On this week’s episode of Catching Up with the Kernel, your hosts Sylvia Freire and Lilly Keith inform you about how local groups said the University of Kentucky never notified them before flagging partnerships, UK’s Turning Point USA chapter under investigation by the university, US District judge denied suspended UK professor’s request to return to classroom and UK employee returns to work after Charlie Kirk comment.
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PODCAST: Catching Up With The Kernel: Season 3 Episode 11
January 16, 2026
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About the Contributors
Sylvia Freire, Assistant News Editor
Sylvia Freire is a Louisville, Kentucky, native. She is a sophomore undergraduate student at the University of Kentucky, majoring in journalism with a minor in political science.
While at the Kentucky Kernel, she has been the copy editor and assistant news editor, focusing on breaking news, political reporting and the Catching Up with the Kernel news podcast. Outside of the Kernel, she is a radio DJ for the local radio station, WRFL Lexington 88.1FM.
She hopes to work for a news corporation as a foreign correspondent or political journalist.
Chloe Bradley, Digital Editor
I am a multimedia journalist based out of Lexington, Kentucky. I currently work as a broadcast/multimedia reporter and photographer, and serve as the Video Editor for the Kentucky Kernel. I am currently a student at the University of Kentucky pursuing a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a B.A. in Media Arts & Studies.