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CONSTRUCTING THE NARRATIVE

Program 05-05-22-B

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Vivek Maddala knows how to tell a good story. He can put a lump in your throat or make you laugh out loud. His themes are timeless and universal. Maddala composes music for silent films.In this hour of To The Best Of Knowledge, how to construct a narrative. From writing silent film music to editing documentaries. Also, beginnings and endings with novelists Tom Wolfe, Amy Tan, and Jane Hamilton.

Vivek Maddala

SEGMENT 1:

Tom Wolfe reads the opening to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and explains why it's his favorite. Also, award-winning radio producer David Freudberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about what narratives mean to people and how to construct a narrative. And he plays samples from his work. David is Executive Producer at Human Media.

SEGMENT 2:

John Pollack is the author of "Cork Boat." He tells Jim Fleming how he collected well over a hundred thousand wine corks and used them to build a replica of a Viking ship which he then sailed in Portugal. Before his boating adventure, Pollack was a speech-writer for Bill Clinton. And, Amy Tan shares her love for Nabokov's "Lolita."

SEGMENT 3:

Vivek Maddala composes new scores for silent movies and is a judge for Turner Classic Movies annual Young Composer's Competition. He tells Steve Paulson how music can tell a story and plays excerpts from film scores he's written. And, novelist Jane Hamilton reads her favorite novel endings: Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine" and Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 05-05-22-B

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Books:

• John Pollack, Cork Boat (Pantheon)

Websites:

• David Freudberg's website:
  http://www.humanmedia.org
• Mattie Stepanek's website:
  http://www.mattieonline.com/
• Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composer's Website:
  http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/yfcc
• Vivek Maddala's website:
  http://www.tadcaster.com
  

Music:

• Django Reinhardt's Moon Glow off of Djangology Vol 1: 1934-35 on Naxos Jazz
  Legends.
• Christopher O'Riley's Everything In It's Right Place off of True Love Waits on Sony Music.
• St. Germain's Land Of. . . off of Tourist on Blue Note Records.
• Source Lab's Air Modular Mix off of CAR 6641-2 on Source Records.
• Christopher O'Riley's Exit Music (For a Film) off of True Love Waits on Sony Music.

Distribution dates:

week of 07/16/2006 - hour 1 week of 05/22/2005 - hour 2

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