WEBVTT 00:01.133 --> 00:03.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Hey everybody, and welcome to the premiere of the 28th 00:03.300 --> 00:06.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% season of Kentucky Life. I'm your new host, Chip 00:06.600 --> 00:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Polston, and I could not be more excited to join you on our 00:10.233 --> 00:13.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% show. Cannot wait to bring you a remarkable collection of 00:13.366 --> 00:16.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% stories this season from all corners of the state. Now, 00:16.533 --> 00:19.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% as for me, I've lived in Kentucky my entire life, 00:19.300 --> 00:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I'm a Louisville native with deep family roots in Eastern 00:22.100 --> 00:24.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and Central Kentucky, and I'm a proud graduate of Western 00:24.666 --> 00:28.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% Kentucky University. The Bluegrass State has always been 00:28.300 --> 00:31.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% my home, and I'm so looking forward to exploring our great 00:31.266 --> 00:35.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% commonwealth together here on Kentucky Life. 00:56.666 --> 00:59.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> So I'm here in the beautiful historic Bardstown area to take 00:59.800 --> 01:02.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% in some of these remarkable sites and visit a few of the 01:02.100 --> 01:05.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% unique locations the town has to offer. But before we go too 01:05.200 --> 01:08.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% far, let's dive right in to our first story. For more than 01:08.033 --> 01:11.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% seven decades, theater lovers and those simply looking for a 01:11.033 --> 01:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% wonderful evening under the stars have travelled to 01:13.666 --> 01:17.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Danville to enjoy one of the jewels of the Bluegrass. 01:17.366 --> 01:20.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% Begun by a Kentucky veteran returning to his hometown, 01:20.300 --> 01:23.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% the Pioneer Playhouse has attracted actors and plays from 01:23.600 --> 01:26.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% New York City. Today, the founder's children are 01:26.433 --> 01:29.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% following in his footsteps, providing a unique outdoor 01:29.566 --> 01:34.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% experience that brings cheering patrons every summer. 01:34.066 --> 01:37.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> 73 years ago, a Danville native returned from his 01:37.600 --> 01:40.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% service in World War II and began what has become a 01:40.933 --> 01:45.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% landmark tradition, not only in his hometown, but for all of 01:45.100 --> 01:46.633 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:22.5% Kentucky. 01:46.633 --> 01:50.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% >> My father, Evan Henson, served in World War II; with 01:50.100 --> 01:53.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% the G.I. Bill, he went to New York City to study acting. 01:53.666 --> 01:57.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% And then his father here in Danville, Kentucky called him, 01:57.766 --> 02:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and he had, had a heart attack, and he needed his son to come 02:01.100 --> 02:03.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% back and help with things. So dad came back to Danville, 02:03.900 --> 02:08.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Kentucky and he said, "If I can't be on Broadway, I'm going 02:08.366 --> 02:11.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% to bring Broadway to the Bluegrass." 02:11.933 --> 02:15.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Evan Henson went to work dreaming and designing a summer 02:15.100 --> 02:20.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% stage for theatergoers to enjoy plays under the stars. 02:20.566 --> 02:24.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> My father was a force of nature. We would watch him 02:24.633 --> 02:28.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% build a building, he never built anything with blueprints, 02:28.433 --> 02:31.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% he would just draw a design on a napkin and he would put up a 02:31.133 --> 02:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% board and he would start nailing. All of this complex 02:33.933 --> 02:37.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% that you see around here 02:37.433 --> 02:40.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> is a complex that was created out of his passion for 02:40.633 --> 02:43.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% his dream. 02:43.000 --> 02:44.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:27.5% >> In 1956, 02:44.533 --> 02:48.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> his dreams would get a tremendous boost. He convinced 02:48.366 --> 02:51.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MGM Studios to bring a major film production to the 02:51.733 --> 02:53.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% Bluegrass State. 02:53.833 --> 02:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> He heard that they wanted to film a movie called Raintree 02:56.566 --> 03:00.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% County. It was meant to be the next Gone with the Wind, 03:00.333 --> 03:05.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% it just was a huge film for the time and all of the stars of 03:05.566 --> 03:08.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the day - Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift - 03:08.566 --> 03:11.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> they were here in Danville living for six weeks, so it was 03:11.033 --> 03:13.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:45% quite a big story. 03:13.366 --> 03:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Part of the film centered around a beautiful train 03:16.033 --> 03:20.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% station MGM would build and leave behind in Danville. 03:20.466 --> 03:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Henson would quickly see the value of this building as a 03:23.133 --> 03:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% centerpiece for his new theater. 