TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR  8 March 2009   "Lust for Life Lists"
*Read any good life-list books lately? How about "1,000 Places You Must
Visit Before You Die?" or "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." 
There's no shortage of "life-list books to read these days. What's next?
"1,000 Life-List Books You Must Read Before You Die"? Probably.  In this
hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll explore our obsession with
these life-lists, with film critic David Thomson and music critic Tom
Moon, among others.
 
PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Lust for Life Lists" ***LANGUAGE ADVISORY***
(SEE SEGMENTS 2 AND 3 BELOW)
             
0:01 - 14:28        SEGMENT 1: (14:29)
            Jack Pendarvis reads from his essay "The Fifty Greatest
            Things That Just Popped Into My Head," published in "The
            Believer" magazine.  Also, Music critic Tom Moon is the
            author of "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A
            Listener's Life List." Moon tells Steve Paulson why he
            chose what he chose and we hear some of his favorites.    
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

14:29 - 14:58  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

14:59 - 38:46       SEGMENT 2: (23:48)
            Jay Parini is a poet, novelist and teacher.  He's also
            the author of "Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed
            America."  He tells Jim Fleming that his is not a list of
            "great books" but rather books that significantly changed
            the literary climate of American culture.

LANGUAGE ADVISORY   JAY PARINI INTERVIEW
@ 7:30 into this segment, we hear the word "Nigger"
context    "...relationship between Huck and so-called Nigger Jim."

            Also, We hear more from Jack Pendarvis. And, David
            Thomson is a film critic.  His new book is called "'Have
            You Seen...?': A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films." 
            He tells Steve Paulson the book is not just a list of the
            thousand greatest films. And of course there are clips!
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:47 - 39:16       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:17 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:43)
            Olivia Gentile is the author of "Life List: A Woman's
            Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds."  Gentile tells
            Anne Strainchamps that her book is a biography of Phoebe
            Snetsinger who saw some 8400 species of birds while
            fending off a cancer diagnosis.

LANGUAGE ADVISORY OLIVIA GENTILE INTERVIEW
@ 5:32 into this segment, Gentile says "bastards"
context    "...not gonna let, as she said, these bastards win. 

            And we get the conclusion of the essay from "The
            Believer" by Jack Pendarvis.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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