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April 14, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Integrity
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Reason/Unreason
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Teaching Writing (repeat of 950423C)
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Integrity
SEGMENT 1:
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter James Stewart, author of "Blood
Sport: The President and His Adversaries" talks with Steve
Paulson about the Whitewater scandal and what it reveals about
the fundamental integrity of the Clintons and American
political life.
SEGMENT 2:
New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley tells Steve Paulson why he's
decided to quit the Senate, and what's wrong with the American
political system. Bradley's memoir is called "Time Present,
Time Past."
SEGMENT 3:
Yale law professor Stephen Carter is the author of the best-
selling "Integrity." He tells Jim Fleming what he means by
"integrity" and gives examples of how people can show integrity
in everyday life. Also, social critic Barbara Ehrenreich tells
Judith Strasser that she thinks a lot of the talk about
integrity is so much hand-wringing over the obvious.
Ehrenreich is an essayist for Time magazine and "The Nation."
Her latest collection of essays is "The Snarling Citizen."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
04-14-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Reason/Unreason
SEGMENT 1:
Hal Cook teaches courses in the history of science and medicine
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He tells Steve
Paulson that the current vogue for New Age spiritualism and
alternative "science" reflects older paradign shifts in the
history of Western thought - notably the advent of rationalism
in the 17th century.
SEGMENT 2:
Stuart Kauffman, one of the leading theorists of self-
organization and complexity, tells Judith Strasser how he
became interested in the field, and why his work has both
scientific and spiritual implications. Also, anthropologist
Frederick Barth explains to Judith Strasser that there are many
ways of knowing. In Bali, for example, it's not possible to
separate thinking from feeling. Barth's book about Bali is
called "Balinese Worlds."
SEGMENT 3:
Novelist Chris Bohjalian lives in Vermont where his neighbors
include old-fashioned dowsers who help people decide where to
put in wells, and New Agers who swing crystals to help pick out
videos. As he explains to Jim Fleming, Bohjalian respects them
all. His most recent book is "Water Witches."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
04-14-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Teaching Writing
SEGMENT 1
Natalie Goldberg tells Jim Fleming that the way to learn to
write is to write! Goldberg is the author of two books on the
craft of writing - "Writing down the Bones" and "Wild Mind,"
and a novel - "Banana Rose." Also, Alexander Neubauer talks
with Judith Strasser about the various approaches to teaching
writing he discovered when he interviewed celebrity
writer/teachers for his book "Conversations on Writing
Fiction."
SEGMENT 2:
Writer Anne Lamott tells Steve Paulson how she became a writer
and gives some advice on getting started: be prepared to use a
lot of paper and expect terrible first drafts. Bribes and
threats are good, too! Anne Lamott's latest book is "Bird by
Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life."
SEGMENT 3:
April Smith had a successful career as a writer/producer of
network television series including "Lou Grant" and "Cagney and
Lacey." Then she decided to write a novel. "North of Montana"
is the result, and another success. Smith tells Jim Fleming
that she had to drastically re-write when a minor character
took over the story.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-04-23-C.
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