To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       9/30/2007    "The Fine Art of Aging"
*Are you an experimental innovator who works by trial and error and is
most creative later in life, like Cezanne?  Or are you a conceptual
young genius like Picasso?  I'm Jim Fleming.  Next time on To the Best
of Our Knowledge we'll explore a theory that those are the two life
cycles of artistic creativity.  It's To the Best of Our Knowledge from
PRI, Public Radio International.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "The Fine Art of Aging"

0:00 - 15:57        SEGMENT 1: (15:58)
            David Galenson teaches Economics at the University of
            Chicago, but he's also the author of a book called "Old
            Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of
            Artistic Creativity."  He talks to Steve Paulson about
            his theory that most artists are either old masters like
            Cezanne or young geniuses like Picasso. 
            
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

15:58 - 16:27  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

16:28 - 33:55       SEGMENT 2: (17:29)
            Nick Lowe has been making music for 40 years, as a solo
            artist and with such bands as Rockpile and Little
            Village.  He's had only one U.S. Top 40 hit, but in the
            1990s one of his songs was covered in a successful movie
            and he became a millionaire.  Many critics say he's doing
            his best work now, at the age of 58.  TTBOOK Producer
            Doug Gordon has a profile of Nick Lowe.
            
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

33:56 - 34:25       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

34:26 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (18:34)
            Amy Gorman is the author of "Aging Artfully," a book with
            12 profiles of visual and performing women artists
            between the ages of 85 and 105.  She talks to Anne
            Strainchamps about how she became interested in the idea
            of aging and the arts.  Also, Millard Kaufman has a long
            string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a
            screen writer, and co-creating the famous cartoon
            character Mr. Magoo.  At 90 he's starting a new career as
            a novelist, with the publication of "Bowl of Cherries." 
            He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind
            of writing.
            
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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