TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR  3/15/2009      "Facing Time"
*On a remote high desert mountain top in Eastern Nevada they're building
a clock. But not just any clock   a monument sized all mechanical clock
that will run for ten thousand years. It's built as an icon to long-term
thinking. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll face time.
We'll talk with the engineer of The Clock of the Long Now. Also, speed
dialing be damned   we'll praise slow with Carl Honore. And, the physics
of time travel. It's closer then you think. 

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Facing Time"


0:00 - 22:18        SEGMENT 1: (22:19)
            Alexander Rose tells Anne Strainchamps about the Clock of
            the Long Now  - an all mechanical clock being constructed
            in the high desert of Eastern Nevada designed to run for
            ten thousand years. There are pictures at ttbook.org, and
            we hear the chime, designed by Brian Eno and Danny
            Hillis, for the 5,000th year.  Also, David Toomey is the
            author of "The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the
            Frontiers of Physics."  Toomey tells Steve Paulson about
            the research and experiments on time travel being done by
            some of the world's leading theoretical physicists.  
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

22:19 - 22:48  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

22:49 - 32:28       SEGMENT 2: (9:49)
            Lera Auerbach is a renowned classical pianist and
            composer.  In her autobiographical novel, "The Mirror,"
            she reveals that she has lived most of her life in terror
            of time.  She tells Jim Fleming how her obsession with
            time has impacted her life in music, and we hear examples
            of her literary and musical achievements.   
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

32:29 - 32:58       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

32:59 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (20:01)
            The unofficial godfather of the Slowness movement, Carl
            Honore has turned his attention to parenting with his
            latest boob, "Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the
            Culture of Hyper-parenting."  Honore talks with Anne
            Strainchamps about how the Slowness movement got started
            and how it's developed into a revolution. Also,
            anthropologist Wade Davis talks with Steve Paulson about
            the concept of "The Dreaming" from the Aboriginal peoples
            of Australia. It's an existence with no linear time.
            Davis is National Geographic's Explorer-in-Residence and
            the author of many books, including the now classic, "The
            Serpent and the Rainbow." And, we hear a brief excerpt of
            Leif Inge's "9BeetStretch" -Beethoven's 9th Symphony
            stretched out over 24 hours.  The whole thing is streamed
            at ttbook.org.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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