To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO 1/07/07  "Queer Culture"
*Nicola Griffith wanted to fight back. A lesbian activist well-
versed in the martial arts, Griffith knew she had the moves. But
when her friend was attacked in a bar, she couldn't bring herself
to hurt her attacker. In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge,  the deadly, deep-minded lesbian heroine who does what
Nicola Griffith couldn't do that night in the bar -- fight back.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:"Queer Culture"

0:01 - 14:32   SEGMENT 1: (14:32)
     Performance artist Tim Miller focuses on dimensions of his
     life as a gay man in his work. His latest piece is called
     "Us" and is about the difficulty he faces making a permanent
     life in the Unites States with his Australian - born life
     partner.  Miller talks with Steve Paulson and performs
     excerpts from his show. 
          
     Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

14:33 - 15:02  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

15:03 - 40:49  SEGMENT 2: (25:48)
     Nicola Griffith was born in England, is a lesbian and has
     MS.  She's also a writer, whose character Aud, the deep-
     minded has starred in several mysteries.  Griffith tells Jim
     Fleming where Aud came from and how she has used her own
     experience with martial arts and her sexuality in creating
     Aud's world. And we hear readings from "Stay," one of the
     Aud stories. Also, historian and author Graham Robb tells
     Steve Paulson that there was a great deal of tolerance for
     homosexuals in the 19h century, as long as they were
     discreet. It was not accepted to be publicly gay. Robb's
     book is "Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century."   
          
     Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

40:50 - 41:19  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

41:20 - 53:00  SEGMENT 3: (37:56)
     Kevin Jennings grew up gay in the South as the son of a
     fundamentalist preacher.  He later founded GLSEN, advocacy
     group for gay and lesbian students.  Jennings talks with
     Anne Strainchamps about his memoir, "Mama's Boy, Preacher's
     Son."
          
     Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo
                    
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