Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 33, 1993

Partial Transcript: [Music] Welcome to Issue 33 of "Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine."

Segment Synopsis: This segment serves as an introduction to this issue of "Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine." This segment features highlights to future interviews and discussions in the episode.

Keywords: Kentucky.

Subjects: Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Our first story features a 1990s minstrel.

Segment Synopsis: In this segment, Roger Combs of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Department gives a performance about conservation to schoolchildren.

Keywords: Department of Fish and Wildlife; Education; Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife; Kentucky.; Otters

Subjects: Education.; Kentucky.; Kentucky. Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Partial Transcript: Then, took a few minutes to talk with us about how he became the singing conservation education teacher about three years ago.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin interviews Roger Combs from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. They discuss his career visiting schools across Kentucky to talk about conservation.

Keywords: Conservation; Department of Fish and Wildlife; Education; Kentucky; Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife

Subjects: Education.; Kentucky.; Kentucky. Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of

Partial Transcript: This story is about a commercial.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin interviews Fran Sawyers about Kentucky's "Have You Hugged Your Kid Today" public service campaign, by the Kentucky Department of Human Resources. This segment features a recording of the campaign. In the interview, Bastin and Sawyers discuss the origins of the campaign, the production and publication, and how it has spread globally.

Keywords: "Have You Hugged Your Kid Today?"; Campaign; Child abuse; Kentucky Department of Human Resources; Kentucky.; Public service announcement (PSA); Public service campaign

Subjects: Child abuse.; Kentucky.; Public service announcements

Partial Transcript: [Music] The postmaster for the tiny, rural community of Woodberry in Butler County, says Herschel House was born a hundred years too late.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin visits Herschel House in Woodberry in Butler County. Herschel shows Glen his wide antique collection and discusses his career of rifle making.

Keywords: Antiques; Butler County (Ky.); Kentucky long rifle; Kentucky.; Model Ford; Rifles; Stove

Subjects: Antiques.; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Copyright limitations prevent me from playing the song we're about to discuss.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin interviews Dick Hurt, who played an important role in the making of the song "Kentucky Rain," by Elvis Presley. The interview focuses on Hurt's career, how Kentucky became the setting of the song, and Elvis Presley's performance.

Keywords: Elvis Presley; Kentucky; Kentucky Rain (Song); Music; Nashville (Tenn.); Song

Subjects: Kentucky.; Music.; Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.

Partial Transcript: I started making a list of the counties he named, but quit after I got a page full.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin meets with Hoeby Adams, a man who worked to bring power lines across the state of Kentucky. In their discussion, they discuss the Rural Electrification Program, the initial popularity and fear of electricity, and the stories Adams remembers from his time working to put up power lines across the state.

Keywords: Electricity; Kentucky; Power; Rural; Rural electrification program

Subjects: Electricity.; Kentucky.; Power lines; Rural electrification.

Partial Transcript: I don't think we have any loose ends from the stories on this issue.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin concludes Issue 33 of "Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine." A song by Roger Combs, titled "White-tail Buck," closes out the issue.

[Personal information such as phone numbers and addresses of interviewees has been removed from this audio file. Several seconds of silence may occur throughout this recording where this information has been removed.]

Keywords: Conservation; Kentucky.; Song; White-tail Buck (Song)

Subjects: Kentucky.