TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

Promo for 5/23 "It's a Wonderful Afterlife"
Eighty per cent of Americans say they believe in heaven. But when
they're asked to describe it, many are at a loss for words. Do they
think that there's another universe in the sky or do they believe that
heaven is something more abstract and metaphorical? In this hour of To
the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore our enduring fascination with
the afterlife by talking to Lisa Miller, the author of "Heaven." Also,
Carlos Eire on a very brief history of eternity.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "It's a Wonderful Afterlife"

            0:00   18:13 SEGMENT 1: (18:14)
            Neuroscientist David Eagleman is the author of "Sum:
            Forty Tales from the Afterlives." He tells Anne
            Strainchamps about some of the different things he has
            imagined might happen to us after we die. He starts by
            reading the title story Sum.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

18:14   18:43  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

            18:44   43:01     SEGMENT 2: (24:19)
            The religion editor for Newsweek magazine Lisa Miller is
            a journalist, as well as author of a book called "Heaven:
            Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife." She tells
            Jim Fleming about the common denominators the three
            Abrahamic religions have about the concept of heaven.
            Literary scholar John Casey is also a philosopher with an
            interest in heaven, and talked with Steve Paulson about
            his book "After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell and
            Purgatory." He says Christian and Muslim traditions often
            involve the afterlife, but it's not so important to the
            Jews.        
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

43:02   43:31       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

            43:32 - 59:00     SEGMENT 3: (15:27)
            Carlos Eire won a National Book Award for his memoir
            Waiting for Snow in Havana. His new book is "A Very Brief
            History of Eternity." He tells Steve Paulson he started
            to worry about death as a child, growing up in Cuba
            during an era of public executions.  
                    
Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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