03:28.266 --> 03:30.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> He dug a hole in the ground, a huge hole to make an 03:30.866 --> 03:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% amphitheater, and the rest is history, the rest became this 03:35.666 --> 03:38.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% amazing Pioneer Playhouse. 03:38.700 --> 03:40.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> But just as his father's health drew him back to 03:40.900 --> 03:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Danville, Henson's failing health would call to his 03:44.200 --> 03:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% children. Sister Holly would stay in Danville to help her 03:47.533 --> 03:49.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50% father run the show. 03:49.333 --> 03:53.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% Then, as their father approached the end of his life, 03:53.000 --> 03:56.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% she developed cancer and died. 03:56.366 --> 04:00.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Heather and Robby left their careers in New York and LA to 04:00.466 --> 04:04.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% continue Evan Henson's dream. 04:04.133 --> 04:08.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> The show must go on is in our DNA, in the Henson DNA. 04:08.466 --> 04:11.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% So we had a funeral a week later and we opened a show two 04:11.733 --> 04:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% weeks later, and that was it, we just went from there. 04:14.666 --> 04:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% And Robby moved back full-time from LA, and Robby and I both 04:19.200 --> 04:22.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% then started, this became it, we're running the theater with 04:22.733 --> 04:25.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% my mother. Our dad started 04:25.300 --> 04:28.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> this 73 years ago, we've been a family-run business 04:28.533 --> 04:33.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% since then. And we think 04:33.300 --> 04:34.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it's a special theater. It's not Carnegie Hall, it's not the 04:34.633 --> 04:36.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% New York Center of Theater. It is grassroots theater, 04:36.266 --> 04:38.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% it's Kentucky theater. 04:38.933 --> 04:42.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> It's a wonderful tradition to watch sister and brother 04:42.333 --> 04:48.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% welcome the audience and remember their father. 04:48.133 --> 04:51.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Every summer, the Playhouse puts on a series of five plays 04:51.433 --> 04:57.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% with laughter and applause, filling the amphitheater. 04:57.733 --> 05:00.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Another tradition that has become a great attraction for 05:00.433 --> 05:01.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% play goers 05:01.633 --> 05:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> is the opportunity to enjoy dinner and to mingle before the 05:04.900 --> 05:06.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:12.5% play. 05:06.500 --> 05:09.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> We have patrons who have been coming back for years and 05:09.700 --> 05:13.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% they're so happy to see us, they're like, "We just couldn't 05:13.700 --> 05:16.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% wait 'til the Playhouse opened again and we couldn't wait to 05:16.600 --> 05:17.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% see you." 05:17.966 --> 05:21.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> The Playhouse has attracted actors from all around the 05:21.100 --> 05:24.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% country. It's part of Henson's dream that he paid forward to 05:24.800 --> 05:27.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% fulfill the dreams of others. 05:27.833 --> 05:31.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> There have been hundreds, if not thousands of actors who 05:31.400 --> 05:34.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% have come through these doors. It's like John Travolta or Lee 05:34.600 --> 05:38.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Majors or Bo Hopkins or Jim Varney. But even as 05:38.500 --> 05:41.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% importantly, are many actors who have gone on to be 05:41.966 --> 05:45.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% teachers, who have gone on to be better communicators in 05:45.100 --> 05:46.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:27.5% their work. 05:46.300 --> 05:48.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Hundreds, if not thousands of these actors have come through 05:48.900 --> 05:54.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% these doors and I think that's the real magic of this place. 05:54.233 --> 05:59.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> As the sun sets and the play begins, the dream begun 73 05:59.066 --> 06:00.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% years ago 06:00.166 --> 06:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> comes to life, as the audience is enthralled and the 06:03.433 --> 06:06.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% night air fills with laughter and joy. 06:06.766 --> 06:10.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% It's a wonderful evening and a wonderful tradition for all 06:10.333 --> 06:13.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% Kentuckians to enjoy. 06:13.500 --> 06:16.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> A rich sports history is a big part of life in the 06:16.533 --> 06:19.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Commonwealth. In a small Floyd County town, a group is working 06:19.966 --> 06:24.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% to restore the old Wayland Gym into a museum honoring standout 06:24.466 --> 06:27.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% athletes from high schools across the mountains of Eastern 06:27.866 --> 06:32.666 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:22.5% Kentucky. 06:32.666 --> 06:35.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% >> If anything brings a community together quicker or 06:35.500 --> 06:38.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% faster and deeper than sports, I don't know what it is. 06:38.800 --> 06:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% We had this vision looking for those athletes that maybe 06:42.733 --> 06:47.