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Arts & Culture

"Kentucky Cock Fight & George Ade Story" (February 11, 2018)

Lakeshore Public Media | By Ryan Priest

Published February 11, 2018 at 7:00 PM CST

PETA members beware! In this program from February 11, 1966; Shep describes the time a co-worker in Cincinnati took him across the river to a cock fight. Also, Shep reads one of his favorite fables from fellow Hoosier (or Boilermaker) George Ade.

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