Thursday 10/4/2012

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Midnight EDT

KET: Workplace Essential Skills; #109 "The Language of Work" [TV-G]; Effective workplace speaking/listening strategies and skills. Watch Online

KET2: Tavis Smiley; #2703 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #604 "Robin Lacy and DeZydeco"; This six-piece group has been set apart from the mainstream with their unique instrumentation. Taking the lessons learned from the roots of New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture, Robin Lacy and DeZydeco has added its own original songwriting and classic crowd pleasers. [High-Definition]

12:30 am Thursday, October 4

KET: Games of the North; [TV-G]; For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for surviving the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community. This program follows four modern Inuit athletes and reveals their unique relationship to the games as they compete across the North. [High-Definition]

KET2: Tavis Smiley; #2702 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: Charlie Rose; #18203 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Nature; #2609 "Kilauea: Mountain of Fire" [TV-G]; Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. Its latest eruption began in 1983 and hasn't stopped. It is here that filmmaker Paul Atkins finds himself getting a shot few have ever filmed — the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75-degree ocean water. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bourbon and Kentucky: A History Distilled; [TV-G]; A look at the origins and growth of the bourbon business in Kentucky. Visits to several distilleries explore how and why bourbon was first distilled, how it is manufactured, and why it became so identified with Kentucky. Produced by historian Kent Masterson Brown with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

2:00

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6072 "Building Vocabulary" [TV-G]; It's important for adults to elaborate on the simple words that children begin uttering and introduce them to new experiences as a way of building vocabulary. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nova; #3713 "Trapped in an Elevator" [TV-G]; Across North America, elevators move 325 million passengers every day. This program reveals the secret life of these ubiquitous machines and investigates personal stories of those who have been caught inside when they fail. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 75 Years of Keeneland: A Look Back; Bill Goodman sits down with Nick Nicholson, current president and CEO of Keeneland, the thoroughbred racecourse located in Lexington, Kentucky, and former presidents James E. "Ted" Bassett III and William C. "Bill" Greely, on the eve of Keeneland's 75th anniversary. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:30

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6092 "Drawing and Literacy" [TV-G]; Encourage children to draw things which look realistic. Drawings have to make sense from the child's point of view â€“ not our own. Also, encourage kids to tell stories about their drawings. [High-Definition]

3:00

KET: The Washingtons of Sulgrave Manor; George Washington was the third generation of his family born in America, but surprisingly the story of his ancestors is one of ambition, hope, and risk shared by immigrants throughout history. This story begins in 1529, the time of Henry VIII, during the most turbulent social and economic changes in English history. [High-Definition]

KET2: Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide; #101 [TV-M]; Gender-based violence in Sierra Leone, a country where most of the assaults and rapes go unreported, is investigated. In Cambodia, Meg Ryan and Kristof examine the issue of sex trafficking. In Vietnam, the series examines Room to Read, an organization which works to promote literacy and equal education for girls across the developing world. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Equitrekking Adventures; #604 "Kentucky" [TV-G]; In Kentucky, discover wildflowers, a historic mill site, and rolling green hills on the trails at Shaker Village on horseback. Viewers learn about Kentucky's agricultural past as Darley rides smooth Tennessee Walking horses with a local resident, who is proud of her multi-generational farm and its heritage. Next, travel the trails at Land Between the Lakes and Barren River State Park in Western Kentucky. In Lexington, join Darley to see diverse breeds at the Kentucky Horse Park and attend a fast-paced, world-class equestrian competition, the Rolex Three Day Event. Next, visit a Thoroughbred rehabilitation center, where horses from the racetrack can find new homes. [High-Definition]

3:30

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #809 "Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures" [TV-G]; In a two-hour special, host Dave Shuffett finds all kinds of uniquely Kentucky delights, including an Appalachian chef, a rodeo team, a jeweler inspired by nature, and some long-timers—a couple still keeping house after 72 years of marriage and a family that has been farming the same land for 150 years. He visits a coal camp, a country music store, the Corvette Museum, the Kirchoff Bakery, the Mother of God Catholic Church, and the Louisville Zoo and goes to beloved landmarks like Cumberland Falls, the Land Between the Lakes, and the Red River Gorge, as well as lesser-known jewels such as the Goddard Covered Bridge and the Parkette Drive-In. A 2002 KET production. Watch Online

4:00

KET: 2011 Alltech National Horse Show; #101 "Grand Prix Finals"; The big event at the Alltech National Horse Show is the $250,000 Grand Prix. Top horse and rider combinations compete on a challenging world class jumping course in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Southern Fried Fitness; #208 [TV-G]; Saddle up and learn what horse trainers and Southern Fried Fitness have in common.

KET2: History Detectives; #1007 [TV-PG]; Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) helps uncover details about the heroic acts pictured in a poster of two African-American soldiers in World War I. Also, a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge used by George Washington, one of the first transistor radios, and a Washington man wonders whether a business card ties his father to Prohibition-era underworld crime. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Great Conversations; #212 "Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry" [TV-G]; Author Bill McKibben discusses his book Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, in which he challenges the prevailing view that "more" is synonymous with "better" and urges more local production and consumption of everything from food to entertainment. He is interviewed by Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berry. [High-Definition]

5:30

KET: Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique; #819 "Tone Your Abs & Strengthen Your Legs" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

6:00

KET: Wai Lana Yoga; #113 "The King of Asanas" [TV-G]

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #121 "Good-Bye T-Bone/The Truth About Dogs and Cats" [TV-Y]; Clifford and Cleo misunderstand a conversation they overhear and think that T-Bone is moving away. Two cats move into the tree next door to T-Bone, and the dogs try everything to chase them away—until they realize they really don't have any reason not to like their new neighbors. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America; #207 "Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song" [TV-G]; From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has lived the songs she sings. A pioneering woman in bluegrass and country music, Hazel has influenced generations of songwriters and musicians. Her songs of hard work, hard times, and hardy souls also have bolstered working people at picket lines and union rallies throughout the land. Her powerful, piercing vocals power the soundtracks for Harlan County USA and Matewan.