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% didn't get the recognition that they richly deserved. We are 06:47.033 --> 06:50.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% isolated, not so much today, but certainly in the '30s, 06:50.300 --> 06:55.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% '40s, '50s, even into the '60s. A lot of these early athletes, 06:55.066 --> 06:58.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% there's not a lot of documentation even for them, 06:58.033 --> 07:01.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% you had to be so dominant in the game. 07:01.766 --> 07:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Kelly Coleman, for instance, is a junior 07:04.566 --> 07:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and his stats are unbelievable. It was not First Team 07:07.766 --> 07:09.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% All-State, 07:09.366 --> 07:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% it was his senior year. Yeah, I think there's always been, 07:13.033 --> 07:15.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% I don't want to say it's a slight, it just wasn't here in 07:15.933 --> 07:20.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% terms of the coverage. What brought that to our attention 07:20.533 --> 07:24.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% was Charlie Osberg, second-leading scorer in the 07:24.666 --> 07:28.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% state of Kentucky, 1956. The only man in front of him in 07:28.033 --> 07:31.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:32.5% 1956 was King 07:31.433 --> 07:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% Kelly Coleman. We got to looking down a list of players, 07:33.933 --> 07:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% and I noticed Charlie's name was on this list, assuming that 07:37.200 --> 07:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% he was in the High School Athletics Association Hall of 07:39.233 --> 07:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Fame. Turns out he's not. 07:42.666 --> 07:47.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% And I'm thinking, from Flat Gap, Kentucky and he's not in 07:47.300 --> 07:50.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% the Hall of Fame. I thought, well, how many other mountain 07:50.066 --> 07:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% athletes might there be that has not received the 07:53.833 --> 07:57.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% recognition that they might have received, 07:57.200 --> 08:00.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% had they been from Lexington or Bowling Green, Paducah, 08:00.366 --> 08:02.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% wherever. 08:05.833 --> 08:07.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> There's so much pride in Eastern Kentucky about 08:07.600 --> 08:11.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% basketball in general, because that dates back over a century 08:11.633 --> 08:14.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% and around coal mining camps especially; people played 08:14.733 --> 08:17.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% basketball and if you were a good basketball player you had 08:17.900 --> 08:20.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% a status in the community. If you were a great basketball 08:20.833 --> 08:23.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% player, I mean, you almost had carte blanche in many ways. 08:23.766 --> 08:27.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% And when I was growing up in the '60s and '70s, it was 08:27.466 --> 08:31.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% basketball and coal, coal and basketball, you flip them as 08:31.266 --> 08:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% things to be proud of because there was a real sense of 08:33.866 --> 08:36.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% community pride. And I think that's what they've done at 08:36.733 --> 08:38.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Wayland is they've captured that. 08:38.666 --> 08:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> We're blessed to be sitting today in a 1937 building. 08:43.766 --> 08:48.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% You're sitting on an original floor from 1937, surrounded by 08:48.566 --> 08:53.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% seats and the bleachers that's been upgraded, we're now ADA 08:53.266 --> 08:54.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% compliant. 08:54.533 --> 08:57.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% But it's been a privilege and an honor to be a part of this 08:57.600 --> 09:01.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% process knowing that we are providing a place to honor 09:01.266 --> 09:05.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% those other athletes. And again, we're in a basketball 09:05.000 --> 09:07.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% gym, but we're all about sports in general. 09:07.400 --> 09:11.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% We're about basketball, yes, and that's primarily why we're 09:11.600 --> 09:15.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% here, but there's football, there's baseball, 09:15.766 --> 09:19.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% there's soccer now, there's girls sports that we didn't 09:19.266 --> 09:22.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% have when I was in school, so we covered it all. 09:22.366 --> 09:25.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> My father played for Garrett High School back in the '40s 09:25.833 --> 09:28.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% and he played in that gym. In my brief and certainly 09:28.966 --> 09:31.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% uninspiring basketball career, I played in that gym in the 09:31.633 --> 09:35.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% early '70s, and later played Independent League and Church 09:35.333 --> 09:38.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% League games in that gym in the mid '70s, even when I'd gone 09:38.666 --> 09:42.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% off to college and come back a few times. And it was fun to go 09:42.533 --> 09:46.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% back because there's so few places you can't go home again 09:46.266 --> 09:49.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to, certainly not going back to the '40s and to the '70's. And 09:49.900 --> 09:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it's the same place. And the Wayland Gym is the same place. 09:54.466 --> 09:56.