TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR HOUR ONE   "Trickster"
*"One of our true superstars of nonfiction." That's how David Foster
Wallace described Lewis Hyde. In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge, Lewis Hyde talks about his book, "Trickster Makes This World:
Mischief, Myth, and Art." This classic text introduces us to the playful
and disruptive side of imagination embodied in trickster mythology.
Also, a young anthropologist discovers the importance of the Trickster
figure, Coyote, while doing her first fieldwork.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:    "Trickster"

0:00 - 15:46        SEGMENT 1: (15:47)
            Lewis Hyde is the author of the acclaimed "Trickster
            Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art."  He talks with
            Steve Paulson about the meaning of the word "trickster." 
            His book explores the cultural history of such infamous
            Trickster figures as Loki and Monkey.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

15:47 - 16:16  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

16:17 - 41:03       SEGMENT 2: (24:47)
            Eileen Kane is the author of "Trickster: An
            Anthropological Memoir," in which she revisits her
            experience as a young, newly married, trainee
            anthropologist studying the Paiute Indians of Nevada. 
            She tells Jim Fleming about her adventures trying to find
            out more about a local man named Jack Wilson, or
            "Wovoka."  Also, we hear a clip from the late Carlos
            Castaneda, then Anne Strainchamps talks with Robert
            Marshall, author of a Salon.com story called "The Dark
            Legacy of Carlos Castaneda.  Marshall tells Anne that
            Castaneda was a literary trickster who invented most of
            the teachings of Don Juan which made him famous in the
            sixties.  He fooled millions of people and at the end of
            his life, may have led several female followers into
            suicide.  
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

41:04 - 41:33       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

41:34 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (11:25)
            Erica Rowell has worked in the movie industry and as a
            journalist.  She's the author of "The Brothers Grim: The
            Films of Ethan and Joel Coen."  Rowell talks with Steve
            Paulson, and we hear lots of film clips.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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