To the Best of Our Knowledge 

PROMO       3/4/07  "Plagiarism - Intellectual Propriety"
*Malcolm Gladwell knows how to succeed in show business without really
trying -- write a story for The New Yorker about a psychiatrist who
studies serial killers. Then a playwright will take some of the words
from your article and use them in a Broadway play. Next time on To the
Best of Our Knowledge, Gladwell will tell share his story of plagiarism.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Plagiarism - Intellectual Propriety"

0:01 - 28:56        SEGMENT 1: (28:57)
            Author Jonathan Lethem (Lee-thuhm) talks to Jim Fleming
            about his "Harper's" Magazine essay, "The Ecstasy of 
            Influence: A Plagiarism."  As the subtitle indicates,
            Jonathan Lethem appropriated the words of many authors

            to cover the subject of plagiarism, although he 
            provides full attribution of his sources at the end
            of the essay.  Also, Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky,
            That Subliminal Kid") talks to Anne Strainchamps 
            about his book, "Rhythm Science," and how the art
            of music sampling relates to plagiarism.
            We also hear a DJ Spooky/TTBOOK interview mashup.
            
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

28:57 - 29:26  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

29:27 - 40:59       SEGMENT 2: (12:34)
            The Honorable Richard A. Posner (Pose-ner) is a 
            Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh District.
            He's also a prolific author.  His most recent book is
            called "The Little Book of Plagiarism."  Posner talked
            to Steve Paulson about the history and ethics of 
            plagiarism. 
                    
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

41:00 - 41:29       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

41:30 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (10:30)
            Journalist Malcolm Gladwell talks to Steve Paulson
            about how the words from one of his stories for 
            "The New Yorker" ended up on Broadway and how this
            made him change his attitude about plagiarism.  

            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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