On this episode of Kentucky Life, host Chip Polston goes on a walkabout with kangaroos, wallabies, emus and more at Kentucky Down Under Adventure Zoo in Horse Cave; explores the life of Ed McClanahan, a prolific writer and creator and member of Kentucky’s “Fab Five” and a “Merry Prankster” best known for his coming-of-age novel The Natural Man; talks to the curator at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah about how the museum honors and inspires today’s quilters; and visits the Appalachian Shakespeare Center, a theatre company located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University that promotes citizenship and agency in Appalachia through the works of William Shakespeare.    

Kentucky Life
KET Saturday, Oct. 7 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, Oct. 11 • 2:30/1:30 pm
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