307

Working through the new normal

308

Staying at home is the new going to work

309

From Toy Tiger to Topgolf

310

Ranking Louisville bourbon distilleries

311

New tower being added to Downtown Louisville hotel

312

Lou City FC President Brad Estes joins the panel

313

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

314

Troubled St. Matthews shopping center to be sold

315

What the Louisville housing market needs

316

New hotels coming to the Highlands and Downtown

317

A promising company leaves Louisville

318

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

319

Favorite holiday movies

320

One Park makes the New York Times

321

Our favorite Louisville real estate

322

One Park still has a long way to go

323

The stories we're thankful to tell

324

What does NuLu need?

325

Matt Bevin's surprising concession

326

Tons of restaurant news

327

Huge changes coming to Churchill Downs

328

Kevin Cogan's One Park: What happens next?

329

U of L's $379M plan B

330

A growing tech company considers leaving the Louisville area

331

Is One Park a referendum on Louisville's future?

332

Is Louisville getting too many new luxury apartments?

333

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

334

U of L officials get grilled in Frankfort

335

The fastest growing companies in town

336

Is Kevin Cogan's One Park project too big?

337

Why is Louisville always losing startups?

338

Louisville's newest direct flight destination isn't exciting

339

High salaries and soccer stadiums

340

Mourning the loss of Insider Louisville

341

Topgolf's legal challenge: What happens next?

342

What to make of Louisville's startup scene

343

Louisville has lost how many restaurants now?

344

A hotel bubble in Louisville?

345

A rocket ride with the new boss of Business First

346

Is Shaq enough to rebound Papa John's?

347

What Louisville's airport really needs

348

Our favorite restaurant buzzwords + tech in Louisville

349

1. Is development too slow in Louisville?