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% You go back to a different time. 09:56.300 --> 09:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And I think especially with the way that the flow of life is 09:59.000 --> 10:01.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:27.5% these days, 10:01.566 --> 10:04.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% sometimes there's something special about that nostalgia. 10:04.933 --> 10:07.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Some people still like to watch Hoosiers every time it pops on 10:07.600 --> 10:12.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% the TV screen, so this is your opportunity to see Hoosiers in 10:12.100 --> 10:15.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Kentucky is to go in that Wayland Gym. Because when you 10:15.166 --> 10:18.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% walk in there, it's like walking any place that's 10:18.766 --> 10:21.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% not even sports-related, but anything that you can feel a 10:21.866 --> 10:23.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:20% historic 10:23.433 --> 10:25.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> significance. Something happened in that gym, there's 10:25.733 --> 10:29.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% been moments in that gym that you'd like to hear about and 10:29.800 --> 10:31.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% you can get a chance to re-create it, he'll roll a ball 10:31.933 --> 10:34.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% out for you, Jerry will, and you can take a couple of shots 10:34.033 --> 10:35.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:30% if you want. 10:35.300 --> 10:39.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I'd love to show the gym off and very proud of the work that 10:39.333 --> 10:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% we do as a group. This is home for me and so it's easy for me 10:43.800 --> 10:48.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to do the work. It's really not work. We're looking forward to 10:48.500 --> 10:52.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% building on what we have. 10:52.233 --> 10:55.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% >> We continue our tour of downtown Bardstown here in the 10:55.333 --> 11:00.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% amazing Talbott Tavern built in 1779, and it's never stopped 11:00.200 --> 11:02.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% operating since. The manager of the property, Chuck Wood, 11:02.366 --> 11:04.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% is here with us. Chuck, thanks so much for being here. Thank 11:04.133 --> 11:07.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% you for having me. This amazing room we're in right now has 11:07.433 --> 11:10.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% connections to one of America's most famous outlaws. What all 11:10.766 --> 11:14.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% has happened in this room? Jesse James, there is a rumor 11:14.133 --> 11:16.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that while he was drunk in the bar one day, downstairs is the 11:16.966 --> 11:19.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% world's oldest bourbon bar, he came up here to try to sleep 11:19.600 --> 11:22.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% off one of his famous massive hangovers. And for whatever 11:22.566 --> 11:25.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% reason, he woke up and thought he saw birds flying around 11:25.333 --> 11:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% inside of the murals, so he started shooting at them. 11:28.266 --> 11:30.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% And the bullet holes are still in the walls there? Bullet 11:30.166 --> 11:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% holes are still in the walls. That has to be an attraction 11:32.066 --> 11:34.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% for folks to come in and check out, isn't it? We get hundreds 11:34.133 --> 11:37.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of people a day, after their meals, before their meals, 11:37.866 --> 11:40.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% just coming to see. And then of course on the weekends we have 11:40.433 --> 11:43.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the historical ghost tours that come up here. Right. 11:43.033 --> 11:47.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Now, you were telling us earlier about how these murals 11:47.400 --> 11:51.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% were covered with wallpaper and the story to me on how you all 11:51.666 --> 11:54.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% discovered them is pretty remarkable. How did all that 11:54.066 --> 11:55.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:27.5% come about? 11:55.633 --> 11:59.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> So we had the fire, there was a fire in 1998, which 11:59.466 --> 12:02.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% really burnt off all of the wallpaper, and as you can see, 12:02.633 --> 12:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you can still see remnants of the wallpaper still there. 12:04.900 --> 12:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Right. And then there's some charred areas here? There is. 12:07.000 --> 12:09.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% You can tell where that was? Yes. So when that got burned, 12:09.066 --> 12:11.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% was there this eureka moment where folks came in here and 12:11.533 --> 12:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% said, "Wait a minute, there's been something under this, 12:13.033 --> 12:15.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% this entire time"? There's something a lot more than what 12:15.433 --> 12:19.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% we've been able to perceive. And so we built this room right 12:19.300 --> 12:21.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% here to where this could be more of a museum, let everybody 12:21.966 --> 12:25.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% stay if they want to rent the Jesse James Room behind us. 12:25.033 --> 12:27.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% And then people will walk in and out all day long, they'll 12:27.600 --> 12:31.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% take pictures, they'll just look at... I mean, 1779, 12:31.500 --> 12:34.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% I'm sorry, 1790. Right. Which is remark... Now, it was built 12:34.233 --> 12:37.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% in 1779? Built in 1779. And when that happened, I was 12:37.500 --> 12:40.