Kelsey Starks is in the studio with me now, a longtime colleague at WHCA.

His good to see me singing now.

That's your girl, isn't it?

It is.

I'm a official Swifty now.

Did you just see those shows?

Yes.

I took my daughters on Saturday to Cincinnati and.

Wow, it was it was incredible.

Everybody says it's a magnificent show.

My wife and daughter went a few years ago here to the cancer center.

Yeah.

And they said it was magnificent show.

And they were right next to the, I guess, runway.

Oh, yeah.

That comes down there.

And they said she was nice.

It was incredible.

Because they were connected to radio.

And the media is very nice.

I'm just lucky I got tickets, I guess.

Gracie, when she came on.

What was it like meeting Taylor when she said she smells great?

That she's amazing?

Yeah.

And I saw that you got tickets, because back then, it wasn't as insane as it is now.

Do you really want to hear this story?

Yes.

So I am dying because my daughters really, really wanted to go to see Taylor Swift.

The ticket prices just kept going up and up and up and I thought, I don't know what I'm going to do.

And as a mom, you're just like, you want to make all your kid's dreams come true.

But for $3,000 a ticket, girl, Sorry.

But yeah.

So I was pulling out all the stops.

We went to the raffle at the mall at OCS.

More.

Let's go.

I was like, We're going to win tickets.

Maybe I donated to some animal shelter in Cincinnati for a chance to win, too.

I mean, I was out of control, and.

It was just keeping you up at night because you were like, I'm going to disappoint my children.

Well, I was.

And then you start figuring out like you start trying to figure out in your mind, like justifying that much money on a ticket.

I was like, Well, we're not really doing a summer vacation.

And like, they don't really need to go to college.

And it's crazy what your mind starts to think of, you know, But like, Oh.

Yeah, they can get a job.

Yeah, yeah.

But anyway, no, I ended up having I shouldn't even say this, but I had a friend to works for the Bengals doing PR.

I'd stop right there and like it's her friend and I travel.

That's good.

So.

But.

But you had to pay something for.

Yes.

We did not get free tickets.

We get like regularly priced.

Take, that's all.

Which were amazing.

Good reasons.

So but I saw pictures to your two daughters and your husband.

So you got four.

So.

Yeah Chris do.

Were like Chris was like well he wasn't, he wasn't into it at first and then he was like, Well, yeah, I kind, I just want to go for the experience of seeing the girls because, you know, you get to a point where my girls are now that next time Taylor Swift has a concert or anybody big in a couple of years, this might be the last time.

They'll go.

With you.

They're going to want me to go.

With you, I can assure you.

Yeah, true.

Yeah.

So it was kind of like, Oh, gosh, we've really got to take advantage of this and go.

And he's a certified swift now.

He's got a favorite album.

It's awesome.

He's got some favorite songs.

He wore his 22 shirt from the Red Album and yeah, he had some friendship bracelet trading going, Well.

That's a little bit much for me.

I wasn't going to do all that, but.

Yeah, it was a good time.

Yeah, that's great.

I'm so glad that worked out.

All right, so you and I worked many years.

We did great.

They live together.

Sometimes he would come in and fill in when Rachel was out.

Yes, sir.

Rachel's usually in jail, you know, on Monday.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

It's always out driving like a crazy person, speeding, and they pull her over and lock her up when they go get her out.

Good.

You know, Kelsey, get in there.

Do great.

They like having to fill in on a monday.

We can't get a judge to sign the release papers for Rachel till 11:00.

But you work for Katie now, and I hear there's a new show.

That's right.

I When I left, Yes.

In 2016, I started working for Katie freelancing, and I did a show called News Quiz.

I still do it.

It's for kids.

And then I went, I guess last summer they approached me at Katie and said, Hey, would you be interested in coming back full time to work for us?

And I, you know, I.

And you said, I'll take it on a condition.

You'll give me Taylor Swift tickets.

Yeah, that's what it was.

Yeah.

So it was a good deal.

No, I, I did.

You know, I wasn't looking to get back into TV full time at all, but they said we really want to develop this new show all about Louisville and really grow our presence there.

And I thought, gosh, that is the opportunity of a lifetime.

That's what I've always wanted to do, is just be able to tell cool, interesting stories.

And, you know, in news it's all about with nothing wrong with it.

But, you know, you get a sound bite with somebody and you have to tell the story in a minute and a half.

And with this show, I am getting to tell a 30 minute story about an interesting person or a place in Louisville.

And I just love it.

And it's it's been really interesting.

It starts this Sunday.

That's right.

It premieres this Sunday at noon.

Okay.

It's stable.

