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To the Best of Our Knowledge

A Four Part Series from TTBOOK!
PART ONE: APRIL 6, 2004
PART TWO: ARCHITECTS OF WAR
PART THREE: ESPRIT DE CORPS
PART FOUR: COMING HOME
BONUS HOUR: COVERING THE WAR

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OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2009

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October 2009
10/04 10/11 10/18 10/25

10/04/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-10-04-A

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BACK TO THE FARM
In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan
Tomatoes & Honey - Farmer's Market
Raising Goats - Brad Kessler
Cherries & Cheese - Farmer's Market
Off the Grid - Lynda Barry
Boutique Farming - Michael Perry

Hour 2

 

09-10-04-B
(was 08-12-14-A)

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RE-CONSIDERING CRAFTS
New Craftsman - Richard Sennett
Handmade Nation - Betsy Greer
Scrapbooking - Jessica Helfand
Hands & Mind - Kelly Lambert
Slave Potter Dave - Leonard Todd

10/11/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-10-11-A
(was 05-05-22-A)

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U.S. v. THEM
Mondovino - Jonathon Nossiter
Foreign Babes in Beijing - Rachel DeWoskin
Economic Hit Man - John Perkins
Hip Hop in Johannesburg - Patrick Neate
Jazz & the Cold War - Penny Von Eschen

Hour 2

09-10-11-B
(was 05-11-06-B)

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SEARCHING FOR SHANGRI-LA
Searching for Shangri-La - Michael Wood
Tsangpo Gorge - Ian Baker
Shangri-La in Burma - Amy Tan
Lost Paradise - Catilin Matthews
Kashmir & Political Novel - Salman Rushdie

10/18/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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09-10-18-A

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MAKING WORDS
American English - Patricia O'Conner
Sound & Meaning - Roy Blount, Jr.
Amazon Language - Dan Everett
Invented Languages - Arika Okrent
Parrot Talk- Irene Pepperberg

Hour 2

 

09-10-18-B

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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO POP CULTURE
Pop Culture in Muslim World - Richard Poplak
Christian Pop Culture - Daniel Radosh
Dr. Alex Comfort - Pagan Kennedy
Pop Culture Memories - Nathan Rabin

10/25/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-10-25-A

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PART ONE: APRIL 6, 2004
Joker One - Donovan Campbell
Coalition Commander - Lt. General Sanchez
Jerabek - Steve Levin
Embed Journalist - David Swanson

Hour 2

 

09-10-25-B

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ETHICS OF WESTERN AID
Dead Aid - Dambisa Moyo
Acting to End Poverty - Peter Singer
Philanthropy & Capitalism - Jacqueline Novogratz
Surgery in Africa - Abraham Verghese

November 2009
11/01 11/08 11/15 11/22 11/29

11/01/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-11-01-A

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PART TWO: THE ARCHITECTS OF WAR
War & Decision - Douglas Feith
Marine PR Director - Col. David Lapan
Surge of Troops - David Kilcullen
Iraq Defense Minister - Ali Allawi
Obama's Plan - Thomas Ricks

Hour 2

 

09-11-01-B

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FONTS
Obama's Font - Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones
Kindle - Nicholson Baker
Verdana - Matthew Carter
Silver Buckle Press - Tracy Honn
Handwriting - Kitty Burns Florey

11/08/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-11-08-A

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PART THREE: ESPRIT DE CORPS
Caring for Men - Toby Nunn
Unmaking a Marine - Tyler Boudreau
JT's Father - John Wroblewski, Sr.
Soundtrack to War - Jonathon Pieslak
Lonely Soldier - Helen Benedict
Here, Bullet - Brian Turner

Hour 2

 

09-11-08-B

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COMING OF AGE THROUGH MUSIC
Music for Girls - Lavinia Greenlaw
Old-Time Mountain Music - Ralph Stanley
Music & Fandom - Nick Hornby
Singer/Songwriter - Geraint Watkins

11/15/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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09-11-15-A

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BONUS HOUR: COVERING THE WAR
Embed System - Mike Hoyt
Full Disclosure - Brian Palmer
S.O.P. - Philip Gourevitch
Coalition Commander - Lt. General Sanchez
Virtual Embed - Deborah Scranton

