TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
Sunday    06 Dec 2009         

PROMO FOR "Changing Climate Change"
*Remember Kyoto? Now it's Copenhagen. The UN's current climate
treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, was never ratified by the US. And
now, we're in the hot seat. In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge, we'll talk with Gaia theorist James Lovelock and Whole
Earth Catalogue founder Stewart Brand. Also, "The Yes Men Fix the
World"  coming to a theater near you.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:"Changing Climate Change"

0:00- 17:21    SEGMENT 1: (17:22)
     Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, says
     it's time to get pragmatic about managing climate change. 
     He tells Anne Strainchamps why he no longer opposes nuclear
     power and they discuss other aspects of his new philosophy. 
     His new book is "Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist
     Manifesto."  Also, many in the environmental movement
     disagree with Brand.  Paxus Calta  is one.  He's been an
     anti-nuclear activist for over 30 years.  He gives his
     reasons for his position. Calta is Chair of the board of the
     Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an umbrella
     organization of some 300 grass-roots organizations.
               
     Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

17:22 - 17:51  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

23:52 - 45:06  SEGMENT 2: (21:16)
     James Lovelock created the Gaia Theory. His latest book is
     "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning."  Lovelock
     tells Steve Paulson that our planet is a self-regulating
     system that will carry on without people and that it is too
     late to reverse global warming. Humanity will just have to
     live with the consequences, if it can.  Also, novelist
     Margaret Atwood talks about her latest book, "The Year of
     the Flood," with Steve Paulson.  The book posits a new
     religion formed after most life on Earth has been
     obliterated.
               
     Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

39:07 - 39:36  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

39:37 - 53:00  SEGMENT 3: (13:23)
     Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men.  They pose
     as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities
     to pull off pranks as political action. A collection of
     these actions comprise the documentary film "The Yes Men Fix
     the World." Jim Fleming talks with Andy Bichlbaum and we
     hear excerpts from the film.
       
          
     Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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