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% fascinated by this. This was built in Virginia. Yeah, 12:40.233 --> 12:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% we were known as Salem, Virginia. But it's never moved? 12:42.666 --> 12:45.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Nope. So it's always been here, but this was part of Virginia 12:45.400 --> 12:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% at the time? Yeah, when we were first built, we were known as 12:47.533 --> 12:52.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Salem, Virginia until we became Kentucky. Right. And some of 12:52.566 --> 12:55.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the famous folks that have come through here, the list is long 12:55.233 --> 12:58.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% and very notable. Who are some of those? Jesse James, John 12:58.866 --> 13:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% Fitch, he invented the steamboat 13:00.900 --> 13:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> here. He was buried out back in our cemetery, but now 13:03.166 --> 13:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they've memorialized him in the square. Right. Daniel Boone, 13:07.000 --> 13:10.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% obviously Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, General 13:10.100 --> 13:12.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Patton and General George Rogers Clark, just to name a 13:12.366 --> 13:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% few. Now when you talk about Abe Lincoln, his connection to 13:14.666 --> 13:16.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the property here, what was that? Well, there was the 13:16.833 --> 13:20.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% famous land dispute when he was a kid, and then it was said 13:20.800 --> 13:23.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% that as an adult, as an attorney or a lawyer, which he 13:23.566 --> 13:26.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% was, he had depositions at the courthouse across the street. 13:26.266 --> 13:27.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:10% Wow. 13:27.600 --> 13:29.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> And he would come over here between depositions or 13:29.366 --> 13:32.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% afterward. And the bar area, as you mentioned downstairs, 13:32.300 --> 13:34.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% there's a lot of history in that bar area as well? 13:34.966 --> 13:36.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:57.5% Absolutely. That is the 13:36.700 --> 13:40.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> all-original portion, undamaged by the fire as well, 13:40.433 --> 13:43.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% and it's in the portion of the building directly under us that 13:43.866 --> 13:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is all original to 1779, except for the gas in the fireplace 13:47.533 --> 13:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% and the electricity. Wow. What's it like for you to work 13:49.733 --> 13:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% here amongst all this history? That has to be something else? 13:52.466 --> 13:55.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Well, I'm very passionate about history, so I love when people 13:55.533 --> 13:57.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% want to learn about it and I love telling about it and I can 13:57.866 --> 14:01.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% talk about it all day, I'll really geek out. And then it's 14:01.433 --> 14:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% really cool, the haunted aspect of it because everybody, 14:05.200 --> 14:08.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% all the staff, everybody sees something and everybody gets to 14:08.300 --> 14:10.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% have an experience at some point or another. Chuck Wood, 14:10.866 --> 14:13.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% manager of the Talbott Tavern, thanks so much for being with 14:13.133 --> 14:14.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:7.5% us. 14:14.466 --> 14:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Well, who would've guessed the skeletons of a pair of 14:16.633 --> 14:20.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% 2000-year-old Roman martyrs would be laid to rest on the 14:20.366 --> 14:23.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% other side of the world right here in Kentucky? Well, 14:23.500 --> 14:27.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% surprisingly, the two Saints, Magnus and Bonosa have been at 14:27.133 --> 14:30.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% rest at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Louisville 14:30.566 --> 14:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% for well over 100 years. 14:38.366 --> 14:42.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> So 1901, so they've been here for 121 years now. The 14:42.666 --> 14:48.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% pastor who was here at the time was obviously well-connected. 14:48.233 --> 14:52.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% As far as we know, he wanted to have something to set his 14:52.066 --> 14:55.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% parish apart from many of the other parishes here 14:55.700 --> 14:59.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> in this part of downtown. He wrote to Rome requesting 14:59.866 --> 15:05.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% relics and lo and behold, they sent him two Roman martyrs. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% So quite unusual. 15:07.600 --> 15:11.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I actually was pretty impressed that Father Clutter was putting 15:11.900 --> 15:13.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% it all on the line. 15:13.166 --> 15:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I mean, are these real human remains? What we were to do was 15:17.833 --> 15:21.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to look at the remains and tell them as much as we could 15:21.833 --> 15:26.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% forensically about what they were, who they were. 15:26.533 --> 15:30.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> And so you have the two Saints of Magnus and Bonosa 15:30.800 --> 15:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% who, legend has, lived during the fourth century, were 15:34.933 --> 15:36.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% martyred in Rome. 15:36.600 --> 15:41.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Magnus was a Roman centurion, a soldier. Bonosa was a young 15:41.300 --> 15:46.