Saturday 10/20/2012

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KET: WoodSongs; #711 "Jakob Dylan with Neko Case and Jayme Stone with Yacouba Sissoko" [TV-G]; Jakob Dylan returns with songs from his new solo album Women and Country, he performs with 3 Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan. Jayme Stone and Yacouba Sissoko perform material from Stone's award-winning project, Africa to Appalachia.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #116 "Films by Kris Rommel, Thom Southerland, and Natalie Baxter"; In Balance, a film by Louisville filmmaker Kris Rommel, two men find themselves trapped in a mysterious room where they reflect upon their lives. Also featured Holidays by Thom Southerland, and Middle Ground by Natalie Baxter. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #101 "Kentucky Communities"; How different Kentucky communities developed. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Studio 89; #606 "Barnaby Bright"; Indie folk rock duo Barnaby Bright perform songs from their latest album, Gravity. [High-Definition]

KET: The National Parks: America's Best Idea; #102 "The Last Refuge (1890-1915)" [TV-G]; A young president, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes one of the national parks' greatest champions; in Yellowstone, a magnificent species is rescued from extinction; and in Yosemite, John Muir fights the battle of his life to save a beautiful valley. [High-Definition]

KET2: Race 2012; [TV-PG]; America's increasingly complex racial landscape is examined through the lens of the 2012 election. With a frank, behind-the-scenes approach, the documentary navigates the high-stakes world of racial pollsters, strategists, spin doctors, and candidates as they compete for voters of many ethnic and racial groups. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #105 "Buffalo Creek: An Act of God/Buffalo Creek Revisited" [TV-G]; On February 26, 1972, a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. The disaster left 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Interviews with survivors, representatives of union and citizen's groups, and officials of the Pittston Company are juxtaposed with actual footage of the flood. Filmed ten years after the Flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster, in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources.

KET2: Voces On PBS; #104 "Lemon" [TV-14]; Poet/performer Lemon Andersen tries bring his life story to the New York stage while battling his darkest demons. [High-Definition]

KETKY: My Kentucky Home; #101 "Crittenden County"; A historical look at Crittenden County and its economic and social contribution to the state.

KET2: Standing Bear's Footsteps; [TV-PG]; The story of an Indian chief who sued the U.S. government for his freedom in the late 19th century. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Made & Bottled In Kentucky; The story of the early distillers in Kentucky and the multi-million-dollar industry they spawned. Master distillers and owners, some of whose families have been in the Kentucky bourbon distilling business for generations, are interviewed at the picturesque and historic distilleries. Maker's Mark, Brown-Foreman, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Barton, Wild Turkey, and Ancient Age are among the brands featured. Produced by Charles Cowdery with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET: Kentucky's Greenside; #105 "Mother Ann Lee Hydro Electric Station"; Take a trip to the Mother Ann Lee Hydro Power Station on the Kentucky River and find outhow three guys are supplying power to over 1000 people. [High-Definition]

KET: Math Basics; #102 "Getting Up to Speed"; Basic concepts of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1103 [TV-G]; Relocating a load-bearing partition wall, taking the dip out of the floor, and selecting appropriate colors for the outside of a Victorian-era house. Plus, building a custom fireplace mantel and repairing a leaking kitchen faucet. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Fried Fitness; #212 [TV-G]; Cooking with fresh fruits and vegetables from the market.

KET: Math Basics; #103 "Many Ways To Measure"; Customary and metric units of measure; tools and instruments for measuring; the use of a calculator in learning mathematics.

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2902 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KET: Bob the Builder; #613 "Splasher to the Rescue" [TV-Y]; Splasher, an amphibious vehicle, arrives into town for his first day of work taking the hotel guests for sight-seeing tours by land and sea. After a brave water rescue, he becomes known as Super-Splasher. Bob and the team are going to surprise Gripper and Grabber, who are coming from the city, with a new shelter. [High-Definition]

KET2: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1497 "Pets" [TV-Y]; Ana Platypus announces that what she really wants for her birthday is a pet she can hug and love, and the neighbors come up with several suggestions for what kind of animal would be best. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1805 "Pawpaw Research/Pawpaw Recipe/Rural Post Offices/Short Creek"; Learn about Kentucky State University's research and domestication of that tropical-tasting fruit - the pawpaw, Chef Bob Perry from UK's College of Sustainable Agriculture prepares a pawpaw dish, Dave and Toby take a trip to Leslie County to learn about rural post offices, and a look at Pulaski County's Short Creek - the story Kentucky Life Facebook friends chose in an online vote. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online