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PROMO for 1/3/2010 "Change Over Time"
*Did you know that novelist Thomas Hardy had a second career as a poet?
Or that many people don't find their artistic passions until after the
age of 85? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we talk about
change over time -- that is, how change is really a lifelong project. A
former monk talks about transforming his life spiritually through
meditation. And Carl Honore reminds us that change itself should be...
Slow. 

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Change Over Time"

0:00 - 1:00 Billboard (1:00)

1:00 - 6:00 SILENCE (5:00)

6:00 - 25:04        SEGMENT 1: (19:05)
            Anne Strainchamps is sitting in for host Jim Fleming this
            week.  Carl Honore, unofficial godfather of the Slowness
            Movement, talks with Anne about how we can all improve
            our lives by just slowing down.  His books are "In Praise
            of Slowness" and "Under Pressure."  Anne also talks with
            Amy Gorman, author of the book "Aging Artfully."  Her
            book led to a documentary by Greg Norman called "Still
            Kicking," profiling six of the women involved.  We hear
            clips from the film.  
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

25:05 - 25:34  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

25:35 - 44:42       SEGMENT 2: (19:09)
            Father Thomas Keating is one of the world's great living
            mystics. He founded the Centering Prayer Movement and has
            been involved in a series of inter-religious dialogues. 
            He tells Steve Paulson why he believes everyone ought to
            practice contemplative meditation. Russian classical
            pianist Lera Auerbach wrote in her autobiographical
            novel, "The Mirror," that she wished time didn't exist
            because she fears the inexorable passage towards old age
            and death.  She discuses her lifelong fear with Jim
            Fleming.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."                         

44:43 - 45:12       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

45:13 - 59:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:46)
            English novelist Thomas Hardy was forced to reinvent
            himself after the death of his wife.  Hardy's biographer,
            Claire Tomalin, tells Steve Paulson that even though the
            Hardys had grown apart, Emma's death transformed the rest
            of her husband's life. Also, some final reflections on
            time from 92 year old writer and former book editor Diana
            Athill.  Her memoir is called "Somewhere Towards the
            End."
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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