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Christian of the time and during one of the persecutions 15:46.000 --> 15:50.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that occurred during those days that Magnus and Bonosa gave 15:50.033 --> 15:54.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% their life as a result of their faith. 15:54.600 --> 15:58.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> We conducted metric observations on all of the 15:58.366 --> 16:02.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% remains, the cranium, and as a result, we were able to 16:02.233 --> 16:06.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% estimate the ages of the individuals. We did not do 16:06.600 --> 16:10.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% absolute aging, we did not do carbon dating. What had been 16:10.700 --> 16:15.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% related historically about them, she was purportedly a 16:15.200 --> 16:18.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% virgin and which obviously you cannot tell from skeletal 16:18.500 --> 16:22.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% remains, and she was a young female in her twenties. We 16:22.833 --> 16:25.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% weren't expecting anything, we were 16:25.366 --> 16:27.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% basically doing it blind. 16:27.800 --> 16:32.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% He, on the other hand, was either in his forties or his 16:32.000 --> 16:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% fifties, it's hard to remember. Male individual with some 16:36.633 --> 16:39.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% African descent, I believe 16:39.633 --> 16:43.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> The first time I saw them, actually I was a teenager. 16:43.200 --> 16:46.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I came here to this church, as a 16:46.500 --> 16:50.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% 14, 15-year-old with my parents, and it's a shocking 16:50.666 --> 16:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% thing to see at first, especially as someone that age, 16:53.833 --> 16:57.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% it takes you by surprise. 16:57.666 --> 17:01.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> Bonosa is in very good condition, quite honestly, 17:01.433 --> 17:04.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% a layperson probably couldn't tell her from a modern 17:04.500 --> 17:08.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% skeleton. She's in very good condition. St. Magnus on the 17:08.400 --> 17:12.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% other hand, the bones were quite eroded, the outer 17:12.600 --> 17:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% covering of the bone in places had flaked off. And we found 17:17.566 --> 17:20.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% some interesting things when we were doing the analysis. 17:20.700 --> 17:27.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% The cloth, as it turned out, was old altar cloths, and the 17:27.100 --> 17:31.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% reason apparently that they used them is that if something 17:31.900 --> 17:36.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that's sacred is damaged or no longer usable for whatever 17:36.866 --> 17:39.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% reason, it either has to be burned or it has to be buried. 17:39.866 --> 17:44.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Kind of like what Americans do with a retired American flag. 17:44.066 --> 17:47.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% So what they chose to do was take the retired altar cloths 17:47.800 --> 17:51.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and wrap the remains with them. 17:51.966 --> 17:55.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Of course, you come here into the church at night and 17:55.066 --> 17:59.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% the lights are dim and the candles are flickering in the 17:59.033 --> 18:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% corner and you have two skeletons in the front of the 18:01.566 --> 18:04.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% church. That's pretty amazing, and it's certainly something 18:04.833 --> 18:07.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that people think of when you say this church, they say, 18:07.066 --> 18:09.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% "Oh, that's the church with the bones. 18:09.766 --> 18:11.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% Yeah, the skeletons." 18:11.066 --> 18:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> They may be here another 100 or another 200 years before 18:14.666 --> 18:17.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% somebody opens them up and looks at them again. So if you 18:17.900 --> 18:22.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% look at Bonosa, she's laying with her hands on her abdomen, 18:22.533 --> 18:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% but her hands are her hands, her right hand is all the bones 18:26.133 --> 18:28.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% of her right hand, all the bones of her left hand that 18:28.700 --> 18:31.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% were there, there's a couple missing. She was probably about 18:31.633 --> 18:37.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% 90% present. St. Magnus was probably about 60% present. 18:37.700 --> 18:42.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> It's a remarkable thing to think 1700 years ago, these two 18:42.100 --> 18:44.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% individuals were walking the face of the earth 18:44.866 --> 18:48.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% and now their remains are present because of their act of 18:48.733 --> 18:49.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:15% faith, 18:49.833 --> 18:52.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% are present in a part of the world that they didn't even 18:52.266 --> 18:57.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% know existed to people who come here in Kentucky. 19:01.600 --> 19:04.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> When we were done - it's kind of giving me goosebumps 19:04.533 --> 19:06.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% even thinking about it now. 19:06.800 --> 19:09.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% Imagine this place packed, 19:09.366 --> 19:13.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% they wanted to see them go back, they had been gone for 19:13.700 --> 19:17.