TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR   1/3/2010     "The Course of Time"
*Where did we come from, and where are we going? Whether it's the Garden
of Eden and Armageddon, or the Big Bang and the Big Freeze, we can't
help but ponder our place in the universe. In this hour of To the Best
of Our Knowledge, we consider the universal course of time, from the
beginning to the end  and back again. A cosmologist discusses creation,
and ponders when the universe became self aware. A documentary film
producer examines African creation myths and their relationship to
science. Novelist Jim Crace talks about his apocalyptic vision in The
Pesthouse. And Ron Mallet talks about his efforts to disrupt the natural
course of time through the very real possibility of time travel.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 2:   "The Course of Time"

0:00 - 1:00 Billboard (1:00)

1:00 - 6:00 SILENCE (5:00)

6:00 - 29:28        SEGMENT 1: (23:29)
            Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist at the Center
            for the Story of the Universe, part of the California
            Institute of Integral Studies.  Steve Paulson talked with
            him about the nature of time and the human obsession with
            clock time. Also, Thebe Medupe is an astrophysicist who
            grew up under apartheid.  Today he works at the South
            African Astronomical Observatory. He's also the subject
            and producer of a documentary film called "Cosmic
            Africa."  He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the
            stories he grew up hearing from his village elders and
            the astronomical legends of the Dogun people in Mali.
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

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

29:59 - 43:12       SEGMENT 2: (13:14)
            British novelist Jim Crace envisions a post-apocalyptic
            America in his book "The Pesthouse."  He tells Jim
            Fleming that the current state of the world makes it all
            too easy to imagine a grim future.   
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

43:13 - 43:42       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

43:43 - 59:00       SEGMENT 3: (15:17)
            Ron Mallett is a theoretical physicist at the University
            of Connecticut, and author of a memoir of his personal
            quest to travel back in time.  It's called "Time
            Traveler."  He tells Anne Strainchamps about the event in
            his childhood that changed everything. Also, poet Fleda
            Brown reads her poem "For My Daughter's 40th Birthday."
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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