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BABY BOOMERS

Program 07-12-30-B

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After 11 years of isolation in New England, Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York City. Now 71, Zuckerman discovers that a lot has changed. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll meet Nathan Zuckerman's creator, the renowned novelist, Philip Roth. And we'll find out how both Roth and his fictional alter ego, Zuckerman, are dealing with the ravages of aging. Also, how aging Baby Boomers will affect our future.

SEGMENT 1:

Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of NBC News, is the author of "Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ‘60s and Today." He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the polarizing effects of the sixties. Also, Mark Cain is the author of "Boomer at Midlife." He talks with Jim Fleming about being a boomer and the novel he wrote about it.

SEGMENT 2:

Walker Smith is the co-author (with Ann Clurman) of "Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing The Way We Live Today...And They're Just Getting Started." Smith tells Steve Paulson about the six different flavors of baby boomers and why they'll have an impact into the future. Also, Catherine Boldt is one of The Gimpy Girls. Their mission is to make life easier, safer and more fun for gimpy people everywhere. Catherine provides a commentary on the joys of being gimpy.

SEGMENT 3:

Novelist Philip Roth talks with Steve Paulson about his work and says Nathan Zukerman had made his final appearance in Roth's new novel, "Exit Ghost."

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 07-12-30-B.

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Books:

Philip Roth, Exit Ghost (Houghton Mifflin)
J.Walker Smith and Ann Clurman, Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Live Today...and They're Just Getting Started (Collins)
Mark Cain, Boomer at Midlife (iUniverse)
Tom Brokaw, Boom!: Voices of the Sixties: personal Reflections on the '60s and Today (Random House)

Websites:

Clips:

  • Clips from "Pulp Fiction," "Head" and "The Washlet" used in Catherine Boldt/The
    Gimpy Girls Commentary

Music:

  • -- "2001: A Space Odyssey", Introduction from "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
    The City of Prague Philharmonic/Nic Raine
    from the CD box set, "Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection" (Rhino)
    (used under Mark Cain's first reading)
    http://www.rhino.com/
  • -- "For What It's Worth"/Buffalo Springfield
    from the CD, "Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield" (Elektra/WEA)
  • -- "Bogalusa Boogie"/Clifton Chenier
    from the CD, "Bogalusa Boogie" (Arhoolie)
  • -- "Sweet Home Alabama"/The Moog Cookbook
    from the CD, "Ye Olde Space Bande" (Restless Records)
    http://hometown.aol.com/mellot/mcb.html
  • -- Antonin Dvorak's"Slavonic Dance, Opus 46 Number 2"/Itzhak Perlman, violin
    Samuel Sanders, piano
    from the CD, "The Kreisler Album, The Perlman Edition" (EMI Classics)
  • -- "The Artifact & Living"/Michael Andrews
    from the CD, "Donnie Darko: Music from the Original Motion Picture Score"
    (Everloving)
    http://www.everloving.com/dd-cd.html

Distribution dates:

week of 12/30/2007 - hour 2

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