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What does your body know that you don't? In our health and fitness-obsessed culture, we're always talking about what's wrong with our bodies and how to fix them. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll talk instead about the wisdom of the body and the science behind mind-body medicine.

SEGMENT 1:

Jane Fonda tells Steve Paulson that she learned to hate her body while she was still a child and developed an eating disorder that continued for years. She says exercise helped her begin to live in her body. Fonda's memoir is "My Life So Far." Also, Jon Kabat-Zinn is a Professor of Medicine and the founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical school. His latest book is "Coming to Our Senses." Kabat-Zinn talks with Steve Paulson about what it means to be mindful of the body's functioning, like breathing.

SEGMENT 2:

Candace Pert is a Professor of Physiology and Bio-physics at Georgetown University. Her latest project is a CD of therapeutic words and music called "Psychosomatic Wellness." We hears samples, and Pert tells Anne Strainchamps some of the science behind what we hear. (You'll find more about her and her music at (www.candacepert.com). Also, Bill Hayes is the author of "Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood." Hayes tells Jim Fleming several nifty facts about the fluid that sustains us all.

SEGMENT 3:

Robert Rand was working as a Senior Editor at NPR when he was crippled by panic attacks. He cured himself by taking up zydeco dancing. Rand talks with Anne Strainchamps about his unconventional cure and the music that made it possible. Rand's book is "Dancing away an Anxious Mind."

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Books:

• Jane Fonda, My Life So Far (Random House)
• Bill Hayes, Five Quarts: a Personal and Natural History of Blood (Ballantine)
• Jon Kabat-Zinn, Coming to Our Senses (Hyperion)
• Candace B. Pert, Molecules of Emotion (Scribner)
• Robert Rand, Dancing Away an Anxious Mind (Terrace Books) (http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/books/3572.htm)

Music:

• Christine Kane, "Made of Steel". On her CD, "Right Outta Nowhere."
  (Firepink Music)
• J.J. Cale, music from his CD "Guitar Man". (Delabel)
• Candace Pert, "Psychosomatic Wellness" CD. (www.candacepert.com)
• Clifton Chenier, "Zydeco Man", on his CD "Live! At the Long Beach and San Francisco Festival." (Arhoolie)
• Music used in piece on zydeco dancing:
• Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, "Gardez Donc'; "Comin' In"; "don't Tell Your Mama, Don't Tell Your Papa." All on his CD "Pick Up On This". (Rounder)
• Boozoo Chavis, "Do It All Night" on CD "Live! At the Habibi Temple, Lake Charles, Louisisana". (Rounder)
• Zydeco Force, "Everyday Talk," on "The Zydeco Push." (Maison de Soul)
• Beausoleil, "Two Step a Will Balfa", and "La Valse du Vacher" on the CD, "Allons a Lafayette." (Arhoolie)

Distribution dates:

week of 09/10/2006 - hour 1 week of 05/01/2005 - hour 2

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