{"podcast":{"title":"Growing Kentucky's Leaders: A Podcast by the Kentucky FFA Foundation","slug":"growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686","podcast_index_feed_id":6742686,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a67fbdbc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://kyffa.org/podcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/27833895/27833895-1702308563311-e9f10e3a7e211.jpg","author":"Kentucky FFA Foundation","episode_count":125,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T18:17:54.572467+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686"},"episode":{"title":"Listen Again: Bethany Mattingly, Kentucky Department of Agriculture","slug":"listen-again-bethany-mattingly-kentucky-department-of-agriculture","published_at":"2026-01-05T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/listen-again-bethany-mattingly-kentucky-department-of-agriculture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isaiah-pruitt4/episodes/Listen-Again-Bethany-Mattingly--Kentucky-Department-of-Agriculture-e3b06kd","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a67fbdbc/podcast/play/111204429/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-15%2Ff89c8dd2-3fd6-5519-1297-1b1c7047e99f.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Growing Kentucky’s Leaders, Sheldon and Ruth Ann speak with Bethany Mattingly, Division Director of Agriculture Education and Outreach with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Bethany shares her journey from building a successful urban high school FFA program to her current role leading statewide initiatives. She highlights her dedication to expanding access to agriculture education and fostering future leaders. Bethany emphasizes that great agricultural programs and initiatives are built on vision and the willingness to say \"yes\" to opportunities that benefit students and the community. Links: Kentucky Department of Agriculture Seneca High School FFA Niki Ellis Episode FFA BINGO Card Ag Education Resources Ag Education Week Resources KDA Ag Education and Outreach on Facebook","meta_description":"On this episode of Growing Kentucky’s Leaders, Sheldon and Ruth Ann speak with Bethany Mattingly, Division Director of Agriculture Education and Outreach…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2315,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/episodes/listen-again-bethany-mattingly-kentucky-department-of-agriculture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-kentucky-s-leaders-a-podcast-by-the-kentucky-ffa-foundation-6742686/listen-again-bethany-mattingly-kentucky-department-of-agriculture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}