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PROMO  6/8/2008  "We Generation"
*From Facebook to Wikipedia, World of Warcraft to YouTube, the life of
the community has moved on line.  And taken on a life of its own.  In
this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the power of we, and the move
toward collective identity and global think.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "We Generation"


0:00 - 22:57        SEGMENT 1: (22:58)
            Clay Shirky is an internet expert and author of "Here
            Comes Everybody."  He tells Steve Paulson how wide
            acceptance of social networking sites has dramatically
            changed our expectations of the media and even the role
            of journalism. Also, Jonathan Harris created the website
            We-Feel-Fine-dot-org.  He tells Steve Paulson how it
            works, and we hear a montage of postings from the site.  
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

22:58 - 23:27  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

23:28 - 41:47       SEGMENT 2: (18:20)
            Josh Koury is a film-maker whose film "We Are Wizards"
            explores the hugely popular underground music scene
            called Wizard Rock.  It's all part of the enormous
            subculture created by fans of the Harry Potter books. 
            Houry Talks with Anne Strainchamps about other ways kids
            bring the Potter world into their lives.  Also, Anne has
            spent this year shadowing her son's 4th grade class at Randall Elementary as
            they learn what it means to be part of a community.  He
            has this report, and we hear a lot from the children in
            Mrs. Mincberg's class.  
                                                       
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

41:48 - 42:17       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

42:18 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (10:41)
            Marco Iacoboni is a neurologist and neuroscientist at
            UCLA. His latest book is called "Mirroring People."  sHe
            talks with Jim Fleming about so-called mirror neurons. He
            says they're hard wired into us and explain how we feel
            empathy and compassion and why we feel the need to
            connect with one another.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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