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FLOWER POWER
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
A rose is a rose is a rose... until it becomes perfume.
In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the power of
the flower. A science journalist introduces us to Luca Turin, the
most amazing nose in the business, with a new theory about how we
smell. We'll talk with photographer Joyce Tenneson about her new
collection of flower portraits. And, Sharon Lovejoy is back with
maggot martinis and other recipes for your garden.
SEGMENT 1:
We hear excerpts from the perfume reviews of Luca
Turin, voiced by Doug Gordon. Then, Steve Paulson talks with Chandler
Burr, author of "The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume,
Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses." The book
explains Luca Turin's theory of how we smell and recounts his
amazing ability to recognize the odor of particular molecules.
And we hear some excerpts from the book.
SEGMENT 2:
Joyce Tenneson is a portrait photographer
whose new book is a collection of flower photos. Her work celebrates
flowers at every stage of their life cycle. She talks with Jim
Fleming about the allure of flowers. Jim reads "Prayer for
Flowers" from Ronald Wallace's collection of verse "Long
for this World." Also, psychologist and philosopher Thomas
Moore talks with Anne Strainchamps about the connections between
springtime and death, and how flowers reflect this.
SEGMENT 3:
Writer Barbara Fischer tells us the story
of how starting a garden saved her life. Also, master gardener
Sharon Lovejoy is back with hints from her new book, "Trowel
and Error." Lovejoy tells Anne Strainchamps that there's
a lot of truth in old wives' tales about gardens and shares her
solutions for getting rid of pests from aphids to deer.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-04-27-A.
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Books:
- Chandler Burr, The Emperor
of Scent (Random House)
- Sharon Lovejoy, Trowel & Error (Workman)
- Joyce Tenneson, Flower Portraits: The Life
Cycle of Beauty (Bulfinch)
- Ronald Wallace, Long for this World
(Pittsburgh)
Music:
- Under Turin perfume reviews:
Sejong Plays Eric Ewazen.
Track 8 (Sinfonia for Strings) and Track 5 (Down a River of Time).
(Albany Records)
- After Chandler Burr: "Evangeline's Moon"
from
the CD" Dharma Blues" (Horus Records HM 1034-2)
- After Joyce Tenneson: Cambridge Singers, "Now
is the Month
of Maying" (Thomas Morley) (on "Flora Gave Me Fairest
Flowers,"
Collegium Records)
- After Thomas Moore: Ella Fitzgerald, "Spring
Can Really Hang
You Up the Most" on the Verve CD, "Clap Hands, Here
Comes
Charlie!"
- Promo break: Joe Pass, "I Let a Song Go Out
of My Heart," on
the CD "Portraits of Ellington". (Pablo)
- After Barbara Fischer: Dave Mallett, "Garden
Song," on his CD
"Inches and Miles" (Flying Fish Records)
- Show close: Dillon Bustin, "Gardening,"
on the LP "Dillon
Bustin's Almanac." (June Appal Recordings)
Distribution dates:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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