On this episode of Kentucky Life, host Chip Polston discovers an Eastern Kentucky luthier shop that serves as more than just a place to buy and sell instruments; explores the International Space Station, courtesy of the Middlesboro Independent Schools and astronaut John Shoffner, who spent part of his childhood in the region; visits the Kentucky Coal Museum housed in a former coal mining company store in Benham; and learns how pit bulls became the nation’s most prevalent dog breed, despite shelters’ difficulty finding them homes due to the negative stigma associated with them.

Kentucky Life
KET Saturday, March 30 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, April 3 • 2:30/1:30 pm
Watch on-demand at KET.org and on the PBS app

Kentucky Life is a KET production, produced by Casey Harris. View more Kentucky Life episodes online, as well as those from KET’s archives, at KET.org/KentuckyLife.

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