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Eastern Standard: Bluegrass In Space, Screen Time Dangers, A Racehorse Kidnapping, And Double Majors

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published December 13, 2018 at 10:27 AM EST

~ Kris Kimel of Lexington-based Space Tango on manufacturing in Earth orbit ~ EKU Psychology professor MyraBeth Bundy on screen-time and child brain development ~ Milton Toby, author of Taking Shergar: Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case ~ Eastern Progress editor Collin Overton on the pros and cons of the double major

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