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June 2, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Marriage and Divorce
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Animals 1
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Artistic Collaboration
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Marriage and Divorce
SEGMENT 1:
Judith Wallerstein is a clinical psychologist and the author of
three books on marriage and divorce, including the landmark
"Second Chances: Men, Women and Children A Decade after
Divorce" and her new one, "The Good Marriage: How and Why Love
Lasts." Wallerstein tells Judith Strasser what happily married
couples have in common. Also, Stephen Levine, a meditation
teacher and the author of six books on death and dying, tells
Steve Paulson that coping with his wife's cancer helped him
realize that being in a relationship is the most spiritually
demanding work anyone can do. The Levines' new book is
"Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening."
SEGMENT 2:
Sociologist Constance Ahrons tells Steve Paulson that while
lots of them are doing it, deep down, Americans disapprove of
divorce. She says ending a marriage is neither a moral failure
nor a social sin. Her new book is "The Good Divorce."
SEGMENT 3:
Susan Eisenhower (Ike's grand-daughter) fell in love with the
Director of the Soviet space program just as Mikhail Gorbachev
began his policy of reform and renewal. Despite the changing
climate, it wasn't easy for romance to bloom. Eisenhower tells
the story of those days and her marriage to Roald Sagdeev in a
memoir called "Breaking Free" and in this conversation with Jim
Fleming.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-10-08-C.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Animals 1
SEGMENT 1:
The five part Animals series kicks off with an hour on
conservation issues. George Schaller, widely regarded as the
world's leading field biologist for his work with mountain
gorillas, lions and giant pandas talks with Steve Paulson about
the dilemmas of animal conservation. Schaller is science
director of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
SEGMENT 2:
Michael Hutchins is director of conservation and science for
the American Zoo and Acquarium Association and co-editor of
"Ethics on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare and Wildlife
Conservation." He tells Jim Fleming that the goal of most zoos
now is conservation, not human entertainment and that some
species will survive only with the help of zoos.
SEGMENT 3:
Merlin Tuttle is the founder of Bat Conservation International.
He is a tireless advocate for these often feared and despised
animals. Tuttle has spent a lifetime pursuing bats in manner
that has made him the Indiana Jones of field biologists. He
shares some of his wildest stories with Steve Paulson.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-10-01-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Artistic Collaboration
SEGMENT 1
Gail Levin teaches art history at Baruch College and the
graduate school of the City University of New York and is an
expert on the work of Edward Hopper. Her new book is "Edward
Hopper: An Intimate Biography," based on diaries kept by
Hopper's wife. Levin tells Jim Fleming that Jo Hopper was an
artist in her own right who sacrificed her own career to
support her husband's. Also, Christo and his wife, Jeanne-
Claude, tell Judith Strasser that their work has always been a
joint effort and involves more than wrapping things. They
describe several of their projects and explain why only
Christo's name is famous.
SEGMENT 2:
Margaret Maron writes mysteries set in the art world. She
tells Jim Fleming about her latest - "Fugitive Colors" - and
explains how she uses her own experience as an artist's wife to
fill in the background.
SEGMENT 3:
Much celebrated and still controversial writer Norman Mailer
has just published a biography of the painter Pablo Picasso
called "Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man." Mailer tells
Steve Paulson that Picasso always felt a social inferior in
Paris while believing in his own superiority as an artist.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-12-17-C.
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