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% several months. How do I personally feel about it? 19:17.233 --> 19:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I'm amazed that they fit the criteria that we were 19:21.400 --> 19:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% not expecting, but they fit the criteria that one would expect 19:25.933 --> 19:30.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% when it comes to young female, older male, I mean, 19:30.900 --> 19:35.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% >> that's pretty good. 19:35.700 --> 19:42.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% What we know of them is legend, it can't be confirmed, science 19:42.333 --> 19:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% can't confirm anything, but science can debunk, it can tell 19:47.533 --> 19:50.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% us that they aren't who they are or who we think that they 19:50.933 --> 19:55.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% are. What was interesting from Dr. DiBlasi's 19:55.333 --> 20:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> study was that everything that he was able to determine 20:00.266 --> 20:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% >> from an unbiased perspective, a scientific 20:03.433 --> 20:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% perspective, is that everything that he was able to tell was 20:07.000 --> 20:10.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% consistent with what the legend is. 20:10.766 --> 20:15.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% And so that was not confirmation of course, but 20:15.366 --> 20:17.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:10% it's 20:17.466 --> 20:23.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> heartening to know that the legend is intact in that way, 20:23.366 --> 20:25.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:20% I guess. 20:28.700 --> 20:31.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Throughout the Bluegrass, more and more plant-based 20:31.600 --> 20:34.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% restaurants are starting to pop up as plant-based options 20:34.800 --> 20:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% become more accessible. The Social Vegan and Moody Mike's 20:38.933 --> 20:41.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% are two plant-based restaurants in Lexington who are 20:41.533 --> 20:44.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% challenging the notion that vegan and plant-based foods 20:44.733 --> 20:48.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% have to be bland and boring. In fact, their meals are the 20:48.700 --> 20:53.733 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:37.5% exact opposite. 20:53.733 --> 20:57.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% >> The word veganism is a lifestyle, a true vegan person, 20:57.866 --> 21:00.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% they don't have any animal products whatsoever, they don't 21:00.633 --> 21:03.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% have any leather, they don't have any products or cleaning 21:03.700 --> 21:06.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% products, makeup products or anything that's tested on 21:06.100 --> 21:09.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% animals. Plant-based is a little bit different, we are 21:09.600 --> 21:13.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% vegan at home, but we consider ourselves more plant-based and 21:13.466 --> 21:15.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% we don't use any animal products on the truck. 21:15.733 --> 21:20.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> Well, I think a lot of it is changing over from eating meat 21:20.266 --> 21:24.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% to a plant-based diet. Some of the biggest challenge is you've 21:24.766 --> 21:29.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% got to find the right stuff to consume and it's also not only 21:29.200 --> 21:34.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% being a vegan is good for us internally, but it's also good 21:34.566 --> 21:37.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% for the planet. You're not killing the animals, you're not 21:37.700 --> 21:41.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% getting rid of the other existing things that has life. 21:41.566 --> 21:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% It is just focused on that plant-based diet, which is 21:46.700 --> 21:47.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% plentiful. 21:47.866 --> 21:50.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% >> The plant-based market in Lexington is growing, if you go 21:50.133 --> 21:52.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% around to different restaurants, no matter whether 21:52.266 --> 21:56.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% it's a high-end restaurant or just, let's say, your burger 21:56.800 --> 21:58.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% spot, they're going to have something for plant-based 21:58.433 --> 21:59.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:15% people 21:59.733 --> 22:01.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> there. Moody Mike's is a vegan food truck, we focus on 22:01.733 --> 22:04.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% making plant-based food that appeals to everyone, meat 22:04.666 --> 22:06.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% eaters included. 22:06.733 --> 22:08.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% >> One of the biggest misconceptions that people have 22:08.933 --> 22:13.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% is, one, it's going to be gross. Two, it's going to be a 22:13.766 --> 22:17.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% bland taste. Three, people will say, "Oh, you're just eating 22:17.700 --> 22:20.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% grass. Here's a plate of grass." Stuff like that. 22:20.600 --> 22:23.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% But one thing that really gets people when they really try it, 22:23.800 --> 22:27.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% it actually blows their mind at how similar plant-based food 22:27.300 --> 22:32.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% can be to just normal food that meat eaters are used to. 22:32.200 --> 22:35.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% If we're out, let's say, at a brewery like Pivot, where we 22:35.833 --> 22:38.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% are normally located at, 22:38.300 --> 22:40.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> different people from all walks of life that are plant 22:40.900 --> 22:42.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% eaters and non plant-based ears, they're going to come up 22:42.933 --> 22:45.