TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR Sept. 6, 2009  "Welcome to the Working Week"
*These days, we're becoming more and more like corporations. We
outsource our individual needs for everything from dating to weight
loss. We brand ourselves. We behave
like individuals in competition with each other rather than people with
an opportunity to collaborate. But it doesn't have to be this way. I'm
Jim Fleming. Next time on TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, Douglas Rushkoff
talks about his new book, "Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation
and How to Take It Back." Also, Matthew Crawford on the satisfactions
and challenges of working with your hands.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Welcome to the Working Week"


0:00 - 17:00        SEGMENT 1: (17:01)
            Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker
            of documentaries. His tenth book is "Life Inc.: How the
            World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back."  He
            talks about the book with Steve Paulson.  
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

17:01 - 17:30  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

17:31 - 37:28       SEGMENT 2: (19:59) ***Language Advisory***
            Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic who's
            written a book called "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An
            Inquiry into the Value of Work."  Crawford tells Steve
            Paulson why manual work matters. And, Candacy Taylor is
            an award-winning photographer, writer and visual artist. 
            Her new book is "Counter Culture: The American Coffee
            Shop Waitress."  Taylor tells Anne Strainchamps about the
            lives of the career waitresses she interviewed for her
            book. 

***Language Advisory***
During the Candacy Taylor interview, we hear a clip from her documentary
featuring a coffee shop waitress who says:
-- "I've had customers come in here BITCHIN' over nothing." at 39:30
point of show (from top of hour, including open and news hole)
-- "...and you have everything. And you're BITCHIN'." at 39:51 point of
show (from top of hour, including open and news hole)
-- "Do a little something. You won't be so BITCHY." at 40:01 point of
show (from top of hour, including open and news hole)
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

37:29 - 37:58       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

37:59 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (15:01)
            Charles Wilkins is one of Canada's most celebrated non-
            fiction writers. "In the Land of Long Fingernails: A
            Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius" is his memoir of his
            summer job as a college student when he worked for a
            large suburban cemetery in Toronto.  He tells Jim Fleming
            about some of the characters who were his co-workers. 
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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