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POPULAR CULTURE

Program 06-10-01-A Listen!


Alice B. Sheldon

James Tiptree Junior wrote some of the most critically-acclaimed science fiction stories in the 1960's and 1970's....classics like "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" and "The Women Men Don't See." But James Tiptree was actually the pseudonym of a 61-year-old woman, Alice B. Sheldon. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore the double life of Alice Sheldon. Also, Greil Marcus on America's story of self-invention and nationhood...as told through its contemporary artists. And the mysteries behind the popular TV series, "Lost."

SEGMENT 1:

Critic and journalist Chuck Klosterman is the author of "Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas." He tells Steve Paulson why Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash is associated with Marxism, and how he picks subjects to write about. Also, Greil Marcus calls his new book "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice." He tells Steve Paulson that self-invention has been a part of American nationhood since Puritan times and is a tradition best expressed by artists like writer Philip Roth and film-maker David Lynch.

SEGMENT 2:

Henry Jenkins is the Founder and Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT. He tells Jim Fleming that "The Matrix" is a good example of what we can expect from a convergence culture – a story that is told in more than one medium. We don't get it, but our kids do. Jenkins' book is "Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide." Also, Doug Gordon reports on the TV phenomenon "Lost." He offers some explanations about why it's so popular and has some theories about the island.

SEGMENT 3:

Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon." She tells Anne Strainchamps that as a middle-ages woman, Sheldon, writing as Tiptree, became one of the most critically acclaimed writers of science-fiction short stories. The male pseudonym freed her to express herself in a novel way.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 06-10-01-A.

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Books:

Chuck Klosterman , Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (Scribner)
Greil Marcus, The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (New York University Press)
Henry Jenkins, Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture (New York University Press)

Orson Scott Card,ed: Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage and Starting Over in J.J. Abrams' LOST (Smart Pop/Benbella Books)

-- To download a free copy of "The Best of Smart Pop, Volume 2"...
http://www.smartpopbooks.com/download/index.html

Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon (St. Martin's Press)

Websites:

Clips:

Music:

  • -- "Hillbillies From Outerspace"/The Vaughan Brothers from the CD, "Family Style" (Epic/Associated)
  • -- Music from "Lost Highway"
    Composed by Angelo Badalamenti
    from the CD, "Lost Highway: Soundtrack" (Interscope Records)
  • -- "Brain Liaters"/Drums & Tuba
    from the CD, "Mostly Ape" (Righteous Babe)
    http://www.drumsandtuba.com/
  • -- "Computerlove"/Kraftwerk
    from the CD, "The Mix" (Elektra)
    http://www.kraftwerk.com/
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    Music used in "Lost" production piece:
    -- "Main Title" Composed by J.J. Abrams
    -- "The Eyeland" Composed by Michael Giacchino
    -- "World's Worst Beach Party" Composed by Michael Giacchino Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony from the CD, "Lost -- Original Television Soundtrack"
    (Varese Sarabande Records)
    http://www.varesesarabande.com/
    http://tinyurl.com/z4c5d
  • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- "Desert Trip" from "The Andromeda Strain"
    Performed by Gil Melle, The Universal Orchestra from the box set, "Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection"
    (Rhino)
    http://www.rhino.com/

Distribution dates:

week of 08/26/2007 - hour 2
week of 10/01/2006 - hour 1		 Listen!

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