TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR      "Telling the Difficult Story"
*Ingrid Betancourt was kidnaped by Marxist rebels in Columbia
while in the midst of her presidential campaign. She spent the
next six and a half years in captivity chained, humiliated and
abused. But her greatest fear was not death. It was losing her
humanity. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Ingrid
Betancourt on faith, hope, and love.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Telling the Difficult Story"

0:00 - 12:35   SEGMENT 1: (12:36)
     Jessica Stern is one of the world's foremost experts on
     terrorism. In her book "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," Stern
     recounts her own brutal rape at age fifteen.  Stern tells
     Anne Strainchamps that coming to understand her own terror
     and its after-effects has been very valuable in helping her
     choose and continue to do her life's work. 
               
     Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

12:36 - 13:05  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

13:06 - 25:38  SEGMENT 2: (22:34)
     Rahna Riko Rizzuto is the author of "Hiroshima in the
     Morning."  She tells Jim Fleming that she was unclear how to
     elicit the stories of Hiroshima survivors. She wanted to be
     sensitive and not further traumatize people over a long ago
     horror.  And then September 11th happened.  Also, Ingrid
     Betancourt was abducted by Marxist rebels and held captive
     in the jungle for 6 years.  She tells the story of her
     ordeal in a book called "Even Silence Has an End." 
     Betancourt talks with Steve Paulson about how she struggled
     to keep her soul alive and what it was like to finally be
     rescued.
               
     Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

35:39 - 36:08  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

36:09 - 53:00  SEGMENT 3: (16:50)
     David Isay is the founder and president of StoryCorps which
     records first person narratives by Americans from all
     backgrounds.  David tells Anne Strainchamps why peoples'
     stories are so powerful, both for the listeners and for the
     people who tell them.
       
     Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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