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STAY POSITIVE
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Program 10-04-11-A |
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We all know what's wrong. An economic recovery that just can't seem to get started. Furloughs, cutbacks and no money for anything. Well, cheer up! In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll focus on what can happen when you stay positive. Michael Gates Gill reminds us we have a lot to be grateful for, and Suzan Colon shares recipes of the food that got her family through hard times. Also, a young Muslim creates a rock & roll jihad to free his country's spirit.
SEGMENT 1:
Suzan Colon is the author of "Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times." She tells Anne Strainchamps how her grandparents kept their spirits alive while it was a struggle to keep their bodies going when times were tough and money was tight. Also, Wendy Burden is the author of "Dead End Gene Pool," a memoir of her childhood among wealthy but highly dysfunctional remnants of the Vanderbilt fortune. She tells Jim Fleming that the real estate and the perks were great, but that she adopted Wednesday Addams as a role model in an effort to find a feeling of closeness within her family. The adult Wendy Burden is a widow, and has a terrific relationship with her two grown daughters.
SEGMENT 2:
Michael Gates Gill told us in his first book how Starbucks saved his life. He's back with "How to Save Your Own Life" – a series of life lessons. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the importance of listening to other people's stories, letting go of fear and being grateful for the gifts your parents gave you, whether they're still living or not. Also, Barbara Ehrenreich calls her latest book "Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America." She tells Steve Paulson that too often, our focus on Positivity turns into a kind of victim blaming. She's a champion of realism and determination.
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Salman Ahmad is a Pakistani rock star. His group is Junoon, and they're the most popular rock group in South Asia. Ahmad talks with Anne Strainchamps about being a Muslim rock star. His memoir is called "Rock & Roll Jihad. And we hear lots of his music.
CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 10-04-11-A.
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| Salman Ahmad Rock and Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution (Free Press) | |
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Wendy Burden Dead End Gene Pool (Gotham Books) |
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| Suzan Colon Cherries in Winter:
My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times (Doubleday) |
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| Barbara Ehrenreich Bright-Sided:
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
(Metropolitan Books) |
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| Michael Gates Gill How To Save Your Own Life (Gotham Books) |  |
- After Colon: “Murray’s
Song” from Will Ackerman, “The Opening of Doors” Windham
Hill Records 01934 11114-2
- After Burden:
“A Happy Home in Kathmandu” from Will Ackerman, “The Opening of Doors” Windham Hill Records 01934 11114-2
Option 1: “A Happy Home in Kathmandu” from Will Ackerman, “The Opening of Doors” Windham Hill Records 01934 11114-2
- After Gill: “Emily’s Waltz” from Peter
Lang, “Guitar” Horus Records HM 1036-2
- After Ehrenreich: “Witness to the Messenger”
from Peter Lang, “Guitar” Horus Records HM 1036-2
- After Ahmad: Selections from “Infiniti”
and “The Best of Junoon”
www.junoon.com and EMI Music Arabia 7243 577866 0
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