To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       3/11/07 "In the Presence of Evil"
*What would you do if you found yourself in the presence of murderous
evil? Would you sell out to survive, or would you resist and try to hang
onto your values? For how long? Maybe you reject the whole concept of
evil. Next time, TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE meets some people who
aren't so sure anymore, including Ishmael Beah. He became a killing
machine for the Army in Sierra Leone. They gave him an AK47 and a steady
diet of drugs and war movies, when he was only 12 years old.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "In the Presence of Evil"

0:00 - 21:58        SEGMENT 1: (21:59)
            Ishmael Beah was 12 when the army of Sierra Leone gave
            him an AK-47 and a lot of drugs and turned him into a
            killing machine.  Beah's been rehabilitated and lives in
            the USA. He tells Anne Stranchamps about his life as a
            child soldier and his work helping other child victims.
            He's the author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy
            Soldier."  Also, Elizabeth George, author of the
            Inspector Lynley mysteries, talks with Jim Fleming about
            the latest, in which Tommy Lynley never appears. It's
            called "With No-one As Witness" and tells the life story
            of the mixed race boy who's arrested for the fatal
            mugging of the Inspector's wife, which occurred in the 
            previous novel in the series. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

21:59 - 27:28  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

27:29 - 39:12       SEGMENT 2: (16:45)
            Actor and producer George Bartenieff put together and
            performs a one man play called "I Will Bear Witness"
            based on the diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jew who
            survived the Third Reich.  Bartenieff talks with Steve
            Paulson and performs excerpts from his play.  Like
            Klemperer, Bartenieff was born in Germany to a mixed
            marriage. He tells Steve he has performed his piece all
            over the world with sometimes surprising reactions. 
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

39:13 - 39:42       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:43 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (13:17)
            Martin Amis talks with Jim Fleming about his new novel,
            "House of Meetings" and the legacy of Stalin on Russia.
            Amis says the recent murder of a dissident in London
            sends a message to other dissidents and takes Russia back
            half a century. Amis also reads an excerpt from the new
            book.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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