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from Wisconsin Public Radio
June 30, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Gated Cities
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Animals 5 - Animal/Human Bond
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Alien Abduction
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Gated Cities
SEGMENT 1:
Political scientist Evan McKenzie tells Judith Strasser about
the new gated cities and other "common interest developments"
that are luring Americans out of their traditional urban
centers. McKenzie's book about these communities is called
"Privatopia."
SEGMENT 2:
Cynthia Hamilton tells Judith Strasser that the key to saving
our cities is not merely fixing them up: the massive urban
renewal projects of the 1960s often destroyed the very
communities they set out to preserve. Hamilton directs the
African-American studies program at the University of Rhode
Island. Also, historian Richard Sennett tells Steve Paulson
that ancient Greek cities were designed to showcase the naked
male body and that our cities reflect our obsession with sex.
Sennett's latest book is called "Flesh and Stone: The Body and
City in Western Civilization."
SEGMENT 3:
Writer Mark Salzman tells Jim Fleming about his unconventional
youth and fascination with Eastern philosophy and martial arts.
Salzman's latest book is called "Lost in Place: Growing Up
Absurd in Suburbia."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-11-12-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Animals 5 - Animal/Human Bond
SEGMENT 1:
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder lives in the foothills
of the Sierra Nevada mountains, where his neighbors include
bears and cougars. Snyder tells Judith Straser how the various
species keep peace in the neighborhood, and what happens when
they don't. Also, Jane Goodall talks with Steve Paulson about
her pioneering work with chimpanzees.
SEGMENT 2:
Allen Schoen founded and is the director of the Veterinary
Institute for Therapeutic Alternatives, and is the author of
"Love, Miracles and Animal Healing." He tells Margaret
Andreasen some remarkable stories from his veterinary practice.
Also, humorist Cynthia Heimel, whose six dogs consider her pack
leader, tells Steve Paulson where some of her dogs came from
and why adopting pound puppies is a good idea.
SEGMENT 3:
Roger Tory Peterson, the man who virtualy invented modern bird-
watching, talks with Steve Paulson about the art of birding.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-10-29-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Alien Abduction
SEGMENT 1
Writer C.D.B. Bryan attended the 1992 conference at M.I.T. on
alien abductions. Much to his surprise, he became fascinated
by the subject and has written a book about it: "Close
Encounters of the Fourth Kind." Bryan tells Steve Paulson what
the alledged abductees and UFO investigators are saying, and
why he's given up his conviction that this is all utter
nonsense.
SEGMENT 2:
Master magician James Randi thinks the abductees and their
supporters are fooling themselves. He tells Judith Strasser
that people like to believe in magic, and that irrationality
can be dangerous in a democracy. Also, Michael Zimmerman, a
philosopher at Tulane University, explains why the abduction
phenomenon - whether it's real or not - is of tremendous
interest to people whose business it is to consider the nature
of reality and systems of knowledge. Zimmerman talked with
Steve Paulson at a conference of the Institute on Religion in
an Age of Science.
SEGMENT 3:
Theologian Ted Peters is the author of "UFO's: God's Chariots?
Flying Saucers in Politics, Science and Religion." While
Peters doesn't believe in alien abductions, he thinks the whole
UFO business has religious overtones and explains to Jim
Fleming some of the universal religious symbolism associated
with space aliens.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-10-29-C.
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