It's statewide.

Yeah.

And, you know, it gives us a chance to tell Louisville stories to the rest of the state, which I think is really important.

I think Louisville gets a bad rap sometimes.

And these are really interesting, cool, inspirational stories.

I was on your website and I saw there was a mention of an entrepreneur story, and it's pretty fascinating, which is wild.

I was astounded.

I've met that guy before and someone tied the music.

I don't know if you want to release names or not.

Yeah, sure.

And we have Teddy Abrams coming up this Sunday and then Dan Oliver from D.A.

Seasoning.

That's the guy.

Yeah, he has a great story.

And we have Chef Edward Lee.

Yeah, that guy.

Fantastic.

He just do the dinner for a white House state dinner.

State dinner at the White House.

So lots of pressure.

Well, you know what was so funny when I talked to him, I said, let's talk about your nerves for that.

Was that crazy?

Wait, what do you think when you get that call?

And he said, Well, I just kind of thought it was another dinner.

And I didn't really realize what a big deal it was until people started, you know, reiterating like, oh, my gosh, this is a big deal.

And he's like, gosh, I guess it is.

And so, yeah, it was it was amazing.

But the thing about kind of the thing that's gone through a bunch of these guests is like, was Chef Lee or Teddy Abrams?

They're people who, you know, visited love all fell in love with Louisville, decided to stay here and invest in our community and lift up Louisville to a place.

I mean, Louisville's like a foodie town.

A lot of that has to do with Chef Lee.

What Ted Abrams has done with the Louisville Orchestra is incredible.

And just when these people have the drive and passion for what they do, they lift us all up for being a part of the community and it's just inspirational.

So do you go to their homes and meet their families, or how does it work?

Well, they usually they've been coming to our studio Some we did Teddy Abrams in his home.

We met Chef Lee in his new restaurant and Tommy.

Oh, so that was cool.

But we didn't really get into it.

I was hoping we'd get to taste the food, but you know.

How that works for us in TV.

A lot of times they'll bring in and it's just stage food, right?

It's not really for human consumption because it's been decorated and furnished and all in.

Your bellies growling when you're down.

And you're looking at it and it's like, don't eat that because there's varnish on it.

That's right.

It's a product like hairspray.

Yeah.

So, no, I'm going to have to go and actually pay for the food.

But yeah, so it's, it's been really interesting so far.

And they, you know, we have 40 episodes for our first season, which sounded very daunting.

It is, yes, 40 episodes.

And when they first told me that, I was like, Oh my gosh, that's going to be so difficult.

But, you know, the more you think about the stories that are here, I got at least like three times that length now of people I want to talk to and Entry Minders is one of them.

I met him one time.

Oh, yeah.

Great guy.

Yeah, I've heard a few stories that we're hoping to confirm.

Okay, good.

Well, this is great.

So it's called Inside Louisville.

It starts this Sunday and runs every Sunday.

That's right.

Every Sunday at noon, 11 central statewide.

And kind of a different topic for every week.

We'll talk to interesting people.

We also have a couple of episodes just on places, one on Waterfront Park coming on.

You'll learn the history of that.

We're hoping to do the Frazier History Museum, of course, and with everything that's going on there.

And so I think it's a great opportunity for us to kind of tell these stories and for people who have never been here, but also for people who are maybe native Louisville aliens, I think you're going to learn something.

You really are like, for instance, Waterfront Park, if you can find photos of what that looked like with scrap scrap metal junk.

I mean, it was just back in the day when I guess barges would come.

I'll just throw it over there.

That's right.

And what it's become now and what the future plans for it are, it's it's really incredible.

So I really am excited for everybody to learn a little something about their hometown or if they're not from here, it's, you know, it's the biggest city in the state.

We've got a lot going on.

Are you sure you don't miss getting up at 1:00 in the morning?

Good morning, Kentucky.

I guarantee to it took me about half a day to get used to not like you.

Hey.

Yeah.

That panic you feel when you do those morning shows and you wake up a little late, you're like.

Oh, yes, it is.

And you know, you don't realize how grueling that is until you stop, really, because you're just kind of in the groove and.

Yeah.

And then after you're like, How did I do that for so long?

Yeah, but it was a good time.

Good, good time always is.

Kelsey Starks, great seeing you again.

People can find you on social media under your name.

That's right.

Kelsey Kay Starks on on most platforms.

And then we've got a new Instagram for Inside Lover, which is T in lieu.

You can follow the show and all the behind the scenes kind of fun stuff.

Oh, count me in.

Yeah.

You're a former.

Great, great seeing it.

Good to see you.

Thanks.

All right.

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