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and at least try something, and that's going to pique their 22:45.600 --> 22:48.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% interest into what we are and what we're really about. 22:48.200 --> 22:50.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> The Social Vegan is just a plant-based restaurant, the 22:50.600 --> 22:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% owner just wanted to bring something new and fresh to the 22:53.466 --> 22:57.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% city of Lexington. The community is just so fun and I 22:57.533 --> 23:01.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% think it's just awesome, it's a step ahead of the world and 23:01.833 --> 23:04.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% where it's going. So yeah, it's new. 23:04.400 --> 23:07.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% >> We want to be the gateway to the vegan lifestyle, knowing 23:07.766 --> 23:10.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% once they become familiar, they decide to go farther into the 23:10.866 --> 23:14.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% vegan lifestyle. They'll try other things, but we would just 23:14.333 --> 23:16.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% want to give them a healthy alternative in eating. 23:16.233 --> 23:17.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% Personally, I've 23:17.466 --> 23:21.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% been vegan going on about four years, 23:21.666 --> 23:26.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% and my sister's been a vegan for over 28 years, and 23:26.833 --> 23:28.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:45% I see how she look 23:28.533 --> 23:32.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% very youthful, a lot of energy, a lot of activity, I see how 23:32.566 --> 23:35.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% does it play in her life and I want to incorporate the same in 23:35.833 --> 23:37.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:12.5% mine. 23:37.300 --> 23:38.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> People here in Lexington seem to be opening up a lot 23:38.700 --> 23:43.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% more. I think it's growing in popularity and almost becoming 23:43.000 --> 23:48.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% trendy to be vegan, so I think people's minds are getting more 23:48.200 --> 23:49.366 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:27.5% open to it. 23:49.366 --> 23:52.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% >> Working in other kitchens where there are meat products, 23:52.933 --> 23:55.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% versus working somewhere where there's not, it's actually way 23:55.766 --> 23:59.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% easier to cook plant-based than other restaurants. The thing 23:59.333 --> 24:02.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% about The Social Vegan is they're all about teaching us 24:02.466 --> 24:06.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% about food and healthier ways and healthier options; at other 24:06.400 --> 24:09.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% restaurants, it's just like, "Here's a menu and 24:09.200 --> 24:14.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> go forward, go at it." Our chicken and waffle is actually, 24:14.600 --> 24:17.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% and we hate to say it, we've got to use the term chicken 24:17.633 --> 24:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% because people are familiar. If I just said mushroom and 24:21.700 --> 24:25.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% waffle, people will never even try it, they're like, "Ugh." So 24:25.200 --> 24:28.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% we address it on how they identify their food and what we 24:28.733 --> 24:34.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% try to imitate into what they're familiar with. 24:34.600 --> 24:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% Good thing about it is recreating 24:37.800 --> 24:41.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> the plant-based food that tastes like the common items 24:41.666 --> 24:45.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% that we are accustomed to eating, such as shrimp, such as 24:45.033 --> 24:49.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% chicken, such as burgers, is I engaged and taste and all that 24:49.466 --> 24:53.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% before, so I know what it takes to make it taste like those 24:53.400 --> 24:56.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% items. But one of the things we did was add flavor, plenty 24:56.933 --> 25:02.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% taste, flavor and choices that they can choose from, 25:02.433 --> 25:05.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% and they would know that vegan lifestyle is not just the 25:05.466 --> 25:07.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% vegetables and harsh eating. 25:07.633 --> 25:11.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> With veganism, just give it a try because there's so much 25:11.066 --> 25:15.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% food that vegans eat that's just not salad or fruit or 25:15.200 --> 25:18.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% anything like that. There's many options to veganism. 25:18.233 --> 25:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% You can have your alkaline vegan food, your raw vegan food 25:21.600 --> 25:25.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% or you can just have your fun vegan food 25:25.200 --> 25:27.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% like chicken sandwiches, burgers and all that type of 25:27.100 --> 25:29.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% stuff. So there's many different facets of it, I mean, 25:29.500 --> 25:34.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% you won't go wrong with any of it. 25:34.766 --> 25:38.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> Folks, thank you so much for joining us for the season 28 25:38.366 --> 25:41.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% premiere of our show. As the new host for Kentucky Life, 25:41.533 --> 25:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I cannot wait to join you on so many more adventures that we're 25:45.133 --> 25:47.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% going to have down the road. But for now, I'll leave you 25:47.566 --> 25:48.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% with this moment. 25:48.666 --> 25:53.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I'm Chip Polston, cherishing this Kentucky Life.