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FAKING IT
| Program 05-03-13-A | 
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Mark Sundeen got an offer he couldn't refuse. A publisher paid him upfront to write a book on bullfighting in Spain. Mark doesn't speak Spanish, knows nothing about bullfighting, and hates to travel, but that didn't stop him from writing the book. He just made the whole thing up. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the art of faking it and the philosophy of BS.
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SEGMENT 1:
Philosopher Harry Frankfurt is the author of "On Bullshit." He tells Steve Paulson why "b.s." is a more insidious problem than outright falsehood and undermines the basic values of a society that values truth-telling. Also, Australian novelist Peter Carey talks with Steve Paulson about "My Life as a Fake," and the peculiar career of the great Australian poet who never existed.
SEGMENT 2:
Mark Sundeen tells Anne Strainchamps he accepted an advance to write a travel book about bull-fighting in Spain. What he wrote instead was an over the top fake documentary called "The Making of Toro." Confused? It all becomes hilariously clear as you listen to this conversation and excerpts from the greatest book that never existed, "Toro" written by Sundeen's alter ego, the swashbuckling Travis LaFrance.
SEGMENT 3:
Miri Park is the defending 2004 U.S. and World air guitar champion. She performs for us and tells Steve Paulson what made her the champ. Also, William Ian Miller is the author of "Faking It." He tells Jim Fleming we're all guilty of faking it, and that a little social duplicity isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Books:
- Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit (Princeton)
- Peter Carey, My Life as a Fake (Knopf)
- Mark Sundeen, The Making of Toro (Simon & Schuster)
- William Ian Miller, Faking It (Cambridge)
Links:
- Mark Sundeen's website: http://marksundeen.com/blog
- Travis LaFrance's website: http://travislafrance.com/blog
- Air Guitar USA website: http://www.airguitarusa.com/home.html
Music:
- All readings from the Mark Sundeen interview by Robertson Dean from Blackstone Audiobooks' The Making of Toro. Published by arrangement with Simon and Schuster.
- Corky Siegel's "5 Planets in Harmonica Convergence" off of his Corky Siegel's Traveling Chamber Blues Show CD on Alligator Records.
- Ennio Morricone's "Lullaby in Blue," "Iron Mayor," The Lizard," "Dirty Horse," "Five Man Army" all off of the Ennio Morricone - Dario Argento Trilogy CD off of DRG.
- Ennio Morricone's "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" off of the Ennio Morricone Remix CD (Vol 2) on Compost Records.
- Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" off of their 1984 CD on Warner Brothers Records.
- The Brand New Heavies' "Fake" off of their
Brother Sister CD on London Records.
Distribution dates:
| week of 02/19/2006
- hour 1 week of 03/13/2005 - hour 1 |
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