TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR 6/21/2009 "Radical Gardening"
*The world of plants can be a dangerous place.  Gorgeous monkshood, with
stalks of purple blooms can cause delusions and death.  A plump cashew
can make you miserable if it isn't steamed properly. And aconite, almost
indistinguishable from parsley can cause paralysis and stop your beating
heart.  Wicked plants, next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge.  Also,
the guerrilla gardening movement and the Garden of Cosmic Speculation.  

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Radical Gardening"

0:00 - 25:15        SEGMENT 1: (25:16)
            James William Gibson teaches sociology and is the author
            of "A Re-enchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship
            with Nature."  He talks with Anne Strainchamps about ways
            in which people are seeking to reconnect with the natural
            world and to protect it, rather than simply exploit it as
            a resource.  Also, Amy Stewart is the author mostrecently
            of "Wicked Plants."  She talks with Jim Fleming about
            plants, including some very lovely, common garden
            varieties, that can kill you. The lesson is: Don't eat it
            unless youre sure you know what it is.  
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

25:16 - 25:45  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

25:46 - 41:48       SEGMENT 2: (16:03)
            Richard Reynolds tells Anne Strainchamps about his
            adventures as a guerrilla gardener, that is, someone who
            tends someone else's land for harvest.  Reynolds blogs
            about the phenomenon on his website and is the author of
            "On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without
            Boundaries." Also, Erin Clune brings us and her family to
            tour the garden of Izzy Fine and Mary Gray who've planted
            thousands of flowering bulbs on their property in
            Madison, Wisconsin.  Their garden is so spectacular, all
            the neighbors drop by to wander around.  
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

41:49 - 42:18       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

42:19 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (10:41)
            Architect Charles Jencks and his late wife started a
            private garden to explore scientific concepts through
            landscape art. Jencks published a book of photographs of
            The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, which inspired composer
            Michael Gandolfi to create a piece further exploring the
            same ideas.  Jencks and Gandolfi take Steve Paulson on a
            tour through the musical composition and the garden that
            inspired it. 
            There are pictures at ttbook.org. 
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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