TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR HOUR ONE  2/21/2010 "Aging: Dying Young As Late As
                              Possible"
*Henry Alford believes that old people are wise.  And to prove it, he
interviewed many people over the age of seventy, including Phyllis
Diller, Harold Bloom and a retired aerospace engineer who eats food out
of the garbage. The result is Alford's new book, "How to Live: A Search
for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still On this Earth)." In
this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Henry Alford shares the
age-old wisdom he received. Also, David Greenberger and the art he
creates out of his conversations with older people.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Aging: Dying Young As Late As Possible"


0:00 - 27:59        SEGMENT 1: (28:00)
            David Greenberger transforms the words of elderly people
            in his series of "Duplex Planet" zines, comic books,
            spoken-word performances and radio plays.  The latest is
            a CD called "Cherry Picking Apple Blossom Time" which
            features music by singer/songwriter Paul Cebar and
            focuses on artistic ideas about memory loss developed
            during a three month residency Greenberger spent at the
            University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee's Center on Age and
            Community.  Greenberger talks with Steve Paulson about
            the CD and the people who helped him make it.  Also,
            Henry Alford is the author of "How To Live: A Search for
            Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This
            Earth.)  He talks with Anne Strainchamps.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

28:00 - 28:29  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

28:30 - 39:49       SEGMENT 2: (11:20)
            Greg Critser is a veteran science and medical journalist. 
            He's the author of three critically acclaimed books, most
            recently, "Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging." 
            He tells Jim Fleming about the scientific progress
            against aging and the several varieties of snake oil you
            can buy trying to stay young forever.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

39:50 - 40:19       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

40:20 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (12:39)
            Meghan O'Rourke wonders if there's a better way to be
            bereaved in an essay called "Good Grief" which recently
            appeared in the New Yorker.  She's also working on a book
            about grief for Spring 2011. O'Rourke is the culture
            critic for "Slate" and a poetry editor of "The Paris
            Review."
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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2-21-A.


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