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SEVEN DEADLY SINS
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
According to George Bernard Shaw, the seven
deadly sins are food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability
and children. Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge,
we'll explore the more traditional Seven Deadly Sins. Musician Joe
Jackson will tell us how lust, gluttony and the other sins inspired
his album Heaven and Hell. And we'll experience the Angry comedy
of Lewis Black.
SEGMENT 1:
Musician Joe Jackson talks with Jim Fleming
about his concept album "Heaven and Hell" which is based on the
Seven Deadly Sins. He says we all have the potential for committing
all the sins, and explains how hee captured the spirit of each
one in music. And we hear lots of examples. And some comedy from
The Onion Radio News.
SEGMENT 2:
John Portmann contributed to and edited the
collection of essays, "In Defense of Sin." He tells Steve Paulson
why, as a child, he loved going to confession. He explains why
despair is the worst sin of all, and says that some modern writers
talk about sin without any reference to God. Also, comedian Lewis
Black is an angry man. He writes for "The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart" and performs stand up. He talks with Jim Fleming
about the fine line between playing angry and being angry, and
we hear excerpts from an on?stage performance in Madison, Wisconsin.
SEGMENT 3:
od historian Stewart Lee Allen is the author
of "In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food."
He tells Anne Strainchamps why the ancient Greeks wouldn't eat
beans, how Spanish Christians began the tradition of eating ham
for Easter, and what he'd serve at a dinner dedicated to the Seven
Deadly Sins. And more comedy from The Onion Radio News.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 02-03-24-B.
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Books:
- John Portman, In Defense of Sin
(Palgrave)
- Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden:
A Sinful History of Forbidden Food (Ballantine)
Music:
Distribution dates:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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