TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

Sunday      16 Nov 2008       

PROMO 11/16/2008          "Meet the Press"
*Pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman has interviewed some of the biggest
names in the celebrity constellation. But getting a celebrity to talk is
no easy task. In fact, Klosterman says it's not in the celebrity's best
interest to do any interviews at all.  In this hour of To the Best of
Our Knowledge, the art of the celebrity interview. Also, a conversation
with veteran journalist Gay Talese.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN: "Meet the Press"

0:00 - 1:00 Billboard (1:00)

1:00 - 6:00 SILENCE (5:00)

6:00- 21:56 SEGMENT 1: (15:57)
            Chuck Klosterman writes for the New York Times Magazine,
            GQ, and The New Yorker. His latest book is "Chuck
            Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous
            Ideas."  He tells Steve Paulson that interviewing
            celebrities is a tricky business because there really
            isn't any up side in it for the star.  Nevertheless,
            Klosterman has interviewed Val Kilmer, and Bono and talks
            about interviewing Britney Spears. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

21:57 - 22:26  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

22:27 - 47:22       SEGMENT 2: (24:56)
            Joe Garden is features editor at the satirical newspaper,
            "The Onion."  He tells Jim Fleming the campaign season
            was a great one for comedy, but it went on way too long. 
            Their conversation also contains comedy sketches produced
            by The Onion.  Also, Jack Vitek is the author of "The
            Godfather of Tabloid: Generoso Pope and the National
            Enquirer." He tells Anne Strainchamps that Pope was
            inspired by people's fascination with the gruesome and
            that he imported reporters from London's Fleet Street who
            seemed to have even fewer journalistic scruples than
            their American counterparts to do things like comb
            through Henry Kissinger's garbage and photograph Elvis in
            his coffin.  
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

47:23 - 47:52       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

47:53 - 59:00       SEGMENT 3: (11:06)
            Gay Talese writes literary journalism.  He's a master of
            in-depth profiles, telling his story through detailed
            scenes. Talese tells Steve Paulson that he does love
            sports, and how that love informs his sports journalism. 
            His memoir is called "A Writer's Life."  
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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