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Program 10-09-12-A

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"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.

SEGMENT 1:

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 2:

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 3:

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.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 10-09-12-A.

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Books & CDs:

Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art (North Point Press)
Eileen Kane, Trickster: An Anthropological Memoir (University of Toronto Press)
Erica Rowell, The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen (The Scarecrow Press, Inc.)

Websites:

• ARTICLE:
  Robert Marshall, “The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda” (Salon.com)
  http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/12/castaneda
• -- Lewis Hyde
  http://www.lewishyde.com/
  
• -- Eileen Kane
  http://www.trickster.ie/
  
• -- Robert Marshall
  http://www.robertmarshall.net/
  
• -- Erica Rowell
  http://www.ericarowell.com/
  

Clips:

• -- Carlos Castaneda clip from 1968 radio interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihfeOpyTDc
  
• -- Clips heard in Erica Rowell/Coen Brothers interview:
  
• -- from the DVD, "Barton Fink" (20th Century Fox) http://www.foxconnect.com/barton-fink.html
  
• -- from the DVD, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (Touchstone)

Music:

• -- Music heard at beginning of show during Jim's intro:
  -- "Trickster"/Kidneythieves
  from the CD, "Trickster" (Push Records) http://kidneythieves.com/
  
• -- Music heard after Lewis Hyde interview:
  -- "Slow Flames"/Money Mark
  from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (MoWax/A&M) http://www.myspace.com/moneymarkofficialfansite
  
• -- Music heard after Eileen Kane interview:
  -- "March of the Paiute"/Global Journey
  from the CD, "Eternal Flames -- A Tribute to the Native American Indian Tribes" (Global Journey)
  
• -- Music heard after Robert Marshall interview:
  "Journey to the Underworld"/Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger from the CD, "Sorcerer" (Spotted Peccary Music)
  
• -- Music heard after Erica Rowell interview:
  -- "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow"/Norman Blake from the CD, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (Mercury Records/Universal Music) http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/obrotherwhereartthou

Distribution dates: week of 09/12/2010 - hour 1 click HERE for timings and cues

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