Hour 2

 

09-11-15-B

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MONEY, DEBT & UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM
Lords of Finance - Liaquat Ahamed
Slow Money - Woody Tasch
Debt - Margaret Atwood
Ayn Rand - Anne Heller

11/22/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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09-11-22-A

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PART FOUR: COMING HOME
Final Salute - Jim Sheeler
The Fallen - John McCary
Filming the War - Kyle Haussmann-Stokes
DoD and PTSD - General Loree Sutton
Liviing with PTSD - Colby Buzzell

Hour 2

 

09-11-22-B

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CHANNELING CREATIVITY
Everyone is Artistic - Lynda Barry
Adland - James Othmer
Inspiring Art - Pattie Boyd
Genius - Geoffrey Colvin

11/29/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
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09-11-29-A

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LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET: CONSUMERISM
Branding - Rob Walker
Mad Men - Chuck Klosterman
Discount Culture - Ellen Ruppel Shell
Scroogenomics - Joel Waldfogel
Andy Warhol - David Dalton

Hour 2

09-11-29-B
(was 07-11-25-B)

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FOOD STORIES
NY Chef - Dan Barber
Cookbook Editor - Judith Jones
Eel Connoisseur - Ray Turner
Hidden Kitchens - The Kitchen Sisters
Apples - Jane Hamilton

December 2009
12/01 12/08 12/15 12/22

12/06/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-12-06-A

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CHANGING CLIMATE CHANGE
Whole Earth Discipline - Stewart Brand
Anti-Nuke Essay - Paxus Calta
Vanishing Face of Gaia - James Lovelock
Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
Yes Men Fix the World - Andy Bichlbaum

Hour 2

 

09-12-06-B
(was 09-03-22-A)

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Part One: Our Computers
Hundred Dollar Laptops - Nicholas Negroponte
The Hybrid Economy - Lawrence Lessig
Games That Make You Cry - Jason Rohrer
Computers & Human Spirit - Sherry Turkle

12/13/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-12-13-A

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LOVE/HATE
Hating Tennis - Andre Agassi
Soldiers in Iraq - David Finkel
Sex & Death - Tyler Volk & Dorion Sagan
Husband's Suicide - Laura Waterman

Hour 2

 

09-12-13-B
(was 09-03-29-A)

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Part Two: Our Money
Micro-Lending - Muhammad Yunus
Stop Shopping - Reverend Billy
Susatinable Economics - Jeffrey Sachs
Disaster Capitalism - Naomi Klein
Building Schools in Afghanistan - Greg Mortensen
Visionary Economics - Paul Krugman

12/20/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

 

09-12-20-A

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MAGIC
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Parapsychology - Stephen Braude
Math & Magic - Persi Diaconis
Wicca - Anne Strainchmaps, Caryl Owen, Margot Adler
Occult America - Mitch Horowitz

Hour 2

 

09-12-20-B
(was 09-04-05-A)

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Part Three: Our Earth
Future of Green - Thomas Friedman
Activism & Primatology - Jane Goodall
Hip-Hop & Antarctica - DJ Spooky
Iceland's Green Energy - Geir Haarde
GlobalActivism - Paul Hawken
Reforesting Africa - Wangari Maathai

12/27/2009 Program # TITLE (click for program detail)
Hour 1

09-12-27-A
(was 09-02-01-B)

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ALONE TIME
Science of Loneliness - John Cacioppo
Seeking Solitude - Robert Kull
Music of Loneliness - Bill Friskics-Warren
Loneliness as a Way of Life - Thomas Dumm
Acedia - Kathleen Norris

Hour 2

 

09-12-27-B
(was 09-04-12-A)

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Part Four: Our Peace of Mind
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Meditating on Happiness - Richard Davidson
Secret of Happiness - Richard Layard, Robert Biswas-Diener, Sonja Lyubormirsky
Peace of Mind - Satish Kumar
Secrets of Happiness - Richard Schoch
Last Word on Happiness - Al Green

     


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