TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR   4/25/2010    "Extreme Healing"
*Paul Ewald is a cancer researcher.  He says we're entering a golden era
in cancer treatment based on one emerging idea: most cancers are caused
by viruses.  It's good news, according to Ewald, who says we'll be able
to treat cancer preventively, with vaccines.  In this hour of To the
Best of Our Knowledge, healing stories from far off the beaten path. 
We'll meet one man who took his autistic son to Mongolia for shamanic
healing.  And, a former junkie finds a cure with help from the monkey
god Hanuman (HAHN-oo-mahn).  



PROGRAM RUNDOWN:    "Extreme Healing"


0:00 - 13:18        SEGMENT 1: (13:19)
            Paul Ewald is an evolutionary biologist and the author of
            the book "Plague Time."  For years, he's been trying to
            convince people that cancer is caused by germs, not
            genes. And finally, the evidence is accumulating behind
            him.  Ewald talks about the latest findings with Steve
            Paulson.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

13:19 - 13:48  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

13:49 - 38:46       SEGMENT 2: (24:59)
            Rupert Isaacson is the author of a book called "The Horse
            Boy."  It chronicles the trip to Mongolia and Siberia
            Isaacson made with his family to seek out shamans in
            horse-centered cultures to treat his autistic son. A
            documentary film, also called "The Horse Boy" was
            produced.  We hear clips from the film, and Jim Fleming
            talks with Rupert Isaacson about his son Rowan and his
            special bond with horses and what came of this
            extraordinary trip.  Also, Cheeni Rao came from a
            successful Indian family and attended an elite American
            college.  But he ended up a junkie on Chicago's South
            side.  There, he had a vision of the Hindu monkey god,
            Hanuman, who has been his mentor ever since. Cheeni Rao
            tells his story to Anne Strainchamps, and in the book "In
            Hanuman's Hands."
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:47 - 39:16       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:17 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:42)
            Henrietta Lacks was a poor, African American woman who
            died of cervical cancer at the age of 30.  One of her
            doctors at Johns Hopkins University Hospital harvested
            cells from her which became the basis for an immortal
            line of cells used in medical research labs.  Rebecca
            Skloot has tracked down the story of these so-called HeLa
            cells and told it in a book called "The Immortal Life of
            Henrietta Lacks."  Skloot talks with Jim Fleming.
            
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


For a copy of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
4-25-A.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 2:   "How We Learn"

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

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

6:00 - 26:44        SEGMENT 1: (20:45)
            Daniel Wolff is the author of "How Lincoln Learned to
            Read: 12 Great Americans and the Education That Made
            Them."  He tells Anne Strainchamps that most Americans
            learn what they really need to know outside of school and
            that as a society, we believe contradictory things about
            the value of public education. Also, Richard Nisbett is
            an IQ expert. His latest book is "Intelligence and How to
            Get It."  He tells Steve Paulson that parenting styles
            have an enormous impact on the IQ of children and so does
            simply telling middle-school children that influencing
            their IQ is within their control. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

26:45 - 27:14  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

27:15 - 45:57       SEGMENT 2: (18:44)
            Maryanne Wolf runs the Center for Reading and Language
            Research at Tufts University, and is the author of
            "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the
            Reading Brain."  Wolf tells Anne Strainchamps that she
            thinks the dyslexia brain ought to be considered a gift
            that characterized some of history's leading figures. 
            Also, Rick Riordan is the author of the wildly popular
            series of children's books featuring Percy Jackson - the
            dyslexic son of the god Poseidon.  We hear clips from two
            of Percy's adventures, and Rick Riordan tells Anne
            Strainchamps that he created the character to help his
            own dyslexic son learn to love stories and reading. 
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

45:58 - 46:27       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

46:28 - 59:00       SEGMENT 3: (12:32)
            Lewis Buzbee has spent his life besotted with books. 
            He's sold them, and now he writes them. His memoir is
            "The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A memoir, A history" and
            he's also the author of a novel called "Steinbeck's
            Ghost" for younger readers.  Buzbee talks with Jim
            Fleming about the tactile pleasures of book shopping and
            why people still love going to the bookshop, despite the
            convenience of on-line shopping.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


For a copy of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
6-7-B.


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