The Wisdom Project Podcast

Donors & Recipients: A Kidney Transplant Among Friends

Mar 10, 2026

In this episode of The Wisdom Project, host Doug Boyd explores the life-changing journey of kidney donation and transplantation through the stories of two childhood friends, Laura Ottaviani-Chacon and Dan Becker. Through intimate interviews with both donor and recipient—before and after the surgery—this...

No Longer Pretend: An Interview with Actor Steve Zahn

Jan 9, 2026

In this episode of The Wisdom Project Podcast, host Doug Boyd interviews acclaimed actor Steve Zahn for a deeply personal and unexpected conversation that moves far beyond Hollywood. Recorded as part of the Nunn Center’s From Combat to Kentucky oral history project, this episode explores Zahn’s lifelong fascination...

Proof of Progress: The Women in Bourbon Oral History Project

Mar 18, 2024

In early 2021, the Nunn Center and Dr. Janice Fernheimer partnered to launch the Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. This oral history project, built in collaboration with students, documents women who have played important roles in Kentucky’s bourbon industry. Doug Boyd and Janice Fernheimer reflect on this phase...

By the Power Vested in Me: Marriage Equality, Kentucky, and the US Supreme Court

Feb 13, 2024

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same sex marriage. This episode explores the stories of two Kentucky couples and one lawyer who were part of the legal fight that led to the Supreme Court–and brought marriage equality to the country. The interviews are drawn from two Nunn Center...

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Remembering Thomas Merton

Jan 31, 2022

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was interviewed in Louisville, KY in 2013 for filmmaker Morgan C. Atkinson's documentary "The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton" The Dalai Lama shared his memories of meeting Merton and the profound impact their friendship had on his life. Interview with His Holiness the 14th...