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PROMO FOR 4/11/2010  "Stay Positive"
*We all know what's wrong. An economic recovery that just can't seem to
get started. Furloughs, cutbacks and no money for anything. Well, cheer
up!  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll focus on what
can happen when you stay positive. Michael Gates Gill reminds us we have
a lot to be grateful for, and Suzan Colon shares recipes of the food
that got her family through hard times. Also, a young Muslim creates a
rock & roll jihad to free his country's spirit. 


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Stay Positive" ***Language Advisory*** See Segment
Three Below


0:00 - 20:17        SEGMENT 1: (20:18)
            Suzan Colon is the author of "Cherries in Winter: My
            Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times."  She tells Anne
            Strainchamps how her grandparents kept their spirits
            alive while it was a struggle to keep their bodies going
            when times were tough and money was tight.  Also, Wendy
            Burden is the author of "Dead End Gene Pool," a memoir of
            her childhood among wealthy but highly dysfunctional
            remnants of the Vanderbilt fortune.  She tells Jim
            Fleming that the real estate and the perks were great,
            but that she adopted Wednesday Addams as a role model in
            an effort to find a feeling of closeness within her
            family. The adult Wendy Burden is a widow, and has a
            terrific relationship with her two grown daughters.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

20:18 - 20:47  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

20:48 - 38:58       SEGMENT 2: (18:12)
            Michael Gates Gill told us in his first book how
            Starbucks saved his life.  He's back with "How to Save
            Your Own Life"   a series of life lessons.  He talks with
            Anne Strainchamps about the importance of listening to
            other people's stories, letting go of fear and being
            grateful for the gifts your parents gave you, whether
            they're still living or not.  Also, Barbara Ehrenreich
            calls her latest book "Bright-sided: How the Relentless
            Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America." 
            She tells Steve Paulson that too often, our focus on
            Positivity turns into a kind of victim blaming.  She's a
            champion of realism and determination.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:59 - 39:28       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:29 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:31)
            Salman Ahmad is a Pakistani rock star.  His group is
            Junoon, and they're the most popular rock group in South
            Asia.   Ahmad talks with Anne Strainchamps about being a
            Muslim rock star.  His memoir is called "Rock & Roll
            Jihad. And we hear lots of his music.

*** Language Advisory ***
Ahmad tells the story of the first time he performed in public in
Pakistan after several years in New York.   He quotes a Taliban
fundamentalist who has crashed the concert and smashed his Les Paul
guitar on the marble floor:  "Vulgarity! You Bastard!" This language
occurs at 9:26 into this segment.  
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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