# Growing Kentucky's Leaders: A Podcast by the Kentucky FFA Foundation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686.md RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/a67fbdbc/podcast/rss Official site: https://kyffa.org/podcast Author: Kentucky FFA Foundation Episodes: 125 ## Resource Growing Kentucky's Leaders is a podcast focused on highlighting Kentucky FFA's members and alumni for their work while in FFA and what they go on to do after. Hosted by Sheldon McKinney, Executive Director of the Kentucky FFA Foundation, and Ruth An Fink, Development Officer for the Kentucky FFA Foundation. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686.md ## Episodes - [Matthew Estes, 2025-26 Kentucky FFA State Vice President - Retiring Address](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/matthew-estes-2025-26-kentucky-ffa-state-vice-president-retiring-address) — 2026-06-22T10:00:00+00:00 - [Aiden Manley, 2025-26 Kentucky FFA President - Retiring Address](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/aiden-manley-2025-26-kentucky-ffa-president-retiring-address) — 2026-06-15T10:00:00+00:00 - [Josh Mitcham, Carol Martin Gatton FFA Leadership Training Center Director](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/josh-mitcham-carol-martin-gatton-ffa-leadership-training-center-director) — 2026-06-08T10:00:00+00:00 - [Jacee McKeel and Tyren Harris, Kentucky FFA State Officers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/jacee-mckeel-and-tyren-harris-kentucky-ffa-state-officers) — 2026-06-01T10:00:00+00:00 - [Annagrace Sholar and Sara Thakur, Madisonville North Hopkins FFA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/annagrace-sholar-and-sara-thakur-madisonville-north-hopkins-ffa) — 2026-05-25T10:00:00+00:00 - [Coty Back, Kentucky FFA State Convention Keynote Speaker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/coty-back-kentucky-ffa-state-convention-keynote-speaker) — 2026-05-18T10:00:00+00:00 - [Dr. Thomas Kingery, WKU Agriculture Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/dr-thomas-kingery-wku-agriculture-education) — 2026-05-11T10:00:00+00:00 - [Patrick Grady, FFA Camp Keynote Speaker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/patrick-grady-ffa-camp-keynote-speaker) — 2026-05-04T10:00:00+00:00 - [Taylor County FFA, Outstanding Ag Ed Program](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/taylor-county-ffa-outstanding-ag-ed-program) — 2026-04-27T10:00:00+00:00 - [Darleen Santore "Coach Dar" and Dwight Sears on Pay It Forward Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/darleen-santore-coach-dar-and-dwight-sears-on-pay-it-forward-day) — 2026-04-20T10:00:00+00:00 - [Dexter Knight, Ag Teachers Change Lives Award Winner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/dexter-knight-ag-teachers-change-lives-award-winner) — 2026-04-13T10:00:00+00:00 - [Matthew Estes, Kentucky FFA State Vice President](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/matthew-estes-kentucky-ffa-state-vice-president) — 2026-04-06T10:00:00+00:00 - [Spencer Guinn and Hunter Anne Mattingly, Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/spencer-guinn-and-hunter-anne-mattingly-kentucky-center-for-agriculture-and-rural-development) — 2026-03-30T10:00:00+00:00 - [Shelby Roberts, Morehead State University](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/shelby-roberts-morehead-state-university) — 2026-03-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [Melissa Miller, Kentucky 4-H Foundation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/melissa-miller-kentucky-4-h-foundation) — 2026-03-16T10:00:00+00:00 - [Claire West, Farm Credit Mid-America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/claire-west-farm-credit-mid-america) — 2026-03-09T10:00:00+00:00 - [2026 Industry Tour Recap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/2026-industry-tour-recap) — 2026-03-02T11:00:00+00:00 - [Jonathan Shell, Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/jonathan-shell-kentucky-commissioner-of-agriculture) — 2026-02-23T11:00:00+00:00 - [Matthew Price and Chance Blevins, Lynn Camp FFA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/matthew-price-and-chance-blevins-lynn-camp-ffa) — 2026-02-16T11:00:00+00:00 - [Adrienne Correll, The River Foundation and First Southern National Bank](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/adrienne-correll-the-river-foundation-and-first-southern-national-bank) — 2026-02-09T11:00:00+00:00 - [Dr. Scott Wright, Kentucky FFA Alum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/dr-scott-wright-kentucky-ffa-alum) — 2026-02-02T11:00:00+00:00 - [Kyle Kelly, Kentucky Farm Bureau](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/kyle-kelly-kentucky-farm-bureau) — 2026-01-26T11:00:00+00:00 - [Miss Kentucky Ariana Rodriguez](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/miss-kentucky-ariana-rodriguez) — 2026-01-19T11:00:00+00:00 - [Reflecting on Growth: Kentucky FFA's Journey and Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/reflecting-on-growth-kentucky-ffa-s-journey-and-future) — 2026-01-12T11:00:00+00:00 - [Listen Again: Bethany Mattingly, Kentucky Department of Agriculture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/listen-again-bethany-mattingly-kentucky-department-of-agriculture) — 2026-01-05T11:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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