To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       4/29/2007    "Aging and Memory"
*Remember the good old days?  No?  Well that's either because you
haven't lived them yet, or you need to check the note you left on the
bedside table.  I'm Jim Fleming, Next time on To the Best of Our
Knowledge, we're looking at age and memory with a Nobel Prize winner
searching through the mechanics of the brain. Also, a burned out twenty-
something writer decides on early retirement and a middle-aged woman
searches for holy longing.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN: "Aging and Memory" 

0:00 - 18:31        SEGMENT 1: (18:32)
            Eric Kandel has spent a lifetime studying the science of
            memory and picked up a Nobel Prize while he was at it. 
            Kandel's memoir is called "In Search of Memory: The
            Emergence of a New Science of the Mind."  Kandel talks
            with Jim Fleming about his work and the mechanics of
            memory.  Also, Jim Fleming provides an essay about memory
            and his aging father.
            
            Segment One Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

18:32 - 19:01       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

19:02 - 38:56       SEGMENT 2: (19:56)
            Claire Tomalin has written a biography of nineteenth
            century novelist Thomas Hardy which reveals that he
            thought of himself as primarily a poet. Tomalin tells
            Steve Paulson that much of Hardy's poetry was inspired by
            the death of his wife and tells him more about Hardy's
            later years. Tomalin is married to British novelist and
            playwright Michael Frayn. And, Rodney Rothman tells Jim
            Fleming why he decided to "retire" at age 28 and go to
            live in a retirement community in Florida.  His book is
            "Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement."
            
            Segment Two Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:57 - 39:26       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:27 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:33)
            Poet Mary Rose O'Reilly talks with Anne Strainchamps
            about the archaeology of memory and reads some of her
            work.  Her most recent book is "The Love of Impermanent
            Things: Threshold Ecology."
            
            Segment Three Outcue:  PRI Audio Logo

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