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GETTING TOGETHER
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
The holidays can be challenging. All that togetherness
can be like like squishing a passel of porcupines into a sardine
can. In other words - not nice. On the other hand, there is a bright
side. Po Bronson found it in the lives of families across the country.
In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the inspiring,
true stories of families who made it through the hard times to find
a little bit of transcendence. And, a pair of Jewish singer/songwriters
tell us why "It's Good to be Jew at Christmas."
SEGMENT 1:
Actor/writer/comedian John McGivern grew
up gay in a Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His comedy
has been featured on HBO and Comedy Central, and he plays an elf
in the "Santaland Diaries" of David Sedaris. Here he
shares some of his holiday memories.
SEGMENT 2:
Rob Tannnenbaum and Sean Altman wrote
and perform the music and comedy show called "What I Like
About Jew." While some people find it offensive, most people
get into the spirit of things and laugh along with them, especially
at Christmas time. They talk with Jim Fleming about the show,
about being Jews at Christmas, about reactions to their humor,
and we hear several excerpts from the show.
SEGMENT 3:
Laurie Notaro is the best-selling author
of "An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of
the Naughty List." She tells Jim Fleming about her Mom's
toxic Christmas trees, and what it took to make her take her own
tree down. Also, Po Bronson is a writer based in San Francisco.
His latest book is called "Why Do I Love These People?"
He talks with Steve Paulson about some of the families he met
who managed to keep their families intact, despite hard times.
CD copies are available at
1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 05-12-18-B.
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Books:
- Po Bronson, Why Do I Love These People?:
Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families (Random House)
- Laurie Notaro, An Idiot Girl's Christmas:
True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List (Villard)
Links:
Music:
- --Marshmellow World/ "Tis
the Season"/ Los Straitjackets!/ Yep Rock Records
- --Hava Nagila/ Dick Dale
- --Rods and Cones/ "Blue Man Group Audio"
/ Blue Man Group/ Blue Man Group Records
- --Bubblehouse/ "Shack Man"/ Medeski Martin
and Wood/ Grama Vision
- --Season's Greetings/ The American Song-Poem Christmas"/
Bar Non Records
- --Hedningarna/ "Nordic Roots 3"/ Bulldog/
Northside
Distribution dates:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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