Ayisha Jaffer
Host/Producer, All Things ConsideredAyisha Jaffer joins LPM with a rich public radio history focusing on community, perspective and humanity in storytelling. Before coming to Louisville, she worked at Minnesota Public Radio's The Current as a weekday host and interviewer of many talents from Janelle Monáe to The Killers. Prior to this, she was at WNXP Nashville in its beginnings as a Midday Host and Assistant Program Director and was the first female and BIPOC host to hit the mic in the afternoons at WYMS Radio Milwaukee.
Jaffer has a background in music management in the U.S. and New Zealand with artists including Lorde, Cut Copy and Architecture in Helsinki.
Fun Fact: While living in New Zealand, she got her start in radio at stations 95bFM and Aotea FM. Aotea FM was on a remote island where listeners knocked on the door to make song requests.
Outside her radio history, Ayisha worked as a park ranger in Alaska, and she enjoys working on wildlife conservation efforts, kayaking and DJing any space that will make you dance.
She lives by Mr. Rogers' quote, "Let's make goodness attractive."
Email Ayisha at ajaffer@lpm.org.
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As the Festival of Faiths highlights its theme of “Sacred Belonging,” Berea College professor and bell hooks center founder M. Shadee Malaklou reflects on hooks’ legacy and the practice of radical inclusion. -
With pumpkins collapsing and leaves piling high, Seamus Allman of Louisville Grows offers smart, sustainable ways to compost and get your garden ready for winter. -
As Women’s Small Business Month highlights entrepreneurship, Amanda Dare shares how Woman-Owned Wallet is building community and economic power for women in Louisville. -
As Halloween brings bats into the spotlight, wildlife biologist Matthew Springer explains the real challenges facing Kentucky’s bat populations and how people can help protect them. -
Shemika Whiteside discusses Louisville’s birthing care gaps and how Zora’s Cradle helps mothers and families thrive. -
Ahead of the Goatman Festival, Michael Book discusses the roots of the Pope Lick legend and its place in Kentucky’s cryptid culture. -
The event has expanded from a grassroots graffiti jam to a festival hosting more than 170 artists, raising the city’s profile in the world of street art. -
During Bourbon Heritage Month, Jackie Zykan, former Old Forester master taster, reflects on her path through bourbon. -
Nachely Martinez says her Cuban café is centered around coffee and community. -
Wildlife biologist Michaela Rogers explains how planting milkweed and wildflowers in Kentucky helps sustain monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico.
